The Witches of Eastwick ★★½ 1987 (R) "Mad Max" director Miller meets Hollywood in this unrestrained, vomit-filled treatment of John Updike's novel about three lonely small-town New England women and their sexual liberation. A strange, rich, overweight and balding, but nonetheless charming man knows their deepest desires and makes them come true with decadent excess. Raunchy fun, with Nicholson over-acting wildly as the Mephisto. Miller lends a bombastic violent edge to the effort, sometimes at the expense of the story. Filmed on location in Cohasset, Massachusetts. 118m/C VHS, DVD, 8mm. Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Veronica Cartwright, Richard Jenkins, Keith Joakum, Carel Struycken;
Director:
George Miller;
Writer:
Michael Cristofer;
Writer:
Vilmos Zsigmond;
Cameo:
John Williams. L.A. Film Critics '87: Actor (Nicholson); N.Y. Film Critics '87: Actor (Nicholson).
