Audio problem: When Miss Irvine is sitting the room alone after being ejected from the banquet, she says that she never wanted to be one of them but her mouth doesn't move. (01:17:31)
Audio problem: Bruno's mouth is out of sync when he says "I really do hate margarine," as he is talking to the waitress about what are in the sandwiches that day.
Audio problem: When Mr. Stringer says "What the devil," as all of the sheets of paper on the reception desk start flying about, his mouth doesn't move.
Audio problem: Near the beginning, after Erica disappears and Helga visits Erica's mother, Erica's mother says "Come on in Helga, have some cake", but she is clearly saying something else.
Audio problem: When Luke (as a mouse) finds Formula 86, we hear him say, "We got it, Grandma," but his mouth doesn't move.
Answer: "The Witches" was made twenty years after "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", and in that time television adaptations had been made of "The BFG" and "Danny the Champion of the World" of which Dahl approved, so presumably he had relaxed his view of adaptations of his books - however he did hate the ending of The Witches film.
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