'Practical Magic' is a movie that was released in 1998. It is loosely based on

the novel of the same title, written by Alice Hoffman. The director of the film is

Griffen Dunn. Akiva Goldsmen, Robin Salicord, and Adams Brooks wrote the

screenplay. The setting is New England, late 21st century.

'Practical Magic' is the story of two sisters, Gillian and Sally Owens, descendents of

Maria Owens, a Puritan New England witch. Though very different, the two share

a centuries old bloodline of magic that weaves its spells and a curse throughout

their lives. The overwhelming theme of the movie is the magical power of love.

The opening scene begins with a flashback to Puritan New England. Maria Owens

is almost hanged for being a witch but is saved by her magic. The hanging committee

consists mainly of the wives' of her many lovers. Marie, heavy with child, is banished

to a remote Island. Her lover does not come to rescue her. In her despair and loneliness,

she casts a spell upon herself that she will never again know the agony of love. This spell

becomes a curse on the legacy of all Owens women. Any man who falls

sideways, you name it!" They decide to throw Aunt Gillian's banishing potion into the

chance she gets, eloping with a boy and heading west. She vows to Sally that

several days ago and has not seen him since. Noting Gillian's black eye, Gary shows

of the vow they took "To die on the same day", Sally tells her that "this is not the day."

Believing her love for him had doomed him with the Owens curse, she grieves herself to

For Sally and Gillian, this was the fate bestowed upon their father. While vacationing

because I loved him so much." They swear to her that they did not think that she would

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