The Witches of Eastwick

“I think… no, I am positive… that you are the most unattractive man I have ever met in my entire life. You know, in the short time we’ve been together, you have demonstrated EVERY loathsome characteristic of the male personality and even discovered a few new ones. You are physically repulsive, intellectually retarded, you’re morally reprehensible, vulgar, insensitive, selfish, stupid, you have no taste, a lousy sense of humor and you smell. You’re not even interesting enough to make me sick.” – Cher in THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK

Three single women live in the picturesque village of Eastwick, but are bored to death there. Sculptress Alex Medford (Cher), cellist Jane Spofford (Susan Sarandon) and writer Sukie Ridgemont (Michelle Pfeiffer) feel repressed by the traditional mores of Eastwick. Unbeknownst to them, the women turn out to be witches and their weekly nights out function as an informal coven. During one of their nights of drinking, they unknowingly summon their ‘ideal’ man. The next day the mysterious Daryl Van Horne (Jack Nicholson) turns up on their doorstep. Far from ideal and rather vulgar, brazen and crude and not particularly handsome, still Daryl manages to seduce the three women. When they realise that he is slowly but surely taking over control of their lives, they need to join forces to ban him forever.

THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK was directed by MAD MAX-director George Miller and was based on John Updike’s 1984 novel of the same name. The production was chaotic and initially Cher and Susan Sarandon were turned against each other by the producers. Luckily, the star actresses soon buried the hatchet and THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK became emblematic of ‘women power’. With Cher as the convincing frontrunner.