Danny DeVito has said that he wouldn't be able to make his 1996 classic film "Matilda," which features outright nasty parents and kids getting swung around by their pigtails, in the modern day.
“Matilda” had everything going for it: it was based on a beloved Roald Dahl book and it had fun stars (including director Danny DeVito doing double duty as Matilda’s meanie dad), a lovely ...
In Danny DeVito’s 1996 adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Matilda, the story of a child prodigy battling obtuse, small-minded adults unfurls in sharp, surreal layers. As director, producer and star ...