 Screenwriters Cindy Davis Hewitt and Donald H. Hewitt penned the English-language dialogue, which they wrote in order to match the characters' original Japanese-language lip movements.The cast of the film consists of Daveigh Chase, Jason Marsden, Suzanne Pleshette (In her final film role before her death in January 2008), Michael Chiklis, Lauren Holly, Susan Egan, David Ogden Stiers and John Ratzenberger (a Pixar regular).Advertising was limited, with "Spirited Away" being mentioned in a small scrolling section of the film section of Disney.com; Disney had sidelined their official website for "Spirited Away" and given the film a comparatively small promotional budget.