An Academy Award winner for Best Visual Effects, Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a ... more
spellbinding mix of live action and animation that makes it one of Disney's most endearing Classics. Now you can enjoy this fully restored and remastered magical gem again and again!You'll meet a delightful amateur witch (Angela Lansbury) who reluctantly takes in three precocious evacuee children. The children soon find themselves aboard a flying bed, its magic brass bedknob their ticket to one fantastic adventure after another - including a visit to an island inhabited by wondrous animated animals! The foursome eventually joins forces with an amusing professor (David Tomlinson, Mary Poppins) to track down an ancient incantation that could save the country from hostile invaders!
Overture/Home Guardsman - Old Home Guard Age Of Not Believing With A Flair Step In The ... more
Right Direction Eglantine/Don't Let Me Down/Eglantine Portebello Road Portebello Street Dance Beautiful Briny Substitutiary Locomotion Eglantine Don't Let Me Down/Portebello Road Bedknobs And Broomsticks Nobody's Problems Solid Citizen Fundamental Element
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In England during World War II, three young kids are forced to evacuate their home and ... more
move in with the eccentric Eglantine Price (Angela Lansbury). At first the youths are unhappy--until they discover that Eglantine is studying to become a witch. Eglantine teaches the children magic, using her new powers to take them on fantastic, fun-filled adventures, all of which they experience on a flying bedframe. But when the neophyte witch decides to use her powers to help the Brits win the war, will she succeed...or will she just create more havoc
Family - Director: Sarah Ball - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Neil Morrissey, Noddy Holder, Alison Steadman, Stephen Tompkinson, Chris Evans, Elton John, Bob The Builder
Production Year: 1993 - Family - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Michael Caine, The Muppets, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, David Rudman, Steve Whitmire
Advantages: Characters, Plot, Special Effects, etc Disadvantages: None really
Bedknobs and broomsticks is for me, a classic Disney film, although its not one of the most popular with the public, it definitely is for me! I don't actually own the DVD, but I've seen it so many times on the TV, I know it really well by now and definitely well enough to do a review on it.
The plot is original, unlike many Disney films taking their plots from old fairytales (Cinderella, etc.) it is also unique because it is a mixture of animation and live action, such as when the flying bed is under the sea or when they meet some cartoon animals. This was very good for the time as it was released over thirty five years ago, in 1971.
You can tell the film is British as it starts off with some history, and you get a real feeling of the war and what was happening at the war. In a little village somewhere in Dorset, there is a witch ...
Advantages: Animation mixed with live action creates a wonderful illusory world Disadvantages: Quite a wait before the animation begins
The story is set in Britain during World War II. Three children are evacuated from London to stay with Eglantine Price, a woman who has no desire to care for children. Why? Because she is a practicing witch and caring for these children may expose her. Under duress she takes the children in and then the adventures begin!!
The children discover that she is a witch and, for them to keep quite, she must give them something magical. Eglantine Price gives them a magical bedknob. By tapping the bedknob three times and turning it, all those sat on the bed are whisked away to wherever they wish to go. Their first visit is to London to find Professor Amelius Brown, who is the head of 'witch school'. Eglantine needs the last few lessons in order to become a proper witch. However, they discover that Professor Brown can not help them ...
just drawn! Along with Mary Poppins, I purchased another childhood favourite, in the form of Bedknobs and Broomsticks!
I would spend hours in front of the TV when I was younger, happily playing away with a good Disney on in the background. Indeed, one of these was Bedknobs and Broomsticks. I think we had taped it from the TV one time as I don't actually remember seeing the front cover to this edition. So I took quite a while examining the wonders of the DVD case. The main background to it was a sky blue shade with the fresh green grass colour just visible at the bottom. Mounted on the scene there is a large image of some cartoon animals: the King lion (not to be mistaken with the Lion King!), a cheetah and a bizarre monkey thing. Behind these football-playing animals you can see a flying bed, with five people astride it, dressed in 1940s ...
Set in England during the war, this is the story of an amateur witch who is put in charge of three children who have been evacuated from London. Together they set out to foil the Germans who are intent on invading Britain. Based on the novel by Mary Norton.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINM; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Special Edition, Theatrical Trailers, Portobello Road Recording Session, Wizards of Special Effects
Sound
Dolby Digital
DVD Description
In England during World War II, three young kids are forced to evacuate their home and move in with the eccentric Eglantine Price (Angela Lansbury). At first the youths are unhappy--until they discover that Eglantine is studying to become a witch. Eglantine teaches the children magic, using her new powers to take them on fantastic, fun-filled adventures, all of which they experience on a flying bedframe. But when the neophyte witch decides to use her powers to help the Brits win the war, will she succeed...or will she just create more havoc
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