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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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spellbinding mix of live action and animation that makes it one of Disney's most delightfully endearing Classics! Screen legend Angela Landsbury gives a bewitching performance as an amateur witch who reluctantly takes in three precocious orphans. The children soon find themselves swept aboard a flying bed it's magic brass bedknob their ticket to one fantastic adventure after another - including a visit to an enchanted island inhabited by wondrous animated animal characters and the most hilarious soccer match in motion picture history. Now it's your turn to take a ride on Bedknobs And Broomsticks a fun-filled flight of fantasy music and Disney magic for all ages!
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...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 ... ...with Play.
Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a film set on the outskirts of London, and revolves around the life of Eglantine Price and the three war evacuee children she looks after: Charlie, Carrie and Paul. Eglantine is taking a course in witchcraft which she tries to keep silent from the children, but when they discover her secret, she loosens her strict ways slightly and is forced to open up. The children are introduced to new adventures, ... more
When I discovered that a lot of the Disney DVDs were being re-released on DVD, I was ecstatic! I had been desperate to own all my childhood favourites, but could never find the ones I loved. Unfortunately, when I scanned the shelves in several shops, the Lion King: Simba's Pride was nowhere to be seen. I was gutted! That, along with the first Lion King film, was probably two of my three favourite childhood animated Disneys (The Aristocats being the third, of course!).
Despite my disappointment though I decided I should still take advantage of the fact that these rare DVDs were on offer; I may never have the chance again to add such amazing films to my collection! There didn't seem to be any cartoon films I fancied, so I set out to buy some 'real people' films ~ those where the characters on our screens are actually lifelike and not 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 clothes. Straight away this conjures confusion and curiosity ~ how can animation and War time London be combined in one film? All was to be revealed...
Inserting the single DVD into the player, you are greeted by a little advert about the latest Disney DVD releases and their new bonus features. Seeing all my favourites together was indeed quite emotional, so I'm pleased it isn't too long before we are shown to the main menu. Here we have options to select a scene, or to tamper with the settings. Usually though the settings are bang on. There were also options called Speak Peek and Bonus Material. Though I always leave them till last so I went straight on with Play.
Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a film set on the outskirts of London, and revolves around the life of Eglantine Price and the three war evacuee children she looks after: Charlie, Carrie and Paul. Eglantine is taking a course in witchcraft which she tries to keep silent from the children, but when they discover her secret, she loosens her strict ways slightly and is forced to open up. The children are introduced to new adventures, as they and Eglantine are accompanied by Professor Emelius Browne. Miss Price puts her latest spell to practice, which is in the form of a bedknob, and travel to a different dimension on the bed. Here they find cartoon animals of all sorts, swimming with talking fish and matching wild animals to games of sport. It all seems like fun and games, but Eglantine's magic could just save the country during the war!
I must say, the one thing I love about this film, like its similars, is the fact that London accents are brimming! I adore the Cockney accent, and the majority of the cast speak so broadly it is amazing! The script is quite interesting too, one line I love in particular. Eglantine asks Paul for help, as she needs the bedknob back, and his reply to her pleed is, “What's that got to do with my knob?”. A little humour there for the adult while the children can enjoy the gripping story! The presence of witchcraft always excites me too. From a young age I have always adores the wonders of witchcraft and astonishing magic, always awing at it. So many times I tried to copy things from the DVD, turning any bed knobs and trying to fly my little Halloween broomstick. I even tried to copy the impossible chants, and needless to say, I never got anywhere! The cat in the film is a little scabby, but very traditional and threatening.
Of course, the cast makes this film something extraordinary. The five main characters truly stand out throughout the entire film. Eglantine is played by Angela Lansbury. She's been in all sorts, from this to Sweeney Todd (1982), to Murder, She Wrote and Nanny McPhee. Then there's David Tomlinson, who plays Mr Browne. I never realised until now that he played Mr Banks in Mary Poppins, another favourite of mine. Unfortunately he passed away in 2000. Carrie was played by Cindy o'Callaghan, who has appeared in other shows such as the Bill, and shamelessly not to my attention, EastEnders. Roy Snart is the young actor who played Paul, and to my knowledge this is all he as appeared in, which if true is a great shame! This is the same for Ian Weighill, who played Charlie, again a great loss of talent if he moved on to other things. Bruce Forsyth also appeared in this, which of course I never realised as a child!
The soundtrack is quite interesting too. I am quite fascinated by War songs and Witch chant songs alike, and this movie is full of them! One i particularly like is the Home Guard song, sang by the Home Guard! Eglantine is a piece sang by David Tomlinson, a fantastic song which I have sung all these years. Though one of the best known songs is probably The Beautiful Briny, which is heard when the bed is “bobbing along on the bottom of the beautiful briny sea!”. Love it!
The film has had a lot of nominations too and one an Academy Award. It won Special Visual Effects, which I would completely say it deserved! I mean how often can you combine animation and real people in the same film, with the technology that existed in the 1970s, and create such an amazing film?!
The story of the film is quite unique, but not on its own. Mary Poppins is very much similar. Both include a mysterious woman who has relation to magic and wonder, as well as both taking little London children to a land of cartoon! It even has the same character, in the form of David Tomlinson! Director Robert Stevenson also directed both films, and both were produced by Producer Bill Walsh. Clearly there are some significant similarities in the two, but that is not a problem as they are both fantastic films!
Now having enjoyed the two hours and ten minutes of the film, I decided to check out the added material. I went into Speak Peek first. This was simply a look back at some of the Disney classics, which I had already seen at the start so that wasn't too interesting! I went straight to the Bonus Material after, to see what was offered for me there! Here there was a section called Magical Mickey and another called Trick or Treat, which are both short little films starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. I have no idea why they chose to include them in this DVD but oh well! There is also a section called Music Magic, an appropriate title, which takes us through the music of the show. This I found was very entertaining and made up for the weaker sections!
This is definitely an amazing DVD, one of the greatest Disney films of all time! It has a certificate of U which is appropriate. Young children will find the music and the mystery very entertaining. Though I know at the age of about five to seven when I used to watch this I never truly understood what it was about, and its relation to Nazis (I didn't even know of Hitler until I was nine!). It's good for the adults too as there is a lot to relate to, and some mild humour there too!
I paid £15 for two Disney DVDs from Asda, as it was £10 each or two for £15. Though you can find them usually Buy One Get One Free at around £15-£17 in stores such as HMV or Tesco. It is definitely money well spent, not a penny wasted! It brings back so much memories for its original fans and provides hours of entertainment the whole family can enjoy!
Amy69 10.04.2009 (10.04.2009)
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Review of Bedknobs And Broomsticks (Live Action / Animated) (DVD)
Advantages: A film for all (well most) ages Disadvantages: The genius is lost on children
Yes, yes, I like you have been watching all the movies that have been on over the festive season. This may be a strange choice of film to review out of all the ones that were shown over the Christmas period, but in my opinion it is probably one of the best films that was shown, oh and I also have a brilliant title (love it!) - you will have to watch the movie to find out what I am going on about!
For a film that is nearly 40 years old, it is pure ... ..."family" films that are out there today. For any of you that saw this many moons ago, I urge you to revisit the magic, and for any of you who have not seen it, give it a go!
I had never actually seen this film until boxing day this year, it had never interested me as a child, I had seen bits of Mary Poppins and not enjoyed it, so I lumped this film into the same category, it was a Mary Poppins esque film....I was all about the Snow White, Little ...
tazzywazzy 03.01.2007
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Advantages: Great fun and music Disadvantages: A tad dated!
Bed Knobs and Broomsticks, 1971, Walt Disney Films, 117 mins, Rating U
Bed Knobs and Broom Sticks was one of my favourite film musicals when I was a child, in fact I still love it today. The Story:
This film is set in the Second World War and follows the adventure of 3 children Charlie, Carrie and Paul Rawlins. The children like many at that time have been evacuated from London to the country, this in it's self is a big adventure, but when they ... ...adventure just gets bigger. Eglantine is at first not expecting the children and worries that her practices of witchcraft will be exposed, in attempt to conceal them she casts a travelling spell on the bed and they are all sent on a magical journey. Along the way they pick up Emelius Browne, Head of the Witchcraft course that Eglantine has been corresponding with. My Opinion:
This film is delightful, it is full of colour and excitement, and it cleverly ...
LIZKEMPO 02.10.2006
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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 ... ...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 called Eglantine Price (played by Angela Lansbury) who somehow believes that her learning to be a witch will ...
fleurdelacour 11.07.2009
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Advantages: The memories Disadvantages: they dont make em anymore
There is something about classic movies like 'Bed Knobs and Broomsticks' that take you back to thoes long ago years when all of the family use to sit around a TV and watch a film together, and yes that really did happen once!
Ofcourse these were the times before every kid owned a playstation or Nintendo and before every house was garenteed to have a computer inside it somewhere.
Old classics on a sunday afternoon after the roast dinner, it just ... ...and to me still have that bit of magic that once lit up my life, even after all these years. This particular Disney classic had all the magic, the drama, the characters and a great storyline. The marvelous Angela Lansbury, who somehow never seems to age, literally added the magic to this film. As a trainee witch she and Mr. Emelius Browne (David Tomlinson) take three war evacuated children on an adventure off a lifetime on a magical flying bed, i ...
nebcsa17th 24.09.2007
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**** Bedknobs and Broomsticks ****
So only 2 months to go until christmas and there are all these films we have seen a million times but yet will watch again.The above film is something i have watched loads of times but never tire of.
**Cast**
Since this is such an old film i don't know that much about the cast,what other films they have appeared in etc.
Angela Lansbury-Plays Mrs Price.Its hard to believe she is still working now when she started ... ...the earliest film i have seen with this actress in it and since then it has encouraged me to watch other things with her.
David Tomlinson- Mr. Emelius Browne.He is a bit of a fraudster and can not be trusted.
**Plot**
It is world war 2 and Charlie, Carrie, and Paul Rawlins are sent to live with an apprentice witch called Eglantine Price.To make sure the children stay quiet she gives the youngets one Paul a magical bednob which he can use to make ...
katie22008m 07.10.2008
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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
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DVD
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WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO; WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINM
Magician Mickey Animated Short, Trick Or Treat Animated Short, Music Magic The Sherman Brothers, A Step In The Right Direction Deleted Song, Bedknobs And Broomsticks Scrapbook, David Tomlinson Recording Session Portobello Road
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
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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