Bedknobs and broomsticks [videorecording] / Walt Disney Productions ; screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi ; produced by Bill Walsh ; directed by Robert Stevenson.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 101638 | Walt Disney Studios Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: [United States] : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, 2009.Edition: Enchanted musical edDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0788896164
- 9780788896163
- Music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; music conducted by Irwin Kostal.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Northport Library | DVD | FAMILY Bedknobs | Available | 33111009095619 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Bedknobs and Broomsticks was produced several years after Walt Disney's death and released in the fall of 1971. As it turned out, Bedknobs was frequently compared to Mary Poppins -- probably thanks to several striking similarities between the two productions, notably the presence in the cast of David Tomlinson, the use of Cockney children as central characters, and the inclusion of sequences that combine animation and live-action. Set in wartime England, Bedknobs stars Angela Lansbury as Eglantine Price, a would-be witch who hopes to use her newly acquired conjuring powers to forestall a Nazi invasion. Saddled with three surly kids who've been evacuated from London, Lansbury wins over her charges by performing various and sundry feats of magic. And, yes, she manages to foil a few Germans along the way. The film's most famous episode is an elaborate undersea fantasy, which combines animation with live-action on a gargantuan scale, dwarfing all previous Disney sequences along these lines. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on the book by Mary Norton.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971.
Special features: Restored picture and audio ; The wizards of special effects ; Music magic: The Sherman Brothers behind-the-scenes featurette ; deleted song: "A step in the right direction".
Music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; music conducted by Irwin Kostal.
Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe, John Ericson.
An amateur witch, along with three precocious orphans, flies into one fantastic adventure after another aboard a bewitched bed to save the country from hostile invaders.
Rating: G.
DVD, region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.66:1, enhanced); Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround.
Dialogue in English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound) with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).