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Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) [DVD 2009]
Plot of Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Three young children and their custodian go on a magical adventure that includes using a bed as transportation to different mystical lands.
Review of Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Three young children are taken to the English countryside to be looked after by a guardian so that they can be kept away from the air bombings during World War II.  While playing around their host's estate, they discover a cabinet that takes them to the land of N .  . . . okay, hold on a second, I was thinking of something else.  This movie begins with the premise described above, but instead of finding magic in a closet, they meet up with Miss Price (smartly played by Angela Landsbury) who is an apprentice Wizard whom as received her training through a correspondence course. Using a bed as transportation, travel around to find a magical spell that will help defend Britian against the Nazi attackers.  Their adventure even takes them to Naboombu, an animated world ruled by talking animals.   The one thing that I have always remembered from my youth (and yes, I did see this way back when it was first released), were those semi-animated scenes where the animated characters interacted with the non-animated humans.  Although I had already seen a few of these mixed animation-real movies, this one seemed to have stuck out in my mind. I may have seen the movie back as a kid, but until this review have not seen the movie since.  Although I remember Angela Lansbury being in the movie, and the animated scene remained quite vivid, I had actually forgotten the full plot of the movie.  That I have found interesting since the plot of the movie and the acting were quite good.  I guess as a kid, I really did not think about those things, but now as an "adult" and reviewer, that has become more important.   It is also amazing to see how far special effects had evolved in only a few years.  This movie, back in 1971, won the Academy Award for special effects.  Yes, the effect were cool, but today would not have even been considered for that award.  However, it was only 6 years later that George Lucas and Star Wars completely raised the bar and set the standard of special effects for decades to come.  Not to take anything away from this movie, since the effects, at that time, were quite good.   Besides this entertaining move, the DVD also includes several bonus features, such as The Wizards of Special Effects, which goes into how special effects are created, and to keep with the magic angle, it is hosted by Jennifer Stone of Wizards of Waverly Place.  What is also cool, is that they include an extra scene that was "lost" and tried to reconstruct it in "A Step In The Right Direction" Reconstruction.  There was some good songs in the movie and there are two related features: Music Magic and the "Portabello Road" Recording Sessions.  Then, as another bonus, Disney also includes the original theatrical trailers.   This is a DVD to be enjoyed by all.
The Cast		Director	Screenplay
Angela Lansbury	Miss Price	Robert Stevenson	Bill Walsh Don DaGradi
David Tomlinson	Emelius
Roddy McDowall	Mr. Jelk
Sam Jaffe	Bookman
John Ericson	Col. Heller
Rating	Length	Distribution Co.	Year
G	117 mins	Warner Bros	1971 (DVD 2009)
Awards
Won - 1972 Academy Award for Best Effects, Special Visual Effects Nominated 4x 1972 Academy Awards - Best Art Direction, Set Decoration; Best Costume Design; Best Music, Original Song; Best Music, Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score
Video Clips
Featurette: A Step In the Right Direction- Lost Song (Bonus) Featurette: Sodium Screen (Bonus) Briny Sea (Film) Traveling Spell (Film) Soccer Game (Film)
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This review was written by Ian Ripley. Copyright 2009, All Rights Reserved.

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