Apprentice witch Eglantine Price (Lansbury), spends her time alone working on mastering her spells. But on a trip to town, she is forced to take in three children from London: Charlie (Weighill), Carrie (O'Callaghan), and Paul (Snart). That evening, when they attempt to run away, they see Miss Price trying to ride her broomstick and figure out her secret.
To keep them from telling, Miss Price enchants the knob from the bed the children sleep in with a traveling spell. When the knob is on the bed, it will take the inhabitants anywhere. They use the knob to travel to London to get Professor Emelius Browne (Tomlinson), Miss Price's correspondence class of witchcraft instructor. And they travel the globe searching for a special spell to end the war.
Growing up I watched this film a lot... the Isle of Naboombu sequence was / is so cool, and I loved some of the songs. Plus it was a Disney movie, and as a child I thought Disney could do no wrong. Watching it for the first time in years, I was struck with how slow some sequences move. Not that they don't work... but it's not as cool now (sadly).
The Isle of Naboombu is still cool. Like it's predecessor Mary Poppins, this film has live action characters interact with cartoon characters in a drawn world. The background is stunning and the characters are funny. It would have been great to have this section a little longer. The cast is great... Angela Lansbury is great in the lead, and has the best songs in the film, such as "The Age of Not Believing." The rest of the cast is good as well, but not as well known. Overall, I enjoyed my trip down memory lane with this film!
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) 139 minutes
Director: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Angela Lansbury as Miss Eglantine Price
David Tomlinson as Professor Emelius Browne
Roddy McDowall as Mr. Jelk
Cindy O'Callaghan as Carrie
Roy Snart as Paul
Ian Weighill as Charlie
To keep them from telling, Miss Price enchants the knob from the bed the children sleep in with a traveling spell. When the knob is on the bed, it will take the inhabitants anywhere. They use the knob to travel to London to get Professor Emelius Browne (Tomlinson), Miss Price's correspondence class of witchcraft instructor. And they travel the globe searching for a special spell to end the war.
Growing up I watched this film a lot... the Isle of Naboombu sequence was / is so cool, and I loved some of the songs. Plus it was a Disney movie, and as a child I thought Disney could do no wrong. Watching it for the first time in years, I was struck with how slow some sequences move. Not that they don't work... but it's not as cool now (sadly).
The Isle of Naboombu is still cool. Like it's predecessor Mary Poppins, this film has live action characters interact with cartoon characters in a drawn world. The background is stunning and the characters are funny. It would have been great to have this section a little longer. The cast is great... Angela Lansbury is great in the lead, and has the best songs in the film, such as "The Age of Not Believing." The rest of the cast is good as well, but not as well known. Overall, I enjoyed my trip down memory lane with this film!
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) 139 minutes
Director: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Angela Lansbury as Miss Eglantine Price
David Tomlinson as Professor Emelius Browne
Roddy McDowall as Mr. Jelk
Cindy O'Callaghan as Carrie
Roy Snart as Paul
Ian Weighill as Charlie
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