|
Movies:
BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS
(1971)

Reviews
Amazon.co.uk Review
Angela Lansbury plays a good witch who uses her
powers against the Nazis in World War II and is
aided by three children in the effort. This 1971
movie directed by Disney stalwart Robert Stevenson
(Mary Poppins) was never up to the studio's
best efforts--the music isn't all that good and
the idea just doesn't quite catch on. But Lansbury,
David Tomlinson and the late Roddy McDowall are
good and there are some clever sequences blending
animation and live action, most memorably a soccer
game between the kids and some cartoon animals.
--Tom Keogh
Synopsis
The magical and amusing tale of an amateur witch
doing her bit for war-torn Britain. Based on the
book by Mary Norton.
Text
taken from the back cover of the VHS box:
An
Academy Award (R) winner for Best Visual Effects,
BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS features a spellbinding
mix of live action and animation that makes it
one of Disney's most delightfully endearing Classics!
Screen
legend Angela Lansbury 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, its magic brass bedknob
their ticket to one fantastic adventure after
another - including a visit to an enchanted island
inhabitated by wondrous animated animal characters
and the most hilarious soccer match in motion
picture history!
©
The Walt Disney Company.
|
Bedknobs
and Broomsticks: buy the VHS
and the DVD:
|
|
|
Amazon.co.uk
Classification:
Starring: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, et al.
Director: Robert Stevenson
You can read more about this movie exploring
the Walt Disney's Official Website:
Walt
Disney's BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS.


|