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Bedknobs and Broomsticks
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*Bedknobs and Broomsticks* is a 1971 fantasy, musical, and adventure film produced by The Walt Disney Company. Directed by Robert Stevenson, the English-language movie features a cast including Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Cindy O'Callaghan, and Roddy McDowall. The screenplay was written by Don DaGradi, Bill Walsh, Ted Berman, and Ralph Wright, with Bill Walsh also serving as producer. Irwin Kostal composed the music, while Frank V. Phillips handled cinematography and Cotton Warburton edited the film. The narrative is set in London, England, and deals with World War II, aviation, and the Battle of Britain.
The film has a runtime of 117 minutes and was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Disney+. It received a G rating and has a Metascore of 59. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 7.1 based on 43,441 votes, while Rotten Tomatoes lists a 66% score. The production had a budget of 20,000,000 and generated 17,900,000 in revenue.
*Bedknobs and Broomsticks* won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. It was also nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. In total, the film received two wins and five nominations.
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7.0Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
Cast
- Angela Lansbury as Miss Price
- David Tomlinson as Emelius
- Roddy McDowall as Mr. Jelk
- Sam Jaffe as Bookman
- John Ericson as Col. Heller
- Bruce Forsyth as Swinburne
Themes
- witch
- flying
- nazi
- world war ii
- knight
- live action and animation
- children in wartime
- farmer's market
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
42,528 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
66%
Metacritic
59/100
- Year
- 1971
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Animation, Comedy
- Rated
- G
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 5 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Robert Stevenson
- Screenplay by
- Bill Walsh Don DaGradi
- Based on
- The Magic Bedknob &, Bonfires and Broomsticks , by Mary Norton
- Produced by
- Bill Walsh
- Starring
- Angela Lansbury David Tomlinson Roddy McDowall Sam Jaffe John Ericson Ian Weighill Cindy O'Callaghan Roy Snart
- Cinematography
- Frank V. Phillips
- Edited by
- Cotton Warburton
- Music by
- Songs: Robert B. Sherman Richard M. Sherman Score: Irwin Kostal
- Production company
- Walt Disney Productions
- Distributed by
- Buena Vista Distribution
- Release dates
- October 7, 1971 ( 1971-10-07 ) (U.K.) December 13, 1971 ( 1971-12-13 ) (U.S.)
- Running time
- 118 minutes (1971 original version), 139 minutes (1996 reconstruction version)
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $6.3 million
- Box office
- $17.9 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 American live-action animated musical comedy fantasy film directed by Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi and with songs written by the Sherman Brothers. It was produced by Walsh for Walt Disney Productions. It is based upon the books The Magic Bedknob (1943) and Bonfires and Broomsticks (1947) by English author Mary Norton. It combines live action and animation, and stars Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Ian Weighill, Cindy O'Callaghan, and Roy Snart.
During the early 1960s, the film entered development when the negotiations for the film rights to Mary Poppins (1964) were placed on hold. When the rights were acquired, the film was shelved repeatedly because of its similarities to Mary Poppins until it was revived in 1969. Originally at a length of 139 minutes, it was edited down to almost two hours before its premiere at Radio City Music Hall.
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