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Bedknobs and Broomsticks
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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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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 119
- FilmAffinity ID
- 440565
- Official website
- movies.disney.com/bedknobs-and-broomsticks
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- title
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks
- production code
- 0108
- review score
- 66%
- Commons category
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks
- publication date
- 1974-09-19
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Article
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.