Bedknobs and Broomsticks DVD Special editions

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It would be nice if they were a bit more consistent (like putting both the full negative or animation ratio, along with the original theatrical ratio on Blu-ray). While the majority of movies, especially those predating the home video age, exist in one definitive cut, Bedknobs does not. The film was released on December 13, 1971, to mixed reviews from film critics, some of whom praised the live-action/animated sequence.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) - IMDb

Bedknobs and Broomsticks began as a back-up plan should Mary Poppins fall through and to this date, it exists in the shadow of that earlier film. It's always been considered the evil stepsister of Mary Poppins and has always been overshadowed by it. Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote that the film is a "tricky, cheerful, aggressively friendly Walt Disney fantasy for children who still find enchantment for pop-up books, plush animals by Steiff and dreams of independent flight.At the 44th Academy Awards, the film was nominated in five categories: Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score, Best Song Original for the Picture, and Best Special Visual Effects, winning the latter award.

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It is also the last theatrical film Reginald Owen appeared in before his death next year in 1972; his last two acting credits were for television. Some of the deleted footage was either lost or in need of work and a fair amount of dialogue had to be re-recorded. The audio for the film was nicely done, but don't expect your speakers to get the workout of their life. I'd love to know as well as the Golden Collection/30th Anniversary Edition has a running time of 139 mins.Paul reveals he still has the enchanted bedknob, hinting they can continue with their adventures Mr. All songs are cut, except for "Portobello Road", "Beautiful Briny Sea" and some parts of "Substitutiary Locomotion". The first three are clearly a product of a time when showing endless clips from a movie was considered promotion and when you could actually hear the phrase "three homeless Cockney waifs" as a selling point. Two animated shorts are also dropped, Mickey Mouse's The Worm Turns and Donald Duck's The Vanishing Private.

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Herbie Videos trailer from 1995 "Herbie Goes Bananas", "Herbie Rides Again", "Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo" and "The Love Bug". When the song was cut, the orchestrations had not yet been added; therefore, it was finally orchestrated and put together when it was placed back into the film. While the film was released in mono sound, the musical score was recorded in stereo, and the soundtrack album was released in stereo.With a Flair", "Don't Let Me Down", and "Nobody's Problems" are only present in the reconstructed version of the film. During the early 1960s, Bedknobs and Broomsticks entered development when the negotiations for the film rights to Mary Poppins (1964) were placed on hold. Pauline Kael, reviewing for The New Yorker, panned the film, writing that there is "no logic in the style of the movie, and the story dribbles on for so long that it exhausts the viewer before that final magical battle begins. Alone they are a reason for seeing the film", and the reviewer praised the Naboombu sequence as containing "not only sheer delights but technical masterpieces.