Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971
G
1h 57m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

41K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

Play trailer1:32

Adventure Animation Comedy Family Fantasy Musical

An apprentice witch, three kids, and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of Britain in World War II.An apprentice witch, three kids, and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of Britain in World War II.An apprentice witch, three kids, and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of Britain in World War II.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

41K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,573

135

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 5 nominations total

Videos3

Trailer 1:32

Watch Trailer

Clip 1:10

Watch Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Clip 1:58

Watch Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Photos291

+ 284

More like this

7.8

Mary Poppins

6.9

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

6.3

Pete's Dragon

7.1

The Sword in the Stone

7.9

Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks

6.3

Escape to Witch Mountain

7.5

7.2

6.5

7.1

6.9

7.3

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
Julie Andrews initially turned down the role of Miss Eglantine Price. She eventually reconsidered, believing she owed her movie career to Walt Disney Studios and wanted to work there again. When she told the studio she'd changed her mind, Dame Angela Lansbury had already been cast.

Goofs
Miss Price's house is minutes from the coast, and the White Cliffs of Dover are shown. Children wouldn't have been evacuated to that location. Children and many adults had already been evacuated from that area due to the risk of invasion.

Quotes
Eglentine Price: Treguna, Mekoides, Trecorum, Satis Dee!

Crazy credits
The opening credits are based on the Bayeux Tapestry, a full account of the 1066 Norman conquest of Britain.

Alternate versions
The video of the 1979 theatrical re-release cuts a further twenty minutes and runs 97 minutes. All songs are cut, except for "Portobello Road", "Beautiful Briny Sea" and some parts of "Substitutiary Locomotion". Other sequences are reduced (such as Professor Browne's wait at the train station) or cut altogether (such as the disappearance of the magical necklace).

Connections
Edited into The Magical World of Disney: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1987)

Soundtracks
Overture/The Old Home Guard
(uncredited)
Performed by Male Studio Chorus
Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

User reviews131

Review

Featured review

8/10

My personal favorite

I loved this masterpiece and quite frankly I, too found Mary Poppins (although I love Julie Andrews and Dick VanDyke) to be silly and sacrine-sweet. Angela Lansbury plays her character to perfection and I don't know why people think of this film as distorted. It was magical and it was lots of fun to watch. Every scene held a certain charm as you got to know the characters better. You truly see how this little thrown together family learn to bond with each other, despite their age and differences. I thought the characters were well developed, especially Charles who was at "The Age of not Believing". Mary Poppins may be more popular and cherished by others but this little gem will be the one that I will always love and cherish.