Bedknobs and Broomsticks DVD Special editions

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks had an original runtime of 141 minutes, and was scheduled to premiere at Radio City Music Hall. Even though David Tomlinson was still alive when the film was being reconstructed, he was in ill-health, and unavailable to provide ADR for Emelius Browne, [24] so he was replaced by Jeff Bennett. The film was released on Special Edition Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD on August 12, 2014, in its original 117-minute version, with the deleted scenes used in the previous reconstructed version presented in a separate section on the Blu-ray disc. If the shorter version of Pete's Dragon was used for the UK Blu-Ray (presumably to align itself with some of the European dubs), I kinda hope an eventual Blu-Ray of Bedknobs and Broomsticks in the UK at least contains the shorter cut.

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But besides introducing picture and sound inconsistencies, the reinserted sequences also appear to wreak havoc on the movie's pacing. John Ericson as Colonel Heller, leader of the German raiding party which comes ashore at Pepperinge Eye. Directing animator Milt Kahl had designed the characters, but he was angered over the inconsistencies in the character animation. The experiments with witchcraft divert, as do many of the interactions born out of the makeshift family and out of Eglantine and Emelius' eccentric, underplayed romance.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.

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The Oscar-winning visual effects largely hold up and the film's direction and design absolutely enhance the experience. You’ll meet a delightful amateur witch (Angela Lansbury) who reluctantly takes in three precocious orphan children. I've tracked down each version of Bedknobs and Broomsticks and where to get them in the US and UK if possible. While the majority of movies, especially those predating the home video age, exist in one definitive cut, Bedknobs does not.It seems that Disney choose to go with the original theatrical ratio on some films and then the negative ratio with the others, even cropping slightly on some releases just to match a 1. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 59 out of 100 based on 11 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". The one all-new addition plays like an extended and inappropriate promo for "Wizards of Waverly Place"; for a far better piece on Disney visual effects, you need only look to the recent reissue of Pete's Dragon. Oh, it is surely a treat to see songs and footage shot and edited for the film (how many other pre-DVD age Disney flicks have given us any? And though it seems illogical to want less than what's given, I feel like Bedknobs would benefit from having scissors taken to it in the right (i.

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The original theatrical cut, which actually wasn't the version the director wanted to begin with, left certain questions unanswered and was a bit hard to follow. What's especially annoying is that Bedknobs has had the Scrapbook (of concept art, behind-the-scenes photos, and poster designs) and Film Facts sections of its original DVD disappear in favor of "Wizards of Waverly Place" promotion and the "Suite Life" kids telling us to go Blu.Prior to Bedknobs, Snart was a child actor appearing in numerous commercials, and was cast as Paul for his "impish, cheeky look". Herbie Videos trailer from 1995 with clips of "Herbie Goes Bananas", "Herbie Rides Again", "Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo" and "The Love Bug". L. Travers' second thoughts about letting Mary Poppins be made and proceed to discuss production with respect to specific Bedknobs songs, including a deleted one. Disappointingly, this featurette runs barely half as long as it did on Bedknobs' original DVD (20:40). 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.