QIs "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" based on a book?
ATwo books, actually. The movie, Bedknobs and Broomsticks is based on two children's books by British author Mary Norton [1903-1992]: The Magic Bed Knob or How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons (1943), and Bonfires and Broomsticks (1947). Both books were re-released in a single volume entitled Bedknob and Broomstick (1957). The books were adapted for the movie by Disney screenwriters Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi.
QIs there an extended version of this movie?
AYes. The movie was remastered in 1996 following the discovery of a song that was never included in the original movie - the extended version (available on DVD) includes two previously-unseen sequences, one introducing Emelius Browne, and one near the end of the movie. Also, some missing parts were overdubbed.
QIn what year is the movie set?
AThe movie opens in WWII England, 1940, during the evacuation of children from war-torn London to the English countryside. That is how the three Rawlins children Charlie (Ian Weighill), Carrie (Cindy O'Callaghan), and Paul (Roy Snart) come to live with Miss Eglantine Price (Angela Lansbury).
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