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		<title>DVD Review: &#8220;Bedknobs and Broomsticks: Enchanted Musical Edition&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having seemingly reached a lull in its neverending reissue cycle, Disney has been scouring the vaults for &#8220;classics&#8221; of dubious distinction this year, including Pete&#8217;s Dragon, a barrage of Pooh films, and now Bedknobs and Broomsticks, the light &#8216;n&#8217; fluffy 1971 release that put Angela Lansbury on a flying bed, is getting its latest reintroduction [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B002CLBJPK/ref=nosim/jefitocom-20" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-312 alignleft" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px;" title="61EY6NRB1oL._SCLZZZZZZZ_[1]" src="http://dadnabbit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/61EY6NRB1oL._SCLZZZZZZZ_1.jpg" alt="61EY6NRB1oL._SCLZZZZZZZ_[1]" width="253" height="350" /></a>Having seemingly reached a lull in its neverending reissue cycle, Disney has been scouring the vaults for &#8220;classics&#8221; of dubious distinction this year, including <em><a class="zem_slink" title="Pete's Dragon [Region 2]" rel="amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/Petes-Dragon-Region-Sean-Marshall/dp/B00004RYO9%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Djefitocom-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00004RYO9">Pete&#8217;s Dragon</a></em>, a barrage of Pooh films, and now <em><a class="zem_slink" title="Bedknobs and Broomsticks (30th Anniversary Edition)" rel="amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/Bedknobs-Broomsticks-Anniversary-Angela-Lansbury/dp/B00004R9A4%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Djefitocom-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00004R9A4">Bedknobs and Broomsticks</a></em>, the light &#8216;n&#8217; fluffy 1971 release that put Angela Lansbury on a flying bed, is getting its latest reintroduction to the marketplace.</p>
<p>This latest iteration, which follows 25th and 30th anniversary reissues, is dubbed the &#8220;Enchanted Musical Edition,&#8221; and packs some new bonus content onto the expanded 25th-anniversary print, which added 20 minutes to the film itself. New buyers will now get a featurette entitled &#8220;The Wizards of Special Effects,&#8221; hosted by Jennifer Stone, an actress who just so happens to be one of the stars of the Disney Channel&#8217;s very popular <em>Wizards of Waverly Place</em> series. (Synergy!) You&#8217;ll also get a number of small features that look at the music of the film, footage from a recording session, and a deleted song, as well as theatrical trailers. The whole kit and caboodle retails for $30, but you can get it at Amazon for $17.99, which is a decent price for the package. <span id="more-310"></span></p>
<p>The movie itself, as you might recall, is a sort of silly, Disneyfied hybrid of <em>The Sound of Music</em> and <em><a class="zem_slink" title="Mary Poppins (40th Anniversary Edition)" rel="amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Poppins-Anniversary-Julie-Andrews/dp/B0002VEPRQ%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Djefitocom-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0002VEPRQ">Mary Poppins</a></em>, in which three British children are placed in the reluctant care of an apprentice witch (Lansbury) during World War II. Even if you&#8217;ve never seen it, you know there will be songs, hammy acting, and squads of bumbling soldiers, and <em>Broomsticks</em> doesn&#8217;t disappoint on any front. But aside from the usual (and, it must be said, impeccable) musical routines, the movie also includes some state-of-the-art special effects, including some animation/live-action sequences, that were good enough to win an Oscar in their day (and still look pretty sharp now). I wasn&#8217;t exactly foaming at the mouth to watch this, and I doubt there are many people who consider it one of Disney&#8217;s finest, but all things considered, it&#8217;s really a pretty entertaining movie. I don&#8217;t think it benefits from the extra 20 minutes &#8212; it&#8217;s actually sort of slow in spots &#8212; but if you have a fondness for Silver Age live-action Disney, this will definitely hit the sweet spot.</p>
<p><em>Bedknobs and Broomsticks</em> has been given yet another remastering for this edition, and it looks better than ever &#8212; which sort of says something unkind about Disney&#8217;s engineers, because it really wasn&#8217;t all that long ago that the last reissue came out, but there you go. The extra content is all well worth watching, too. If you already own a copy, I wouldn&#8217;t necessarily recommend going out and getting the &#8220;Enchanted Musical Edition,&#8221; but if you&#8217;re considering adding <em>Broomsticks</em> to your library, then this is certainly the version to own.</p>
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