Bedknobs and Broomsticks onscreen at the Aero

[Not Afraid]

Sat, May 26th - 3:00pm.
Aero Theatre. 1328 Montana Ave, Santa Monica, 90403.
Tickets available on www.fandango.com or if you are a member (or would like to become one!), you may use the phone ticketing system for the Aero at 323/634-4878.

You'll beWITCHED! You'll beDAZZLED! You'll be swept into a world of enchantment BEYOND ANYTHING BEFORE!

During WWII in England, Charlie, Carrie, and Paul Rawlins are sent to live with Eglantine Price, an apprentice witch. Charlie blackmails Miss Price that if he is to keep her practices a secret, she must give him something, so she takes a bedknob from her late father's bed and places the "famous magic traveling spell" on it, and only Paul can activate it. Their first journey is to a street in London where they meet Emelius Browne, headmaster of Miss Price's witchcraft training correspondence school. Miss Price tells him of a plan to find the magic words for a spell known as Substitutiary Locomotion, which brings inanimate objects to life. This spell will be her work for the war effort. Written by Matthew Anscher {anscher@radonc.duke.edu} </SearchPlotWriters?Matthew%20Anscher%20%7Banscher@r adonc.duke.edu%7D>

In August of 1940 in the English village of Pepperinge Eye, three cockney orphans are sent to live with Eglantine Price (Angela Lansbury), who is studying to become an apprentice witch. When she receives a letter from the Correspondence College of Witchcraft in London, she and the children fly on a bed (by way of a magic bedknob) to London to meet the headmaster of the defunct school, Emelius Brown (David Tomlinson). At a townhouse where Mr. Brown is staying, Miss Price finds half of a book called THE SPELLS OF ASTOROTH. For the other half, they deal with a shady character known as the Bookman (Sam Jaffe).

[Prudence]

OOoooh! I love that movie. I've had Portabello Road in my head for days.

[ozron]

Originally Posted by Prudence

OOoooh! I love that movie. I've had Portabello Road in my head for days.

Ah, yes! One of Erin's favorites when she was little.

And I'll be "Bobbing Along" for the next week now!

ron

[CoasterMatt]

GAWSHDARN IT!!

That's my FAVORITE movie from kiddiedom - but I'll be in Lost Wages

[Morrigoon]

Awesomeness!

"Traguna.... macoites... tracorum... satis dee...."

And how could you not love the king lion in soccer shorts?

[ozron]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

"Traguna.... macoites... tracorum... satis dee...."

Okay, Morrigoon wins the Bedknobs and Broomsticks geek award.

[NickO'Time]

Oh wow! That would be such a treat to see that on the big screen. Those who can go are fortunate.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I just love Mary Poppins 2, er, I mean, Bednobs and Broomsticks. Fun film indeed.

[Snowflake]

Awww, I saw this with my Dad on first release. Terrific film!

[mousepod]

I wonder which version of the movie they'll be showing - the theatrical version or the "restored" version. Once I saw the longer edit of the movie on laserdisc, I haven't been able to watch the shorter version.

(And I understand that there was even more footage that they couldn't find when they did the restoration...)