Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
Acting
Lansbury's commitment to a woman who takes witch school VERY seriously.
Practical Effects
The Portobello Road sequence—practical effects doing what CGI wishes it could.
Score
Sherman Brothers at peak 'we have three days to write twelve songs' energy.
Director
Robert Stevenson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Disney rushed this into production after Poppins' success, even recycling some animation techniques and unused songs. The Sherman Brothers basically had a gun to their heads.
The 1996 restoration added back 'The Soldiers of the Old Home Guard,' cut from the original theatrical release for time. You're watching the LONGER version, you absolute sicko.
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