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To coincide with the unusual Witch Mountain film being released to theaters, Disney is re-releasing “Run to Witch Mountain” (1975) as a special edition loaded with well-done extras.
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The yarn is about Tony (Ike Eisenmann) and his younger sister, Tia (Kim Richards), two orphans who have recently lost their foster parents as well. While getting dilapidated to their unique home, an orphanage (hasten by Disney common Reta Shaw), the children map the attention of an attorney, Lucas Deranian (Donald Pleasence), whose life is saved because of the children’s esp powers. Deranian’s boss, Aristotle Crawl (Ray Milland) is an deplorable (and wealthy man) fascinated with paranormal powers. He pretends to be the children’s uncle so that he can win custody of them and spend them for his contain obtain. Meanwhile, Tia’s star case (a metal purse) reveals a method to Witch Mountain, providing clues to their origins. Once Tony & Tia view Bolt’s space to exploit them, they hasten his mansion and with the assist of a crusty (only on the outside!) widower, Jason O’Day (Eddie Albert), they try to gain their blueprint home to Witch Mountain. Streak and the greedy townspeople (hungry for Bolt’s financial reward) rush after the children. Will they design it home?
Sure, the special effects will not be quite as stunning to fresh generations conventional to digital, but the sage and its universal themes more than effect up for the film’s 1970’s appearance. What child couldn’t narrate to having a hard time fitting in with others, feeling lost and impartial wanting to salvage the comfort and warmth of home? Richards and Eisenmann have ample chemistry, and are ably supported by broken-down actors Ray Milland, Eddie Albert, and Donald Pleasance (who is extremely menacing in his understated performance) . The scenery is also fabulous, as worthy of the film is shot on residence in Carmel and Palo Alto. And as for style…the opening credits composed pack a wallop–WAY Frigid!
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The extras are fabulous, giving a very complete witness at how the film was made.
Audio Commentary:
Fantastic memories from Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann, and director John Hough. Very luscious to listen to, filled with fun unhurried the scenes info, such as Tia’s star case currently residing in the Disney archives, and learning that Kim’s younger sister played Tia in the flashbacks. What is improbable is that both Kim & Ike have honorable occupy of what occurred during filming.
“Making the Elope” (26:41) : What a astounding making-of featurette. Interviews with Richards, Eisenmann (who now goes by the name Iake Eissinmann), red-headed bully orphan Dermott Downs, and director John Hough. Hough tells how Disney wanted a grittier and darker feel to “Witch Mountain,” which is why he got the job (thanks to previous films, including “Account of Hell House”) . Kim & Ike fragment very warm memories of making the movie (Ike is even moved to tears when discussing the themes of the movie and people’s reaction) . Kim remembers Disney as the best studio and most dependable, with a family feeling; obviously, these were special times for these two actors who also enjoyed being fraction of the special effects old in the film. Interestingly enough, Jodie Foster was considered for Kim’s section until Foster took another project instead.
“Conversations with John Hough” (6:52) : Interview with the director, who discusses his philosophy on filmmaking. “Find passionate about a subject, and don’t give up.” He attributes his long career to making a variety of movies and gambling on hazardous projects. He aptly feels that pleasant directors must be allotment psychologists, to understand the actors and crew.
“Disney Sci Fi” (2:45) : A montage of clips from films such as “Race to Witch Mountain,” “The Rocketeer,” “Tron,” “The Cat from Outer Set,” and “The Navigator.”
“Disney Effects–Something Special” (11:03) : Harrison Ellenshaw, a visual effects designer who also happens to be the son of eminent Disney matte artist Peter, discusses the history of visual effects at the Disney studio. “20K Leagues Under the Sea” (1954) was the first visual effects film shot on the Disney lot. Ub Iwerks was the genius who accomplished many of the radiant effects at Disney, and the man slow the the process lab. “Mary Poppins” and other films demonstrate how rich and artistic matte paintings could glimpse on film, giving a special perfection not possible with region filming. “Dick Tracy” (1990) was ravishing remarkable the last Disney film to consume the worn photochemical processes & matte paintings. Today, most of these effects are handled digitally. A clip from “The Rookie” is shown, illustrating how a grip is digitally removed from the film. “Fix it in post” has become the standard line after a mistake is made.
“Disney Studio Album 1975″: Shows clips from what was going on at the Disney Studio during that year: “Speed to Witch Mountain,” “The Apple Dumpling Gang,” “Strongest Man in the World,” “One of our Dinosaurs is Missing,” Debut of America On Parade (Disneyland), Mission to Mars (Disneyland), “No Deposit No Return” in production, “Crazy With the Heat” (reissue), “Pluto’s Christmas Tree” (reissue), “Pluto’s Housewarming” (reissue), “The Sky’s The Limit” (TV), “The Boy Who Talked to Badgers” (TV), “The Secret of the Pond” (TV), and Welcome to the World–Space Mountain Opens at WDW.
“Pluto’s Dream House” (1940) : Mickey wants to manufacture Pluto a unusual doghouse, and with the serve of an unseen Genie in a lamp, accomplishes his goal. Although scrumptious, it is extremely intriguing that Disney puts this on the DVD with no background or explanation, especially with its politically wrong depiction of the genie (who sounds like he wandered off the station of Amos & Andy) and Pluto being painted in blackface and getting dubbed “Mammy.” And yet, “Song of the South” remains in the vaults.
Sneak Peeks:
Featuring previews of Journey, Disney XD, Tinkerbell & The Lost Appreciate, Morning Light (curious fair sage of Roy Disney putting together a team of 15 inexperience sailors for a breeze from LA to Honolulu), Snow White (on Blu-ray), and Bedtime Stories (Adam Sandler) .
Pop-Up Fun Facts
Specs:
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound (English & French), French & Spanish Subtitles. Audio is ample and positive, but not especially outstanding.
Video: Widescreen (1.75:1), enhanced for 16×9 TVs. Relate is positive with edifying color, but definitely has a 70’s soft feel.
The sequel, Return from Witch Mountain Special Edition is also now available.
The classic Walt Disney sci-fi film “Run TO WITCH MOUNTAIN” (1975) is released on DVD to support celebrate the theatrical release of “Bustle TO WITCH MOUNTAIN” (the third `WITCH MOUNTAIN’ film which can be considered a original storyline or a re-imagining of the first film) .
“Flee TO WITCH MOUNTAIN” would be a family sci-fi film to use the latest special effects at that time and bring common British director John Hough (”THE AVENGERS”, “THE Epic OF HELL HOUSE”), known for his work on television episodes and panic films to stutter a family film.
Based on the novel modern by Alexander Key, “Hurry TO WITCH MOUNTAIN” focuses on two children Tony (played by Ike Eisenman) and Tia Malone (played by Kim Richards) who have supernatural powers.
Tia can communicate with Tony via telepathy and has the ability to work things in her mind and sense the future, while Tony has the ability to perform or levitate things while playing the harmonica.
Both Tony and Tia (with their shadowy cat named “Winkle”) disappear to an orphanage and try to see each other’s serve but with a bully at the orphanage always sharp both brother and sister, Tia tends to exhaust her power to aid Tony in the public spy. Such as helping him levitate many feet high to derive a ball during a baseball game or during a fight with a bully, levitating a baseball glove and while it’s in the air, using it to hit the bully. Of course, it doesn’t encourage that the kids of the orphanage spy this and thus, they tend to perceive at the two as curious people.
Throughout the course of the film, Tia has images in her mind of their childhood. Not being able to understand what is happening, these fragments of memories are all she has of their past. Something that both really can’t remember.
While on a school breeze, Tia gets one of her premonitions about a guy who will be injure in his car. Both Tony and Tia try to earn the guy named Lucas Deranian (played by Donald Pleasence) and hopefully prevent him from getting into his car. Tina pleads with the guy that she senses things and he should listen to her and not collect in the car. He listens to her and next thing you know, a tow truck rams into the car.
Deranian is surprised by the children’s power and he tells his boss, multi-millionaire Aristotle Shuffle (played by Ray Milland) about the children. Fling who likes to utilize psychics to abet him perform more money is now fervent in the two children and thus he and Deranian concoct a way with faked paperwork to say that Deranian is the kid’s long lost uncle.
At first the kids are glad to have a fresh home, especially in a mansion and having all they can ever want. But Tina starts to sense the future and learns that Whisk is an nefarious man that will try to exploit them for their powers and possibly damage them.
She is so shocked that she tells Tony that both of them must leave the mansion. At first Tony feels that maybe Tia is unprejudiced feeling unfamiliar because they have everything that they want but he knows better not to ask his sister’s premonitions and thus decides to succor her speed from the mansion.
Thus Travel has all his men looking for the children and bring them assist to the mansion but the kids manage to employ their powers to assist them out of the private property and mask in a camper by a disgruntled obsolete man named Jason O’Day. O’Day is asked by Deranian if he has seen the children but O’Day has not and doesn’t want to be bothered.
O’Day unbiased wants to proceed and be left alone and as he parks reach the beach, he finds a cat (which belongs to the children) and when he goes to feed it, he finds out that the children are hiding in his camper. At first, O’Day wants nothing to do with them but being an older man who never had any children of his absorb, he is surprised by the children’s power and tries to abet them dash from Aristotle Plug and the police who are looking for them.
And thus the film becomes a cat versus mouse storyline of O’Day and the children trying to hurry and go to witch mountain before they are caught.
VIDEO & AUDIO:
“Flee TO WITCH MOUNTAIN” is a 35-year-old film that is featured in widescreen 1:75:1 and enhanced for 16×9 televisions. The film looks well-preserved for its age but of course, special effects from that time do peek quite cheesy in today’s standards, but one could imagine how in 1975, the special effects featured were top of the line. Also, the film benefits from being shot outdoors, so the recount quality is smart.
As for audio, audio is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound with a secondary French language track. I didn’t grasp hearing many special effects utilized in the rear channel but dialogue and effects were quite sure coming from the front channels.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
“Elope TO WITCH MOUNTAIN” includes several special features. Many which were included in the 2003 DVD release but there is one special feature that is peculiar to the 2009 DVD release. Included are:
* ALL Recent Pop-Up Fun Facts - For those who want to view the film with fun facts popping up on the bottom of the cloak.
* Making the Dash - A splendid lengthy featurette with interviews with director John Hough, Ike Eisenmann, Kim Richards and more. Hough talks about working with Disney, while Eisenmann and Richards talk about working with the talent, the animals and their overall experiences.
* Conversations with John Hough - A short featurette about Hough’s past experience in television and film and working on a Disney film.
* Disney Sci-Fi - A short music video of various clips of Disney Sci-Fi
* “PLUTO’S DREAM HOUSE” - An curious short featuring Mickey Mouse and Pluto. Mickey Mouse finds a magic lamp and has the lamp execute a dog house for Pluto.
* Disney Effects - Something Special - A very arresting featurette about special effects in Disney films, especially the utilization of painting backgrounds on glass to how special effects were done in “Parent Trap” and other films.
* 1975 Disney Studio Album - A short musical featurette featuring stills from all films that were shown in 1975.
* Audio Commentary - Commentary by John Hough, Ike Eisenmann and Kim Richards. It appears that Hough’s commentary was recorded separately from Eisenmann and Richards. But the three talk about their experiences and some tidbidts of definite scenes from the film.
JUDGMENT CALL:
“Flee TO WITCH MOUNTAIN” is indeed a classic Disney sci-fi film.
As a film such as “MARY POPPINS” was instrumental in wowing audiences for its musical and its special effects aid in 1964. “Elope TO WITCH MOUNTAIN” was a Disney film that would be a family film but employ quite a bit of special effects to earn the supernatural abilities spy natural on film. With the utilize of wires and the utilize of editing tricks available in 1975, children were mesmerized by it.
And since it was a Disney film, it made it that considerable special for children and families, to have a film that would attract people of all ages. Something that Walt Disney has always wanted for his films…involving or live.
Of course, the special effects dilapidated in 1975 looks dated compared to what we have seen Disney do these days but considering how films were at that time, it’s how things were.
But for many children, like Elliott and E.T. were for children in the 80’s, Tony and Tina were accepted characters for children in the mid-70’s. The fact that these two had special powers was quite provocative at the time and the film became a titanic hit.
It resonated well with adults and children and It was quite entertaining for me because I was a young child when this film first came out and I had the opportunity to examine the film on DVD together with my six-year-old. He absolutely loved the film and asked if we could glimpse the second film afterwards.
Now, for those who occupy the 2003 DVD release, you may not need this DVD because there really is no major addition in terms of special features but for those who are looking forward to watching Dwayne Johnson in “Run TO WITCH MOUNTAIN” in 2009 and have never watched the modern films or its been too long since you have last seen it, then definitely capture up both classic Witch Mountain films.
As for “Bustle TO WITCH MOUNTAIN”, both “Dash TO WITCH MOUNTAIN” and “RETURN FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN” both reach with a free brand coupon (attached to the slipcase mask) to download a certificate (brand) in order to peer the latest film at a participating theater for free.
Overall, “Speed TO WITCH MOUNTAIN” is a fun and exquisite film and despite being nearly 35 years ragged, it’s a film that families can view with their children now and smooth be entertained.
Definitely a Disney classic worth having in your DVD library.
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