Escape to Witch Mountain (Special Edition)
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Features
• Anamorphic
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby
• Special Edition
• Widescreen
• NTSC
In Theaters : 21 March, 1975
DVD Release : 02 September, 2003 |
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Escape to Witch Mountain (Special Edition) Customer Reviews
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A lot of fun to watch
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I was always amazed when Disney got the formula right after the 1960s. In 1975, Disney Studios found the magic again with "Escape to Witch Mountain." Soon the special effects of this movie would be eclipsed by the breakthrough movie "Star Wars," but many of the special effects still hold up today, and make this movie a lot of fun to watch.
Tony Malone (Ike Eisenmann, whose acting career has been supplanted by other interests, though he had a memorable role in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan") and Tia Malone (who was a real cutie then and now, but whose acting career mostly stopped in 1985) are two children who appear to be orphaned. But there is something strange about Tony and Tia. They can do magic! Well, maybe not magic, but they are telekinetic, telepaths, and Tia seems to be able to foretell the future.
We meet Tony and Tia as they are entering a children's home. After Tony handles a bully using his mental powers we realize that Tony and Tia are not average orphans. When we overhear Tony and Tia talking to each other using telepathy, we realize Tony and Tia are really out of place.
Unfortunately, Tony and Tia are also incredibly nice kids. Tia tells Lucas Deranian (played by the late Donald Pleasence, a workaholic who appeared in more than 100 movies and television shows in the last 20 years of his life) not to get into his car. Moments later, a tow truck demolishes Deranian's car, and Deranian suspects that Tia may be a very special child.
Deranian tells his employer, Aristotle Bolt (Ray Milland, another veteran actor, who was struggling to find better roles after his ill-fated appearance in the critter-fest "Frogs" in 1972) that Tony and Tia may have powers. Mr. Bolt has an open mind about these things, and has been seeking supernatural guidance for some time. Mr. Bolt, wealthy multi-millionaire that he is, fabricates all sorts of documentation to be able to adopt the children for his own nefarious purposes.
Tony and Tia are quick to figure out that Mr. Bolt is sleazy, and they quickly make a break for freedom with Mr. Bolt sending all the forces in his power to find them.
Tony and Tia are fortunate in that they encounter kindly Jason O'Day (Eddie Albert, yet another veteran actor) and his camper. Though Jason appears gruff and bluff, he is actually a nice man and he decides to help the children.
As these events have been unfolding, we catch glimpses of visions that Tia is having. These visions seem to indicate that the children were involved in some kind of disaster at sea. Tia's star case and the visions seem to indicate that the children should go to Witch Mountain, and that's where Mr. O'Day is hoping to take them, with Mr. Bolt hot on their trail.
This DVD includes a sprinkling of extras. There is a making of feature, a cartoon, a featurette and more. Those fans who enjoy extras will find most of these extras interesting.
This Disney movie is sprinkled with enjoyable special effects. Things fly and instruments play themselves. Animals are controlled by telepathy and help the children to escape. All but the most jaded viewer should gain some enjoyment from this film. I think those who remember this film from its original release and children not yet warped by excessive computer graphics and special effects will find the most charm in this fun movie. This movie is worth watching over and over again. Enjoy!
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