The Gnome-Mobile
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Movie Reviews of The Gnome-Mobile
Movie Review: A Car Load Of Fun
Summary: 5 Stars
Robert Stevenson's delightful little 1967 film deserves to be seen in a widescreen edition, but your kids won't really care. The catchy music and wonderful theme song, "In the Gnome Mobile" will have you tapping your foot for sheer joy, and perhaps you will be swept away in a wave of nostalgia at seeing the last teaming of Matthew Garber and Karem Dotrice, considerably more mature than they were three years earlier in Stevenson's MARY POPPINS. Robert Stevenson had a lovely way with directing children--he made Elizabeth Taylor a star in the Orson Welles JANE EYRE--and his touch is surefire with young Garber and Dotrice. Sad to think that this was his last film (he died in 1977) but it is a memorable one, not least for Walter Brennan's dual role--wonder if he got two salaries, he deserved them!
Watching the THE GNOME-MOBILE, even in its mutilated pan and scan version, turns into a whole snapshot album of treats. Fans with long memories will recall Sean McGlory from two classic John Wayne films of the early 1950s--THE QUIET MAN in which he played Owen Glynn, and also the rarely seen today ISLAND IN THE SKY, in which he played Wayne's co-pilot. Disney fans will recall he had appearances in both FOLLOW ME, BOYS and THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE. He died too soon, in 2003, without the Disney Legend status he deserved, but his performance here as Horatio Quaxton is filled with generous touches and a lot of old school hilarity.
The beautiful redwood forest at the beginning and the end of the film, shows a Disney comfortable with location filming. Wonder where these sequences took place? Must be somewhere in Northern California or Oregon?
Movie Review: Why does Disney Pan & Scam us like this?
Summary: 5 Stars
A fun offering from Disney starring Walter Brennen and the 'Mary Poppins kids' Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber. Stunning & colorful cinematography and clever special effects both mechanical animated and forced perspective (as in Darby O'Gill) make for fun and fantasy fillled film for the entire family.
But, alas another wonderful 5 star Disney classic live action movie hacked to bits by pan & scan. Funny how many TV shows and now most commercials are in 16 X 9 widescreen format. Maybe now that Eisner is history, perhaps the consumer will possibly benefit. CEO Robert Iger, do you ever bother to listen to the wishes of Region One buying consumers? We truly thank Roy Disney and friends for keeping Uncle Walt's vision alive.
I enjoin all Region 1 consumers to remain in boycott mode until Disney studios gives ALL classic live-action movies the "Vault Disney" treatment. If it's good enough for Region 2 Europe, it good enough for North America.
I encourage all fans to keep the pressure on Disney with this forum kindly provided by Amazon.com.
Movie Review: ONE OF THE BEST FAMILY MOVIES!
Summary: 5 Stars
I accidentally recorded this film on VHS video tape about seventeen years ago from TV and I have taken special care of it ever since. The fact that it is finally being released on DVD is like a dream come true. It's one of those rare movies that capture the innocence of a bygone era, a time when excellent, feel good, family movies were made. It is with such movies that Disney defined the term family entertainment and that made a whole lot of difference to those of us that grew up with these films. Call it nostalgia if you will but movies are about entertainment and to me entertainment means that you can let yourself go for 90 minutes or so and travel to the faraway places in your imagination where the burdens of everyday life are nonexistent. Any movie that can achieve this is- to me- well worth a place in my collection. The Gnome Mobile is definitely one of those films and I would be a happy man if my son would grow up watching films like TGM rather than all the violent stuff that is so popular among youngsters nowadays.Movie Review: Utterly Charming, delightfully whimsical!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Gnome Mobile is an utterly charming motion picture that is an absolute MUST for disney collecters. Like Darby O Gill- Robert Stevenson directed this for Disney as well. Remember this is 20 or thirty years before computer and compositing effects - the special effects in this movie are seamless. The movie is bright and colorfull enhanced with the Mary poppins children Karen Dotrice and Mathew Garber. It has been locked away for far too long. Aquaint your children with this delightful piece of whimsey, it has a spirit of joy and innocence that is lacking in most modern day disney films, and for that reason alone worthy of being in your collection....Truly deserving of five stars..When it comes to tales on the wee folk Disney is often remembered for Darby O Gill, but this film is equally adorable.
Movie Review: One Of Disney's Best Films. Mediocre DVD Transfer
Summary: 5 Stars
Since this is one of Disney's very best films from the classic years I don't know why they didn't give this a better DVD transfer. It looks like it was transfered from VHS or something. It still looks decent since Disney is a big company, but considering this is one of their best classics from their golden age you would think they would have given it a better DVD release then this.
Note: I went to AmazonUK and purchased the PAL DVD of this and that is much better. The PAL English copies(if your player will play them)of Disney's 'One of Our Dinosaurs','Blackbeard' and 'Gnomemobile',actually look better. The DVD's look like they are transfered from film and audio is better.
James(alicefan)