The Gnome-Mobile (1967)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Robert Stevenson

Writers:

Ellis Kadison (screenplay)
Upton Sinclair (book)

Release Date:

19 July 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Laugh & thrill with those lovable kids from MARY POPPINS!

Plot:

An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe...

Plot Keywords:

Gnome | Forest | Rolls Royce | Talking Animal | Big Company

Cast

Walter Brennan	...	D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby
Matthew Garber	...	Rodney
Karen Dotrice	...	Elizabeth
Richard Deacon	...	Ralph Yarby
Tom Lowell	...	Jasper
Sean McClory	...	Horatio Quaxton
Ed Wynn	...	Rufus
Jerome Cowan	...	Dr. Ramsey
Charles Lane	...	Dr. Scoggins
Norman Grabowski	...	Male Nurse
Gil Lamb	...	Gas Attendant
Maudie Prickett	...	Katie Barrett
Cami Sebring	...	Violet

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.75 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

West Germany:o.Al. | USA:Approved (certificate #21173) (original rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1976) | Canada:G (video rating) | Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Big Basin, California, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

Ed Wynn's last film role

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Gnome-Mobile Song

Deligthful movie for the young ones (and the grown-ups too!)

I saw it years ago, before BETA system was erased from the earth, and I still sing the songs from time to time. It is like a weird cross between Mary Poppins, Herbie and fragile rock. It was really amusing and as I said, with some catchy songs. Maybe the special effects are a little bit old-fashioned, but I am sure it is now as charming as it was then. I remember, maybe, the good being too god and the bad guys being too bad but, after all, it's supposed to be for kids!

It's also one of those real image movies from Disney, a little bit forgotten, I don't know why. When home video was striking the world, many titles as this one were released, and now with the DVD explosion, some interesting movies, just like this one, seems to be passed by. I think this is much better than "lizzie McGuire" and all that "princess Disney" stuff and things like that. At least, a movie like "the gnome-Mobile", does say something, not just "hey! be cool and buy clothes" when you read between the lines.

- Jimina Sabadú