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The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
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19 July 1967 (USA)
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Laugh & thrill with those lovable kids from MARY POPPINS! more
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An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe...
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Rolls Royce
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Big Company
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seeing this as a grown man... wow
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Cast
(Complete credited 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 |
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84 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.75 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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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
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Featured in The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008) (TV)
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The Gnome-Mobile Song
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This is a bundle of joy, even at the ripe old age of 24. Maybe I took it all in as if it was meant for pure tongue-in-cheek purposes, but even as pure kids movie entertainment this is a blast (in cheesy ways as well as for-real ones). It's about the world of gnomes in the redwood west-coast forests coming to light for a couple of kids (the Mary Poppens tykes) and an old man who runs a lumber company.
It might make sense to give a little back-up: part of he reason I watched this movie- make that a big reason- was that Upton Sinclair wrote it. There Will Be Blood is now out in theaters, a big success, and I was intrigued by what else was adapted from his works. Seeing this on the credits list made me give a double-take. What? A Disney movie? Will there be socialist gnomes gathering in the streets to protest the ways of the 5 to 6 foot tall bunch? And what about the greedy capitalists cutting down their trees for their profit motives? Do they have no decency?
Those thoughts ran through my mind, thinking that The Gnome Mobile would be bust, some cheesy kids movie that was so bad it would be good. And, in some ways, it is. It breaks into songs in the weirdest of moments (always, it seems, even if infrequently, in the car), and Walter Brennan plays two roles without any real justification except, mayhap, to get a bigger paycheck. But aside from the goofy expectations, it's actually a lot of legitimate fun, too. Kids who aren't completely dulled down by current CGI might get a kick out of seeing how things went in the "old" days (i.e. lots of large back-drop sets, the 'old-school' of blue screen of sorts of forced perspective, matte paintings), and for acting and comedy that is of a completely light manner. There's danger with a villainous freak-show captain (the name Horatio Quaxton in and of itself is great), and members of grandpa's own company.
It's a big, big, big gas. Only in the 2nd climax (yes, there are two, I think, sort of), when the lady gnomes go after Jasper in a courtship ritual do things get a little TOO weird (if that's possible with the frigging Gnome Mobile), and almost a little out of steam.