Room on the Broom (film)

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Room on the Broom
GenreChildren's
Fantasy
Based on Room on the Broom
by Julia Donaldson
Written by Julia Donaldson
Axel Scheffler
Story by Julia Donaldson
Directed by Max Lang
Jan Lachauer
Voices of Gillian Anderson
Rob Brydon
Timothy Spall
Martin Clunes
Sally Hawkins
David Walliams
Narrated by Simon Pegg
Theme music composer René Aubry
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Germany
Original languagesEnglish
German
Production
Producers Martin Pope
Michael Rose
CinematographyPepi Lenzi
Editor Robin Sales
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesOrange Eyes Limited
Magic Light Pictures
Studio Soi
BBC
Original release
Network BBC One
Release25 December 2012 (2012-12-25)

Room on the Broom is a 2012 short stop motion computer animated television film based on the picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The film was nominated for the Best Animated Short Film at the 2014 Academy Awards. [1] It also won the British Academy Children's Award for Animation in 2013. [2]

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Directed by Max Lang and Jan Lachauer, the film was produced by Martin Pope and Michael Rose of Magic Light Pictures, London, in association with Orange Eyes Limited.

It was first broadcast on BBC One on Tuesday 25 December 2012 [3] before being released on DVD in March 2013 by Magic Light Pictures. It then aired in the United States on PBS Kids Sprout as a Halloween special, on 30 October 2013, and then aired in the United States on PBS Kids as a Christmas special, on 1 December 2017 – 9 December 2018.

Plot

The film follows a witch and her cat, who fly to different locations together on their broomstick. One morning, the witch casts a spell that causes an explosion, awaking a nearby dragon. The witch and the cat then fly away together.

While flying, the witch drops her hat into a forest, so the two land to find it. Eventually, a dog returns the hat to them, and the witch allows him to ride the broomstick with them.

The three fly some more, until the bow in the witch's plait falls into a field, so the three land to find it. A green bird, outcast from the other birds, returns the bow to them, and the witch allows her to ride the broomstick with them.

They fly further, but the witch drops her wand into some reeds, and they land the broomstick to find it. A frog returns the wand to them and the witch allows him to ride the broomstick, much to the cat's chagrin.

While flying over mountains, the combined weight of the five causes the broom to snap in half, dropping the animals into a bog and sending the witch flying into a cloud, where the dragon (having followed her) announces his plan to eat her as "witch and chips" for dinner. After a brief chase, the dragon catches the witch, who faints.

Before the dragon can eat the witch, however, a monster appears out of the bog and claims the witch for itself. The terrified dragon flees, and the monster is revealed to be the animals in disguise. The dog, bird and frog accept that the broom can only hold the weight of two of them and prepare to leave the witch and cat, but the witch, using a new spell, creates a new broom that they can all fit on, and the five fly away together.

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Chilton, Martin (16 January 2014). "Julia Donaldson film Room on the Broom earns Oscar nomination". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Children's in 2013". British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Room on the Broom". BBC One . Retrieved 21 March 2021.


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