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Escape to Witch Mountain

Play trailer Poster for Escape to Witch Mountain G Released Mar 21, 1975 1h 37m Kids & Family Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
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Tony (Ike Eisenmann) and Tia Malone (Kim Richards) are two orphaned siblings with extraordinary psychic powers. When their abilities attract the attention of a cruel millionaire, Aristotle Bolt (Ray Milland), he kidnaps them with plans to exploit their powers for financial gain. Tony and Tia escape, and with the help of Jason O'Day (Eddie Albert), a bitter widower camping in a nearby Winnebago, they attempt to elude Bolt and begin to discover their otherworldly origins.
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Escape to Witch Mountain makes up for its lack of high stakes with a charming sense of adventure and excitement.

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Phil Strassberg Arizona Republic Leave it to the wizards who inherited Walt Disney's cinematic drawing boards to come up with a reasonable thrilled tinged with tongue-in-cheek comedy that can maintain sufficient interest for young and old. Apr 24, 2025 Full Review Patrick Gibbs Daily Telegraph (UK) Beautifully directed, these children. Nice to see the seniors playing up to them so selflessly. Mar 20, 2025 Full Review Farnum Gray Atlanta Journal-Constitution Walt Disney Productions has partially departed from its usual formulae in making this film. The product could have been better had they not kept too many over-used Disney gimmicks. Mar 19, 2025 Full Review Ronald E. Butler Tulsa World The picture features polished acting and production standards, loving photography of Big Sur, and enough twists and surprises to keep adults engaged along with the youngsters. As for the two mains stars... you'll find them charming and very likeable. Mar 19, 2025 Full Review Michael Marzella Tampa Bay Times Kudos to the Disney crew for delivering a film that will delight the children without boring the adults. Mar 19, 2025 Full Review Romola Costantino The Sun-Herald (Australia) It's scrupulously clean entertainment. Mar 19, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Blu B It's....not what I expected really for better or worse. The acting is alright enough. The two kids aren't really anything special but their not terrible. Eddie Albert isn't given much to work with but he's probably the best thing ehre acting wise and isn't bad. Everyone else is forgettable including the bad guys. The acting in general is campy honestly. The editing isn't bad. It's a road movie mixed with a fantasy and oddly enough...Sci-Fi. It makes sense but it does bounce around a bit between the bad guys and the kids/Albert second half wise and the Sci-Fi element is so out of left field. Everything else is alright. The soundtrack needs to be used more. The climax is very anticlimatic and I'm not sure if it's because it drags or isn't shot that well. The practical effects are really good and still look great but the E.T. on a bike moment at the end is laughably bad. I thought this would have...more traditional witch and mountain woods type stuff to it like a First Blood type of setting. That's not what happens at all. Were mostly on the road and the Witch part is barely tied in. The title in general is very misleading as to what this is. It's kind of harmless though but I don't really see much reason to watch it with so many other better family or Sci-Fi pics in general or from the era. Most could skip this. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/07/25 Full Review Jacob B A decent sci-fi adventure from the '70s, Escape to Witch Mountain isn't some masterpiece of filmmaking and has some outdated effects work (the wirework actually holds up pretty well but the chroma key...not so much) but it does have good acting, likeable characters, is directed well and some fun moments, even if it does lose some steam towards the end. One of Disney's better films to come out of their first dark age and, in my opinion, much worthier of a recommendation than the 2009 remake. P.S. For any of you Don Bluth completionists who saw this entry on his Wikipedia page and decided to watch the movie for the opening credits sequence, don't bother. It's pretty basic and repetitive with no real animation. Evidently, Disney weren't interested in having him actually utilise his talents here. No Pink Panther-esque intro here, folks :( Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/11/24 Full Review Dale R The story of two foster kids that have special abilities trying to find out who they are and where they came from. I wasn’t expecting this movie. The special abilities were a surprise and the big reveal at the end was awkward for me. The two children actors in the lead did a fair job, they didn’t distract from the movie. I do think it is worth a watch. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/07/24 Full Review William My all time favorite Disney film as a kid it's become a yearly Christmas film for the family. Love the adventure, sci-fi, magic and the beautiful California coastline where this was filmed, and where we also ventured in a camper with my grandparents growing up. Everyone is cast perfectly in this film but Eddie Albert is the real standout character that makes this film special. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/24/23 Full Review Eye C The puppets scene it's Disney bragging about what they can do, but then in the outdoors FX, it really were "sorry what's about to come… indoor we're spectacular but outdoors not so much" Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/17/23 Full Review CRIS B I Really Enjoyed It. I Was Involved With The 1970's Movie From The Get Go. The Child Actors Felt Like Real Kids To Myself. Growing Up Back Then There Was So Much To Identify With. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Tony (Ike Eisenmann) and Tia Malone (Kim Richards) are two orphaned siblings with extraordinary psychic powers. When their abilities attract the attention of a cruel millionaire, Aristotle Bolt (Ray Milland), he kidnaps them with plans to exploit their powers for financial gain. Tony and Tia escape, and with the help of Jason O'Day (Eddie Albert), a bitter widower camping in a nearby Winnebago, they attempt to elude Bolt and begin to discover their otherworldly origins.
Director
John Hough
Producer
Jerome Courtland
Screenwriter
Robert Malcolm Young
Distributor
Walt Disney
Production Co
Walt Disney Productions
Rating
G
Genre
Kids & Family, Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 21, 1975, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2014
Runtime
1h 37m
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