History Trivia / BedknobsAndBroomsticks

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The French title is ''L'Apprentie sorcière'' (''The Sorcerer Apprentice'', as a feminine name). In a similar vein, the Spanish title was ''La bruja novata'' (''The Novice Witch'') and in Latin America was "Travesuras de una bruja" ("Mischiefs of a Witch").

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The French title is ''L'Apprentie sorcière'' (''The Sorcerer Apprentice'', as a feminine name). In a similar vein, the Spanish title was ''La bruja novata'' (''The Novice Witch'').

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The French title is ''L'Apprentie sorcière'' (''The Sorcerer Apprentice'', as a feminine name).

** Creator/RonMoody was the first choice for Mr Brown, but he insisted on being billed first. The studio wouldn't allow it and the part went to Creator/DavidTomlinson.

* TalkingToHimself: Lennie Weinrib voiced both King Leonidas and the Secretary Bird.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Since the Blu-Ray doesn't include the 25th Anniversary Edition, the only way to watch it in HD would involve contacting someone fortunate enough to have downloaded it from [=iTunes=], before they stopped carrying it in favor of the theatrical cut.

* PropRecycling: The armor in the climactic battle with the Nazis was authentic medieval armor, previously used in ''Film/{{Camelot}}'' and ''Film/ElCid''. When any item of armor was to be destroyed, exact fiberglass replicas were created and used.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Creator/DavidTomlinson portrays Emelius Brown as a good but flawed man who, despite his growing (genuine) affection towards Eglantine and the children, ultimately chooses to part ways with them because he's afraid of commitment and prefers to pursue a life of adventure over settling down. In real life, Tomlinson was a devoted family man who gladly avoided showbiz circles and turned down most social invites just so he could spend as much time at home as he could and be with his wife and children.

* Creator/DavidTomlinson portrays Emelius Brown as a good but flawed man who, despite his growing (genuine) affection towards Eglantine and the children, ultimately chooses to part ways with them because he's afraid of commitment and prefers to pursue a life of adventure over settling down. In real life, Tomlinson was a devoted family man who gladly avoided showbiz circles and turned down most social invites just so he could spend as much time at home as he could and be with his wife and children.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Made $17.9 million against a budget of $20 million.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Set in England, filmed mostly in California. Thanks to matte paintings, it doesn't show.
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The French title is ''L'apprentie sorcière'' (''The Sorcerer Apprentice'', as a feminine name).

** There was a song written called Sold Citizen for Angela Lansbury to sing in the Isle of Naboombu scene to steal the star, it was cut early on in Production replaced with the Football Match scene.

--> "Where did all the happy endings go? / Where can all the good times be?"

* TheOtherDarrin: The original audio for the deleted scenes apparently no longer exists, requiring Disney to have the dialogue re-dubbed. Creator/AngelaLansbury and Creator/RoddyMcDowall re-recorded their own lines, but characters whose original actors had either passed away or become too old received new [=VAs=] for these parts, which is why (among other inconsistencies) Mr. Browne's voice sometimes changes to that of Creator/JeffBennett.

** Creator/JulieAndrews was the first choice to be Miss Price, for [[Film/MaryPoppins obvious]] [[Film/TheSoundOfMusic reasons]]. She turned the role down initially but later changed her mind - feeling that she owed her career to Disney and should work with them again. But when she called the studio to say she had reconsidered, Creator/AngelaLansbury had already been cast.

* CreatorKiller: This was unfortunately the beginning of the end of director Creator/RobertStevenson's career; it never returned to the heights it used to see.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/AngelaLansbury didn't enjoy filming. Due to the special effects heavy nature of it, every shot had to be tightly storyboarded and scripted, shot for shot.

* ExecutiveMeddling: For the American premiere at Radio City Music Hall, Disney had to shorten the movie by at least 20 minutes, to make room for a Rockettes performance. Those scenes remained missing for 25 years, until they were added incrementally during the 1996 and 2001 restorations. Later, the 2014 restoration deleted them ''again''.

** Ron Moody was the first choice for Mr Brown, but he insisted on being billed first. The studio wouldn't allow it and the part went to Creator/DavidTomlinson.

** Ron Moody was the first choice for Mr Brown, but he insisted on being billed first. The studio wouldn't allow it and the part went to David Tomlinson.

* BillingDisplacement: Creator/RoddyMcDowall is third-billed and, in the uncut version of the movie, he does indeed play a significant supporting character. However, in the theatrical cut of the movie, his role was reduced to The Guy Who Gets Attacked By Miss Price's Nightgown, but they still billed him right below Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson.

* CreatorBacklash: Angela Lansbury didn't enjoy filming. Due to the special effects heavy nature of it, every shot had to be tightly storyboarded and scripted, shot for shot.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The film had to have twenty-two minutes cut from it due to the premiere in New York's Radio Music Hall. As the Christmas show ran so long, whatever film came after it had to be under two hours.

** Both Angela Lansbury and Roddy [=McDowall=], as well as director Robert Stevenson had emigrated to America during World War II. David Tomlinson and Robert Sherman had served in the war.

** Julie Andrews was the first choice to be Miss Price, for [[Film/MaryPoppins obvious]] [[Film/TheSoundOfMusic reasons]]. She turned the role down initially but later changed her mind - feeling that she owed her career to Disney and should work with them again. But when she called the studio to say she had reconsidered, Angela Lansbury had already been cast.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $20 million. Box office, $17.9 million.

* BillingDisplacement: Roddy [=McDowall=] is third-billed and, in the uncut version of the movie, he does indeed play a significant supporting character. However, in the theatrical cut of the movie, his role was reduced to The Guy Who Gets Attacked By Miss Price's Nightgown, but they still billed him right below Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson.