Escape to Witch Mountain is a great movie....

[aquaman]

You know that it is a sweet movie. Don't lie....admit it.

[elshiva]

1. Thanks, for the copycat! But I've never seen that.

What's it about?

[Zomby Woof]

2. Saw it only once

Upon its release in 1975, when I was 8.

We went to a 2-screen theater. My parents watched "Murder on the Orient Express" on one screen, and my sister and I watched "Escape to Witch Mountain" on the other.

I remember enjoying it, through my 8 year-old eyes. Don't remember much else, over 30 years ago. :-)

[aquaman]

3. Here ya go...

Tony and Tia Malone have psychic powers. Everyone else thinks they're weird. Aristotle Bolt, a millionare wants to exploit these powers for his own gain. The kids run away and meet Jason O'Day, a cranky bachelor. Jason helps Tony and Tia find Stoney Creek in Misty Valley where their true identites are revealed.

Escape to Witch Mountain ending / spoiler

The kids are aliens from another world. They find the others who turn Bolt's helicopter upside down and he and Deranian give up on catching the kids. Tia and Tony give Winky the cat to Jason who says he wants to remember them as the kids he never had.

Sounds crazy huh? Gotta love the 1970's.

[qnr]

4. Is that the one that had the flying bed in the trailers? n/t

[aquaman]

5. No silly...

That is Debbie Does Dallas......

[qnr]

6. Forget Bambi Woods... let me see the late Arcadia Lake! :) n/t

[aquaman]

8. Arcadia Lake...

Never heard of it, is there hiking available?

[qnr]

9. Yeah, it's in Oklahoma. Supposed to be pretty nice.

:hi:

[terryg11]

7. heck yes!!

bought it for my kids last year along with the Black Hole and they love it.

[Qanisqineq]

10. I remember liking it

but I sure as hell don't remember what it is about.

[jobycom]

11. And Tia is Paris Hilton's aunt! I loved that movie more than was healthy

I used to lie in bed at night trying to turn the light off with my mind. I was convinced I could do it, and would spend an hour sometimes trying. Yeah, I was weird. That movie was a big part of my childhood, though.

I watched it again a couple of years ago. It's still a pretty good movie. Not great, but pretty good. The sequel sucked. The one I wrote in my head for it was way better.

[aquaman]

12. Paris is an ex-girlfriend of mine.....

So, I feel close to this movie. Did you see our video? I made it myself.

[jobycom]

13. Funny, she never mentioned you to me. nt.

[aquaman]

14. Is your real name Bubba....

If so, she mentioned you.

[jobycom]

15. No, she talks about that movie Bubba Ho-tep all the time.

She used to say I reminded her of Elvis when he was hot. Maybe that's where you got confused.

[amitten]

17. That movie affected me similarly. I thought, well if they can do it,

so can I! (But I couldn't. :cry: )

[jobycom]

19. Yeah, me either!

But i tried! :-)

[AlienGirl]

16. The book was even better

Alexander Key, though he only ever really wrote one story over and over, told the story *really* well every time. The story Key told was always about the strange child who the powerful evil person wanted to exploit, and how the child eventually found accepting, protective people. These books were sort of a liberal primer about accepting outsiders, and about how what is extraordinarily strange may actually be wonderful.

Other books by Alexander Key: _The Forgotten Door_, _The Case of the Vanishing Boy_, and _Jagger: The Dog From Elsewhere_.

Tucker

[jobycom]

20. Never read his works, but I like what you said

about it being a liberal primer, and accepting outsiders (and the related feeling of disliking bias). I guess that was a major factor in me becoming liberal. Or maybe I was just a liberal at heart, and that's why I was drawn to the film. If so, maybe the film (story) gave me comfort, convincing me that I was right to feel as I did, and that I wasn't alone.

I had never thought of it, but part of the strong emotional reaction that movie created in me was the feeling of wanting to find where I belonged, to have the sense of family and friendship the characters had. I remember at the time feeling sad that I wasn't as close to my sister as Tony was to Tia, and having more of a crush on their relationship than I really had on Tia. But maybe what I really felt was a kindred spirit with these out-of-place souls, and a longing for the redemption they finally found. Growing up in Mississippi, though I had a good family, I never really felt that people around me were like me. I was reasonable popular, but I still felt isolated. Maybe that's why the movie affected me so much.

Eh, maybe not. It was probably just the cool powers after all!

[hickman1937]

18. Scared the crap out of my kids the one time I rented it.

Haven't seen it since.

[ET Awful]

21. I loved that movie as a kid.

I even loved the sequel. I wanted to be one of those kids with the funky powers :P