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1972 film, adapted from a classic children's ghost story by Lionel Jeffries from Antonia Barber's The Ghosts.In Camden Town, 1918, Mrs. Allen (Dorothy Alison) and her three children, Lucy (Lynne Frederick), James (Garry Miller) and baby Benjamin, are met by the mysterious Mr. Blunden (Laurence Naismith), a kindly but mysterious old man who offers them a caretaker's job at a burnt-down old mansion. Upon their arrival, Lucy and James encounter two children, around their own age, who may or may not be ghosts. And just what do they have to do with the mysterious, and amazing, Mr. Blunden? |
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Incorruptible Pure Pureness |
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Incorruptible Pure Pureness: Sara tries to see the best in everyone, holding affection for her Uncle Bertie and the pampered Bella, has a friendship and later marries the lower-class stableboy Tom, and continues to write to Georgie after their estrangement. Any scorn is reserved for Mrs. Wickens. |
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Disappeared Dad |
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Disappeared Dad: Mr. Allen has died in a car crash/during the war (in the book and film respectively) sometime before the story, as have Sara and Georgie's parents. |
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The Scrooge |
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The Scrooge: The original Mr. Blunden. |
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Adapted Out |
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Adapted Out: The junior partner, Smith, is absent from the film, and his appearance at the end is given to Mr. Clutterbuck. |
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Stable Time Loop: By saving the children in the past, Lucy and Jamie unwittingly save their own ancestors. |
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Handsome Lech: Bertie. |
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Psychopathic Manchild |
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Psychopathic Manchild: Poor Mr. Wickens. He's not evil by nature, but brain damaged from his days as the boxer "Wrecker" Wickens. In the book, he is much more villainous, and actually speaks on occasion, instead of just grunting. |
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Would Hurt a Child |
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Would Hurt a Child: The Wickenses, oh so much. |
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Pensieve Flashback |
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Pensieve Flashback: Most of the finale. |
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Cats Are Mean |
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Cats Are Mean: Averted, Georgie refuses to test the potentially poisonous potion on Mrs Wickenses' cat because it hasnt done them any harm. |
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Heel–Face Turn |
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Heel–Face Turn: Mr. Blunden has spent the past 100 years attempting this. |
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Heroic Sacrifice |
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Heroic Sacrifice: Mr. Blunden dies to save Georgie and Jamie. |
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Our Ghosts Are Different |
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Our Ghosts Are Different: Children who travel forwards or backwards in time becomes invisible to adults. |
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Adaptation Personality Change |
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Adaptation Personality Change: Several, some minor; but the largest is the snobbish Georgie in the book who is dismisses Jamie as a silly ghost when Jamie tries to keep him quiet when spying on the adults and who criticises almost every character at some point. In the film, he is little more than an lovable, if easily cross, scamp. Mr Wickens, whilst Dumb Muscle in both; speaks in the book and seems to be genuinely unpleasant whilst the film version is clearly mentally ill and only speaks (or mumbles) coherently once in the whole fil. Mr. Blunden himself seems a lot more confident in the film, though still guilt-stricken, he does not seem nearly as morose when offering the Allens a job and gleefully wishes Lucy and Jamie a happy Christmas. |
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Stealth Hi/Bye |
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Stealth Hi/Bye: Mr. Blunden's good at these. |
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Arc Words |
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Arc Words: "We three Kings of Orient Are..." |
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The Alcoholic |
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The Alcoholic: Mrs. Wickens, Bertie. In the original book, Mr. Wickens is too. |
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Establishing Character Moment |
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Establishing Character Moment: The Wickenses, Mr. Wickens' mental problem is soon set-up when a patron of the pub taps on a glass (reminding him of the boxing bell) whilst Mrs Wickens reigns him in with a few sharp punches. |
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Large Ham |
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Large Ham: Mrs Wickens. |
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What Happened to the Mouse? |
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What Happened to the Mouse?: Lucy contemplates Bella and Bertie's eventual fates in the book. In the film Bella almost certainly dies, but that still leaves Bertie. |
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Karmic Death |
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Karmic Death: The Wickenses die in their attempt to kill the children. |
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Set Right What Once Went Wrong |
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Set Right What Once Went Wrong: Lucy and Jamie are sent back in time to prevent Sarah and Georgie dying in a house fire. |
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Foreshadowing |
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Foreshadowing: James sees a lot of himself in Sara, even describing it as like looking into a reflection. |
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Regency England |
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Regency England: Sara and Georgie are from this period, the year 1818 to be exact. |
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Bad Cop/Incompetent Cop |
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Bad Cop/Incompetent Cop: Blunden and Bertie in the original timeline. |
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Dumb Muscle |
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Dumb Muscle: Mr. Wickens. |
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Amoral Attorney |
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Amoral Attorney: The original Mr. Blunden. |
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Celestial Bureaucracy |
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Celestial Bureaucracy: In the book, after his death Mr. Blunden takes Jamie to a spectral court, where it is judged whether his striking from the legal register should be reversed. |
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Ghostly Goals |
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Ghostly Goals: Sara and Georgie want to escape from their evil guardians whilst Mr Blunden wants to make it up for allowing the children to die in the first place. |
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Dead Person Conversation |
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Dead Person Conversation: When Sara and Georgie appear in 1918, Lucy and Jamie thought they were ghosts. However they are only here because they drank a potion that sent them forward in time. They prove that they are not ghosts by having Lucy and Jamie touch their hands. However, it turns out that Lucy and Jamie first instincts are true after they find Sara and Georgie’s graves. |
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Composite Character |
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Composite Character: The film combines the secretary Mr. Clutterbug, who appears when the Allens come about the job, with the junior partner Mr. Smith, who arrives to inform Mrs. Allen of her inheritance. In the film, Smith is only mentioned. |
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Brainless Beauty |
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Brainless Beauty: Bella Wickens as she has a mind of a child. |
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Haunted House |
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Haunted House: Although one of the "ghosts" doesn't realise they're dead... |
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Running Gag: Nobody seems to remember the name of the secretary at Blunden, Claverton and Smith, despite Jamie's comment that no one could forget a name like "Clutterbug." Once he leaves, Claverton rebukes Clutterbug for having such a silly name, for which he apologises. |
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