Rock-A-Doodle
by Don Bluth, Dan Kuenster
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Actor: Christopher Plummer, Eddie Deezen, Glen Campbell, Kathryn Holcomb, Phil HarrisDirector: Dan Kuenster, Don Bluth
Editor: Lisa Dorney
Editor: Dan Molina
Editor: Fiona Trayler
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 77 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-07-20
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Company, The
Movie Reviews of Rock-A-Doodle
Movie Review: great children's movie
Summary: 5 Stars
A bad storm is bearing down on Edmund's family farm and everyone tells him he's too little to help. His mother reads him a story about a rooster who thinks he can raise the sun by crowing and an evil owl who sets out to prove him wrong. Edmund falls asleep and becomes a part of the story. The owl turns him into a kitten and Edmund must help the other farm animals find Shanticlair(the rooster)to bring back the sun before the owl takes over the farm. At first, Edmund thinks he can't do anything to help because he feels helpless as a tiny kitten. An even smaller mouse teaches him that any effort, no matter how small, can make a difference.I won't tell the whole story, but I will add that "that rooster sure can crow!" He's basically a barnyard Elvis :). The singing is great! When I first saw this movie I thought it was a Disney. It's that good. I'm not naive enough to think all Disney films are great, but most times you can see the quality in their films. All I know is, my kids love it and I always willingly watch it with them!
Summary of Rock-A-Doodle
Don Bluth's lavish animated musical Rock-A-Doodle was not a success when it was released in 1992. It's not hard to understand why: the film varies wildly in tone and the story makes little sense. In the live-action prologue, a little boy named Edmond learns that the crowing of Chanticleer the rooster did not make the sun rise, as everyone thought. But when a flood threatens his family's farm, Edmond sets off to get Chanticleer to make the sun rise and save the day. (Edmond gets turned into a kitten during this adventure, for no apparent reason other than that cats are easier to animate than humans.) Chanticleer has moved to the city, and although the farm seems to be in the Midwest, the nearest city is clearly supposed to be Las Vegas. Chanticleer is now the King, an Elvis caricature used for an unfunny spoof of showbiz clichés. The animation is quite fluid, and there are lots of brightly colored effects--rainbows, sparkles, sunbeams. But parents will have a hard time explaining the story to their children. --Charles SolomonSimilar DVD Movies
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