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: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 77 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-08
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Company, The
Movie Reviews of Rock-A-Doodle
Movie Review: There's Nothing Wrong With This Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
In my opinion this was and still is one of the most cherished children's movie ever made. It wasn't made for adults but made for "CHILDREN". It's not hard to understand it's about a rooster who makes the sun shine and about an owl who (like all owls) hates sunshine and wants total darkness, and a little boy who tries to get the rooster to come back and bring up the sun. It's a children's story so as long as the children enjoy it, that's all that matters.
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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