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Summary: Probably the only good Disney movie from the '70s.
Review: "The Rescuers" is one of the better later Disney movies before "The Little Mermaid". I think it had more heart than the other two Disney movies before it, "The Aristocats" and "Robin Hood". It also had a better story to follow. Miss Bianca and Bernard are two of the most memorable Disney characters ever. Their voices [Eva Gabor and Bob Newhart] are distinguished and perfect. There are more memorable characters in this movie than most Disney movies made at that time [the 1970s]. They include the villianess Madame Medusa, Orville the albatross, Evinrude the dragonfly, and, best of all, an orphan girl named Penny. Of all the Disney animated children, Penny has the most personality. I recommend this movie to any Disney lover. The sequal, "The Rescuers Down Under", is even more exciting, with better animation and some great new characters.
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Summary: Classic Disney...
Review: "The Rescuers" is one of those polished gems that fell between the Walt-era blockbusters like "Snow White" and the Eisner-era blockbusters like "Lion King". It's often forgotten when people consider Disney's animated films. However, the quality is as good as any other Disney film, and the overall entertainment of the film remains as good as any. The dragonfly steals the show, and Bob Newhart's voice over adds a bit of humor. Two thumbs up!
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Summary: Good wholsome family entertainment!
Review: A real Disney masterpiece! Wellplotted story with lovable characters. A movie you can't helplove.
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Summary: Offbeat but enjoyable Disney flick
Review: A superb effort from Disney, as per usual, but quite different to much of their other work. It's much gloomier and more intense than today's spread of Disney films, but still a classic (with plenty of humour and fun) that should keep viewers of any age entertained time and time again. The animation is somewhat gritty, but this adds to the dark atmosphere; the vocal work is outstanding. A winner.
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Summary: Wow
Review: After all of these years, Madame Medusa is still the scariest Disney villian hands down. Aside from the fact this film is overall darker than it's modern counterparts, I've always thought she was purposefuly drawn to resemble one of her beloved crocodiles. Even her bumbling co-conspirtor Snoops is more humane, and he is no model of morals either. Whenever this film came on as a little girl, I could not watch it because it gave me night mares. Even if there were real kids who were in horrible (but obviously not the same) experiences, I had no way to relate to it. Yet looking back, it was a perfect offering for the decade. I largely developed my current hypothesis about this film from realizing (as sad as it seems) compared to the nightly broadcast of the vietnam war and other urban/social programs---this WAS very kid friendly for it's time. In a time when American social protest was still very visible, the children's fare Disney itself had previously produced seemed outdated and simplistic. It's also worth noting that efforts in locating missing and exploited children really did not begin until this time, even if it certainly was not Disney's intention to bring issues to the forefront. Again, the somber screenplay and emphasis on social justice owes much to the day's politics where many social safeguards we are accustomed to were non-existent. The fact that Penny was adopted from an orphanage with little or no safeguards and subjected to such intolerable conditions for so long without any human contact other than the two creeps is another really telling area of the movie. To some extent it was hollywood dramatization, but to another extent that was how things were back then. Thankfully, world governmental bodies (such as the rescue aid society) are around. Many years later, I like this movie, but am convinced it is more adult oriented. I am now fancinated by this screenplay and see something new each time I am watching. While it might not work for somebody accustomed to the light hearted nature of today's Disney movies, anybody willing to open their mind would love this movie.
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Summary: Big fun!
Review: All my family had a lot of fun watching this fil, it is filled with jokes even if some parts are sad. The bad thing is that this film is very forgotten...
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Summary: Cruella de Ville has met her match. HERE;S MADAME MADUSA!!!
Review: Besides Cruella de Ville and Ursula the sea witch, Madusa was my favortie villain of all. It all starts when the rescue aid society is summoned to answer a call for help from an orphan girl by the name of Penny. With enough begging, Miss Bianca gets the job of helping Penny but it is insisted that she has a man go with her. Her choice? Janitor Benard. Off they go to very very daring ways to save Penny from the clutches of Madame Madusa, her clusmy ... partner Mr. Snoops and her two aligators. You wont be sorry you got this. If you loved Ursula for "The Little Mermaid" and Cruella de Ville from "101 Dalmations", you'll love Madusa from "The Rescuers". You'll also loves Snoops Clumsiness. IT'S PRICLESS.
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Summary: Finally, THE RESCUERS the way it was meant to be seen!
Review: Don't listen to any of the pro "Pan and Scan" reviews. Disney's "The Rescuers" was meant to be seen in a widescreen format, so the bars are supposed to be there. If you have the VHS tape, yes there are no bars and slightly more image at the top and bottom, but the director intended one to view the film on a rectanglular screen, not a square TV. As for the image, it's *very* clean for a film thats 20+ years old. Get it now!
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Summary: A Well Done Disney Movie
Review: During the seventies, Disney came out with a slew of films that were not huge like The Jungle Book and One Hundred and One Dalmatians, but a few stood out as almost awesome. This is one. In this movie, Disney takes you to two places it had never taken you, NYC, and the bayous of Louisiana. It had great vocal talens, good animation, and a good gripping plot. See it if you are a fan. I reccomend it.
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Summary: The movie is great, but this DVD is impossible to watch!
Review: First of all, The Rescuers is and will always be my favorite Disney animated film of all time, not only is it sweet and charming in a way no other Disney film, but I just grew up with it, so the more I watch it, the more attached I feel to it. I didn't even know that the movie was going to have its DVD debut on May of last year, since Disney didn't even bother to advertise it. Well, I got a copy of this new DVD and couldn't be more disappointed with it.
This has to be the worst Disney DVD ever, the picture quality is terrible to begin and the colors are not the ones the film is meant to have. The film looks dark, making it's already dark atmosphere a very depressing one indeed. The film doesn't look very sharp, a deep digital restoration is defintately needed here. The colors were the worst part of course, the tint is all messed up causing some parts to look awful, notice how Bernard's sweatshirt appears brownish pink throughout some scenes of the film and how the beautiful blue colors of the bayou are now green, making it look like an underwater ship-wreck.
Bonus features are not enough to call this a good Disney DVD, I know there's a lot more that could have been added. So, what's up with the cover art? Where they too lazy to make a new one or what? Don't tell me they ran out of money, or did they lose it all making Home on the Range and getting about 50% of the spent budget back? Oh yeah! Also, there's no insert, the film is not presented in it's original aspect ratio, parts of the picture are cut off and this DVD stinks, that's the bottom line.
The movie is awesome but Disney sucks lately and this DVD proves it!
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