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Rock-A-Doodle (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
76 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1991 and produced in:
Ireland ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Don Bluth
Gary Goldman

Written By:
Don Bluth
John Pomeroy

Actors:
Phil Harris ..... Narrator / Patou (voice)
Glen Campbell ..... Chanticleer
Eddie Deezen ..... Snipes (voice)
Kathryn Holcomb ..... Mother
Toby Scott Ganger ..... Edmond
Stan Ivar ..... Dad
Christian Hoff ..... Scott
Jason Marin ..... Mark
Christopher Plummer ..... Grand Duke
Sandy Duncan ..... Peepers (voice)
Will Ryan ..... Stuey (voice)
Charles Nelson Reilly ..... Hunch (voice) (as Charles Nelson-Reilly)
Ellen Greene ..... Goldie (voice)
Sorrell Booke ..... Pinky (voice)
Dee Wallace ..... Mother (voice)

Synopsis:

In Don Bluth's ROCK-A-DOODLE, Chanticleer (Glen Campbell) is a golden-tonsilled rooster who misses the arrival of the sun one morning and leaves the farm in disgrace to make his name in the big city. This entertaining children's film is a story-within-a-story: ROCK-A-DOODLE is actually a beloved book owned by Edmond (Toby Scott Ganger), a little farm boy whose parents are desperately trying to save the family farm from an impending flood begun, according to Edmond's book, by the wicked Grand Duke of Owls (Christopher Plummer). When Edmond tries to evoke Chanticleer to bring the sun back, the duke turns him into a kitten, transporting him into the animated world of the rooster and the other animals from his book. Thus begins a colorful journey filled with songs and adventure.

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 or the rain will keep coming down forever. Edmond gets turned into a kitten during this adventure, for no apparent reason other than that cats are easier to animate than humans. Meanwhile 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 and now he has to hurry, because the horrible owls, who love the darkness, are coming.

The rooster on the farm, Chanticleer, has to sing every morning for the sun to rise. One morning, he is stopped from singing and the other animals discover that he's a phony - the sun rises anyway. He becomes an outcast and runs away to the city. However, the animals discover that this was a mistake, because the sun stops coming up and rain, which causes a flood, begins instead. A few of the animals decide to go into town to find Chanticleer and ask him to come back. And they have to hurry, because the horrible owls, who love the darkness, are coming.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 21 May, 2010.

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