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 Solomon Related Items:
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780783115993 Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 0783115997 Label: Samuel Goldwyn Company, The Manufacturer: Samuel Goldwyn Company, The Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Academy Ratio Publisher: Samuel Goldwyn Company, The Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 20, 1999 Running Time: 75 minutes Sales Rank: 7792 Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Company, The Theatrical Release Date: April 03, 1992
Customer Reviews
Rock A Doodle
I received this DVD in very good cosmetic condition. It runs perfectly and has yet to skip once on me.