Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303397078 Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 6303397077 Label: Samuel Goldwyn Company, The Manufacturer: Samuel Goldwyn Company, The Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Samuel Goldwyn Company, The Release Date: January 31, 1995 Running Time: 77 minutes Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Company, The Theatrical Release Date: April 03, 1992 Sales Rank: 13002
Amazon.com: 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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Fun for everyone!
My 17 year old daughter fell in love with this movie when she was 7. She would watch it everyday when she was younger. This is an uplifting movie about friendship & the lengths people, in this case ... Read More
Rating: - Awesome!
This movie is wholesome, clean and great for all ages. My son watched this nonstop when he was young, now at 16 we are buying it on DVD for a fun movie and chinese night. Can't wait to see it again after ... Read More
Rating: - Rock A Doodle
I received this DVD in very good cosmetic condition. It runs perfectly and has yet to skip once on me.
Rating: - Horrific yet Good
I remember seeing this in the theatre, and wondering what in the world it was about. To this day, I'm still not sure where Bluth was going with it. As always, he takes a simple, childish story and adds bizarre, ... Read More
Rating: - So many memories
I loved this movie as a kid!!!! My Fiance had never seen it and he loved it to!!! Gotta love Don Bluth films total classics in the making!!!
- Fun for everyone!
- Horrific yet Good