The Fox and the Hound

Theater date: 1981-07-10

Blu-ray release date: 2000-05-02

Rated: N/A

7.14 (IMDB)

Genre: AdventureAnimationDramaFamily

Language: en

Status: Released

Length: 1h 22min

Languages:

English

Description:

When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on his role as a hunting dog -- and the object of his search is his best friend!

Top Cast >

Mickey Rooney

As Tod (voice)

Kurt Russell

As Copper (voice)

Pearl Bailey

As Big Mama (voice)

Jack Albertson

As Amos Slade (voice)

Sandy Duncan

As Vixey (voice)

Jeanette Nolan

As Widow Tweed (voice)

Pat Buttram

As Chief (voice)

Richard Bakalyan

As Dinky (voice)

Paul Winchell

As Boomer (voice)

John Fiedler

As Porcupine (voice)

John McIntire

As Badger (voice)

Keith Coogan

As Young Tod (voice)

Corey Feldman

As Young Copper (voice)

James MacDonald

As Bear (Growling) (voice) (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Ted Berman

Director, Story

Art Stevens

Director, Co-Producer

Richard Rich

Director, Songs

Daniel P. Mannix

Novel

Ron Miller

Executive Producer

Buddy Baker

Original Music Composer

James Koford

Editor

James Melton

Editor

Shirley Walker

Additional Music

Vera Pacheco

Animation

Skip Jones

Animation

Don Griffith

Art Direction

Sylvia Roemer

Layout

Dan Hansen

Layout

Glenn V. Vilppu

Layout

Guy Vasilovich

Layout

Michael Peraza Jr.

Layout

Joe Hale

Layout

Edward Hansen

Production Manager

Don A. Duckwall

Production Manager

Herb Taylor

Sound

Don Hahn

Assistant Director

Mark A. Hester

Assistant Director

Terry L. Noss

Assistant Director

Evelyn Kennedy

Music Editor

Jack Wadsworth

Music Editor

Wolfgang Reitherman

Co-Producer

Larry Clemmons

Story

Vance Gerry

Story

Steve Hulett

Story

Earl Kress

Story

Burny Mattinson

Story

David Michener

Story

Peter Young

Story

Richard O. Johnston

Songs

Stan Fidel

Lyricist

Jim Stafford

Songs, Lyricist

Jeffrey C. Patch

Lyricist

Don Paul

Visual Effects

Dan Haskett

Character Designer

Don Bluth

Animation

Daniela Bielecka

Background Designer

Jørgen Klubien

Animation

Randy Cartwright

Animation Director

Glen Keane

Animation Director

Cliff Nordberg

Animation Director

Ron Clements

Animation Director

Frank Thomas

Animation Director

Ollie Johnston

Animation Director

Ed Gombert

Animation

John Musker

Animation

Dale Oliver

Animation

Jerry Rees

Animation

Ron Husband

Animation

Dick N. Lucas

Animation

David Block

Animation

Jeffrey James Varab

Animation

Chris Buck

Animation

Chuck Harvey

Animation

Hendel Butoy

Animation

Phil Nibbelink

Animation

Darrell Van Citters

Animation

Michael Cedeno

Animation

Phillip Young

Animation

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (7/10)

Sadly, by 1981, Disney had run out of great stories around which to build their animation features. This is a loose adaptation of Daniel Mannix' tale of a fox cub "Tod" who suffers the tragic loss of his father at the hands of mankind and roams the countryside befriending all the animals - including a puppy "Copper" and an old widow - before becoming, himself, a target for the hunters. Necessity leads him to again team up with his now fully grown hunting-hound pal to stay ahead of the pursuing pack and shotgun!. The animation lacks the vibrancy of the studio's earlier hand-crafted work and the story/personalities are all bit pedestrian for me, I'm afraid. It looks good and Mickey Rooney, Corey Feldman, Kurt Russell and the dulcet tones of Jack Albertson (his final role) all light it up a bit but unfortunately the days of this kind of gentle fantasy adventure have long since seen their heyday.

2023-06-07