The Rescuers
1977
An urgent note in a bottle from a kidnapped orphan girl leads two adventuresome mice on a "wild albatross chase" to Devil's Bayou and a madcap encounter with the villainous Madame Medusa. Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor and Geraldine Page lend their voices. Academy Award nominations: Best Song ("Someone's Waiting for You"). Read more
| Starring | Bob Newhart, Geraldine Page, Eva Gabor, Joe Flynn |
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| Director | Wolfgang Reitherman, John Lounsbery |
| Genres | Animated, Audio Descriptive, Children, Family |
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The Rescuers
An urgent note in a bottle from a kidnapped orphan girl leads two adventuresome mice on a "wild albatross chase" to Devil's Bayou and a madcap encounter with the villainous Madame Medusa. Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor and Geraldine Page lend their voices. Academy Award nominations: Best Song ("Someone's Waiting for You").
| Starring | Bob Newhart, Geraldine Page, Eva Gabor, Joe Flynn, Jeanette Nolan, Jim Jordan |
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| Director | Wolfgang Reitherman, John Lounsbery |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 16 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Animated, Audio Descriptive, Children, Family |
| Language | English, English Audio Description |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 28 Jan 2002 Production year: 1977 |
| Format | DVD |
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This delightful animated feature from Disney marked a return to form by the studio after a lengthy spell of cartoon mediocrity. It follows an attempt by the all-mouse Rescue Aid Society to free a little girl held hostage by villainous Madam Medusa. Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor and Geraldine Page are among the voice artists in a well-told tale with memorable characters. The same characters appeared in a less successful sequel, The Rescuers Down Under.
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Two members of the all-mouse Rescue Aid Society go to the help of an orphan girl being held captive by the horribly... read more on Time Out
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
superb.........................
this animated disney film is super. my daughter Bethany loved it. 'The Rescuers' tells the story of a little orphaned girl named Penny (voiced by Michelle Stacy).
The little girl had been kidnapped, and taken away into a dark, gloomy riverboat in Devil's Bayou, in an uncharted island.
The girl sends out messages in bottles, one of which arrives in New York City, at the Rescue Aid Society in the basement of the United Nations building.
The Rescue Aid Society is a mouse-run organization imitating the United Nations which sends out help for anyone in need, human, mouse or cat.
After reading the heartfelt note inside the bottle, Hungary delegate Miss Bianca (voiced by Eva Gabor) volunteers to take on the mission, and with the condition that she will take along a male companion, Mr. Chairman (voiced by Bernard Fox) agrees to let her go.
Miss Bianca chooses the shy janitor mouse Bernard (voiced by Bob Newhart), to go with her, on the mission to rescue Penny.
On their way, the two mice visit Morningside Orphanage, and meet an old cat named Rufus, who sends them on the trail of someone named Madame Medusa (voiced by Geraldine Page).
Madame Medusa works at a pawn shop, which the two mice visit, and when the wicked woman receives a call from her partner Mr. Snoops (voiced by Joe Flynn), Miss Bianca and Bernard discover that she is indeed responsible for the disappearance of Penny, and that she is looking for a great big diamond.
Miss Bianca and Bernard must race to Devil's Bayou, with the help of Orville the albatross, Ellie Mae and Luke, the muskrats and Evinrude, a dragonfly as well as other bayou animals, to meet and face the wicked Madame Medusa and her two ferocious alligators, Brutus and Nero and bring Penny safely home.
Before doing that however, Penny, Miss Bianca and Bernard will have to survive underground inside a horrid pirate's cave where they must find the Devil's Eye, the world's largest diamond, before the tide rises drowning them all.
Will they succeed.... watch the film to find out !!!!!!!!! -
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
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A classic story...
This is one film that is certainly up there with the other Disney classics. The vocal performances by all are strong and fitting. Music, animation and atmosphere is emotional and touching to children and adults alike. This film is not abundant in special effects, and does not have a look that would be extremely appealing on the whole. However, the film is driven with the narration. A swift classical animation that will appeal to all. Well worth a watch!
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An urgent note in a bottle from a kidnapped orphan girl leads two adventuresome mice on a "wild albatross chase" to Devil's Bayou and a madcap encounter with the villainous Madame Medusa. Bob Newhart,... -