Rock-A-Doodle

Rock-a-Doodle was a 1991 animated re-telling of Edmund Rostand's Chanticler. This film was directed by Don Bluth, produced by Goldcrest Films for The Samuel Goldwyn Company, and originally released to US movie theatres in 1992. It wasn't well received by critics, or judging by its low box-office returns and contemporary name recognition, audiences. The voice cast included Glen Campbell as Chanticleer, Sandy Duncan, Christopher Plummer, and in his final film role, Phil Harris (well known for Baloo the bear in The Jungle Book).

Years earlier, several artists at Walt Disney Studios were interested in telling Chanticler through animation, combining elements of the story of an anthropomorphic fox named Reynard. Though character designs by Marc Davis survive, Walt Disney personally rejected the pitch, and the film was never put into production or animation tests.

Voice actors and their characters

 * Sorrell Booke - Pinky
 * Glen Campbell - Chanticleer
 * Eddie Deezen - Snipes
 * Sandy Duncan - Peepers
 * Tobhy Scott Ganger - Edmond
 * Ellen Greene - Goldie
 * Phil Harris - Patou
 * Christian Hoff - Scott
 * Kathryn Holcomb - Edmond's Mother (Dorie)
 * Stan Ivar - Edmond's Father
 * Jason Marin - Mark
 * Christopher Plummer - Grand Duke
 * Charles Nelson Reilly - Hunch
 * Will Ryan - Stuey

Trivia

 * This was the first feature-length live-action/animated film since 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but unlike Roger Rabbit, Edmond is the only live-action character to share the screen with the animated characters; this was at the beginning, where The Grand Druke would have to answer Edmond before being turned into an animated cat, and at the end, where Chanticler was singing Sun Do Shine again like he did at the beginning.

External link

 * Detailed Info on Rock-A-Doodle (contains spoilers)
 * Detailed Info on Rock-A-Doodle (contains spoilers)