Rock-A-Doodle

From the Editors

Don Bluth's lavish animated musical <i>Rock-A-Doodle</i> 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. <I>--Charles Solomon</I>
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Customer Response

'Hard time to explain'?
"But parents will have a hard time explaining the story to their children."

If anything, I think that it's harder for adults to explain it than children. This movie was wonderful and easy to follow (if you don't question things like an adult, but rather look at them from a childish perspective). In the movie, the cartoon world of Edmund's book clashes with his real life world when he calls for Chanticleer the Rooster to help bring the sun out to stop a flood overtaking his family's farm. In the process, he also brings the evil Owls to his world, the leader of which turns him into a cat because he is going to eat him. I won't spoil the whole movie for you, but it is all very entertaining and I definitely miss when movies were like this. Hand-drawn animation needs to come back. There's no better way to animate.

Great movie!
I love this movie! I finally was able to get another copy of this movie. I searched and searched for this movie online and finally found it online at Amazon. I enjoy watching this movie with my kids and they have fell in love with it too.

Love It!!
This movie is fantastic! I haven't seen it since back in 1990 and was stunned to still be able to find a copy that is still in its original packaging. The case and DVD were in perfect condition and the story is still as great as I remembered. Definitely a good buy

I have always liked it.
I watched this movie a looong time ago. I always remembered it and I always wanted to buy it for my kids. So glad i found it and now we can watch it together. Kids loved it. We watched it 3 times the day we got it. lol

one of my childhood faves!
I loved this movie as a child and i'm glad it's on dvd now so i can share it with my child. it arrived in perfect condition.

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