The Rescuers
"Yeah, but two little mice! Wha - what can you do?"
The Rescue Aid Society, a mouse United Nations, finds a bottle with a message from a girl named Penny (Stacy). Miss Bianca (Gabor) an adventurous mouse, wants the case, but as the first woman to get a rescue assignment, she gets to pick a co-agent. She chooses Bernard (Newhart), the superstitious janitor. Together they learn that Penny was an orphan and the police believed she had run away months ago. She was kidnapped by the sleazy Medusa (Page) and her idiotic partner Mr. Snoops (Flynn) to find a priceless diamond.
The mice catch a ride with albatross Orville (Jordan) and team up with a group of feisty swamp folks to rescue Penny from the Devil's Bayou.
**Reason I chose this film: (at the end of this review)
The Rescuers (1977) 78 minutes
Director: John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, Art Stevens
Starring: Bob Newhart as Bernard
Eva Gabor as Miss Bianca
Geraldine Page as Madame Medusa
Joe Flynn as Mr. Snoops
Jim Jordan as Orville
Michelle Stacy as Penny
The Rescuers Down Under
The mice catch a ride with albatross Orville (Jordan) and team up with a group of feisty swamp folks to rescue Penny from the Devil's Bayou.
**Reason I chose this film: (at the end of this review)
The Rescuers (1977) 78 minutes
Director: John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, Art Stevens
Starring: Bob Newhart as Bernard
Eva Gabor as Miss Bianca
Geraldine Page as Madame Medusa
Joe Flynn as Mr. Snoops
Jim Jordan as Orville
Michelle Stacy as Penny
The Rescuers Down Under
"Uh-uh. It's a trap, and poaching's against the law."
"Trap? Where'd you get an idea like that, boy? I think you've been down in that hole too long."
Cody (Ryen) frees trapped animals. During one mission he saves the Great Golden Eagle, and is rewarded with a feather. When he tries to save a mouse, he falls into a poacher's trap (see the above quote), set by the notorious poacher McLeach (Scott). McLeach takes Cody and sets off to find the Great Golden Eagle.
Meanwhile, in the states, the Rescue Aid Society decides to send Bernard (Newhart) and Bianca (Gabor) to rescue Cody. They talk Orville's brother Wilbur (Candy) into flying them to Australia where they team up with Jake (Rogers) who serves as their tour guide. Will the mice, and injured Wilbur save Cody and his eagle(s)?
The Rescuers Down Under (1990) minutes
Director: Hendel Butoy and Mike Gabriel
Starring: Bob Newhart as Bernard
Eva Gabor as Miss Bianca
John Candy as Wilbur
Tristan Rogers as Jake
Adam Ryen as Cody
George C. Scott as McLeach
**Reason I chose these films:
I always loved both films. I liked the original...the Swamp Posse and all that, although Brutus and Nero were creepy. The songs were good, even if it was the same person singing (and never seen), the opening sequence is pretty cool.
When the sequel came out my family saw it in theatres, and since that point I have always enjoyed watching it...because my brother was scared to death of McLeach. I used to watch this film to torture him, but overtime I realized that I really enjoyed this film as well. I prefer Wilbur to Orville (it's John Candy, what is there to not love?), and there is something to be said for the crazy animals in the sequel. It is hard to separate the two in my mind, and therefore they had to be one review.
Meanwhile, in the states, the Rescue Aid Society decides to send Bernard (Newhart) and Bianca (Gabor) to rescue Cody. They talk Orville's brother Wilbur (Candy) into flying them to Australia where they team up with Jake (Rogers) who serves as their tour guide. Will the mice, and injured Wilbur save Cody and his eagle(s)?
The Rescuers Down Under (1990) minutes
Director: Hendel Butoy and Mike Gabriel
Starring: Bob Newhart as Bernard
Eva Gabor as Miss Bianca
John Candy as Wilbur
Tristan Rogers as Jake
Adam Ryen as Cody
George C. Scott as McLeach
**Reason I chose these films:
I always loved both films. I liked the original...the Swamp Posse and all that, although Brutus and Nero were creepy. The songs were good, even if it was the same person singing (and never seen), the opening sequence is pretty cool.
When the sequel came out my family saw it in theatres, and since that point I have always enjoyed watching it...because my brother was scared to death of McLeach. I used to watch this film to torture him, but overtime I realized that I really enjoyed this film as well. I prefer Wilbur to Orville (it's John Candy, what is there to not love?), and there is something to be said for the crazy animals in the sequel. It is hard to separate the two in my mind, and therefore they had to be one review.
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