Dot promises a mother kangaroo that she will find her lost joey. An orphaned rabbit overhears this promise and pretends to be a kangaroo because he wants a mom. Dot and the rabbit travel through the Australian outback and learn a lot about...
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Drew Forsythe | ... |
Koala (voice)
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Barbara Frawley | ... |
Dot (voice)
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Ron Haddrick | ... |
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Anne Haddy | ... |
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Ross Higgins | ... |
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Robyn Moore | ... |
Funnybunny (voice)
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Anna Quin | ... |
The Girl
(as Anna Quinn)
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Directed by
Yoram Gross |
Written by
Yoram Gross | ... | (original story) |
John Palmer | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Sandra Gross | ... | associate producer |
Yoram Gross | ... | producer |
Music by
Bob Young |
Editing by
Christopher Plowright |
Editorial Department
Arthur Cambridge | ... | color grader |
Miriam Cortes | ... | negative matcher |
Angela Zivkovic | ... | assistant editor |
Production Management
Jeanette Toms | ... | production manager |
Art Department
Jan Carruthers | ... | art department assistant |
Athol Henry | ... | storyboard artist |
Narelle Hopley | ... | art department assistant |
Andrew Szemenyei | ... | storyboard artist |
James Willing | ... | art department assistant |
Sound Department
Peter Fenton | ... | sound mixer |
Peter Jennings | ... | track reader |
Tomash Pokorry | ... | sound editor (as Tomas Pokorny) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Douglass Baglin | ... | photographer |
Jenny Ochse | ... | animation camera |
Andrew Quinn | ... | assistant camera |
Graham Sharpe | ... | animation camera |
Animation Department
Ty Bosco | ... | animator |
John Burge | ... | animator / layout artist |
Éva Bátai | ... | animator (as Eva Szabo) |
Carolyn Cheesman | ... | paint and trace artist |
Zbigniew Dromirecki | ... | background artist |
Amber Ellis | ... | background artist |
Ariel Ferrari | ... | animator |
Murray Griffin | ... | animator |
Nicholas Harding | ... | animator |
Eva Helischer | ... | animator / inbetween artist |
Athol Henry | ... | animation director / animator / character designer |
Tanya Hooper | ... | paint and trace artist |
Narelle Hopley | ... | paint and trace artist |
Lianne Hughes | ... | animator |
Mimi Intal | ... | paint and trace artist |
Vic Johnson | ... | animator (as Victor Johnson) |
Wayne Kelly | ... | inbetween artist |
Gennady Kozlov | ... | background artist (as Gennady Koslov) |
Babetta Latooy | ... | paint and trace artist (as Babette Latooy) |
Cynthia Leech | ... | animator |
Robert Malherbe | ... | inbetween artist |
Chris Minos | ... | animator |
Darek Polkowski | ... | inbetween artist (as Dariusz Polkowski) |
Vicki Robinson | ... | inbetween artist |
Belinda Russell | ... | paint and trace artist |
Philip Scarrold | ... | inbetween artist |
Laurie Sharpe | ... | animator / layout artist |
Paul Stibal | ... | inbetween artist |
Szabolcs Szabó | ... | animator |
Bela Szeman | ... | inbetween artist |
Andrew Szemenyei | ... | animator / character designer |
Pere Van Reyk | ... | animator |
Julie Wignell | ... | paint and trace artist |
Li Yang | ... | paint and trace artist |
Music Department
Martin Benge | ... | music mixer: songs |
Bob Young | ... | music arranger |
Additional Crew
Penny Lang | ... | production accountant |
Patricia O'Neill | ... | production secretary (as Trish O'Neill) |
Meg Rowed | ... | production coordinator |
Helena Wakefield | ... | publicist |
Thanks
Klaus Jaritz | ... | special acknowledgment |
John Shaw | ... | special acknowledgment |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Yoram Gross Films (1983) (Australia) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1992) (United States) (VHS)
- Atlas Video (West Germany) (VHS)
- CBS/Fox (1984) (United States) (video)
- Magna Pacific (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
- Playhouse Video (1985) (United States) (VHS) (through CBS/Fox Video)
- Roadshow Home Video (1992) (Australia) (VHS)
- Satori (1983) (United States)
- Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (1986) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2014) (Australia) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2014) (Australia) (video)
- Video Classics (1984) (Australia) (video)
- Video Selection Australia (1992) (Australia) (VHS)
- Videocast (Brazil) (VHS)
- Vintage Home Entertainment (2003) (United States) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- United Sound (mixed at)
- Black Inc Recorders (recording studio)
- Sound on Film (recording studio)
- EMI Music Australia (songs recorded at)
- Kolorkraft Laboratory (backgrounds)
- Animation Aids (paint and trace)
- Optical & Graphics (titles)
- Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. (chartered accountants)
- International Media Marketing (publicity)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Dot promises a mother kangaroo that she will find her lost joey. An orphaned rabbit overhears this promise and pretends to be a kangaroo because he wants a mom. Dot and the rabbit travel through the Australian outback and learn a lot about different kinds of animals. Written by Brett Erik Johnson |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | In this film, Dot is still searching for the Kangaroo's missing joey despite having previously achieved this goal in "Dot and Santa Claus", though this may be because this is a prequel, as the Kangaroo reveals to Dot that her joey was taken to a zoo overseas. See more » |
Goofs | Dot's eyes keep appearing twice regardless of the position of her head when she is shaking it at the crocodiles. See more » |
Movie Connections | Features Dot and the Kangaroo (1977). See more » |
Soundtracks | Weary Will See more » |
Quotes |
Dot:
Rabbits are important. What about Easter time? Whenever you think of Easter, you think of the Easter bunny. See more » |