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| Bob Newhart | ... |
Bernard
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| Eva Gabor | ... |
Miss Bianca
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| John Candy | ... |
Wilbur
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| Tristan Rogers | ... |
Jake
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Adam Ryen | ... |
Cody
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| George C. Scott | ... |
McLeach
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| Douglas Seale | ... |
Krebbs
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| Frank Welker | ... |
Joanna
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| Bernard Fox | ... | ||
| Peter Firth | ... |
Red
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| Billy Barty | ... |
Baitmouse
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Ed Gilbert | ... |
Francois
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Carla Meyer | ... | |
| Russi Taylor | ... |
Nurse Mouse
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| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Wayne Robson | ... |
Frank
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Cody, a boy from Mugwomp Flats responds to a distress call about a trapped giant Golden Eagle called Marahute. Freeing her, he gains a close friendship with the bird. However, Cody is soon abducted by the murderous poacher, Percival McLeach, who is after that bird which is of a highly endangered species and therefore an extremely profitable quarry. In a panic, a mouse Cody freed from one of McLeach's traps sends a desperate call for help to the Rescue Aid Society in New York City who assigns their top agents, Miss Bianca and Bernard to the task. With transportation provided by the goofy Albatross, Wilbur, the agents arrive in Austrailia and link up with the RAS' local field operative, Jake The Kangaroo Rat. Together, the trio must race against time to find Cody, stop McLeach and save Marahute. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@rogers.com>
I love this movie. I saw the original on the cinema when it was re-released and then of course saw this. It is in my opinion the only decent sequel Disney has ever made.(2D animation anyway, Toy Story 2 is superb) All the others have been straight-to-video and terrible. (Lady and the Tramp 2/Pocahontas 2 etc) The animation in Down Under is superb, the voice talent outstanding, and the villain in the shape of John McCleach very very funny. There are no songs, and actually, you don't notice the lack of them. I think it works better. The best line in the film has to be McCleachs' boast: "I didn't make it all the way through third grade for nothing!"