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The Rescuers Down Under (1990) More at IMDbPro »

• Disney's first animated sequel.
  
  
• This was the first 100% digital feature film ever made. The animation and backgrounds were done traditionally but all of the coloring, many effects and the final film printing was all done digitally. This was the first film produced with Disney's Academy Award Winning "CAPS" production system.
  
  
• The first Disney animated feature to use fully-rendered CG backgrounds (for the aerial shots of the UN building and the Sydney Opera House, and the globe for the relay sequence).
  
  
• Adam Ryen, the boy who voiced Cody also dubbed the same character in his native Norway.
  
  
• A third Rescuers movie was planned for 1996, but after the death of Eva Gabor, this and all future Rescuers movies were scrapped.
  
  
• The failure of this feature discouraged Disney from releasing later sequels theatrically.
  
  
• The flying scenes with Marahute were inspired by the films of Hayao Miyazaki, which typically feature elaborate aerial scenes.
  
  
• An old Apple keyboard is shown when the mice in the Hawaiian Islands receive the message about the kidnapping.
  
  

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