Home on the Range (2004)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Directors:

Will Finn
John Sanford

Writers:

Will Finn (written by) and
John Sanford (written by) ...

Release Date:

2 April 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Music | Western

Tagline:

Bust a Moo.

Plot:

To save their farm, the resident animals go bounty hunting for a notorious outlaw.

Plot Keywords:

Farm | Cow | Cattle Rustler | Horse | Rabbit

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

G.W. Bailey	...	Rusty, the Dog (voice)
Roseanne	...	Maggie (voice) (as Roseanne Barr)
Bobby Block	...	Piggy (voice)
Steve Buscemi	...	Wesley (voice)
Carole Cook	...	Pearl Gesner (voice)
Charlie Dell	...	Ollie, the Pig (voice)
Judi Dench	...	Mrs. Caloway (voice)
Charles Dennis	...	Rico (voice)
Marshall Efron	...	Larry, the Duck (voice)
Joe Flaherty	...	Jeb, the Goat (voice)
Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Buck (voice)
Charles Haid	...	Lucky Jack (voice)
Estelle Harris	...	Audrey, the Chicken (voice)
Lance LeGault	...	Junior, the Buffalo (voice)
Sam J. Levine	...	The Willie Brothers (voice)

Also Known As:

Sweating Bullets (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for brief mild rude humor.

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #40071) | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Singapore:G | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | Greece:K

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

Although this film is number 44 on the list of traditionally animated Walt Disney Feature Animation (WDFA), it is actually only number 35 of the traditionally animated WDFA that is made up of a single story. Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 consists of several animated segments, this is also the case for the so-called "package films" (made up of smaller shorts, rather than one long narrative), which were produced during and shortly after the WWII, from 1943 to 1949. These films are Saludos Amigos (1943), The Three Caballeros (1945), Make Mine Music (1946), Fun and Fancy Free (1947), Melody Time (1948) and The Adventures of Ichabod and Mister Toad (1949). The same procedure was used once more with The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh (1977).

Goofs:

Continuity: Buck runs over the tracks of Slim and the cattle to confuse the cows. When the cows arrive, however, all the tracks are cattle hoofprints. (In the DVD audio commentary, the filmmakers explain that originally Slim, not Buck, was to scramble the trails; the backgrounds were from this original version.)

Quotes:

Alameda Slim: Okay boys, let's go over this one more time. Who am I?
Willie Brother #1: Uncle Slim?
Alameda Slim: Correct! Now, I put on this hat, and then I put on these spectacles...
Willie Brother #1: Ahh! Who are you?
Willie Brother #2: What have you done with Uncle Slim?
Alameda Slim: Arrgghh! It's still me! Can't you dumb sack of hammers get it right?

Movie Connections:

References Blazing Saddles (1974)

Soundtrack:

Wherever The Trail May Lead

An enjoyable Disney movie

I really took a chance when I bought the DVD of "Home On The Range" because I had not seen it. It is not my normal practice to buy something that I am totally unfamiliar with. However, I was happily surprised. This movie was wonderful! My kids and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Roseanne provided a funny voice to one of the cows. Love her or hate her, the casting was perfect, like Ellen DeGeneres was for "Finding Nemo".

I read here on IMDb that "Home On The Range" is the last Disney film to be done with traditional animation. Maybe there are faster or cheaper ways of making these movies, but a great history is coming to an end. Kind of sad… I recommend this movie. While it may not be a masterpiece, it is a delight that is better than most Don Bluth or Dreamworks films.

I would give it *** out of four. Fun and funny stuff!