Home on the Range (2004)

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:

This film marked the beginning of a five-year hiatus of traditionally animated Disney feature films. During its theatrical release (first-run and sub-run) in the United States, the film reportedly earned less than half of its estimated production cost. This was one of the final factors that led to the decision to make this the last traditionally ("hand-drawn") animated Disney feature for theatrical release. In early 2006, at the urging of professionals both in and out of Disney, plans were being considered for resuming traditionally animated features for theatrical release starting with The Princess and the Frog (2009) which ended the hiatus.

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:

Lucky Jack: Folks used to call me Lucky Jack. They came from miles around just to get a look at my lucky rabbit's foot.
[Notices his peg-leg is on fire]
Lucky Jack: Dagnabit!
[puts out fire]
Lucky Jack: Happens all the time.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#32.5)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Yodle-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo

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!