Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Phil Harris | ... | Narrator / Patou (voice) | |
Glen Campbell | ... | Chanticleer / The King (voice) | |
Eddie Deezen | ... | Snipes (voice) | |
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Kathryn Holcomb | ... | Dory - Mother |
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Toby Scott Ganger | ... | Edmond |
Stan Ivar | ... | Frank - Dad | |
Christian Hoff | ... | Scott - Edmond's Brother | |
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Jason Marin | ... | Mark - Edmond's Brother |
Christopher Plummer | ... | Grand Duke (voice) | |
Sandy Duncan | ... | Peepers (voice) | |
Will Ryan | ... | Stuey (voice) | |
Charles Nelson Reilly | ... | Hunch - Duke's Nephew (voice) (as Charles Nelson-Reilly) | |
Ellen Greene | ... | Goldie (voice) | |
Sorrell Booke | ... | Pinky - The Manager (voice) | |
Dee Wallace | ... | Dory - Mother |
Edmond's favorite story is of Chanticleer, a rooster whose singing makes the sun rise every morning until the Grand Duke of Owls, whose kind despises the bright sun, makes him look like a fraud. The owls drive Chanticleer from his farm and put it under a spell of perpetual darkness and rain. As Edmond's own farm floods, he calls to Chanticleer and summons the Duke himself, who transforms him into a kitten to devour him. He's rescued by Chanticleer's friends Patou the hound, Snipes the magpie, and Peepers the mouse, and they go on an adventure to the city where Chanticleer has become a rock star. Written by Grifter Wolf
The rooster on the farm, Chanticleer, has to sing every morning for the sun to rise. One morning, he is stopped from singing and the other animals discover that he's a phony - the sun rises anyway. He becomes an outcast and runs away to the city. However, the animals discover that this was a mistake, because the sun stops coming up and rain, which causes a flood, begins instead.
Somewhere along the way, cartoons and Disney became almost synonymous. And yet, Don Bluth has forged ahead, with "American Tail" and "Land Before Time", among many others. This one, though forgotten by some, is beloved by others. Personally, I think it is just as good as any Disney film of the era, and you have to love the voice casting of Glen Campbell.
If it hasn't already been done, someone ought to release a retrospective blu-ray set of Bluth's golden years.