Rock-a-Doodle

( The following are the speaking roles indicated * )

Rock-a- Doodle - A rooster conquered the city is a Don Bluth film, 1991 This film combines elements of live action and animation..

Action

The story is about a rooster named Chanticleer who cares by the nickname Sir skirt on a farm for sunshine, as they supposedly rises only by his crows. When he gets up one morning, however, prevented and the sun still rises, think of all that he was an impostor, and expel him from the farm. In the moment but it gets dark and starts to rain in torrents.

The little boy Edmond, who reads this in a children's book, believes that it is for this reason home so violent rain with him, and shouts Sir Rocks name out of the window. But that he calls the Grand Duke, an evil owl, which is the reason for Sir Rocks misfortune. He transforms Edmond into a cat and puts him in a world of his book, where he meets all his friends. Together with Patou, the dog, Peepers, mouse, and Snipes, Elster Edmond travels to the city to call Sir skirt. The Grand Duke sends his inept nephew Hunch afterwards to prevent this. Sir skirt is in the city under the name of " the King" a celebrated rock star. His manager, the insidious Fox Pinky, who is also in the service of the Grand Duke, instructed the golden pheasant Goldie, to ensnare Sir skirt, so he forgets his friends.

The friends create it but then to return Sir skirt on the now almost flooded by the rain farm. Unfortunately believes Sir skirt no doubt that he can make up for all that the Grand Duke exploited to provoke him by insults and magic tricks. However, his friends cheer him, so the Grand Duke wraps himself with rage in his magic breath and grows into a giant tornado. After all, Sir Rocks wins ambition and he crows brought about the sun, the sight of the Grand Duke together human rumbles to the size of a beetle. This uses Hunch also the same, in order to take revenge on his uncle for previous unfair treatment. Edmond, now back in his human form, wakes up in his bed, noting that the rain has stopped.

Formation

The film is based, loosely adapted to the comedy Chantecler, an animal fable that Edmond Rostand wrote in 1910. Rostand had become known primarily for his romantic - comedy verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac ( 1897). Probably as a reminiscence of Rostand carries one of the protagonists of the film, the little boy, his first name Edmond. Sir skirt is similar in dress and named " King" Elvis Presley, the King of Rock 'n' Roll.

Success

  • In the U.S., the film grossed a $ 11.7 million.

Synchronization

Special

  • In order to make the film suitable for children, Don Bluth subsequently had the heart to insert circles and other geometric shapes in the magical breath of the Grand Duke, the champagne, the Goldie and Sir skirt drink, redraw in shower and the culinary scene of the Grand Duke, in which he a is pate with a living skunk cooked, cut for the most part.
  • Charlie B. Barkin, Itchy Itchford and Carface Carruthers from Charlie - All Dogs Go to Heaven have a cameo during the local scene - appearance.
1991 in film Screenplay Film score Robert Folk Ekkehardt Belle Alf Marholm Hartmut Neugebauer Sabine Bohlmann Michael Habeck
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