The Fox and the Hound

Watch: The Fox and the Hound

7/10/19811h 22m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ A story of two friends who didn't know they were supposed to be enemies. ~

Overview:

When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on his role as a hunting dog -- and the object of his search is his best friend!

Director:

Richard Rich

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$12,000,000.00

Revenue:

$29,800,000.00

Key words:

friendship
based on novel or book
fox
coming of age
dog
animals
hunting
unlikely friendship
pets

Cast

Mickey Rooney

~ as ~

Tod (voice)

Kurt Russell

~ as ~

Copper (voice)

Pearl Bailey

~ as ~

Big Mama (voice)

Jack Albertson

~ as ~

Amos Slade (voice)

Sandy Duncan

~ as ~

Vixey (voice)

Jeanette Nolan

~ as ~

Widow Tweed (voice)

Pat Buttram

~ as ~

Chief (voice)

Richard Bakalyan

~ as ~

Dinky (voice)

Paul Winchell

~ as ~

Boomer (voice)

John Fiedler

~ as ~

Porcupine (voice)

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
Sadly, by 1981, Disney had run out of great stories around which to build their animation features. This is a loose adaptation of Daniel Mannix' tale of a fox cub "Tod" who suffers the tragic loss of his father at the hands of mankind and roams the countryside befriending all the animals - including a puppy "Copper" and an old widow - before becoming, himself, a target for the hunters. Necessity leads him to again team up with his now fully grown hunting-hound pal to stay ahead of the pursuing pack and shotgun!. The animation lacks the vibrancy of the studio's earlier hand-crafted work and the story/personalities are all bit pedestrian for me, I'm afraid. It looks good and Mickey Rooney, Corey Feldman, Kurt Russell and the dulcet tones of Jack Albertson (his final role) all light it up a bit but unfortunately the days of this kind of gentle fantasy adventure have long since seen their heyday.