DISNEY - THE FOX AND THE HOUND(1981)
A fairly serious side of Disney showing the importance
of friendship!! Very much worth watching! B+
A review from Amazon:
The Fox and the Hound marked the last collaboration
between Disney's older artists, including three of the
"Nine Old Men" (Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, and Woolie
Reitherman), and the young animators who would make
the record-breaking films of the '90s. Based on a book by
Daniel P. Mannix, the film tells the story of a bloodhound
puppy and a fox kit who begin as friends but are forced
to become enemies. Tod and Copper barely establish
their friendship before Copper begins his training as
hunting dog. Unfortunately, neither character develops
much of a personality, which makes it difficult to care
about them. The screen comes alive near end of the
film, when Tod and Copper have to join forces to fight
off an enormous bear. It had been years since Disney
produced a sequence with this kind of feral power--and
years would pass before they surpassed it. The Fox and
the Hound ranks as one of the studio's lesser efforts, but
it suggests that better films were soon to follow. (Ages 5
and older) --Charles Solomon