November 16, 1990
The Rescuers Down Under is a 1990 American animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the sequel to Disney's 1977 animated feature film The Rescuers, which was based on the novels by Margery Sharp. In The Rescuers Down Under, Bernard and Bianca travel to the Australian Outback to save a boy named Cody from a villainous poacher who wants to capture an endangered golden eagle for money. Directed by Hendel Butoy and Mike Gabriel (in their feature directorial debuts) from a screenplay by Jim Cox, Karey Kirkpatrick, Byron Simpson, and Joe Ranft, the film features the voices of Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor (in her final film role), John Candy, and George C. Scott.
By the mid-1980s, The Rescuers had become one of Disney's most successful animated releases. Under the new management of Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg, a feature-length sequel was approved, making it the first animated film sequel theatrically released by the studio. Following their duties on Oliver & Company (1988), animators Butoy and Gabriel were recruited to direct the sequel. Research trips to Australia provided inspiration for the background designs. The film would also mark the full use of the Computer Animation Production System (CAPS), becoming the first feature film to be completely created digitally. The software allowed for artists to digitally ink-and-paint the animators' drawings, and then composite the digital cels over the scanned background art.
The Rescuers Down Under was released to theaters on November 16, 1990, to positive reviews from critics, but opened below the studio's expectations on opening weekend and garnered $47.4 million worldwide.
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- Elektra Records, Dive Bomber/Sound Ideas, AIRPLANE, PROP - LONG DIVE 02
- Hollywoodedge, Hawk Call Sngl Classi PE912806
- Hollywoodedge, Hawk Redtailed Scree AT082801
- Hollywoodedge, Rapid Midrange Beeps PE190101
- Hollywoodedge, Telephone Rings Bell PE170601
- Looney Tunes Cartoon Fall Sound
- SoundDogs, Rain Thunder - Lightning; Lite Crack With Rumble - Storm
- Sound Ideas, ALARM, FIRE - FIRE BELL RINGING (lower pitched)
- Sound Ideas, CRICKET - TWO CRICKETS CHIRPING, ANIMAL, INSECT
- Sound Ideas, DOOR, METAL - JOE'S METAL DOOR: UNLATCH 02
- Sound Ideas, DOOR, WOOD - SQUEAKY CLOSE (slam only)
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - TWO HOLLOW METALLIC HEAD KONKS WITH HORN (2nd hit)
- Sound Ideas, HOSPITAL - HEART MONITOR: MONITORING, CONSTANT BEEPS
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - TUBE ARRIVE 02
- Sound Ideas, TWANG, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOW TWANG