As the 25th animated Disney film, The Black Cauldron is definitely the least known film of Disney’s Bronze Age.  It was also the first Disney movie to use CGI animation (or computer- generated imagery) and the first ever Disney movie to be rated PG.  When the film was released (after a complicated production process), it was not received well by critics as they thought the movie’s tone was too dark and the script was bad; and though the animation voice acting and score received praise, the film also did poorly financially, grossing 21 million but costing 44 million to make.  And to add insult to injury, it was outgrossed by…

As the 24th Disney film, The Fox and the Hound is not as well known by some Disney fans; it takes place in the rural southern United States and is based on a book that was written by an American author.  This movie came out in 1981 and went through a long production due to several people who were working on it resigning from Disney (including Don Bluth who created Don Bluth productions which ended up becoming Disney’s rival); the famous film director Tim Burton also worked on the film.  When the film was released, it did very well financially but got mixed reviews from critics.  While they praised the…

As the 23rd Disney film, The Rescuers is definitely not quite as known as other Disney movies.  Before Walt Disney’s death, he had plans to make the book into a movie but it was shelved due to his dislike of the project’s political overtones.  When the film was finally released in 1977, it received positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, even outgrossing Star Wars in France.  Two classic “old school” actors voice the movie’s main protagonists; the female lead is voiced by Eva Gabor and the male lead by Bob Newhart.  While I really enjoyed this movie, I didn’t like the book it was based on…