Product details: - Product group: DVD
- Edition: DVD
- Publisher: Walt Disney Home Video
- Format: Animated, Dubbed, Full Screen, PAL
- Release Date: 2001-10-15
- Number of discs: 1
- Starring: Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey, Jack Albertson, Sandy Duncan
- Audience rating: Universal, suitable for all
- Encoding: Region 2
- Run Time: 79 minutes
- Studio: Walt Disney Home Video
- Aspect Ratio(s): 1.33:1
- Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video
- Package Dimensions: 7.1 x 52 x 75 inches
One of Disney's less popular animated movies, for absolutely no good reason at all, because it's an excellent story, simply and expertly told. The box blurb rather confusingly compares it to Bambi, but this is a story which has rather more to do with how social conventions can divide friendships than the coming-of-age subtext which underlies the latter. The story is perhaps predictable--a fox cub and a puppy play together as friends, not realising that their places in the scheme of things dictate that they will grow up to become hunter and hunted. Of course, eventually they see the light and it all ends happily, but even so the story promotes the importance of tolerance. The master-stroke, however, is the gradually evolving realisation that the aggressive prejudices which we all stand to inherit from society are nothing more that the products of stupidity and manipulation, and should be treated with the contempt they deserve. Good stuff for kids and adults alike. Trivia buffs might like to know that this is one of the films Tim Burton worked on at Disney, his first job after graduating from college. --Roger ThomasCustomer reviews:  Top Notch, 2007-03-07
Along with Robin Hood, this is my favourite Disney film (and probably has made me love foxes for life! :p). The plot is fantastic - I may have only been 5 when I first saw it but it still keeps me engaged now, 10+ years later.
Unlike Robin Hood, however, it has about four scenes where I cry; forget Bambi, this film has potential to be a true weepy when you're involved in it enough! Start to care about the main characters (Todd and Copper) and it's a never ending spiral.
Cute as always, 2005-09-16
Rather fun, even for a 40 something mum! This film gets off to a good start, maintains it's pace and ends well. What more could you want? The usual mix of Disney morality and sentiment, combined with excellent animation and humour. Excellent. Customers who bought this item also bought:
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