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Directed by Don Bluth...
...that Beauty and the beast has become the first animated film to nominated for an Academy Award, a slew of cartoons will undoubtedly be produced for motion picture release within the next year. The first in this series comes from An American Tale creator Don Bluth. Unfortunately, Rock-a-Doodle tries to capitalize on Disney's success without matching its standard...
...enough that the Rock-a-Doodle shames Chaucer with its unnecessary modern twists and stupid screenplay. Chaucer's rooster would never cluck some of Bluth's bird's lines. "I've got a hole in my heart so big,:" the modern day Chanticleer drawls, "you could drive a John Deere tractor through it." Not the stuff of poets...
Although most of the film sticks to animation, Bluth attempts to incorporate a few scenes a la who Framed Roger Rabbit? where he integrates the cartoon characters with real-life images. But when compared to some of the technical animation wonders of the past few years (including Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and The Little Mermaid), Rock-a-Doodle is remarkably dull...
...rerelease of Disney's The Jungle Book. Opening this weekend is DuckTales: The Movie, based on Disney's hit TV cartoon series. Due out later this year: The Rescuers Down Under, also from Disney, and Rock-A-Doodle, an adaptation of a Chaucer tale from animator Don Bluth (An American Tail...