Rock-A-Doodle (1991)
Tagline:
« The rousing, rollicking adventure of the world’s first rockin’ rooster! »
Actors:
Pinky
Chanticleer
Snipes
Peepers
Edmond
Rating:
(11’573 votes)
(11’573 votes)
Quotes:
« Grand Duke: If I kill my nephew, would it be murder or charity?
»
« Hunch: I got 'em! I really got 'em! No more kitty, Sir! Mission…
»
[snickers]
« Hunch: …accomplished!
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« Grand Duke: And the dog?
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« Hunch: Gone, wiped out, sir!
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[the Duke laughs wickedly at this]
« Hunch: Total and complete annihilation!
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« Grand Duke: Annihilation! Yes… h-h-h-how did you do it?
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« Hunch: Adequately.
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« Grand Duke: Uh, ade-ade-ade, wh-what's that supposed to mean?
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« Hunch: Well, Uncle, we sucked them into an adequate pipe.
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« Grand Duke: Eh, what?
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« Hunch: That's what it said. "Danger: Adequate Pipe."
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« Grand Duke: [with forced calm] Oh ho ho, Hunch… come to Uncle.
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[Hunch approaches; the Duke turns Hunch into a chicken-type thing]
« Grand Duke: You imbecile! That's not an "Adequate Pipe." It's an aqueduct pipe! It leads straight to the city!
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[the Duke turns Hunch back to normal]
« Grand Duke: The Duke gives you one last chance, Hunch! Them or you!
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[throws a meat cleaver down right next to him]
« Grand Duke: Get to the city!
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« Hunch: Oh, not the city, sir! Oh, no! It's too bright! I'll go blind!
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« Grand Duke: Oh, say it isn't so.
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[hands him a pair of sunglasses]
« Pinky: [Pinky's guards have Chanticleer in a stranglehold] Don't hurt him boys. He's got a movie to make.
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« Chanticleer: I ain't makin' nothin' with you!
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« Pinky: Oh, but, King, I got a lot of money tied up in this picture. I don't wanna lose my money, and you don't wanna lose your friends.
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« Chanticleer: That's blackmail!
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« Pinky: That's showbiz! Make-up!
»
Trailer:
Rock-A-Doodle
Runtime:74 minutes
Plots:
In order to defeat the wicked Grand Duke of Owls, a young boy, transformed into a cat, teams up with a group of barnyard animals to find the rooster who can raise the sun.
Edmond’s favorite story is about Chanticleer, a rooster whose singing makes the sun rise every morning until the Grand Duke of Owls, whose kind despises the sun, makes him look like a fraud. The owls drive Chanticleer from the farm and put it under a spell of perpetual darkness and rain. As Edmond’s own farm floods, he calls to Chanticleer and summons the Duke himself, who transforms him into a kitten to devour him. He’s rescued by Chanticleer’s friends, Patou the hound, Snipes the magpie, and Peepers the mouse, and they go on an adventure to the city where Chanticleer has become a rock star.
Chanticleer must sing every morning to make the sun rise. One morning, he is stopped from doing so and the other animals discover that he’s a phony–the sun rises anyway. He becomes an outcast and runs away to the city. However, the animals discover that this was a mistake, because the sun stops coming up and rain, which causes a flood, begins instead. A few of the animals decide to go into town to find Chanticleer and ask him to come back. They must hurry because the horrible darkness-loving owls are coming.
Official websites:
CinemaClock.com – info, user reviews, movie showtimes,
IGN – Gary Goldman Interview [Ken Plume] (June 2000),
Indiemoviez,
John Cawley – Gary Goldman Interview (August 1990),
John Cawley – John Pomeroy Interview (August 1990),
John Cawley – The Animated Films of Don Bluth,
Letterboxd,
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