The Rescuers |  | Directors: Art Stevens, Ben Sharpsteen, David Hand, John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman
Actors: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, Geraldine Page, Winston Hibler, Billy Bletcher
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  105 reviews
Sales Rank: 965
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Running Time: 76 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 02161800
UPC: 786936144420
EAN: 0786936144420
ASIN: B000096IAI
Theatrical Release Date: June 22, 1977
Release Date: May 20, 2003
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RESCUERS, THE (GOLD COLLECTION)
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What can two little mice possibly do to save an orphan girl who's fallen into evil hands? With a little cooperation and faith in oneself, anything is possible! As members of the mouse-run International Rescue Aid Society, Bernard and Miss Bianca respond to orphan Penny's call for help. The two mice search for clues and, with the help of an old cat named Rufus, track Penny to the clutches of the evil Madame Medusa in a dilapidated ship in Devil's Bayou. It turns out that Medusa is using Penny to locate and retrieve the Devil's Eye Diamond--a stone she'll stop at nothing to possess. With a cunning plan, courageous acts, cooperation from local animal life, and lots of faith, Bernard and Miss Bianca help Penny find the diamond and escape from Medusa. The result of their adventure is that Bernard and Miss Bianca become close friends and Penny gets adopted. This somewhat dark, classic 1977 animated Disney film is based on Margery Sharp's The Rescuers and Miss Bianca, and features the Academy Award-nominated song "Someone's Waiting for You." Voice talents include Eva Gabor as Miss Bianca, Bob Newhart as Bernard, Geraldine Page as Madame Medusa, and Jim Jordan (radio's Fibber McGee) as Orville Albatross. Followed by the sequel The Rescuers Down Under. (Ages 5 to 11) --Tami Horiuchi
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 An antique! September 1, 2010
Meichan
This is another Disney animation that is very rare to get nowadays. Lucky that I could find it on Amazon. A good buy and great collection.
Adult cartoon lover... May 26, 2010
F. Dougherty (Los Angeles, CA)
This movie is great for people who have southern ties or family because it ties in a lot of natural aspects of the south to this quaint story about a little orphan girl. Old school animation like The Sword in the Stone makes me quite happy, so this movie rocked from my perspective... Good stuff.
Miss Bianca and Bernard to the rescue May 15, 2010
Michael Patrick Boyd (Waukesha, WI)
The Rescuers is one hour and seventeen minutes and was released on June 22, 1977. The movie mainly deals with two mice named Bernard and Miss Bianca and a small girl named Penny. The movie opens up with Penny dropping a bottle with a note inside it into the swamp waters and out to sea. The bottle makes it way to shore and is brought to the Rescue Aid Society. There the society reads the letter and Miss Bianca decides she wants the assignment and enlists the help of Bernard. Bernard has a fear of the number thirteen which is reference through the movie and he hates to fly and rather takes the train. There first stop is at the Morningside Orphanage where they meet Rufus; an elderly cat. Rufus tells about his last meeting with Penny and where she might be. Bernard and Miss Bianca then head to Medusa's Pawn Shop. They find a first grade reader's book and the two come to the conclusion the Medusa had kidnapped the child. Bernard and Miss Bianca prove themselves correct when they overhear Medusa talking on the phone to Mr. Snoops about Penny throwing bottles with notes into the swamp. The two try to hide in Medusa's suitcase when she leaves for the Devil's Bayou; though it is never mentioned where Devil's Bayou is, it is assumed it is located in Florida or Louisiana. Medusa's suitcase flies out of the car and Miss Bianca and Bernard must find another way to get there. The two fly down to the Devil's Bayou on Albatross Airlines. Once the couple arrives at Devil's Bayou, the race is on to find Penny. Along with Evinrude, Miss Bianca and Bernard head to an abandon riverboat where Medusa and Mr. Snoops are holding Penny hostage. Penny, Miss Bianca, and Bernard come up with a plan so Penny can escape and send Evinrude to round up the team. Since Evinrude did not arrive in time Penny must go back to the cave and find the Devil's Eye. Penny, Miss Bianca, and Bernard are lowered down into the cove and the three begin the look for the diamond. The three find the diamond and are brought back to the surface. It is back on the surface that Medusa shows her true colors. She has planned all along to keep the diamond all to herself and not split it 50/50 with Mr. Snoops as they original agreed. Back at the riverboat, the swamp animals, Miss Bianca, and Bernard put their rescue plan into place. In the end Penny is rescued and is adopted. The Rescuers marked the end of the Silver Age of Disney films and the last one to be nominated for an Oscar; it would be another twelve years until the Little Mermaid that a Disney movie got an Oscar nomination. Also it was the last movie to feature Disney's "nine old men" team. The Rescuers was also the first Disney movie to have a sequel. The Rescuers gets an AAAAA+++++.
DVD FEATURES
Play
Bonus Features
1. The Ultimate Case Game
2. Three Blind Mouseketeers-Animation Short
3. Water Birds: A Walt Disney True Life Adventure
4. Under The Hat-Villains
5. The Rescuers Scrapbook
6. Someone Waiting For You
Scene Selection
Sneak Peeks
1. The Lion King-Special Edition
2. Air Bud Spikes Back
3. Stitch! The Movie
4. Piglet's Big Movie
5. Jungle Book 2
6. Sleeping Beauty-Special Edition
Set Up
VHS PREVIEWS
1. Mulan
2. Winnie the Pooh-Sing a Song with Pooh Bear
3. 101 Dalmatians
4. Frank and Ollie
5. The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
Mouse Works
-Pluto Gets the Paper
 Two tiny heroes who don't let size stop them April 23, 2010
Chrijeff (Scranton, PA)
Within the walls of the United Nations Building lies the meeting chamber of the Rescue Aid Society, made up of mice from all over the globe, whose business is to help the unjustly imprisoned. When a message in a bottle floats into New York Harbor, it ends up in their paws. Its writer is Penny (Michelle Stacy), a former inmate of the Riverside Orphanage, who begs its finder for help. To take the assignment the RAS Chairman (Bernard Fox) names the glamorous Hungarian delegate Miss Bianca (Eva Gabor), who, with the help of the Society's janitor, the somewhat superstitious and worry-prone Bernard (Bob Newhart), contrives to discover that Penny has been spirited off to the Devil's Bayou by flamboyant pawnshop owner Madame Medusa (Geraldine Page) and her henchman Snoops (Joe Flynn). Making their way by Albatross Air (Jim Jordan as Orville the Albatross) to Louisiana, Bernard and Bianca discover that Medusa and Snoops need a small child who can fit down the throat of a cave in which they believe the legendary diamond, the Devil's Eye, was hidden by pirates centuries before. With the assistance of the local animals, the mice craft a daring plan to free Penny from her captors and their two watch-alligators, Nero and Brutus.
Though Disney's version of the society isn't the same as that of its originator Margery Sharp (who called it the Prisoners' Relief Society), the adaptation is well done, with all the usual Disney elements of humor, action, suspense, and unforgettable characters. It could also dovetail neatly into the earlier mouse society shown in The Great Mouse Detective, and the two would make a good family double feature.
Utterly Amazing March 23, 2010
Atli Hafsteinsson (Viborg, Denmark)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"The Rescuers" is still a movie shown to animation students everywhere; the animation in it is simply that stupendous and magical. This 1977 animated movie still delivers. Strong characters and story help it to shine as brightly today as the diamond on which the whole story centres.
At the Rescue Aid Society in New York (beneath the UN Headquarters), a message in a bottle pleading for help is examined. Bianca, a foreign representative, takes the case and selects timid but moral janitor Bernard for the job. They set out to find the girl, Penny, and help her all they can. That the two are mice won't distract them from dealing with larger-than-life foes such as the incredible Medusa, her bumbling partner-in-crime Snoops and alligators Brutus and Nero. Penny, whom Medusa uses to search for the legendary diamond the Devil's Eye due to her small size, needs all the help she can get. But the Rescuers are up against formidable foes.
The Rescuers is a short movie, only about 75 minutes, but it packs its punch into its short time frame. The characters really make the movie shine. Bernard and Bianca work wonderfully together, as does the troupe of supporting characters such as the swamp rodents. The only character I don't like is Evinrude the dragonfly, who has a large part in the movie. Penny is adorable and we totally feel for her in the horrible situation she finds herself in.
However, the star of the movie is Medusa, the sort of character who only occurs once in cinema. Medusa is despicable and repulsive, yet beautifully so; she is fascinatingly and charismatically evil. Here is a person who has pet alligators and deals with rodents by shooting them with a shotgun. Geraldine Paige nails the voice role, but it's the animators who bring her so fantastically to life. Disney was using another sort of production style at the time, where they xeroxed their drawings, resulting in the rough pencil style also seen in the Aristocats and Robin Hood. Some reviewers here don't like it, and I couldn't disagree with them more. I personally love this style, as it draws out the true rawness and beauty of the animation; it isn't trying to hide the draftsmanship behind it all. As I stated above, The Rescuers is still noted for its animation. More than once, in my animation school, have my teachers liked to show us Medusa's first clip, on which you could model a whole animation class. Medusa's gestures, moves, looks and little mannerisms represent a level of animation that only a master can stout at possessing. What did you expect, from someone like Milt Kahl? All this makes Medusa not only a marvel in animation, but a timeless and electric character that will live on in our minds for a long, long time.
Interestingly, the villains in the movie attracted all the best animators. Not only Medusa but her "sweetheart" Snoops is fantastic. Pet alligators Brutus and Nero are then simply astounding, doing for animal animation what Medusa does for human animation. The scene where they're playing the organ is simply delicious to behold.
The Rescuers is an amazing animated movie for the ages. It's got something for everyone; great story, awesome characters, stupendous animation (which brings both of the aforementioned to life). This is one of those times when animation fully reveals its potential. Let it be forever heralded.
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