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The Rescuers

1977 · Film · 78 min

Part of The Rescuers Collection

Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, John Lounsbery, Art Stevens

FantasyFamilyAnimationAdventure

Two agents of the mouse-run International Rescue Aid Society search for a little orphan girl kidnapped by sinister treasure hunters.

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  1. NegativekstenerudMay 5, 2022

    Watership Down and the Secret of Nimh were my two favorite movies as a young child in the early 80s, followed closely by the Dark Crystal and maybe Aristocats and the Black Hole.

    Other movies of the time like the Rescuers and the Fox and the Hound and Labyrinth and such were a disappointment compared to these...

  2. NeutralDerekLJan 9, 2018

    > I don't know what you think a Disney story is, but all of Disney's major works are based on existing folk stories and other works already in the public domain.

    False. Here's some of their animated features based on copyrighted works (as best as I can tell):

    Dumbo

    Bambi

    Peter Pan

    Lady and the Tramp

    One Hundred and One Dalmatians

    The Sword in the Stone

    The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

    The Rescuers

    The Fox and the Hound

    The Black Cauldron

    The Great Mouse Detective

    Treasure Planet (partially based on the 1987 TV miniseries Treasure Island in Outer Space)

    Meet the Robinsons

    The Princess and the Frog

    Big Hero 6

    (I'm using the list in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Walt_Disney_Animation_Studios_films, and picking out the “based on” or ”inspired by” credits that look recent enough.)