Adventures of Bernard and Bianca

the Adventures of Bernard and Bianca is the 29e feature film of animation and the 23e " Traditional " studios Disney. Left in 1977, it is adapted books of Margery Sharp, The Rescuers and Miss Bianca , published in 1959 and 1962.

An action pursuant entitled Bernard and Bianca with the country of the kangaroos was taken to him in 1990.

Synopsis

The orphan young person Penny, who was kidnapped by the horrible Mrs Médusa, throws to the sea a bottle containing a distress message. Some time later in the suckers of the building of the United Nations, the president of the S.O.S. Company, kind of UNO of the mice, convenes an assembly in order to organize a forwarding of help. Miss Bianca, a charming white mouse representing the Hungary, goes voluntary for this mission. After a time of hesitation, the President of the S.O.S Company suggests associating a fellow-member to him. Not knowing which to choose, Miss Bianca throws finally her reserved on Bernard, the superstitious caretaker. It is the beginning of a long succession of adventures which will carry out them until dark the bayou Devil where poor Penny is retained.

Data sheet

Title: Adventures of Bernard and Bianca
original Title: The Rescuers
Realization: Wolfgang Reitherman, Art Stevens and John Lounsbery, assisted Richard Rich and Jeff Patch
Scenario: Larry Clemmons, Ken Anderson, Frank Thomas, Vance Gerry, David Michener, Ted Berman, Fred Lucky, Burny Mattinson and Dick Sebast according to Margery Sharp
Design graphic:

Artistic director: Gift Griffith
Framing (Layout): Joe Hauls, Guy Deel, Tom Lay and Sylvia Roemer
Stylisme color: Al Dempster
Decorations: Jim Colemean, Ann Guenther and Generic Daniela Bielecka
: Melvin Shaw, Eric Larson and Burny Mattinson

Animation:
Supervision: Milt Kahl, Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas and Gift Bluth

Animation of the characters: John Pomeroy, Cliff Nordberg, Gary Goldman, Andrew Gaskill, Flagstone Baer, Art Stevens, Chuck Harvey, Ron Lenient, Bob McCrea, Bill Hajee and Glen Keane
special Effects: Jack Buckley, Ted Kierscey, Dorse A. Lanpher, James L. George and Dick Lucas
Assistants animation-key: Stan Green, Flagstone Oliver, Chuck Williams, Walt Stanchfield, Harry Hester, Dave Suding and Leroy Cross-country race

Sound: Herb Taylor
Assembly: James Melton and Jim Koford (film), Evelyn Kennedy (music)
Music:

Composition and direction: Artie Butler
Songs: Carol Connors, Ayn Robbins, Robert Crawford and Sammy Fain

Directing of production: Gift Duckwall
Executive producer: Ron Miller
Associate producer: Wolfgang Reitherman
Production: Walt Disney Pictures
Distribution: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Format: Colors - 1,66:1 (1,75:1 wide) - Mono (RCA Sound System)
Lasted: 77 minutes
Budget: 1.200.000 US$
Comings out date: The United States: June 22nd 1977; France: November 30th 1977

Distribution

Original voices

Bob Newhart : Bernard
Eva Gabor: Bianca
Geraldine Page: Medusa
Joe Flynn: Snoops
Michelle Stacy: Penny
John McIntire: Rufus
Jim Jordan: Orville
Sleeve-board Nolan: Ellie Mae (Annie Bouée)
Stalemate Buttram: Luke
Bernard Fox: Mr. Chairman (the President of the S.O.S Company)
James Macdonald: Evinrude
Larry Clemmons : Gramps (Tortoise)
George Lindsey: Rabbit (Rabbit)
Dub Taylor: Digger (Mole)
John Fiedler: Owl (Owl)
Bill McMillian: TV Announcer (Presenter TV)
Shelby Flint: Singer
Robie To ballast: Singer

French voices

Roger Carel: Bernard
Beatrice Delfe: Bianca
Perrette Pradier : Médusa
Philippe Dumat: Snoops
Aurélia Bruno: Penny
Teddy Bilis: Rufus
Francis Lax: Orville
Jane Valley: Annie Bouée
Serge Lhorca: Luke
Georges Riquier: The President of the S.O.S Company
Henry Djanik: The Tortoise
Gerard Hernandez: The Muskrat
Georges Aubert: The Owl
Michel Gudin: The Mole/Voice airport
Jean Shepherd: Presenter TV
Dominique Foal: Singer soloist

Songs of film

the Voyage - Penny
S.O.S. Company - Parliament
Tomorrow, it is another day - Soloist
Quelqu'un will come - Soloist

Rewards and nominations

1977 - Price with the National Board off Review
1978 - Nomination with the Oscar of the " Better chanson" for Someone' S Waiting For You (Carol Connors, Ayn Robbins and Sammy Fain).
1978 - Price with the Golden delicious Screen of Germany

Exits Cinema

June 22nd 1977 - the United States
July 14th, 1977 - Argentinian
November 25th, 1977 - Spain
December 15th, 1977 - Italy
December 16th, 1977 - West Germany
December 29th, 1977 - Australia
December 2nd, 1978 - Sweden
November 30th, 1977 - France
December 22nd, 1978 - Finland
December 26th, 1978 - Denmark
December 19th, 1981 - Japan
December 16th, 1983 - the United States (Arisen)
December 7th, 1984 - West Germany (Arisen)
December 24th, 1984 - Italy (Arisen)
March 17th, 1989 - the United States (Arisen)
March 30th, 1990 - Italy (Arisen)
April 5th, 1990 - West Germany (Arisen)
December 13rd, 1990 - Australia (Arisen)

Videos out

1987 - VHS with realignment 4/3 (full screen), rare version (subliminal image)
1997 - VHS with realignment 4/3
1997 - Laserdisc with format cinema 1:66
November 26th 2003 - DVD Format cinema 1:66
November 26th, 2003 - VHS Format 4/3
October 19th 2005 - Box 2 DVD Format cinema 1:66
October 26th 2006 - Box 2 DVD Format cinema 1:66

Did you know?

the Hungarian nationality of Bianca is a homage to Eva Gabor, born in Budapest.

Among the mice of the S.O.S. Company, let us note that the Austria is represented twice: a mouse Austria and a mouse of the town of Vienna referring of Sigmund Freud.

the the United States not recognizing the annexations of 1940, let us note a mouse ambassadress of Latvia , in French the Latvia. Problem: it is equipped with Russian…

the island of Cuba had been planned initially to locate the adventure.

the organizers had imagined the marriage of Bernard and Bianca at the end of film, but by respect for the novel, the scene was eliminated. Bernard will nevertheless request his beloved in marriage in Bernard and Bianca from the country of the kangaroos . Among the other removed sequences: Bernard and Bianca being equipped with gadgets for their voyage in a room of the " S.O.S. Société" , Médusa dissimulating diamond in the teddy bear, Bianca taking of the photographs of Bernard and cranium in the cave like tourists.

One can see a watch Mickey Mouse in the general headquarter of S.O.S. Company.

Bernard and Bianca appears regularly in the televised series Disney' S all out of box ( House off Foam ).

the Libellule Evinrude owes its name to the manufacturer of engines of boats Evinrude Outboard Motors.

the film pulverized the record of the number of entries for a cartoon film in one weekend, record which was supplanted in 1986 by film of Steven Spielberg: Fievel and the New World ( American Year Tail ), realized by Gift Bluth, stimulating defector of the Disney studios. But the benefit of the receipts was unfortunately used to pay the debts of the studio and to produce Taram and the magic Cauldron , which made a true failure.

When the film left for the first time in VHS, the subliminal image of a woman to the naked centres had been slipped during the takeoff of the two mice on the back of Orville. But these VHS were quickly removed market and the studios corrected the scene for a second exit on video support.

the critics of the time predicted that the film confirmed new a " age of or" for Disney animation. This assertion was however quickly forgotten because of the following failures of Rox and Rouky (1981) and Taram and the magic cauldron (1985).

the scene where Penny tries to flee of the boat of Médusa is inspired by the Livre of the Jungle (1967) and the backgrounds of the bayou of the Devil inspired the funds of the lagoon of the Small Siren (1989).

the Adventures of Bernard and Bianca is the 4th feature film of Disney animation located in the present, like the 101 Dalmatiens (1961). On the other hand, it is the first feature film to have a prolog before the credits.

Bernard is strongly reached of Triskaïdekaphobie (fear of the number 13 ).

After having listened to the disc drawn from film, the girl of Perrette Pradier (the French voice Mrs Médusa) then eight years old, made the head with his/her mother during eight days, so much it was convincing in " méchante".

Titrate in various languages

English: The Rescuers
Chinese: 救難小英雄
Spanish: Los Rescatadores
Esperanto: Sekuristoj
Finnish: Pelastuspartio Bernard ja Bianca
French: Adventures of Bernard and Bianca
Dutch: Bernard und Bianca
Japanese: ビアンカの大冒険 ( Bianka No dai Bōken ) (the Great adventure of Bianca)
Norwegian: Russian The Rescuers
: Спасатели (Spasatiéli) (Savers)

External bonds

'' Adventures of Bernard and Bianca '' in Internet Movie Database

'' Adventures of Bernard and Bianca '' in Ultimate Disney

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