Plot
Two childhood animal friends find themselves forced to become enemies.
Release Year: 1981
Rating: 7.1/10 (21,257 voted)
Director:
Ted Berman
Stars: Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey
Storyline A young fox named Tod is taken in by an old woman after his mother is killed by a hunter. Full of mischief, Young Tod befriends Copper, a hound dog pup. As they grow up, however, their friendship becomes endangered by what they have become; Copper is a hunting dog, and Tod is his prey.
Writers: Daniel P. Mannix, Larry Clemmons
Cast: Mickey Rooney
-
Tod
(voice)
Kurt Russell
-
Copper
(voice)
Pearl Bailey
-
Big Mama
(voice)
Jack Albertson
-
Amos Slade
(voice)
Sandy Duncan
-
Vixey
(voice)
Jeanette Nolan
-
Widow Tweed
(voice)
Pat Buttram
-
Chief
(voice)
John Fiedler
-
Porcupine
(voice)
John McIntire
-
Badger
(voice)
Richard Bakalyan
-
Dinky
(voice)
(as Dick Bakalyan)
Paul Winchell
-
Boomer
(voice)
Keith Coogan
-
Young Tod
(voice)
(as Keith Mitchell)
Corey Feldman
-
Young Copper
(voice)
'Squeeks' the Caterpillar
-
(voice)
Taglines:
Two friends that didn't know they were supposed to be enemies.
Opening Weekend: $4,819,215
(USA)
(25 March 1988)
(1 Screen)
Gross: $43,899,231
(USA)
(1981)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The name "Tod" is derived from the Middle English word "todde", which means "fox".
Goofs:
Continuity:
Copper sniffs around a small brook. In the next shot, the water's gone.
Quotes: Young Copper:
If you give me a headstart I can beat you.
User Review
Adorable
Rating: 10/10
The Fox and the Hound, one of Disney's forgotten treasures, I honestly
don't know why this movie is more noticed by people. This is one of my
favorite animated movies of all time, it's innocent, it's simple, it's
lovely, and just a wonderful tale about the most unlikely pair becoming
the best of friends. The Fox and the Hound, yeah, it does go a little
overboard on the cuteness factor with baby Tod and baby Copper, but
this is when Disney really did mean well and came up with such a sweet
and wonderful story that is classic.
After a young red fox is orphaned, he is adopted the Widow Tweed, she
names him Tod. Meanwhile, Tweed's neighbor, a hunter named Amos Slade,
brings home a young hound puppy named Copper and introduces him to his
hunting dog Chief. Tod and Copper become playmates, and vow to remain
"friends forever." Slade grows frustrated at Copper for constantly
wandering off to play, and places him on a leash. While playing with
Copper at his home, Tod awakens Chief. Slade and Chief chase him until
they are stopped by Tweed. After an argument, Slade says that he
intends to kill Tod at his first opportunity. Hunting season comes and
Slade takes his dogs into the wilderness for the interim. Meanwhile,
Big Mama explains to Tod that his friendship with Copper cannot
continue, as they are natural enemies, but Tod refuses to believe her.
Months pass, and Tod and Copper reach adulthood. On the night of
Copper's return, Tod sneaks over to meet him. Copper explains that he
is a hunting dog now and things are now going to be different between
them.
The Fox and the Hound is such a great movie, honestly if you don't like
this film, I don't know what's wrong with you, but you need to get
something checked because everything about this film is just wonderful.
The songs, animation and characters are just lovely. Plus there are
some fun jokes, I loved seeing Chief constantly chasing after Tod and
then Slade runs over to Tweed's house to scream about the fox but she
just kicks his butt and tells him to get off her property. This is such
a great movie, I highly recommend you see it if you get the chance.
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