The Fox and the Hound

Name: The Fox and the Hound
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Animation, Family
Released: July 10, 1981
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Jack Albertson, Jeanette Nolan, John Fiedler, John McIntire, Kurt Russell

1981

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Buena Vista Distribution Company | Release Date: July 10, 1981 | G

Starring: Jack Albertson, Jeanette Nolan, John Fiedler, John McIntire, Kurt Russell, Mickey Rooney, Pat Buttram, Pearl Bailey, Richard Bakalyan, Sandy Duncan

Summary: Two childhood friends find themselves forced to become enemies.

Director: Art Stevens and Richard Rich and Ted Berman

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Animation, Family

Rating: G

Runtime: 83 min

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

The animation here is better than average, though not quite up to the quality of Disney Studios in its heyday. Still, this film has a lot of heart and is wonderful entertainment for both kids and their parents. Read full review

David Ansen

Cute, anthropomorphic animals, old-fashioned American rural locales and alternating doses of sentimentality and scares firmly place The Fox and the Hound in the classic Disney mold. [13 July 1981, p.81]

Dave Kehr

The story, from a book by Daniel Mannix, was Disney's best material in a decade or two, the stuff of rending family melodrama on the order of Dumbo or Lady and the Tramp. Unfortunately, the execution is only adequate: the character work relies too much on celebrity voices (as was Disney's habit in the dark 60s) and the whole film has a sketchy, underpopulated feel that hardly represents Disney at the studio's baroque best. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

One of the more homely Disney animated features, neither hip like The Jungle Book nor (pardon the expression) trippy like Fantasia. We're back in that serene Disney woodland where bright flowers dot heavily shaded glades and snow plops off branches like ice-cream. Read full review

R.L. Shaffer

It's pleasant, and while it's a bit sloppy, I rather enjoy the unclean look of the animation. Read full review

Empire William Thomas

While the backgrounds and animation are wonderful, the film suffers from an intensely depressing middle section, full of heart-stopping chases, damaged friendships and forgettable songs more likely to invoke fidgets than sniffles among the younger contingent in the audience. Read full review

Salem Alaton

The premise, nearly miraculous in its banality, is not failed by the execution, which unblushingly operates at the level of somnambulism. [13 July 1981]

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timone

Apr 30, 2019

The Fox and the Hound is one of those movies that I really love as a kid and a teenager I still loved it and Nathan had seen it as well. The scenes in it are funny with Dinky and Boomer and I when I was a kid Boomer sounds like Tigger and he even laughs like him. The chase scenes are a lotThe Fox and the Hound is one of those movies that I really love as a kid and a teenager I still loved it and Nathan had seen it as well. The scenes in it are funny with Dinky and Boomer and I when I was a kid Boomer sounds like Tigger and he even laughs like him. The chase scenes are a lot of fun and the bear scene, that whole is awesome. I used to watch it over and over when I was younger. It's creative and it's just got the climax. And much like The Jungle Book the opening credits, the opening credits is scary with no music. All they have here is forest noises that is until the female fox appears. This scares me when I was a kid. The scenes sometimes gets scary and sometimes gets quiet. The movie is really good much like Sleeping Beauty.… Expand

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Panchogul

Jul 6, 2021

Tan solo "esa escena" pega tan fuerte que te rompe el corazón en mil pedazos, es suficiente para merecer un 10, pero es muy difícil poder volver a ver una película como esta.

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JPK

Dec 12, 2019

Very Underrated
With a great cast, good writing, well executed romance between Tod and Vixey, and a very touching ending, The Fox And The Hound is a rather forgotten relic of the 80s.

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kyle20ellis

Mar 31, 2022

I really like this movie. The only real drawback I have with it is that despite the lovely incidental music, the opening credits were a bit too long. Another drawback is that the adult animals aren't quite as compelling as the child animals in terms of written quality. Despite these qualms,I really like this movie. The only real drawback I have with it is that despite the lovely incidental music, the opening credits were a bit too long. Another drawback is that the adult animals aren't quite as compelling as the child animals in terms of written quality. Despite these qualms, this still an immensely charming and beautifully animated film. The animation is beautiful, full of rich and colourful backgrounds, that aren't quite as good as Lion King and Bambi, though the bear is a triumph of character animation. The songs are heartfelt, especially "Best of Friends", but they aren't showstoppers like the ones in Beauty and the Beast. I had no problem with the voice talents. Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Jeannette Nolan, Jack Albertson, (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)Pat Buttram and Paul Winchell bring their really cute characters to life in the equally charming story of ever-lasting friendship. I will say I found the ending when Copper saves Tod's life and vice versa very moving, as well as the scenes in the forest-Widow Tweed taking leave of Tod is a real tearjerker. It did actually show that friendship isn't always forever, which is true to some extent, but loyalty is. I have heard complaints about Boomer and his friends slowing the film down, but I honestly thought their antics were really funny, and actually added to the charm that the film already had. This was one of my favourites, and still moves me, but in conclusion to me now, it is a charming film that is vastly underrated. 8/10 Bethany Cox… Expand

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Jane9087

Apr 30, 2022

Good movie its a very charming and has good voice acting and the plot is very nice it is underrated Disney movie that deserves credit because of it story voice acting and overall animation

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