The Fox and the Hound DVD 1981 Red e Toby - Nemiciamici - Italian release / Directed by Ted Berman, Richard Rich, Art Stevens / Starring: Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey, Jack Albertson

REGION 2 PAL DVD 

MADE IN ITALY 

UPC 8717418098049

AUDIO: English 5.1, Italian 5.1, Spanish 5.1

SUBTITLES: English, Italian, Spanish, English HOH

Total Runtime: 80 minutes

English Summary:

The Fox and the Hound is a 1981 American animated musical buddy drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and loosely based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Daniel P. Mannix. The 24th Disney animated feature film, the film tells the story of two unlikely friends, a red fox named Tod and a hound dog named Copper, who struggle to preserve their friendship despite their emerging instincts and the surrounding social pressures demanding them to be adversaries. The film was directed by Ted Berman, Richard Rich, and Art Stevens, and features the voices of Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey, Jack Albertson (in his final film role), Sandy Duncan, Jeanette Nolan, Pat Buttram, Dick Bakalyan, and Paul Winchell.

After a young red fox is orphaned, Big Mama the owl, Dinky the finch, and Boomer the woodpecker arrange for him to be adopted by a kindly farmer named Widow Tweed. Tweed names him Tod, because he reminds her of a toddler. Meanwhile, her neighbor, a hunter named Amos Slade, brings home a young hound puppy named Copper and introduces him to his hunting dog Chief. One day, Tod and Copper meet and become playmates, vowing 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 outside his doghouse, Tod awakens Chief. Slade and Chief chase Tod until they are stopped by Tweed. After an argument, Slade threatens to kill Tod if he trespasses on his farm again. Hunting season comes and Slade takes his dogs into the wilderness for the interim. Meanwhile, Big Mama, Dinky, and Boomer attempt to explain to Tod that his friendship with Copper will not continue, as they are natural enemies, but Tod naively refuses to believe them, hoping that he and Copper will remain friends forever.

Italian Summary:

In un bosco, un cucciolo di volpe viene abbandonato sotto una staccionata dalla propria madre, che, per salvarlo, si sacrifica facendosi colpire dagli spari dei cacciatori. Il volpacchiotto viene trovato da una vecchia e amorevole civetta campagnola di nome Gran Ma' che, con l'aiuto dei suoi amici Cippi e Sbuccia, rispettivamente un passero e un picchio, fa in modo che la signora Tweed, un'anziana donna vedova e pensionata che vive in una fattoria nei pressi della campagna, lo trovi e lo adotti; infatti la signora, trovandolo, si affeziona a lui e lo chiama Red. Intanto il vicino di casa della signora, il cacciatore Amos Slade, rientra a casa portando con sé Toby, un cucciolo di cane, con l'intento di addestrarlo e fare di lui un buon cane da caccia, insieme al già presente cane Fiuto, ormai un po' anziano e attempato.

Un giorno, Red e Toby, entrambi cuccioli, s'incontrano in campagna e cominciano a giocare divenendo inseparabili e promettendosi amicizia eterna; i due passano dei bei momenti insieme nonostante l'antipatia reciproca tra i loro padroni. Arrivato l'autunno, Toby viene portato in montagna da Amos insieme a Fiuto per una battuta di caccia che durerà fino alla primavera seguente. Red, dopo non essere riuscito a salutarlo, è deciso ad aspettarlo per riprendere la loro amicizia, ma Gran Ma' gli spiega che Toby è troppo diverso da lui e che un giorno potrebbero trasformarsi in preda e cacciatore.

Voice cast

• Mickey Rooney as Tod, a red fox who was left orphaned after his mother was killed by a hunter. Luckily for him, he is adopted by kindly local farmer Widow Tweed, who takes him in and raises him to adulthood. Young and naive, he befriends the nearby hound puppy Copper, but their friendship is interrupted by the fact that Copper's owner, Amos Slade, hates foxes. When they grow older, they find their friendship divided.
  • Keith Mitchell as Young Tod
• Kurt Russell as Copper, one of Slade's two hunting dogs. He befriends Tod in his youth, but when Tod becomes the cause of Chief's injury, Copper breaks his friendship with Tod and becomes Tod's bitter enemy, wanting to avenge Chief and kill Tod. However, Copper later forgives and protects Tod after the fox saves the hound and his master from a savage bear. Copper is a fast learner through growing up. In his first year of hunting he tops Chief.Pearl Bailey as Big Mama, a kindly owl who recruits the help of Dinky and Boomer in arranging for Widow Tweed to adopt Tod after he is left orphaned at the start of the film. She literally takes Tod under her wing on several occasions, and does her best to warn Tod of the dangers of hanging around with Copper.
  • Corey Feldman as Young Copper
• Jack Albertson as Amos Slade, a grouchy, mean-spirited old hunter who is the neighbor of Widow Tweed. He will kill just about anything that is wild, but for some unknown reason he has a special hatred for foxes (it may have something to do with the fact that he keeps chickens). He is the owner of Copper and Chief, and throughout most of the film tries to kill Tod. Unlike most of Disney's villains, however, he does not come across as being evil. Instead, he hunts for a living and is motivated by revenge.
• Sandy Duncan as Vixey, a vixen and Big Mama's best friend whom Tod meets and instantly falls in love with after being released into the wild. As she is much more used to the forest, she thus helps Tod adapt to his new life in the game preserve.
• Jeanette Nolan as Widow Tweed, a kindly widow who adopts Tod after his mother is killed, but later abandons him to a game preserve to protect his life.
• Pat Buttram as Chief, Slade's senior hunting dog. He shares his master's philosophy that the only good fox is a dead fox. He undertakes raising Copper like his own son and teaching him everything there is to know about hunting, but is ultimately beaten by the younger dog as Copper turns out to be a fast learner and evolves into a first class hunting dog.
• John Fiedler as The Porcupine, a friendly porcupine residing in the reserve in which Tod is dropped off.
• John McIntire as The Badger, a surly, middle-aged badger residing in the same reserve.
• Dick Bakalyan as Dinky, a finch and best friend of Boomer. He and Boomer help Big Mama arrange for Widow Tweed to adopt Tod, as well as warn Tod of the dangers of hanging around with Copper. They are also seen throughout the film unsuccessfully pursuing a caterpillar named Squeaks that they intend to eat.
• Paul Winchell as Boomer, a woodpecker and Dinky's best friend.

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