The Rescuers Down Under

"Hang on for the most thrilling ride of your life!"

1990 1h 17m EN

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6.6

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85%

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6.8

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★6.6TMDB · 1,436🍅85%Rotten Tomatoes●68Metacritic★6.8IMDB · 50,001

AnimationFamilyAdventureActionComedy

Synopsis

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A lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry -- the Rescue Aid Society's top agents, heroic mice Miss Bianca and Bernard, fly to Australia to save the day. Accompanying the fearless duo are bumbling albatross Wilbur and local field operative Jake the Kangaroo Rat.

“Hang on for the most thrilling ride of your life!”

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Cast

Bob Newhart
Bernard (voice)
Eva Gabor
Miss Bianca (voice)
John Candy
Wilbur (voice)
Tristan Rogers
Jake (voice)
Adam Ryen
Cody (voice)
George C. Scott
McLeach (voice)
Wayne Robson
Frank (voice)
Douglas Seale
Krebbs (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hendel Butoy
Writers: Jim Cox, Joe Ranft, Byron Simpson
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 77-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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36 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Rescuers Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Bruce Broughton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Michael Kelly shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor and John Candy carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Hang on for the most thrilling ride of your life!".

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8 / 8

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IMDB entry: tt0100477 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Hendel Butoy directs. Bruce Broughton scores. Michael Kelly cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 77-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
236 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "The Rescuers Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Original score by Bruce Broughton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Michael Kelly shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor and John Candy carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Hang on for the most thrilling ride of your life!".
8IMDB entry: tt0100477 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 14 themes, including "australia", "diamond", "kidnapping", "mouse".
10Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Bruce Broughton
Editing: Michael Kelly
Runtime: 77 min · 1h 17m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $38,000,000
Box office: $47,431,461
Return: 125% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes: 85% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 68/100
IMDB rating: 6.8/10 · 50,001 votes
MPAA: G

Awards

6 wins total

Genesis Award

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Part of

The Rescuers Collection

The mice of the Rescue Aid Society saving the day.

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CinemaSerf2023-12-24
★ 6/10
Now the RAS are clearly not a very global organisation as they have to parachute in (via albatross) "Miss Bianca" and "Bernard" all the way from New York to Australia in search of the missing nine year old "Cody". What's happened to him? Well, he happened upon a trapped golden eagle high on a cliff top and released her. Whilst earning her undying affection, he also succeeded in earning the enmity of the bird's hunter "McLeach". This man, and his hapless hench-salamander "Joanna" already have a fair amount to species in their underground collection so it now falls to our determined mice and the young boy to free these critters and keep "Marahute" and her three eggs safe from this nasty poacher and his hungry pal. I quite enjoyed this. It plays a little too much to Aussie stereotype now and again, but there is plenty of fun in the adventure with some amiable characterisations - I liked "Joanna" and the rather grumpy koala - as we tear along for a quickly paced and enjoyable sequel to the 1977 story (who knew mice lived that long!?). Nope, you won't remember it for long - but it passes eighty minutes enjoyably enough.

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