Chillicothe Gazette from Chillicothe, Ohio • 43

Saturday, August 1 5, 1 992 Chillicothe Gazette TV TIMES 1 7 Don Bluth's 'Rock-A-Doodle' swings into video stores On home video superstardom. "I knew that the children 4 to 9 wouldn't (connect with) that," Bluth says. "That (the Elvis element) is for their parents. So many adults watch these films with their children that you always need a little something special for them. So, we gave them some nostalgia." "Rock-A-Doodle" is, nonetheless, kid's stuff: the narrative is simple, and the theme, though universal, speaks loudest to young children.

The film follows real-life boy, Edmond, who is forced to sit in his room and do nothing while his parents and older brothers struggle to save their farm from the effects of heavy rain. While reading the story of Chanticleer, he's whisked into the rooster's all-animated world, and with a gaggle of new 'toon pals sets out to stop the rain. Fresh out of high school, the now-nftyish Bluth began working as an animator, on Walt Disney's 1959 classic "Sleeping Beauty." He left the studio after 18 months to attend Brigham Young University. By 1968, he'd landed a gig as a layout artist at the Filmation studios, and then returned to Disney for most of the 70s. There, he worked on six features, including "Robin Hood," "The Fox and the Hound," as well as the original "The Rescuers," which is due on video all-animated "Thumbelina," featuring the voice of Disney's Little Mermaid, Jodi Benson.

New on tapes Aug. 12: "Wayne's World" (1992, $24.95 Paramount tapes) is the blockbusting big-screen comedy inspired by the popular recurring skit from TV's "Saturday Night about hosts (played by Mike Meyers and Dana Carvey) of a public access cable-TV show. Aug. 13: "Playboy Intimate Workout for Lovers" (1992, $29.95 HBO tapes); "Playboy Video Centerfold: Cady Cant-rell" (1992, $19.95 HBO tapes); "Playboy Wet and Wild IV" (1992, $19.95 HBO tapes). Top tapes Top videocassette sales and rentals, from the Video Insider magazine charts for Aug.

10, 1992. Figures in parentheses indicate previous positions. indicates chart debut. Rentals 1. (7) "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (Touchstone) 2.

(D) "Bugsy" (Columbia TriStar) 3. (1) "The Addams Family" (Paramount) 4. (2) "Cape Fear" (MCA- Universal) 5. (4) "Father of the Bride" (Touchstone) 6. (5) "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" (Paramount) 7.

(6) "Grand Canyon" (FoxVideo) 8. (8) "Shining Through" (FoxVideo) 9. (9) "My Girl" (Columbia TriStar) 10. (10) "Kuffs" (MCA-Universal) Sales 1. (D) "The Great Mouse Detective" (Walt Disney) 2.

(1) "101 Dalmatians" (Walt Disney) 3. (2) "Disney's Sing-Along Songs Vol. 10: Be Our Guest" (Walt Disney) 4. (3) "This is Garth Brooks" (Liberty) 5. (7) "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" (MCA-Universal) 6.

(D) "The Great Pet Hunt Vol. 1" (Penthouse) 7. (D) "Penthouse Winners: 1992" (Penthouse) 8. (4) "The Silence of the Lambs" (Orion) 9. (9) "The Jungle Book" (Walt Disney) 10.

(D) "Ready to Ride" (Penthouse) By MIKE CIDONI Gannett News Service Don Bluth's animated musical "Rock-A-Doodle" is slated to hit video stores Aug. 19 ($24.98, HBO tapes). "I've always loved the story of Chanticleer," the director explains, by phone from his studio in Ireland. In 1910, "Cyrano" playwright Edmond Rostand wrote a barnyard fable called "Chantecler." Performed just once, according to Bluth, the play portrays a rooster who believes his crowing makes the sun rise each day. But then he loses his self-confidence.

"I got a hold of it a few years ago and wondered 'How in the world will I ever translate this to a children's Bluth, whose credits include "An American Tail" and "The Land Before Time," took the story's basics and let his staff go wild. don't we make it a they said," Bluth recalls. "Then it was 'Why not rock Then 'Why not early rock, like Elvis When all was said and done, "Rock-A-Doodle" became almost as inspired by Elvis as Edmond. Presley buffs will marvel at Glen Campbell's perfect take on the warm baritone of The King's early records; at the script's sly potshot at Presley's protective manager, Col. Tom Parker; at the fans, the mayhem, and at the country boy lost in the shuffle of next month.

Impressive as those were, it was not at Disney, but at Bluth's house, where the real passion project was being produced. On their off hours, Bluth, and fellow Disney animators Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy, worked on the animated featurette "Banjo, The Woodpile Cat." The 1979 release is available on tapes from Children's Video Library, and is one Bluth suggests animation buffs seek. "My favorite, of course, is 'An American Tail' (1986, MCA-Universal) I love that picture. And, my second would probably be 'All Dogs Go to Heaven' (1989, MGM-UA). That takes me back to my childhood, and all my dogs that I owned.

Attracted by lower labor costs, the El Paso, Texas-born Bluth moved his operation from Hollywood to Dublin in the mid-'80s, during the making of "Land Before Time." His Don Bluth Entertainment employs more than 300 people there, and has a U.S. division employing another The company, in association with MGM, will release three features next year, including the Tuesday overnight (S3 it) G3 2s: PAID PROGRAM 133 33 SPORTS LATENIGHT it LETS LEARN JAPANESE 9X33 23: MISTER ED 81H1 34 MY SISTER SAM 5:05 NBC NEWS NIGHTSIDE C3 3 GOMER PYLE, USMC 5:30 8 THIS MORNING'S BUSINESS .10 CBS MORNING NEWS ii NBC NEWS AT SUNRISE CO 26: SALUTE TO THE STATES: OHIO GO 83S3 if: iJV.t if': CJ3 2s: nn 34 PAID PROGRAM tT? 39. JAPAN BUSINESS TODAY fEZf 33 DAYBREAK 8TS1 28 BODY BY JAKE OJ 37: BUSINESS NIPPON CS1 23 CABLE IN THE CLASSROOM ES3 MY PAST IS MY OWN OZ9 GOVERNMENT BY CONSENT czm GET SMART tffll if DENNIS MILLER 3:35 G3 22 DANGER BAY 3:45 ffmi 33 NEWSROOM CC3 1 3 THREE STOOGES 4:00 ABC WORLD NEWS NOW C3 10 if CBS NEWS UP TO THE MINUTE 0 BARGAIN RACK MOVIE "One of Our Aircraft Is Missing" TTM :28: MOVIE "I Was an Adventuress" Cm -si; -is: 9gan if irra trn it t3 2s: paid program CCT 3 LARRY KING CT3 if: SAINTS AND LEGENDS iron 23 DRAGNET 22. RETURN TO TREASURE ISLAND 4:05 fTS i HONEYMOONERS 4:15 iTM MOVIE "Arena" 4:30 ABC WORLD NEWS NOW 10 CBS NEWS UP TO THE MINUTE GO EE3 '29: 871 M': G23 tEB J5: PAID PROGRAM C13 3t. WORLD OF CHEMISTRY C3J 23 ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS CQi it: MOVIE "China Corsair" CE3 MOVIE "The Seniors" 8HTa Hi.

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