Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. [7][nb 1]. Going down to the Animation Archive Library, they both came across the Chanticleer concept art and liked what they saw. That edition marked the film's first widescreen debut in an American home media release (which was the final Don Bluth film to be presented in the widescreen format in an American home media release), apart from digital retailers. This was quickly rejected by the heads of the studio for the same reasons it had been in the past. The film took in $11,657,385 at the US box office after an opening weekend gross of $2,603,286,[1] which forced Bluth's studio into liquidation half a year after its release. The inciting action occurs when Chanticleer is challenged by another rooster (Jake Steinfeld), and the sun rises without him in the midst of the fight. "Rock-a-Doodle's Bluth Is Crowing Animatedly", "Rock-A-Doodle Movie Review & Film Summary (1992)", "MOVIE REVIEW : Little to Crow Over in 'Rock-A-Doodle, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rock-a-Doodle&oldid=982583904, American children's animated adventure films, American children's animated comedy films, American children's animated fantasy films, American children's animated musical films, Films produced by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, Short description is different from Wikidata, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Toby Scott Ganger as Edmond, the son of a human farmer who is being read the story of Chanticleer by his mother, Dory. Plans for an animated version of the Chanticleer tale dated as far back as the early years of the Walt Disney Studios, where several of its artists were interested in combining elements of the story with those about an anthropomorphic fox named Reynard. This gave Walt the idea to create an opposing villain character that would help boost sympathy on the rooster. • Chanticleer, a rooster appearing in fables about Reynard The Fox [7] Originally, the story's first and last scenes were to be shot in black and white, similar to 1939's The Wizard of Oz. Chanticleer, now under the name of "The King", has become a famous Elvis impersonator under his manager Pinky Fox, who is employed by the Duke to keep Chanticleer in the city and prevent his friends from finding him. In another scene, a beautiful Pheasant who is new on the farm is constantly trying to get Chanticleer to notice her, but all attempts to do so fail. During the fight, the sun rises without the need of his crowing. Although it was in development at the Disney studio from the '40s up until the mid-'60s, it never saw completion. Hearing of this news, Walt urged the duo to scrap all work done on the project and start fresh, hoping that they could get it done this way. He is then chased away by a vengeful Hunch into the distance once and for all. However, Roy Disney, the headboard of the studio, was trying to convince Walt to halt production on all full-length animations in order to concentrate instead on his two theme parks in Anaheim, California, and Orlando, Florida. Yesterday is Over - Near the end of the film, when Chanticleer became worried that the other animals would ostracize him for never having held the power that he thought he did, the Pheasant would've sang this song to console him. Under the guise of a traveling circus, the band comes to the farm and perform for the animals. The film's opening, which took place at a farm, had Edmond's mother reading the tale of Chanticleer to him.