Product Description

During a fierce thunderstorm, a mother tries to comfort her frightened young son, Edmond, by reading him the story of Rock-a-Doodle, about a big ol' singing rooster named Chanticleer who oversleeps and fails to wake the farm before the sun rises. When the other farm animals tease and laugh at him, Chanticleer's feelings get hurt so he packs his belongings and heads for the nearest metropolis, where he becomes a famous rock star. But it seems he also took the sun with him so the farm animals, with a little help from Edmond, hit the road to bring Chanticleer and the sun back home.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8098 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-11-08
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 77 minutes

Amazon.com
Don Bluth's lavish animated musical Rock-A-Doodle was not a success when it was released in 1992. It's not hard to understand why: the film varies wildly in tone and the story makes little sense. In the live-action prologue, a little boy named Edmond learns that the crowing of Chanticleer the rooster did not make the sun rise, as everyone thought. But when a flood threatens his family's farm, Edmond sets off to get Chanticleer to make the sun rise and save the day. (Edmond gets turned into a kitten during this adventure, for no apparent reason other than that cats are easier to animate than humans.) Chanticleer has moved to the city, and although the farm seems to be in the Midwest, the nearest city is clearly supposed to be Las Vegas. Chanticleer is now the King, an Elvis caricature used for an unfunny spoof of showbiz clichés. The animation is quite fluid, and there are lots of brightly colored effects--rainbows, sparkles, sunbeams. But parents will have a hard time explaining the story to their children. --Charles Solomon

Customer Reviews

This is one of the best musical movies we own.
My kids and nieces LOVE this movie! (So do the adults) Notonly is it an easy and fun storyline, but the songs are great too! Acompliment to this movie is the soundtrack cassette tape (which I am looking for a replacement). We listen to the cassette in the van all the time. It is definately the favorite of all we have. Mom of 3, Aunt of 7

Here the truth about this moive
I was 4 when I first watched it and I have been searching for the title to this moive for over 13 years I finnally found it and watched it again and Its still the same great moive that I have alway had a nack for. Its great for kids. A bit scary in a few spots but its an awsome moive full of adventure and the singing is out of this world. Anyone can enjoy this moive.

I grew up on stuff like this
I Grew Up on this movie, it was my second favorite movie next to the pagemaster, which i recomend to anyone. The story is simple,sweet, and very funny for kids. InFact im about to go rent it for my 3 year old nephew

Im also 16