Rock-A-Doodle Page #3

Synopsis: Edmund is a boy whose favorite story of Chanticleer, a rooster whose singing makes the sun rise every morning until the Grand Duke of Owls, whose kind despises the bright sun, makes him look like a fraud. With Chanticleer driven from his farm, the owls put it under a spell of perpetual darkness and rain. As Edmund's own farm floods, he calls to Chanticleer, only to summon the Duke himself who transforms him into a kitten to devour him. Rescued by Chanticleer's former friends Patou the hound, Snipes the magpie and Peepers the mouse, they go on an adventure to the city where the rooster had gone and became a great singing rock star!
Director(s): Don Bluth, Gary Goldman (co-director), Dan Kuenster (co-director)
Production: MGM
 
IMDB:
6.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
21%
G
Year:
1991
77 min
669 Views


- Gone, wiped out, sir.

Total and complete, ohoh, annihilation.

- Annihilation.

How did you do it?

- Adequately.

- Ahe--

Wait, what's that supposed to mean?

- Well, Uncle, we sucked

them into an adequate pipe.

- A what?

- That's what it said.

"Danger, adequate pipe."

- Oh, dear.

Come to Uncle.

- Aaah.

- You imbecile!

That's not an adequate

pipe, it's an aqueduct pipe!

It leads straight into the city!

(gulps)

The Duke gives you one last chance, Hunch.

Them or you.

Get to the city!

- Oh, not the city, sir.

Oh no.

It's too bright, I'll go blind.

- Oh, say it isn't so.

- Chamer, Chanta, Chantilly, Chantz.

He's not in here.

Let's go.

- [Patou] You ever get

that feeling when you're

;ookin' for something that

it's right under your sniffer?

I know it seems crazy,

but it was almost like

we could hear his voice calling to us.

You know, like he was just waiting

for us to come and ask him back.

But we looked everywhere,

and we talked with everyone,

but nobody had heard

of Chanticleer, nobody.

Funny thing was, he was right

under our nose the whole time.

Or should I say, we were under his.

- No, Patou, that's not how it goes.

For the hundredth time, it's over, around,

under and through, that's

how Patou ties his shoe.

Now you say it.

(humming)

- Ooh, there you are!

Pilot to bombardier, enemy target below!

I'm going in for a closer look, cover me!

(makes vroom noises)

(gasps)

- What was that?

(giggles)

- Complete attrocitation.

- Alright you guys, we've

left it long enough.

They're counting on us back at the farm.

- Well, if you ask me--

- We didn't.

- Jumpin' Jehosaphat!

- What?

- It's him!

- [Snipes] Who?

- [Peepers] No wonder

we couldn't find him,

he's changed his name.

- [Patou] Chanticleer is the King?

- [Edmond] The King?

- [Patou] Ooh, your Highness.

- [Announcer] Ladies

and gentlemen, the King!

- [Patou] Old Chanticleer

may have stopped crowin'

but he hadn't stopped

using that voice of his.

Let me be your rooster

And let me roost with you

(screaming)

Let me be your rooster

Let me hear your sweet voice coo

Girl, you've thrown me for a loop

You're the number one

chick in this chicken coop

- [Patou] Chanticleer had become a star.

I wanna rock, rock, rock

'til the day is through

I want to rock,

rock-a-doodle-doo tonight

I wanna rock, rock, rock

'til the morning light

Well it ain't right to rock alone

It takes two, I do believe

I'm gonna rock-a-doodle-doodle to you

To you

Like you rock-a-doodle-doodle to me

I'm gonna rock-a-doodle-doodle to you

To you

Like you rock-a-doodle-doodle to me

Rock-a-doodle-doodle

- [Patou] But not

everybody liked the King.

Goldie here was jealous of him.

- Less my manager's fee of 60%.

- Look, Pinky, I just have to know when.

- Oooh, Goldie, will you not

bother me with this right now?

You've gotta go on in two minutes.

- But I'm too good for the chorus.

What's he got that I ain't got?

- A voice.

I wanna rock, rock-a-doodle

through the night

I wanna rock, rock, rock

'til the morning light

- [Patou] Fortunately

for us, Goldie was a lot

smarter than she sounded,

and a lot nicer too.

She just didn't know it yet.

Like you rock-a-doodle-doodle to me

Rock-a-doodle, rock-a-doodle,

rock-a-doodle-doo to me

- Lookie, Goldie, when I

found him, he was a nobody.

Nobody wanted him, nobody cared about him,

but I picked him up out of the gutter

and now look at him.

Well it ain't right to rock alone

Everybody starts in the chorus. Goldie.

Of course, you could

give up show business.

- Pinky!

I wanna rock-a-doodle-doodle to you

Just like you rock-a-doodle-doodle to me

- Thank you, thank you very much.

I love you, I love you.

(audience cheering)

- [Edmond] Now that we found him,

how do we get in to see him?

- [Announcer] Ladies and gentlemen,

the King is leaving the building.

- Ow!

- Out of the way!

Move it, move it, move it!

Don't touch the frogs.

Try it, you won't get very far

We'll bounce you once, bounce you twice

If you get out of

line, we're not very nice

We'll bounce, bounce

you all over the place

Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce,

if we don't like your face

Get away from the star!

- [Patou] Chanticleer was a star alright,

but it's hard to be happy without friends

even if you are famous.

I reckon he'd be awfully glad to see us,

if we could just figure

a way to get near him.

- Aggravation.

- You were fantastic tonight, really!

What can I get for ya, kid?

You name it, anything

You want a beach house in Maui?

Ooh, I'll buy you the whole island.

Cars, yachts, what?

Name it, it's yours.

- Ah, thanks.

- Say, what's eatin' you?

- Well, I...

Well, I just don't know.

I guess I'm just a little

lonely, that's all.

- Lonely?

Are you crazy?

There's 20,000 people out

there screaming your name

and you're lonely?

(glass breaking)

I love this guy.

- Yeah, but back on the farm...

- Hey, you told me yourself

what they did to ya on the farm.

They don't love you.

Murray, give us a roll.

See that?

They love you, eh?

You were incredible.

Mm-mm-mm, the King!

Murray, get us outta here.

Hello, Goldie?

How'd you like to get out of the chorus?

- [Patou] Meanwhile, back on the farm...

(whimpering)

- She's fading fast.

How many more batteries have we got?

- Just these two.

- Oh, sadness.

(phone ringing)

(squeals)

- Whoa, sorry ma'am.

Who is it, who is it?

What do you want?

We've got an emergency here.

Yeah, yeah, Edmond?

Anybody here named Edmond?

- I'm Edmond!

The little boy who--

I mean, the kitty.

Who's this?

- Stuey, Stuey the pig.

It's the kitty!

- Stuey, the light's going out.

- The lights are going out,

the lights are going out!

Kitty, look, we're

running out of time here.

We need Chanticleer, quick!

- We'll be there as soon as we can!

- Stuey!

- Yeah, yeah, I hear ya, I hear ya.

Sorry kitty, gotta go, gotta go.

(squeals) Good-bye.

- Stuey, what about my family?

Are they alright?

Soeey, Soeey?

Stuey!

(chuckling)

- Hello, kitty?

It's the Duke.

I have some rather bad news, I'm afraid.

When the batteries expire,

so will your friends.

Toodle-oo, cheerio, bye.

- [operator[ The Number You Have dialed

is no longer in service.

- Oh no!

Twiddley-dee

They're running out

They're running out of batteries

Of batteries

Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-ha

No batteries

(tires screeching)

- Yeah?

Oh howdy, boss, how are you?

Uh-huh, huh?

Did you say a cat, a

dog, a bird and a mouse?

What is this?

(laughs)

Some kinda joke, huh?

- Well I don't think it's funny, Pinky.

they want to bring

Chanticleer back to the farm.

You don't want that, he

makes you lots of money.

I don't want that, he makes me miserable.

- [Pinky] Right boss,

what should I do about it?

- Your chicken thinks they

don't want him on the farm.

That's good.

All you have to do is make

sure he keeps thinking that.

It's not good that the

kitty and his friends

should talk to your chicken, capice?

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David N. Weiss

David Nathan Weiss (born 1960) is an American writer, lecturer and labor leader. He is a screenwriter of films, including All Dogs go to Heaven, The Rugrats Movie, Shrek 2, Clockstoppers, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, and The Smurfs and has also written for television shows such as Mission Hill, all of which were co-written with his writing partner, J. David Stem. more…

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