The Rescuers is a 1977 American animated adventure comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution.
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12 Facts About The Rescuers
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The Rescuers entered development in 1962, but was shelved due to Walt Disney's dislike of the project's political overtones.
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The Rescuers's chooses Bernard, a stammering janitor, as her co-agent.
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The Rescuers's appearance was caricatured from John Culhane, a journalist, who had been interviewing animators at the Disney studios.
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The Rescuers was the inspiration for another Walt Disney Classics Collection figure in 2003.
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Disney spokeswoman said that the images in The Rescuers were placed in the film during post-production, but she declined to say what they were or who placed them.
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The Rescuers said the aim of the recall was to keep its promise to families that they can trust and rely on the Disney brand to provide the best in family entertainment.
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The Rescuers was successful upon its original theatrical release earning worldwide gross rentals of $48 million at the box office.
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The Rescuers was re-released in 1983 in which it grossed $21 million domestically.
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The Rescuers was said to be Disney's greatest film since Mary Poppins, and seemed to signal a new golden age for Disney animation.
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The film's own animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston stated on their website that The Rescuers had been their return to a film with heart and considered it their best film without Walt Disney.
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