Quotes
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Madame Medusa: Snoops, you don`t have a way with children. You must gain their confidence... make them like you.
Snoops: Yeah? How do you do that?
Madame Medusa: You force them to like you, idiot!
[Nero and Brutus caught Penny trying to run away]
Snoops: Bring her right on in, boys. Come on.
[looks at Penny]
Snoops: So, you tried to run away. Ah, well, it didn`t work, did it? Huh?
Snoops: All right, you little brat. Now, you are gonna go down in that hole, and you are gonna dig till you find me the diamond. You understand that? And no sassing me.
Penny: The water`s coming in, please pull me up!
Madame Medusa: Not until you get the diamond!
Madame Medusa: You get down there and find the big diamond, or you will never see that teddy again!
[Orville has skidded face-first on the runway]
Bernard: Are... Are- are you hurt, sir?
Orville: Nope. One of my better landings, bud.
Bianca: [watching Orville fly] Doesn`t he fly beautifully? And you wanted to take the train, you fraidy cat.
Bernard: Fraidy cat? No, uh... it`s just that I like trains. I mean, they serve Roquefort, and...
[Orville flies in too low]
Bernard: [gasp] Pull up! Pull up!
[passing through the zoo, Bernard is scared by a lion`s roar]
Bianca: What did you do to make him so mad?
Bernard: Nothing, he`s just a... just a grumpy old lion.
Bianca: Well, after all, waking him up in the middle of the night. Wouldn`t you be grumpy too?
Orville: Say, bud, read the checklist to me.
Bernard: Uh, oh, yeah. "Goggles down."
Orville: [Adjusting goggles] Check.
Bernard: "Wing flaps down."
Orville: [Adjusting wings] Check.
Bernard: "Tail feathers."
Orville: [shaking tail] Double check.
Bernard: "If at first you don`t succeed, try, try again."
[looks apprehensive]
Orville: And here we go!
Mice: [singing] R-E-S-C-U-E / Rescue Aid Society / Heads held high / Touch the sky / You mean everything to me
Bernard: It`s - It`s no use, Bianca. Maybe Rufus the cat was right. Wh-what can two little mice do?
Mice: [singing in the background as a flashback] R-E-S... Rescue Aid Society, heads held high, touch the sky, you mean everything to me...
Bianca: But, Bernard, the Society`s counting on us. We can`t quit now. Oh, and that little girl. We just have to rescue her.
Mice: [singing continues] R-E-S-C-U-E Rescue Aid Society, heads held high, touch the sky, you mean everything to me...
Snoops: Welsher! Swindler! Chiseler!
Madame Medusa: [Pointing gun at Mr. Snoops and Penny] Shut up, Snoops! And don`t move. If either of you try to follow me, you`ll get BLASTED!
Penny: [walking towards Madame Medusa] You give me my teddy bear. You promised.
Madame Medusa: [Pushing Penny away with her foot and walking backwards] Teddy goes with me, my dear. I`ve become quite attached to him.
[laughing]
Ellie Mae: Are you ready to help rescue that little young `un?
Deadeye: Sure enough, Ellie Mae!
Deacon Owl: Hallelujah!
Ellie Mae: [Notices Luke fast asleep] Luke! On your feet, you lazy critter!
Luke: Oh, uh- Shucks, Ellie Mae. I was just a-waitin` for someone to holler charge!
Gramps: Dag nab it! Let`s cut out the jawin` and get it goin`.
Deadeye: [Chuckling] When old Gramps gets head up his nose gets plum out of joint.
Ellie Mae: Take it easy, Gramps! We gotta stay here till Evinrude brings us word from the mice.
Gramps: If that bug don`t get here soon, they`ll put that poor little girl down the black hole again!
[after being sucked into Medusa`s motorboat]
Orville: Holy smoke!
[coughs]
Orville: Why don`t you watch where you`re going?
[repeated line]
Madame Medusa: Snoops! Snoops, get down here!
Snoops: W-W-What`s up, Medusa? W-What`s going on?
[repeated line]
[Medusa`s equipment isn`t working properly]
Madame Medusa: Snoops! What`s wrong?
[after escaping Medusa and Snoops]
Bernard: Are you- Are you all right, dear?
Bianca: Why, she- she tried to kill us. That, that, that terrible woman! Oh, if I was only a ten-foot mouse, I`d show her.
Madame Medusa: High tide or not... that little brat is going to find me that diamond... tomorrow... or else!
Madame Medusa: Now my dear, you`re going to find the big shiny, diamond for your aunty Medusa, aren`t you...?
[repeated line]
Bernard: Sure wish we`d taken the train.
Rufus the Cat: Faith is a blue bird, we see from far. It`s for real and as sure as the first evening star, you can`t touch it or buy it or wrap it up tight but it`s there just the same, making things turn out right.
Penny: Can`t touch it or buy it, or wrap it up tight but it`s there just the same making things turn out right. But whoever adopts me has to adopt teddy, too.
Rufus the Cat: Oh they`ll love him! He doesn`t eat much, does he?
TV Announcer: Penny, you were a brave little girl to do what you did all by yourself.
Penny: But I didn`t do it all by myself. Two little mice, from the Rescue Aid Society, helped me.
TV Announcer: Mice? Rescue Aid Society?
Penny: Yes! They rescued me. Um, could I say hello to them?
[waves to the camera]
Penny: Hello, Bianca! Hi, Bernard!
TV Announcer: You can - talk to these little mice?
Penny: All the time! Mice can talk like anybody. Didn`t you know that?
TV Announcer: Eh, I didn`t. But I do now, Penny.
Madame Medusa: [Madame Medusa calls Penny into her bedroom] Come in! Come in!
Penny: [Penny walks in holding her teddy bear] Did you wanna see me, ma`am?
Madame Medusa: Why, yes my dear. Don`t be so shy.
[chuckling]
Madame Medusa: Now, I`m going to let bygones be bygones. Do you know what would make Auntie Medusa very happy?
Penny: Yes, you want me to find that diamond.
Madame Medusa: That`s right, dear.
Penny: But I`ve tried as hard as I could. Honest!
Madame Medusa: Of course, you have. But we must try harder, mustn`t we?
Penny: Then please, will you take me back to the orphanage... like you promised?
Madame Medusa: Penny, don`t you like it here? A big, beautiful boat all to yourself.
Penny: But if I don`t get back to the orphanage... I`ll never get adopted.
Madame Medusa: Adopted? What makes you think anyone would want a homely little girl like you?
[Penny walks away in tears]
Bernard: We gotta find her and help her.
Rufus the Cat: Yeah, but two little mice! Wha - what can you do?
Bottle: [singing while being washed away] I`m lost at sea without a friend. This journey, will it ever end? Who will rescue me?
Mr. Chairman: [reading Penny`s message]
[clears throat]
Mr. Chairman: "To Morningside Orphanage, New York." Hmm. Most difficult to decipher. I can`t make it out.
Bianca: "I am... In a terrible... terrible trouble." Oh. Oh, dear. It`s all watered out. "H-h-hurry! Help! Penny."
Mr. Chairman: Penny? Morningside Orphanage? Huh! Dash it all, it`s not much to go on, is it?
Bianca: Oh! Oh, that poor little girl.
Bianca: Captain you fly beautifully. It`s just like being on a roller scooter.
Bernard: He just went through a red light.
Bianca: I do that all the time, darling. Now come on, stop worrying.
Rufus the Cat: What`s wrong, Penny honey?
Penny: Nothing.
Rufus the Cat: Come on now, come on. No secrets. You tell old Rufus, huh?
Penny: Well, it was adoption day at the orphanage.
Rufus the Cat: Well... what happened?
Penny: A man and lady came and looked at me, but they choosed a little red-headed girl. She was prettier than me.
Rufus the Cat: Aw, sh-sh-she couldn`t be! You listen to me, darling. You`re something extra special.
Penny: No I`m not.
Rufus the Cat: Why, some day a mamma and a pappa will come to the orphanage looking for a pretty lil` girl, just like you.
Penny: Honest?
Rufus the Cat: I`ll bet my whiskers on it.
Madame Medusa: [Holding the Devil`s Eye] Just look at it! Filled with power, for it`s owner!
Snoops: Let me look at it.
[Medusa only shows the diamond for a fraction of a second]
Snoops: I got... Hey, that wasn`t much of a look.
[inside the cave, gurgling sounds are heard from a large hole]
Bernard: What-wh-wh-what was that?
Penny: That`s where the water comes in. Oooh, I`m afraid to go over there.
Bernard: Well, if I were a pirate, that`s just where I`d hide the Devil`s Eye. Eh, I`ll go over and- check it out.
[as Bernard approaches the hole, a loud gurgling sound emanates from it; he starts to back away]
Bernard: Come-
[clears throat]
Bernard: come to think of it, If I was a pirate, I wouldn`t, I wouldn`t hide anything back there.
Bianca: Oh, that poor little girl. Oh, Mr. Chairman, can I please have this assignment?
Mr. Chairman: You? Miss Bianca? Why, this is unprecedented. I mean, It`s not like it was in the old days, when it was a man`s world. But, I guess there`s a first time for everything.
Madame Medusa: [phone rings, Medusa comes in] Who could it be at this time of night?
[answers]
Madame Medusa: Madame Medusa`s Pawn Shop Boutique.
[Snoops`s voice is on the line: "Hi, boss!"]
Madame Medusa: Snoops! Don`t tell me, let me guess! You found it! Ha ha! You`ve found the diamond!
[indistinct voice]
Madame Medusa: Give you *time?* You bungler! You have been down there for three months!
[indistinct voice continues]
Madame Medusa: Bottles? What bottles? You caught Penny sending messages in *bottles!* You blundlering fool, can`t you control a little girl? Shut up! I am taking the next flight down to Devil`s Bayou!
[slams the phone down onto the receiver]
Penny: [the swampmobile won`t start] Oh, please start.
Bernard: Advance the spark!
[the horn blares in his face]
Bernard: Not the horn, the spark lever. Digger, hold this.
[hands him cable]
Bernard: It`s that doohickey on the steering wheel.
[Bianca pulls lever, Digger gets electrocuted]
Penny: Oh, here. I brought you something.
Rufus the Cat: Grand notion! Cat-nip snaps.
Penny: [giggles] No, they`re ginger snaps.
Rufus the Cat: Well, an old codger like me could use a little ginger.
Penny: I taked two extra ones for lunch today. We`re not s`posed to do that.
Rufus the Cat: You can trust me. I won`t tattletale on you.
Penny: I love you, Rufus.
Penny: [praying] Please bless Rufus, and Teddy... And all the kids at the orphanage: Jennifer, Bobby, Mary, Julie. And please let someone find my bottle. There`s a message in it. Because running away isn`t working. Amen.
Penny: [working out a plan to trap the crocodiles, Nero and Brutus] See there? The elevator.
Bianca: Oh, it`s a perfect cage Penny.
Bernard: Great idea. Now, uh, what - what can we use for bait?
Penny: Oh, they`ll eat anything.
Penny: [doing an impression of Medusa] Brutus! Nero! Did you let that little brat escape again? You`re too soft.
[swinging a broom]
Penny: Wap! Wap!
Bernard: [chuckles] Hey, Penny, that`s not bad.
Bianca: [laughs] That`s exactly like Medusa.
Penny: [walks like Medusa and imitates her again] Track her down, boys. Bring her back.
Bernard: [planning an escape] Wait a minute. She-she might catch us in her swamp mobile.
Penny: We`ll swipe it! I`ve always wanted to drive it.
[imitates engine and driving around]
Bernard: [as he, Bianca, Penny, and the swamp denizens escape successfully from the riverboat via the swampmobile] We did it, Bianca!
Bianca: Hooray! Oh, Bernard, Bernard, you`re wonderful!
[chuckles as she and Bernard embrace; the others cheer happily as the swampmobile drives away into the distance]
Madame Medusa: [lamenting, as she is left clinging to one of the riverboat`s smokestacks] There - goes my diamond!
TV Announcer: And because of a courageous little girl named Penny, the world`s largest diamond, the Devil`s Eye, is now at the Smithsonian Institute. But what`s even more important, folks, this little orphan`s dream has come true. Today, she`s being adopted. And here she is with her new mother and father.
Penny: We - Hi. Where`d you come from?
Bernard: We found the bottle with-with your message, and we`ve come to rescue you.
Penny: Did you hear that, Teddy? Our bottle worked!
[looks confused]
Penny: Didn`t you bring somebody big with you? Like the police?
Bernard: Uh, no. There`s just, uh - the two of us.
Bianca: But if the three of us work together and we have a little faith...
Penny: That`s what Rufus said: "Faith makes things turn out right."
Trivia
Bernard: [about the seat belts] Miss Bianca, make sure it`s fastened good and tight.
Bianca: I can`t. It`ll wrinkle my dress.
Bianca: Poor Evinrude. Your carburetor is all pooped out.
Madame Medusa: Brutus! Nero! Stop that infernal racket, I mean now!
[Hits one of the crocodiles on the head; Bernard pops out of it`s mouth]
Madame Medusa: [screams and jumps on a chair] Aaah! Snoops! Snoops, a mouse! Oh, kill it! Kill it!
Bernard: [Climbing the steps to board Orville] ... eleven, twelve... Oh no. There... there are thirteen steps on this ladder.
Bianca: [chuckles] Why don`t you jump the last one?
Rufus the Cat: Mice!
Bernard, Bianca: Cat!
Rufus the Cat: Now, look here. If anyone found out that mice have moved in, I`d get kicked out, lose my job.
Bianca: Don`t worry, Mr. Cat, we- we won`t be here long.
Rufus the Cat: [while stretching his legs] Wh- I- I`m too old to be chasing mice.
Madame Medusa: At the next low tide I`m going to put her down there, myself, and keep her there until she finds it. And it is as simple as *that*!
Bernard: [Bernard sees their flight should have left already] Flight leaves... 6:45. Oh, no. We missed the flight. Miss Bianca, if you hadn`t...
Bianca: Oh, come on. You worry too much. You know that flights are always late.
Orville: [Through radio communication] Albatross flight 13 to tower. Albatross 13
Bianca: Now, what did I tell you? We`re lucky, Mr. Bernard.
Bernard: Luck? Flight 13? Maybe we`d better take the train.
Orville: [Through radio] Wake up! Dab-drat it, somebody answer down there! Get off the dime! Hello? Hello? Is anybody down there?
Bernard: [answering] Uh, he-hello?
Orville: [Through radio] Where the tuck have you been? Oh, you lazy knucklehead.
Bernard: Well, we just got here, sir. You see, my co-agent insisted on packing her, uh...
Orville: Look, bud. Am I clear to land? Traffic up here is thicker than- Wow! Dab-blast, you dirty road-hog! You crazy- Look. What is- You stupid lug-headed...
Bianca: Uh, oh, what did he say, Mr. Bernard?
Bernard: I wouldn`t dare repeat it.
Bianca: Well, then give him the permission to land.
Bernard: Uh, Captain? You, uh, you have our permission to land.
Orville: Well, it`s about time, bud!
Bianca: Oh, look! The little girl`s treasures!
Bernard: Boy, the things kids collect.
Orville: Sufferin` sassafras! My rudder`s on fire! Bail out! Bail out!
Luke: Here, cousin. It looks like you could use a swig of this. It`s good for what ails you.
[pours "swamp juice" down Bernard`s mouth; Bernard has spastic reaction and gasps]
Evinrude the dragonfly, who pushes a small boat in the film, is named after a manufacturer of outboard boat motors.
Early in the film`s development, Cruella DeVil from One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) was to be the villain instead of Madame Medusa. There are similarities between the two characters, notably during the reckless driving scenes where the women are seen through their car`s windshields.
The film was one of the last Walt Disney` classics to be animated by members of Walt Disney`s "nine old men".
Bernard (Bob Newhart) complains several times that he hates flying. One of Newhart`s comedy routines was called, "The Mrs. Grace L. Ferguson Airline (And Storm Door Company)", wherein he explains why he hates to fly.
Veteran animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston consider it their best picture without Walt Disney.
Animation from Bambi (1942) can be seen in the "Someone`s Waiting for You" song sequence. The animation in the scene where Penny attempts to run away comes from The Jungle Book (1967).
This was Joe Flynn`s last film. He died before the film was released.
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# The last film participation for animator-director John Lounsbery. He died nearly a year-and-a-half before the film`s release. His co-directorial duties were eventually passed on to animator Art Stevens.
The Rescue Aid Society was originally the "Prisoners` Aid Society", just as it was in the original Margery Sharp novels.
Last role for Jim Jordan.
GOOFY HOLLER: When Orville falls backwards from the top of the New York building at the end of the film.
GOOFY HOLLER: When Madame Medusa runs over Orville with her swamp-mobile trapping him inside.
Don Bluth became the first of the new artists trained during the 1970s to be listed as a directing animator. Two years later, he left Walt Disney Productions to form his own studio.
Last film for animator Milt Kahl. He animated almost all of Madame Medusa by himself since none of his assistants could match the quality of his work.
Early sketches of Madame Medusa showed clear similarities to Garth Williams`s design of the Diamond Dutchess in Margery Sharp`s original novel, "Miss Bianca".
Brutus and Nero are based on the two bloodhounds, Torment and Tyrant from Margery Sharp`s novel, "Miss Bianca".
The character of Mr. Snoops is a retouched "Mandrake" from "Miss Bianca".
This was the first Walt Disney animated feature to inspire a sequel.
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# The little yellow raincoat Bernard wears is a copy of a human-sized raincoat of the same color that was worn by Christopher Robin in Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968).
Many crazy sound "instruments" were used in the recording of the "Rescue Aid Society" song, including a toy piano.
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# The film broke a record for largest box office gains on opening weekend. A record it would keep until the release of Don Bluth`s An American Tail (1986).
One of Miss Bianca`s talents in the original novels was being able to charm dangerous animals like cats and dogs (she being a mouse), that element was added to the film in the form of the wise cat, Rufus.
An original scene that never made it into the final film involved one in which Madame Medusa was sewing the Devil`s Eye diamond into Teddy.
The name of the cave where Penny must locate the Devil`s Eye, the world`s largest diamond, is never mentioned by a character in the movie, but according to the map that Madame Medusa is looking at, the name of the place is the "Black Bayou".
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# Jeanette Nolan, who voiced the muskrat Ellie Mae, was asked to fake a much thinner and louder voice in order to fit her character. For this, the actress used the fake voice she had used for Norman Bates in Psycho (1960) which fit perfectly.
Early in story development, Bernard and Bianca were supposed to be rescuing a poet, much older than Penny from a gloomy prison. This idea was scrapped since the directors decided that it was just not working.
Ellie Mae and the Swamp Folk were originally going to carry a small flag that said "Swamp Volunteers". This detail was dropped, since this would be the only time they would serve as rescuers.
A Mickey Mouse watch hangs on the walls in the Rescue Aid Society mouse organization building.
Bernard and Miss Bianca were supposed to go to a mouse supply room in the International Rescue Aid Society Headquarters. In here, they were supposed to have bins full of items Bernard and Miss Bianca would need on their journey. Once they were packed Rescue Aid would then send them off. Ken Anderson drew conceptual art of this storage room, what was inside of it, etc. This idea never made it past this stage.
The Rescue Aid Society honors their founder, Euripedes Mouse who removed a tiny needle from a ferocious lion`s paw, a clear reference to the classic Aesop fable, "The Mouse and the Lion."
The last Disney animated classic film to receive an Oscar nomination until The Little Mermaid (1989), twelve years later.
The opening song "The Journey" is sung from the bottle`s perspective. The song expresses the lifeless object`s desperate call for help when lost at sea instead of Penny`s hope of being rescued, which is a common misconception.
Penny freezes whenever she gazes into Madame Medusa`s eyes. In the mythical legend, those who gazed into Medusa`s eyes turned to stone.
Originally, the Rescue Aid Society was to be placed in a hole somewhere, until the idea of a luggage bag in the basement of the United Nations building came up.
The island of Cuba was once considered as the setting for the film.
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# In one scene, Bernard, Miss Bianca and Penny are in the cave trying to retrieve the Devil`s Eye out of the skull of a dead man. Ken Anderson`s Multiple Choice Layouts displayed Miss Bianca taking pictures of the skull and Bernard inside the cave.
The nine rescuers` names are: Bernard, Miss Bianca, Ellie Mae, Evinrude, Luke, Gramps, Deadeye, Deacon and Digger.
Mr. Snoops is a caricature of film historian John Culhane, who made regular visits to the Disney studio during production and was nicknamed "Mr. Snoops" by the animators.
Rufus the cat is a caricature of animator Ollie Johnston.
# The first of the Disney "classics" to improve the Xerography process considerably. While its xeroxed predecessors had a much sketchier look and used a black toner, this movie used a medium-gray toner for a softer-looking "line" (the cel artists added some color inks, too, but xerography handled most of the inking). The Rescuers was also the first one where purple outlines (for Miss Bianca) was used (color-xerography). Later other colors were developed.
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# The film`s opening sequence was made up of paintings by Melvin Shaw, combined with "intelligent" camera movements, to captivate the dramatic feel of the journey of Penny`s bottle.
CASTLE THUNDER: Heard over the Buena Vista opening logo (on the DVD version, the thunderclap is heard over the 1985 Walt Disney Pictures opening logo), and then again at the first sight of the old riverboat. All other times lightning flashes in the movie, it is silent except for music; the dialogue and sound effects have been muted.
James MacDonald was brought out of retirement to provide the vocal sound effects for Evinrude.
When Miss Bianca enters the Rescue Aid Society`s headquarters, she takes her seat as the delegate representing Hungary. Eva Gabor (the voice talent for Miss Bianca) was born in Budapest, Hungary.
When Evinrude buzzes the "Charge!" fanfare, the musical buzz is recycled from the soundtrack of Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) when a bee buzzes the "Charge!" tune.
Considered by many of the film`s producers, critics and audiences to be the film that proved that Walt Disney Productions` animation department could survive after the death of Walt Disney. The film was the company`s first major success since The Jungle Book (1967) and last until The Little Mermaid (1989). The Rescuers (1977) also out-grossed strong competition such as Star Wars (1977) in many European countries including France and Germany.
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# The last words heard in this film are "tomorrow is another day," this could be considered a reference to Gone with the Wind (1939), which concludes with the same exact words.
In the scene where Penny is seen carrying Rufus the cat off to supper, Penny grabs Rufus and uncomfortably carries him off in her arms, pushing him up with her knee as he begins to slip. Ollie Johnston, who animated this scene, explained that he did this in order to show the tender affection between Penny and Rufus, by having the cat be too fond of Penny to complain, since it would have been easier for Penny to walk away and have Rufus follow her.
Animator Ollie Johnston did an extensive observation of the albatross in order to correctly animate Orville. He had an easy time making a realistic albatross landing "funny", but for the take-off, he decided to rely on gasping as well as feet thumping noises in order to create the comic effect he wanted.
The film won a Special Citation Award from the National Board of Review in the United States "for restoring and upgrading the art of animation."
In one scene Evinrude is surrounded by the members of the Swamp Folk repeatedly asking him questions while he, exhausted and mute, can only nod in the affirmative. This is a reference to Walt Disney`s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), when the dwarfs gather around Dopey and do the same thing to him.
Marked the end of Walt Disney Productions` longest `golden age`. Starting in 1950 with Cinderella (1950) it ran for almost thirty years.
Actor Phil Harris who had played Baloo the bear in Walt Disney`s The Jungle Book (1967), Thomas O`Malley in The AristoCats (1970) and Little John in Robin Hood (1973) was almost brought again for yet another comic role in this film. However, the dramatic nature of the film called for comic relief characters and humor gags to be toned down, so only the characters of Orville and Luke were left.
Deacon the owl`s and Deadeye the rabbit`s names are never mentioned in the film nor listed as such in the credits. Their names were given later in picture book adaptations and other written media.
The film was the last of the Disney classics to be announced for a DVD release, receiving no more publicity than the standard press release. Even so, it became a popular seller and sold much better than expected. Walt Disney Home Entertainment had understocked the DVD and copies were high on demand.
The talking animals in this film can communicate not only with other animal species but also with human children who bother to begin conversation with them. The 1977 "Disney`s Wonderful World of Reading" picture book based on the film revealed that the reason Rufus had not told of Penny`s fate to another child at Morningside Orphanage was because no child or adult had bothered to ask him. It is unknown whether Rufus could have spoken to a human child without being talked to first, or if he could talk to grown-ups at all.
The popularity of the film almost led to a spin-off TV-series in 1989; however, when the animation department green-lit its sequel, The Rescuers Down Under (1990), the project was scrapped. The series was still made, but Bernard and Miss Bianca were replaced with Chip and Dale, and the series was called "Chip `n Dale Rescue Rangers" (1989).
According to their publisher, Disney`s film helped put all of British author Margery Sharp`s "The Rescuers" novels on the bestseller lists; not just "The Rescuers" and "Miss Bianca", on which the film is based, but all nine of them.
Fans of Walt Disney animation, and animation in general, have often mistakenly referred to the sometimes "sketchy" style in this film, as well as in others such as The Sword in the Stone (1963) and The AristoCats (1970) as "lazy" and budget-cut. In fact, the veteran animators working on these films, particularly Milt Kahl, strongly objected to their drawings being altered in any way and demanded that they should appear on the film`s animation cels exactly as they had been drawn.
Like most of Walt Disney Productions` films during the early `60s and `70s, this film was theatrically released in a 1.75:1 aspect ratio, even though it was actually produced in a 1.66:1 aspect ratio, what is known as "fullscreen".
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