The Fox and the Hound

1981
U
1h 23m

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7.2/10

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A fox named Tod and a hound named Copper vow to be best friends forever. But as Copper grows into a hunting dog, their unlikely friendship faces the ultimate test.A fox named Tod and a hound named Copper vow to be best friends forever. But as Copper grows into a hunting dog, their unlikely friendship faces the ultimate test.A fox named Tod and a hound named Copper vow to be best friends forever. But as Copper grows into a hunting dog, their unlikely friendship faces the ultimate test.

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Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

Tod
(voice)

Kurt Russell

Copper
(voice)

Pearl Bailey

Big Mama
(voice)

Jack Albertson

Amos Slade
(voice)

Sandy Duncan

Vixey
(voice)

Jeanette Nolan

Widow Tweed
(voice)

Pat Buttram

Chief
(voice)

John Fiedler

Porcupine
(voice)

John McIntire

Badger
(voice)

Richard Bakalyan

Dinky
(voice)
(as Dick Bakalyan)

Paul Winchell

Boomer
(voice)

Keith Coogan

Young Tod
(voice)
(as Keith Mitchell)

Corey Feldman

Young Copper
(voice)

'Squeeks' the Caterpillar

Self
(voice)

Billy Bletcher

Squeeks
(archive sound)
(uncredited)

Linda Gary

Lucy the Butterfly
(uncredited)

James MacDonald

Bear (growling)
(voice)
(uncredited)

Clarence Nash

Bear (snarling)
(voice)
(uncredited)

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Storyline

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Trivia
The final Disney animated feature to simply end with a "The End; Walt Disney Productions" credit, as with all previous Disney animated films after Alice in Wonderland (1951). (All of the credits were at the beginning.) The next Disney animated feature, The Black Cauldron (1985), which was also directed by Ted Berman and Richard Rich was the first one with closing credits.

Goofs
When Chief runs after Tod, he is dragging his barrel after him, but when the shot goes to Copper, still tied to his own barrel and barking, Chief's barrel is next to his.

Quotes
Widow Tweed: We met it seems, such a short time ago. You looked at me, needing me so. Yet from your sadness, our happiness grew. Then I found out, I need you, too. I remember how we used to play. I recall those rainy days, the fires glowed, that kept us warm. And now I find, we're both alone. Goodbye may seem forever, farewell is like the end. But in my heart's a memory, and there you'll always be.

Crazy credits
And "Squeeks" the caterpillar.

Connections
Featured in Disneyland: Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life (1981)

Soundtracks
Best of Friends
(1981)
Music by Richard O. Johnston
Lyrics by Stan Fidel
Performed by Pearl Bailey (uncredited)

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Featured review

10/10

One of the most, if not only, adult Disney movie

Looking back as child having watched this film, it never struck me for anything more than fuzzy/singing/talking animals that pandered to all my childish wants and needs. After all, that's why you watched Disney movies as a kid, right? It's just what you did in your childhood.

Now, watching it again, about to embark on adulthood and all that it entails, it really moved me. How Todd and Copper, a young fox and a hound were the best of friends. Todd having been taken in by a kindly old women and nursed backed to health while right next door, Copper, owned by a mean and bitter old hunter, is being groomed as hunting dog.

Yet, like children, they don't judge. They don't know about the differences between each other and they don't care. They just want to play hide and seek. It is when they grow older that they realize that it was never meant to be. How sometimes societal rules can stamp out the most innocent of ventures. Much like becoming an adult, reality sets in. Life is unfair.

It's a truly beautiful movie, for it's simplistic yet universal message and unlike the vast library of previous Disney inventions, as stated before, it lacks the happy ending. The proverbial feel good formula that is the frame work for all Disney movies. It's because of it's bittersweet delivery and surprising realism, that it's become a lifeline to my childhood that I will carry with me for as long as I live.