The Rescuers is Disney's 23rd animated feature that was released in 1977. It is based on a series of children's novels written by Margery Sharp, which began with 1959's The Rescuers and 1962's Miss Bianca. It was important to Disney's animation studio because it was the first successful project that combined the efforts of their original team of writers with its newly-recruited staff that formed Walt Disney Productions.
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Fast Facts
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Release date
June 22, 1977
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Directed by
Wolgfang Reitherman
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Written by
Margery Sharp, Larry Clemmons, Ken Anderson, Vance Gerry, David Michener, Burny Mattinson, Frank Thomas, Fred Lucky, Ted Berman, Dick Sebast
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Fact:
Starring Eva Gabor, Bob Newhart, Geraldine Page, Pat Buttram, Jim Jordan, Joe Flynn
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Music by
Artie Butler
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Distributed by
Walt Disney Pictures, Buena Vista Distribution
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Running time
77 min.
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Budget
$1.2 million (estimated)
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Total earnings
$71.2 million
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Fact:
Disney's first major success since 1967's The Jungle Book
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Fact:
Last major success until 1989's The Little Mermaid
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Fact:
The last animated film shot in Technicolor
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Fact:
Followed by 1990's sequel, The Rescuers Down Under
