Originally Posted By TheMadHatter I thought it also got the PG rating for showing a violent death (ie. Anthony Perkins getting shreaded).
Originally Posted By arstogas Oh, yeah, probably. Actually, he just kind of wiggles a lot. But it did effectively provide Disney's grisliest death in quite a while.
Originally Posted By moviela During production of Apple Dumpling Gang an all day shoot involved pulling a wagon up the street. It was shot on the lot in Burbank. There were mules in the shot, and several takes were ruined because the noth end of the south bound mule contributed undesired set decorations. Tokar (the diminutive but very competent director) ran over to the wrangler and exclaimed "Will you please make him stop!" The wrangler, a tall thin man with a calm demeanor, dropped his ever present cigarette in the dirt and ground it back and forth a few seconds with the pointy end of his cowboy boots. In the smoothest tone he said "It's my job to bring the animals here. It is your job to tell them how to act!" I don't agree with your statement that feature production suffered from "What would Walt do" constraints. The people making the films in the 70's were the same people who made the films in the 50's and 60's. Ron Miller and Bill Anderson made the same types of films that they made before. These films are somewhat simple, only 30 to 40 people involved in the production company, compared to the 500 or so in todays films. I do agree with the ratings applied, Return to Which Mountain was made to satisfy the thirst of the audience for more, but it was not budgeted for a feature film, and is more like a TV show in story and production values.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF "I know Disney/Paramount collaborations "Dragonslayer" and "Popeye" are on DVD, but is Disney's first PG film, "Midnight Madness" out?" Oh yes, indeedy it is. Anchor Bay released spiffy a 2-disc collector's edition a couple years back... JUST KIDDING. Truthfully, they did release it to DVD, but it's a single disc, no extras. I always liked the movie...it's one of those "so bad it's good" movies.
Originally Posted By nic_wd_03 i liked midnight. althought disney did release take down, it wasnt made by disney, and the black hole is called the first PG rated disney movie. i saw the apple dumpling gang the other day for the first time in a LOONG TIME. it was cute. a little long
Originally Posted By ToonKirby >"I know Disney/Paramount collaborations "Dragonslayer" and "Popeye" are on DVD< Actually, "Dragonslayer" is not out ... yet. It will be released on DVD Oct. 21.
Originally Posted By arstogas >>>i liked midnight. althought disney did release take down, it wasnt made by disney, and the black hole is called the first PG rated disney movie.<<< That's called an acquisition... it's done all the time. You can argue semantics, but TAKE DOWN is still known as the first PG Disney film.
Originally Posted By nic_wd_03 but every thing ive read in disney books, and websites state the first PG as being black hole. disney doesnt even own take down anymore do they?
Originally Posted By arstogas In acquisitions, the rights to a film often revert back to the original filmmakers after a period of 7 years or more. It's possible that Disney no longer has the film in its library.
Originally Posted By meowthew The Black Hole was the first PG Disney production; Take Down was the first PG Disney release. Ultimate Disney Channel Fan Page <a href="http://www.geocities.com/ultimate_disney_channel" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.com/ultim ate_disney_channel</a>
Originally Posted By Dlmusic <<Can't agree there. The ability to discriminate between quality entertainment and garbage is learned. I'm sure most kids my age, like me, sat glued to the TV every Saturday morning watching the latest swill from Hanna Barbera and Filmation, and enjoyed it very much. Now I can't be in the same room with it. It's certainly not a sad thing--it's that I now know better.>> I watched a lot of shows that I probably wouldn't like as much nowadays. However, I always had a higher respect for the same shows I do now. There were plenty of Saturday morning TV shows that I watched, but even at a young age I knew the quality was not comparable to say a Jack Hannah directed Donald Duck short. Just like I went to the local carnival and had a good time but new it didn't hold a candle to Disneyland.
