![]() ![]() On the technical side, this film was the first Disney animated film to move away from the hard scratchy outline look that was the norm for Disney animation since 101 Dalmatians thanks to improvements of xerography processing technology to allow a softer look. And Madame Medusa's casual nastiness towards Penny in the first movie ("What makes you think anyone would want a homely little girl like you?") comes up against the more outlandish behavior of any Disney villain in history simply because as a verbal shiv, to a freaking child, it has no equal. ![]() These movies both contained utterly gut-wrenching examples of Parental Abandonment. The film was almost a reflection of how the Disney company was facing up to the death of its founder - the late-'70s Disney movies tended to be considerably darker than their forebears, reaching a nadir with the next movie, The Fox and the Hound. What makes the movie interesting in a Real Life sense is how it came during a time when Disney was facing changing fortunes. Bianca ( Eva Gabor ) and Bernard ( Bob Newhart) are then sent out to save her, with help from an albatross named Orville ( Jim Jordan ) and a dragonfly named Evinrude ( James MacDonald ). Penny sends out a Message in a Bottle asking for help, which is intercepted by the all-mouse Rescue Aid Society, who for some reason, do not put it somewhere the police might find it while they send out their own agents. ![]() Needing someone who will fit in a tiny grotto, she kidnaps a disconsolate orphan girl named Penny (Michelle Stacy). The flamboyantly evil Madame Medusa ( Geraldine Page ) is trying to get her hands on the world's largest diamond hidden in a gloomy swamp. The main similarities are with the first two books, where an orphan girl called Patience is kidnapped and held as a cleaning slave by a cruel diamond-obsessed Duchess. The film was based on a series of children's books by Margery Sharp. Two mice, Miss Bianca (Eva Gabor) and Bernard ( Bob Newhart), travel around the world to " R - E - S - C - U - E" cute human children while dealing with their own Unresolved Sexual Tension. ![]() “I think right now more than ever, we need to take care of our buildings, our community, our neighbors and do what’s right.” A memorial with flowers and photos of people who are missing or found dead following the building collapse in Surfside.The Rescuers is the 23rd entry in the Disney Animated Canon. “Right now, I don’t think it’s much time to party,” said Miami Beach resident Antonio Urdaneta told Miami’s WSVN News. Some other towns did not schedule displays because of COVID-19. Nearby Miami Shores, Aventura and North Bay Village also canceled their fireworks displays out of respect for the victims of the collapse. “It’s a time to really be standing with these family members who are hoping against hope right now.” “We just felt that this is not a time to be celebrating,” Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber told NPR. Miami Beach, just blocks to the south, and the nearby community of Bal Harbor are also joining the “shine a light” event after canceling earlier fireworks celebrations, the Miami Herald reported. Sunday with a candle, flashlight or their phone and share a moment of remembrance. Surfside, where the beachfront condo stood, has asked residents to stop outside at 9 p.m. Multiple South Florida cities are replacing their Fourth of July fireworks displays with tributes to the victims of the Champlain Towers South and the rescue workers still searching the pile of rubble left by the collapsed condominium. Surfside condo collapse site to be sold to Dubai developer for $120M 164-unit Miami Beach condo evacuated over structural concernsĪ year on, Surfside remembers 98 victims of condo collapseįlorida condo collapse settlement reached, tops $1 billion ![]()
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