Prod. 2519 - The Rescuers (XII)  - Seq. 05.5 - Mice Land

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Directed by John Lounsbery and Art Stevens, assistant director Rick Rich, layout by Sylvia Roemer and Joe Hale.
Secretaries P[at] Lestina and C[harlene] Rogers.
This FINAL draft of 3/18/77.

Animation by Frank Thomas (supervising), Bill Hajee, Chuck Harvey, Ron Clements and one scene by Cliff Nordberg.

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  1. Steven HartleyAugust 23, 2010 at 10:15 AM

    Ah yes, Pat Buttram does the voice of the Drunken Luke and I like Buttram's voice, I'm not sure what to describe it.

    P.S. I've learnt how to use a scanner and I'm posting pages of my play!!

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  2. Zartok-35August 23, 2010 at 1:19 PM

    I knew Frank thomas was here! All the animation really nice. And Ron Clements wasn't too hard to expect either, based on his claims in the animation podcast. It's good to see Nord Nordberg too, but I'm surprised he didn't do the Moonshine reaction shots.

    Everything about scene 12 is amusing. It's just perfect!

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  3. Zartok-35August 23, 2010 at 1:20 PM

    Dang it, Scene 11 is what I was reffering to. Brilliant stuff! The timing, the action, the voice acting, it all comes together brilliantly.

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