Rock-a-Doodle Featurette (Part 1/2)

This badly-edited and loosely structured featurette may be one of the only making-ofs in existance for one of Don Bluth's weakest and least-known films, "Rock-a-Doodle", made in 1990. The complicated story was based on the Chanticleer folk tales and originally developed by Disney, but Walt Disney rejected a pitch for an animated version, believing the folk tales were too difficult to translate to the screen. Here, Bluth adds a new twist to the folk tales, making Chanticleer an Elvis-style Rock-and-Roll singer after leaving the farm.

This part concentrates on working with Toby Scott-Ganger (the kid who plays Edmond), the difference between live-action and animation directing (this was Don Bluth's first and only stab at live-action), the importance of recording voice-artists first before animating, the songs in this film and a recording session with singer Glen Campbell (the voice of Chanticleer) for an alternate version of the finale. You'll even find cels from his previous flop "All Dogs Go to Heaven" being prepared here.