Home on the Range

Overview

"This fun-filled animated comedy from Walt Disney Pictures has been released on DVD in an edition that adds plenty of goodies. Home on the Range has been given a letterboxed transfer to disc in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.66:1, which has also been enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors. The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1, with tracks in both English and French, as well as optional English subtitles. The transfer is THX-approved, and tests for fine-tuning audio and video output are included. Headlining the bonus material is a commentary track featuring writers and directors Will Finn and John Sanford and producer Alice Dewey. Also included are five deleted scenes, a music video from the Beu Sisters, a short documentary on the making of the film, a look at the movie's production art, an additional short subject starring the Three Little Pigs, a game and activity section, an extensive collection of farm-friendly jokes, and trailers for other Disney titles."

Product Details

Release Date:	09/14/2004
UPC:	0786936243505
Original Release:	2004
Rating:	PG
Source:	Walt Disney Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, THX-Supervised Mastering]
Language:	English
Time:	1:16:00

Special Features

Closed Caption;All-new animated short "A Dairy Tale: The Three Little Pigs"; Four deleted scenes with filmmaker intros; Games & activities: Yodel Memory Game, Yodel Maker DVD-ROM, The Joke Corral (deleted jokes); Music video: "Anytime You Need a Friend" performed by the Beu Sisters; "Trailblazers: The Making of Home on the Range

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Roseanne Barr	Maggie
Judi Dench	Mrs. Caloway
Jennifer Tilly	Grace
Cuba Gooding Jr.	Buck
Steve Buscemi	Wesley
G.W. Bailey	Rusty
Randy Quaid	Alameda Slim
Lance LeGault	Junior
Charles Dennis	Rico
Joe Flaherty	Jeb
Charles Haid	Lucky Jack
Patrick Warburton	Patrick
Estelle Harris	Audrey
Bobby Block	Actor
Carole Cook	Pearl
Richard Riehle	Sheriff Sam Brown
Charlie Dell	Ollie
Gov. Ann Richards	Annie
Sam Levine	Phil Willie
Sarah Parker	Pearl
David Burnham	Willy
Ja'net DuBois	Voices
Gregory Jbara	Voices
Jason Graae	Voices
Mark Walton	Bob the Longhorn
Alan Menken	Composer
Alan Mencken	Composer

Technical Credits

Will Finn

John Sanford

Will Finn	Director,Screenwriter
John Sanford	Director,Screenwriter
Alice Dewey Goldstone	Producer
Marlon West	Special Effects
Matthew Beck	Casting
Mary Hidalgo	Casting

Editorial Reviews

The Disney animated feature Home on the Range comes as something of a relief in the wake of such visually impressive epics as Atlantis: The Lost Continent, Treasure Planet, and Brother Bear. As with the surprise hit The Emperor' s New Groove, this wild western comedy seeks only to entertain, and Disney has corralled some grade-A talent to achieve that goal, most notably Oscar winner Alan Menken, the composer behind The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. Among the performers on the soundtrack are k. d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, Tim McGraw, and Randy Quaid as outlaw Alameda Slim, whose rollicking cattle-rustling hoedown, "Yodle-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo," is a catchy comic highlight. The story concerns three cows who band together to capture Slim and collect the reward that will save their dairy farm, the aptly named Little Patch of Heaven. Their leader, Mrs. Calloway (Dame Judi Dench), is a very proper bovine, while Maggie (Roseanne) is a brassy, wisecracking show cow and Grace (Jennifer Tilly) is a new-age ditz. Cuba Gooding Jr. brings all his high spirits (and a touch of James Brown) to Buck, a "hotshot" horse who yearns to be a bounty-hunting hero. Home on the Range may not exactly be blue-ribbon material, but with its lovable, spin-off-worthy characters and old-fashioned brand of traditional cel-drawn animation, this will be a little patch of heaven in your video collection.