Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. Besides this, and the disjointed plot at times, it is a pretty accurate portrayal of what robin did. Whereas the animation templates being reused from the jungle book is definitely lazy animating, i rather like it. Disney animation went through a really rough period during the 1960s and 1970s. As a child of the 70s and 80s yes, im that old, i grew up on disney movies and disney soundtracks. Put finding nemo back on the shelf and check out these animated classics robin hood 1973. This film has so many similarities to 1942s bambi that i started wondering if this has something to do with disney and pixar animation studios becoming. Reused animation in robin hoods the phony king of england 1973. The film recounts the traditional stories of robin hood with the characters cast as anthropomorphic animals. Movie poster of haider, directed by vishal bhardwai the original source of inspiration for the lion king, kimba the whi. A lot of the animation was reused from the jungle book, and the church mice are lifted from the.
Invision employees share their remote work secrets. John is a lion who taxes his subjects simply because he loves money, and robin hood is a clever fox that robs and gives to the poor, because, well. This quick mashup compares scenes from the phoney king of england sequence with scenes from snow white and the seven dwarfs, the jungle book and the aristocats. How similardifferent is disneys the jungle book to. Look at certain segments in particular during the party song and you will see skecth for sketch the same animation as snow white and the jungle book withen seconds of each other. Dec 09, 2008 its true that the phony king of england segment from robin hood recycles footage from other disney films. Heres why baloo and little john were the same, switch.
Aug 05, 20 many people especially notice it during the songanddance number, the phony king of england. Robin hood is an animated film by walt disney studios, first released in the united states on november 8, 1973. Sep 15, 2015 disneys robin hood was a project first mooted back in the 1930s along with a certain movie which was to become frozen but squashed by walts diktat ie. Robin hood a little golden book, walt disney productions na on. Classic disney animated movies part 2 robin hood the. In this edition, henry gilbert tells of the adventures of the merry men of sherwood forest robin himself, little john, friar tuck, will scarlet, and. How robin hood defied king john and brought magna carta to. The other side of disneys robin hood the legend of robin hood, the hero that steels from the rich to give to the poor was reproduced by disney. Was disneys the jungle book actually a sequel to robin hood. Jul 03, 2012 while recycling animation was not a new practice at the disney studios, robin hood contains perhaps the best examples of the most reused scenes from a wide variety of prior films. If youve ever experienced deja vu while watching a disney film, then. The inspiration for disney s robin hood wasnt actually robin hood. Despite the jungle book coming out in 1967 and robin hood being released in 1973, historically and chronologically, robin hood would have actually happened in time before the jungle book just.
Dec 31, 20 the disney version is robin hood as fairy tale. List of recycled animation in disney movies disney wiki fandom. Throughout this paper i will try to depict the stereotypes and the scenes that are interesting to be. Especially when you factor in the plots are not at all alike. The other side of disneys robin hood amy ak discovering. Before i begin, i should assume you mean the 2016 jungle book, and not the 1967 animated film, since the latter had absolutely nothing to do with kiplings original books. Both are bears, both are voiced by phil harris, and both even dance in much the same fashion.
Jul 15, 2018 robin hood everything you missed disney duration. Robin hood remains one of the studios worst efforts. For example, robin is the cunning master thief, so he is portrayed by a fox. Like this guitar playing dog from robin hood and his feline counter. Can you guess whether the feature belongs to robin hood or the jungle book. How disney reuses the same footage in different films the telegraph. However, only folks like me will want to own this mediocre and bland film.
Its easy to see from the first few frames of animation that baloo and little john both have more than a few things in common. The story follows the adventures of robin hood brian bedford, little john phil harris, and the inhabitants of nottingham as they fight against the excessive taxation of prince john peter ustinov. Community content is available under ccbysa unless otherwise noted. Stone that is a carbon copy of a similar scene from the jungle book. A few months before release, the disney animators needed sir peter ustinov to come back to the disney studios to rerecord some of his lines as prince john. Robin hood and the jungle book, sleeping beauty and beauty and the beast, sword in the stone. Does disney recycle animation drawings for multiple movies. Everything else disney the jungle book 1967 facts wattpad. And the bears in robin hood and the jungle book even share facial.
Disney the jungle book look for the bare necessities the simple bare necessities forget about your. The umpteenth telling of the legend, in disneys version, prince john voiced by peter ustinov rules nottingham with an iron fist. The disney rh is a disaster with respect to production as half the animation cels were recycled from the jungle book. Disneys voiceacting veterans in robin hood rotoscopers. Disneys the jungle book series and disneys talespin b. There are a lot of old disney cartoon movies that you might not remember. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. The result was and is widely considered a great disney film, the best and perhaps most original animated. The 19th animated feature in the disney animated canon, the film is noted for being along with the aristocats 1970 the last film project to be approved by walt disney himself, as he died in late 1966, before the film was released. The jungle book 1967 duh 101 dalmations 1961 the sword in the stone 1963 goliath ii 1960 robin hood 1973 the adventures of ichabod and and mr. I have always been a fan of disney but when i recently came across some extreme similarities of scenes i. Many people especially notice it during the songanddance number, the phony king of england. Kaa from the jungle book and sir hiss from robin hood are alike.
The image on the left is reproduced from a promotional poster for a theater piece called runnymede created about a hundred twenty years ago by a san francisco man named william greer harrison d. Feb 19, 2017 little john is baloo and sir hiss is kaa from the jungle book, as well. Just like the original books, the jungle animals in this movie call themselves people as in, the jungle people, rather than call themselves animals like other movies do. Robin hood is a 1973 american animated romantic musical comedy film produced by walt disney productions and released by buena vista distribution. Disney fans have put together clips on youtube putting the clips together to show the recycled scenes and how strangely natural they look in the different films. Little john, the bear in robin hood, is nearly identical to that of baloo in the jungle book. So, i hope this announcement from funko will bring back all the feels for you too. I have recentlly had a falling out with robin hood due to its lack of unique animation. The story of robin hood is very long, so ill spare you all the detailed history.
The jungle book is a 1967 american animated film produced by walt disney productions and released to theaters on october 18, 1967. Its still a good movie, but it seems the death of disney kind of put. Little john is baloo and sir hiss is kaa from the jungle book, as well. Bagheera the panther and baloo the bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization. If youre going to do an animal story about a king, what animal plays the king. Test your knowledge on this movies quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. A list featuring examples of recycled animation in disney movies. The jungle book 1967 many similarities between baloo and little john. Robin hood was created as disney animation experienced a difficult. Disney characters with similarities to other heroes. Dec 26, 2011 the other side of disneys robin hood the legend of robin hood, the hero that steels from the rich to give to the poor was reproduced by disney. These disney films are eerily similar due to recycled.
The story follows the adventures of robin hood, little john, and the inhabitants of nottingham as they fight against the excessive taxation of prince john, and. The 19th entry into the disney animated canon, released on october 18, 1967 based on a collection of stories of the same name published around 1893 by rudyard kipling, disney found the jungle book and loved at least some of its ideas, so they chose it for one of their animated adaptations. Ask fans of disney animation and theres a really strong chance that 1973s robin hood will end up getting the lowest ratings. The jungle book look for the bare necessities the simple bare necessities forget about your worries and your strife i mean the bare necessities thats why a bear can rest at ease with just the bare necessities of life the jungle book pop. They are both advisors to big cats shere khan and prince john.
It is inspired from true historical events and a famous legend which took place in nottingham. They both have the same hypnotic power, the power to hypnotise mereley by looking into the eyes. So many plots have similarities, why cant scenes have them too. The 19th animated feature in the disney animated canon, the film is noted for being along with the aristocats 1970 the last film project to be approved by walt disney himself. The inspiration for disneys robin hood wasnt actually robin hood.
The story centres around robin hood, his loyal pal little john and their pursuits to right the wrongs of the tyrannical prince john, who had been overtaxing england to the point of abject poverty while big brother king. The animators made phone calls to new york city, london, paris, vienna, and tokyo, trying to locate ustinov, only to discover that he was working at the nbc studios in burbank that week, a halfmile down the street from them. The whole series of the aristocats, the jungle book and robin hood are one big happy memory in my head and the similarities in animation probably help that. According to rudyard kiplings daughter, the first syllable of mowglis name rhymes with cow rather than show. Its true that the phony king of england segment from robin hood recycles footage from other disney films. To help save money, they recycled several elements from the jungle book, including using the design of baloo for little john and the dance sequence between baloo and king louie which was rotoscoped and used again for little john and lady clucks dance. Phil harris as little john, robin hood s best friend, who is very gluttonous and though not small at all still called little john. In retrospect it seems unfair to criticize a retelling of the robin hood legend for historical inaccuracy, since robin hood probably never existed. The jungle book 1967 in the early 70s, the disney studio was undergoing a costcutting exercise with their film robin hood. The movie does a pretty good job of portraying the the story of robin hood, besides them being all animals.
The inspiration for disneys robin hood wasnt actually. The story is a mess, while the animation, characters, songs, and pretty much everything else remain passable at best and become bland and flat at worst. The story of robin hood has been an obvious choice for film studios for years, so its no surprise disney put forth their own version of the crusadesera tale in the mid1970s. Jun 12, 20 nostalgia and charm definitely play a big part. Books similar to robin hood meet your next favorite book. Two of disneys jazziest bears baloo from the jungle book 1967 and little john from robin hood 1973 are strikingly similar.
You cant really call it rotoscoping, but its a lot more. It has the simplest plot robin robs and humiliates john so badly that eventually john throws all of robins friends in. The silly song from snow white everybody wants to be a cat from the. Disneys robin hood archetypes by james smith on prezi. Phil harris, the voice of baloo, went on to voice two more disney characters. As a disney diehard, i will keep robin hood in my collection. With phil harris, sebastian cabot, louis prima, bruce reitherman.
Its plausible that disney wanted to do another classic story, and also wanted to try another animal based movie like robin hood or jungle book, since this was their whole revival period. Disney via movie munchies little john from robin hood and baloo the jungle book not only shared a voice actor, phil harris, but also. Disney copied scenes from jungle book, snow white, the sword in the stones, the. Portrayed as a bear, he is a recreation of the jungle book s baloo, as both characters are voiced by phil harris and were animated by the same disney animators. Mowgli, kaa, and shere khan make the perfect addition to the previously released baloo and king louie pop. Prince of thieves is still the goat robin hood posted by thanosisademocrat on 112718 at 11. Thomas omalley in the aristocats and baloos brownfurred twin little john in robin hood. The play is set in the last days of the reign of king richard the lionheart 11571199 and centers around the activities of robin hood and king richards younger.
But are there more similarities between the disney classics than we had realized. Reused animation in robin hoods the phony king of england. Produced and directed by wolfgang reitherman, it is the 21st disney animated feature film. These disney films are eerily similar due to recycled animation. Disneys robin hood 1973 is the robin hood myth at its most mythic. Jan 27, 2020 10 baloo and little john jungle book and robin hood perhaps the most notable or infamous example of disney recycling their animation, characters, and voice actors all in one fell swoop. Robin hood was in fact the first movie made entirely by the xerography process. Look for the bare necessities the simple bare necessities forget about your worries and your strife i mean the bare necessities thats why a bear can rest at ease with just the bare necessities of life the jungle book pop. Robin hood a little golden book, walt disney productions. List of recycled animation in disney movies disney wiki.
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