The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Today we are going to look at some of the movies from the 1980s, starting with The Fox and the Hound. The Movie: The Fox and the Hound is the 24th movie in the Disney Animated Canon. It is part of Disney's Dark Age and the first canon film initially released in the 1980s. This was the last movie with work by some of Disney's Nine Old Men. During the production of this movie, Disney lost 17 percent of its animation staff when Don Bluth and his team resigned after disagreements about the project. As a result, the release of the movie was pushed back six months. At the time, The Fox and the Hound was the most expensive animated movie ever, a record that was blown away four years later by The Black Cauldron. The Fox and the Hound received mildly positive reviews and is still a sentimental favorite of some people. The Fox and the Hound is based on the book of the same name by Daniel P. Mannix. The fox is Tod, who is discovered as an orphaned...