54 — Wednesday, November 28, 1990 - Narth Shore News

Rescuers’ plot is familiar
but animation spectacular

ODENTS TO the
Rescue Revisited...
Back in 1977, a little girl

was kidnapped by nasty Madame
Medusa, her bumbling henchmen
and two pet crocodiles. When the
International Rescue Aid Sociely
heard, they selected fellow mice
Bernard (Bob Newhart), a shy
janitor, and an adventurous Hun-
garian, Miss Bianca (Eva Gabon, to
sescue the impoverished orphan,

In Disney's first cartoon sequel,
the two intrepid mice are again
elected to locaic a missing boy
named Cody (Adam Ryen), a
friend to all animals in the uatam-
ed Outback,

The villain is a cruel poacher,
MeLeach (George C. Scott}
assisted by Joanna, his slithering
salamander (a sort of Lizard of
Oz).

Like most sequels, the storyline
is a thinly disguised clone of the
well-received original — which
isn’t necessarily bad. If there’s one
thing kids like, it's famitiarity.

The Rescuers Down Under is
also splendidly animated, with
stupendous flying sequences.
Cody soars over desert, mountains
and clouds on the back of a huge
zagle he has freed from McLeach’s

Explore Cambodia

From page 32

thanks to the bloody reign of the
Khmer Rouge whose atrocities
earned this unfonunate country a
reputation as “The Killing
Fields.”’

Now Miichae! Freeman and
Roger Warner reveal the full scope
of one of the world’s greatest ar-
chitectural masterpieces, a city lost
and forgotten until its rediscovery
by French and British explorers in
the mid-?9th century, then
isolated yet again by the horrors af
war.

Unfortunately we’ re just about
out of space this week but here
are several additional coffee table
titles that shouldn’t be overlooked
when you find yourself in a Yule
mood.

The Canadian Gardener —- A
Guide To Gardening In Canada
by Marjorie Harris and Tim
Saunders (Random House;
$29.95).

The Chronicle of Canada
(Chronicle Publications; $59.95), a
“newspaper” format pres-
entation of Canadian history.

The Total Penguin by James
Gorman (Prentice-Hall; $39.95),
everything you wanted to know
about penguins and a lot you
didn’t even suggest.

TIM
BELL

film review

trap. The complex multipiane
animation gives a vivid sensalion
of height and depth, creating
Disney's most exhilarating 3-D
achievement.

Aword of warning, however,
MeLeach ts not one of Disney's
Sovable bad guys such as Captain
Hook, buta stupid and dangerous
threat to wildiife, While this pives
the story a meaty ecological
message, his intense scenes might
spook a three-year-old.

Of course, it's not all serious.
There are lots of laughs courtesy of
Wilbur (lon Candy), the atbatross
who spints the rescuers to
Australia, His cries of “Let's
mambo" and familiar jolly chuckle
are ald shtick, but they stil work.
I's been a long time since John
Candy has been used this well,

But Bernard and Miss Bianca
aren’t the only mice returning.
Mickey is back in the dual role of
The Prince and the Pauper, a
featurette that precedes the main
attraction. And, good news, it’s
quite enjoyable with gorgerus

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buta distance ofa hundred miles
makes fife plenty ditficult,

Besides lush Technicolor, the
Hl also offers fine performances
from Donald Crisp. Clsa Lan.
chester and a very young Elizabeth
Taylor in her debut.

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