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DVD Release: Big Red

  • Release Date: 2000

DVD Release: Big Red

  • Release Date: 2002
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  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Genre: Children's/Family
  • Movie Type: Animal Picture, Family-Oriented Adventure
  • Themes: Man's Best Friend
  • Director: Norman Tokar
  • Main Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Gilles Payant, Emile Genest
  • Release Year: 1962
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 89 minutes

Plot

Big Red is one of several Disney pictures filmed in Canada during the 1960s. Orphaned Gilles Payant goes to work for wealthy Walter Pidgeon, who raises prize dogs. Pidgeon's particular favorite among his canines is Big Red, who unfortunately resists all efforts to be trained. Young Payant manages to "reach" Big Red, to such an extent that Pidgeon is worried: if the boy and dog become too close, Red will never behave anyone else. Pidgeon orders Payant to stay away from Red until after an upcoming important dog show. The boy disobeys his boss, resulting in a near-tragedy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Review

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Disney produced a mini-genre of "animal pictures," including Big Red. Although all of them had humor, many of these tended to be a bit more "serious" in tone, as opposed to the "zanier" comedy of films like The Absent Minded Professor. Big Red is very typical of these films, and it's quite likeable. Yes, it's absolutely manipulative dramatically, but the kids that are its target audience won't really mind, and most parents probably won't be too offended by that either. The film's screenplay is pretty much a by-the-numbers affair, but those numbers do add up to an effective story. It has a rather obvious moral, of course, but it's a good one for its young viewers. And the cast is quite likeable, with Gilles Payant very winning as the boy and Walter Pidgeon appropriately short-sighted but teachable as the adult who doesn't understand the true value of things. Even more importantly, Big Red has an absolutely beautiful and totally lovable canine actor in the title role, who is bound to win most hearts with just a toss of his furry head. Add in some very lovely scenery and some rich, yummy color lensing, and the result is a pleasant little family diversion. ~ Craig Butler, All Movie Guide

Cast


Janette Bertrand - Terese Fornet
Doris Lussier - Farmer Mariot

Credit

Carroll Clark - Art Director; Edward Colman - Cinematographer; Marvin Aubrey Davis - Art Director; Walt Disney - Producer; Hal G. Gausman - Set Designer; Winston Hibler - Co-producer; Chuck Keehne - Costume Designer; Emile Kuri - Set Designer; Louis Pelletier - Screenwriter; Richard M. Sherman - Songwriter; Robert B. Sherman - Songwriter; Grant K. Smith - Editor; Norman Tokar - Director; Oliver Wallace - Composer (Music Score); Oliver Williams - Composer (Music Score); Pat McNalley - Makeup; Arthur J. Vitarelli - First Assistant Director; Jim A. Kjelgaard - Book Author

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Wikipedia: Big Red (film)
Big Red
Directed by Norman Tokar
Produced by Walt Disney
Written by Jim Kjelgaard (novel)
Louis Pelletier
Starring Walter Pidgeon
Gilles Payant
Émile Genest
Music by Oliver Wallace
Cinematography Edward Colman
Editing by Grant K. Smith
Distributed by Walt Disney Productions
Release date(s) June 6, 1962
Running time 89 min.
Language English
IMDb profile

Big Red is a 1962 American family-oriented adventure film from Disney Studios. Based on a 1945 novel by American author Jim Kjelgaard and adapted to the screen by American screenwriter Louis Pelletier, the film starred Walter Pidgeon.

Set in the Canadian province of Quebec, "Big Red" is an Irish Setter that would rather run through the woods than be the perfectly-trained and groomed show dog his sportsman owner (Pidgeon) wants. A ten-year-old orphan boy (Payant) helps look after the dog and rebels against his owner's strict discipline of "Big Red."

Primary cast

  • Walter Pidgeon  : James Haggin
  • Gilles Payant  : Rene Dumont
  • Émile Genest  : Emile Fornet
  • Janette Bertrand  : Therese Fornet
  • Georges Bouvier  : Baggageman
  • Doris Lussier  : Farmer Mariot

 
 

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