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A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
Michael Crawford
- Cornelius
- (voice)
Ben Vereen
- Phineas
- (voice)
Ellen Blain
- Abigail
- (voice)
Benji Gregory
- Edgar
- (voice)
- (as Ben Gregory)
Paige Gosney
- Russell
- (voice)
Elisabeth Moss
- Michelle
- (voice)
- (as Elizabeth Moss)
Paul Eiding
- Abigail's Father
- (voice)
Janet Waldo
- Edgar's Mom
- (voice)
Susan Silo
- Russell's Mom
- (voice)
Will Estes
- Willy
- (voice)
- (as Will Nipper)
Charlie Adler
- Waggs
- (voice)
Rickey D'Shon Collins
- Bosworth
- (voice)
- (as Rickey Collins)
Angel Harper
- Bosworth's Mom
- (voice)
Benjamin Kimball Smith
- Russell's Brother
- (voice)
- (as Benjamin Smith)
Florence Warner
- Abigail as an Adult (segment "Once Upon A Time With Me")
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaMichael Crawford has stated he had a terrible time singing the song "Please Wake Up" as it was a grown-up singing to a child who was on the verge of dying. He had to struggle not to cry while recording.
- GoofsEdgar loses his scarf, and just before they go to sleep, after Michelle has been taken care of, his scarf is back around his neck.
- Crazy creditsIn the first half of the end credits, painted illustrations of the Furlings and Cornelius doing things after the events of the film are shown.
- SoundtracksPlease Wake Up
Written by James Horner
Lyrics by Will Jennings, Michael Tavera, Kelly Ward, and Mark Young
Performed by Michael Crawford
Featured review
After I grew up in the 90s, I watched some of my favorite childhood stuff (The Lion King, The Swan Princess, etc.), but I never heard of this film before although it did came out before I was born the following year. Years later, at elementary school, I watched it with some of my friends at class and I think it was pretty good. OK, it's not as excellent as some of Disney's great films, but I think this is completely underrated for a children's film.
Sure, there are some moments that could easily frighten younger kids and the fact that it could've been a little bit longer, but these two flaws are easily overcomed by it's beautiful animation and some great characters. Abigail, Russell, Edgar, and Michelle are likable furlings and some of the minor characters are fine. Cornelius, however, is by far my favorite character thanks to Michael Crawford's excellent voice work. In fact, the voice acting is pretty good for a non-Disney film released in the 90s. The musical songs aren't the best, but they're tolerable enough to listen to especially (Please Wake Up sung by Michael Crawford).
Overall, Once Upon A Forest may be flawed, but I think that this is completely underrated and I think people would give this a chance. Besides, I didn't understand all the hatred it had on rottentomatoes.
Sure, there are some moments that could easily frighten younger kids and the fact that it could've been a little bit longer, but these two flaws are easily overcomed by it's beautiful animation and some great characters. Abigail, Russell, Edgar, and Michelle are likable furlings and some of the minor characters are fine. Cornelius, however, is by far my favorite character thanks to Michael Crawford's excellent voice work. In fact, the voice acting is pretty good for a non-Disney film released in the 90s. The musical songs aren't the best, but they're tolerable enough to listen to especially (Please Wake Up sung by Michael Crawford).
Overall, Once Upon A Forest may be flawed, but I think that this is completely underrated and I think people would give this a chance. Besides, I didn't understand all the hatred it had on rottentomatoes.
- gavin-thelordofthefu-48-460297
- Feb 6, 2013
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Endangered
- Filming locations
- Cahuenga Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA(Hanna-Barbera)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $13,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,582,052
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,206,251
- Jun 20, 1993
- Gross worldwide
- $6,582,052
- Runtime1 hour 11 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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