The Rescuers Down Under
The RAS agents, Miss Bianca and Bernard, race to Australia to save a boy and a rare golden eagle from a murderous poacher
- Director: Hendel Butoy
- Genre:Adventure / Animation / Crime / Family
- Runtime:74 minutes
Cast
Bob Newhart : Bernard (voice)
Eva Gabor : Miss Bianca (voice)
John Candy : Wilbur (voice)
Tristan Rogers : Jake (voice)
Adam Ryen : Cody (voice)
In the Australian Outback, a young boy named Cody (voice of Adam Reyen) rescues and befriends a rare golden eagle, naming her Marahute. Later, the boy is captured in a trap by wanted local poacher McLeach (George C. Scott). When McLeach finds one of the eagle’s feathers in the boy’s backpack he is instantly overcome with excitement, for he knows that to capture such a grandiose bird would make him rich. McLeach kidnaps the boy and attempts to force out of him the whereabouts of the rare eagle.
Meanwhile, a message is sent to New York to the Rescue Aid Society headquarters, and Bernard and Bianca (Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor), the RAS’ elite field agents, are assigned to the mission, interrupting Bernard’s attempt to propose marriage to Bianca. They go to find Orville the albatross who aided them previously, but instead find Wilbur, Orville’s brother. Bernard and Bianca convince Wilbur to fly them to Australia to save Cody. In Australia, they meet Jake, a kangaroo rat who is the RAS’ local regional operative. Jake later flirts with Bianca, much to Bernard’s chagrin. He serves as their guide and protector in search of the boy. Wilbur is immobilized when his spinal column is bent out of its natural shape, convincing Jake to consign him to hospital.
When he refuses to undergo surgery and instead attempts to flee, Wilbur’s back is unintentionally straightened by the efforts of the mouse medical staff to prevent him escaping through a window. Cured, he departs in search of his friends. At McLeach’s ranch, Cody has been thrown into a cage with several of McLeach’s captured animals after refusing to give up Marahute’s whereabouts. Cody tries to free the animals, but is thwarted by Joanna (McLeach’s pet goanna). McLeach ultimately tells Cody that someone else has shot Marahute, tricking Cody into leading him to Marahute’s nest. Read more
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