Walt Disney, XLI: ...He doesn't even know how to fold a map

THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER

1990

Directed by Hendel Butoy and Michael Gabriel

Written by Jim Cox, Karey Kirkpatrick, Byron Simpson, and Joe Ranft

Spoiler alert: high

...He doesn't even know how to fold a map

THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER

Better than you could possibly have expected from a sequel to The Rescuers, Down Under was and remains the most unsung—ha ha—masterpiece of the Disney Renaissance, and one of the most uniquely great films the studio ever made.

1990

Directed by Hendel Butoy and Michael Gabriel

Written by Jim Cox, Karey Kirkpatrick, Byron Simpson, and Joe Ranft

With Eva Gabor (Bianca), Bob Newhart (Bernard), Tristan Rogers (Jake), John Candy (Wilbur), Adam Ryen (Cody), Frank Welker (Marahute and Joanna), and George C. Scott (McLeach)

Spoiler alert: high

Who will rescue me?

THE RESCUERS

It's kind of weird to look back and see this as a reversal of Disney's fortunes during some of their darker days, even a modest one, but I suppose it kept the lights on.  Still, I wish I could say something nicer about The Rescuers than that.

1977

Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, John Lousbery, and Art Stevens

Written by... good Lord, that's a lot of people credited to a 77 minute film (based on the book by Margery Sharp)

With Eva Gabor (Bianca), Bob Newhart (Bernard), Michelle Stacy (Penny), Jim Jordan (Orville), Joe Flynn (Snoops), and Geraldine Page (Medusa)

Spoiler alert: moderate