The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000)

Director:

Des McAnuff

Writers (WGA):

Jay Ward (characters)
Kenneth Lonergan (written by)

Release Date:

30 June 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

It's not the same old bull.

Plot:

35 years after The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show's cancellation, the 2 have been living off the finances of their reruns on TV...

Plot Keywords:

Squirrel | FBI | Moose | Deforestation | Hollywood

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Rene Russo	...	Natasha
Jason Alexander	...	Boris
Piper Perabo	...	Karen Sympathy
Randy Quaid	...	Cappy von Trapment
Robert De Niro	...	Fearless Leader
June Foray	...	Rocky / Cartoon Natasha Fatale / Narrator's Mother (voice)
Keith Scott	...	Bullwinkle / Narrator / Cartoon Boris Badenov / Cartoon Fearless Leader (voice)
Janeane Garofalo	...	Minnie Mogul
Carl Reiner	...	P.G. Biggershot
Jonathan Winters	...	Whoppa Chopper Pilot / Ohio Cop with Bullhorn / Jeb
John Goodman	...	Oklahoma Cop
Kenan Thompson	...	Lewis
Kel Mitchell	...	Martin
James Rebhorn	...	President Signoff
David Alan Grier	...	Measures

Also Known As:

Die Abenteuer von Rocky und Bullwinkle (Germany)
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (Australia)

MPAA:

Rated PG for brief mild language.

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:I | Iceland:L | New Zealand:PG | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:U | USA:PG (certificate #37559)

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company:

Capella International

Trivia:

This film was originally in pre-production in the early 1990s, with Danny DeVito and Meryl Streep set to play Boris and Natasha. Legal problems with copyrights prevented the film being made until several years later.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the R.B.T.V. Station, when a security guard is tossed from Bullwinkle's antlers, the glass shatters before the guard is thrown through it.

Quotes:

Bullwinkle: What moose can't drive a automobile?
[Crashes into a wall]
Bullwinkle: Never said I could drive it well.

Movie Connections:

References Taxi Driver (1976)

Soundtrack:

Dreamer

Cute but a sequel will have to be clever

I enjoyed the film, but it lacked the sharp wit and satire of the original TV show which mixed slapstick with cleverness.

If there is a sequel, the edgy humor needs to be reinstated. As it is, this film will entertain the tots but may be only mildly amusing to adults who remember the original. What made the original shows so entertaining is that, like Warner Brothers cartoons, Rocky and Bullwinkle could be enjoyed at an adult level as well as at the kiddy level.

Come on, Fearless Leader, are you talkin' to us? Are YOU talkin' to US? You were hilarious in ANALYZE THIS. You can bring the same zing to ROCKY & BULLWINKLE II.