Disney Day to make us feel better

Toni was still suffering from the lurgy, Sam was coming down with it and I was not 100% so all plans were put on hold and today officially became Disney Day with a random scattering of movies from over the years.

Bacon rolls kicked things off and the viewing began......

The Black Cauldron
The film centers around the evil Horned King who hopes to secure the magical Black Cauldron and rule the world with its aid. He is opposed by the youths Taran and Princess Eilonwy, the bard Fflewddur Fflam, and a wild creature named Gurgi. Released in 1985 this was the 25th of Walt Disney's Animated Classics. A less well known film but an enjoyable yarn with a notable performance by John Hurt.


Freaky Friday
A willful, disorganized teenage girl, Annabelle Andrews, awakens one Friday morning to find herself in the body of her mother, with whom she argued the previous night. Released in 1976 and starring Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris (rather than the the 2003 remake with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan) this was a trip down memory lane for me. This was the film that started me down the path of being a Jodie Foster fan (followed by Candleshoe in 1977) although it was actually Barbara Harris as Mrs. Andrews that I was more enamoured with at the time of seeing this LOL


Robin Hood
The film is narrated by the rooster Alan-a-Dale, who explains that Robin Hood and Little John live in Sherwood Forest, robbing from the rich and giving to the poor townsfolk of Nottingham. The Sheriff of Nottingham and his posse often try to catch the two but fail every time. Meanwhile, Prince John and his assistant Sir Hiss, arrive in Nottingham. Sir Hiss hypnotised Prince John's brother King Richard to go off on the Crusades, allowing Prince John to take the throne. Unfortunately, the prince is greedy and immature, even sucking his thumb whenever his mother is mentioned. Robin and Little John rob Prince John by disguising themselves as fortune tellers, prompting the prince to put a bounty on their heads and makes the Sheriff his personal tax collector. Released in 1973 this was the 21st of Walt Disney's Animated Classics.


The Aristocats
Set in Paris at the turn of the last century, Madame Adelaide Bonfamille, a millionairess with a special love for her cats, Duchess and her kittens, Berloiz, Marie and Toulouse, plans to leave her entire estate to them and then, after their deaths, the estate transfers to the Butler, Edgar who decides that he cannot wait for the cats to live out their lives and that they must go so he can inherit immediately. Luckily Duchess and the kittens meet up with a suave alley-cat named Thomas O’Malley and two very English geese, Abigail and Amelia Gabble who together help the cats return to Paris. Once in Paris, Thomas makes a stopover in his ‘pad’ where his friend Scat-Cat and the Alley-gang are jamming the night away. Before they can safely return to the house though, they are going to need to get rid of Edgar. Here, they enlist the help of Roquefort the mouse, Frou-Frou the horse and Scat-Cat’s entire gang for a final showdown where either the cats or Edgar will see themselves off for an extended vacation in Timbuktu. Released in 1970 this was the 20th of Walt Disney's Animated Classics.


Monster's Inc
A city of monsters with no humans called Monstropolis centers around the city's power company, Monsters, Inc. The lovable, confident, tough, furry blue behemoth-like giant monster named James P. Sullivan (better known as Sulley) and his wisecracking best friend, short, green cyclops monster Mike Wazowski, discover what happens when the real world interacts with theirs in the form of a 2-year-old baby girl dubbed "Boo," who accidentally sneaks into the monster world with Sulley one night. And now it's up to Sulley and Mike to send Boo back in her door before anybody finds out, especially two evil villains such as Sulley's main rival as a scarer, chameleon-like Randall (a monster that Boo is very afraid of), who possesses the ability to change the color of his skin, and Mike and Sulley's boss Mr. Waternoose, the chairman and chief executive officer of Monsters, Inc.

Disney movies are great when you are feeling under the weather. No matter how dark some of them there are always funny bits and a happy ending for that feel good factor!



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