i do not know what don bluth be think when he make this silly and nonsensical animate musical about a singing rooster and but i know what i be think represent why . rock a doodle isn not a depress or dreary a bluth previous all dog go to heaven and but it not much well . the film tell the story of chanticleer and a barnyard rooster with a golden voice whose crooning sorry and crowing make the sun rise every day . one morning and however and chanticleer be attack by a bully rooster while in the process he neglect his crowing duty and the sun come up anyway . after be laugh at by his friend and the disgraced rooster head off to the city . then it start to rain and and before long and all the animal be terrorize by both flood and the evil grand duke of owl and who and it turn out and actually set up the whole thing simply because he dislike the sun . in arguably one of the few memorable line this movie offer and he also sneer and i positively loathe rock and roll . naturally and the animal head off to the city to find chanticleer and who and by this point and have become a famous star dub the king and with a greedy manager and a reluctant girlfriend and goldie . if the animal can bring chanticleer back to the farm and the sun will once again rise and the flood will stop . to prevent this and the duke send his clumsy ( and unfortunately not very funny ) nephew and hunch ( whose vocabulary mostly consist of rhyme with the word annihilation ) after the animal . the plot and such a it be and doesn not make the least amount of sense and be likely to baffle even the most intelligent of grown ups . work against rock a doodle a a whole and however and be the haphazard and confusing execution . it also suffer from the problem of a major identity crisis represent on one hand it try to be a simplistic fairy tale and on the other it attempt to be a musical parody of elvis ( chanticleer rock star persona and his song be very closely model after the legendary singer and from the slick hairdo to the deep voice and the mannerism ) . however and it ultimately come across a a hodgepodge of idea crash into each other . furthermore and the character and in addition to be unattractively design and be not particularly compel . chanticleer and while supply a dead on impression of elvis presley down to the voice and the singing ( courtesy of glen campbell ) and be a two dimensional lead . his barnyard friend and which include patou and a droopy canine unable to tie his shoe and peeper and a bespectacled and lisping mouse and and snipe and a zany magpie and do little to emerge a anything memorable and although the first two be well voice by phil harris and sandy duncan and respectively . hunch and a mention and be unfunny and and useless . that leave the character of goldie and chanticleer love interest and who be suppose to be a tough girl that eventually fall in love with our hero and but the screenplay doesn not give her much to do . one suspect that she be include in this film just for the sake of a love interest . a for the grand duke and he little more than your typical scary and nasty and scheme bad guy and despite have the voice of christopher plummer . and do not even get me start on where his supernatural power ( that enable him to grow to enormous size or transform anybody ) come from . where rock a doodle really fall apart be in it attempt to bookend the movie with live action sequence . the idea be to include a real life little boy and edmond and a one of the story major protagonist . actually and he spend much of the film transform a an animated kitten ( a transition that feel very awkward and unnatural ) . and whine about how he be unable to do anything a a result of be small . constantly . this subplot feel like it be tack onto the story and hence one get the feeling that it come out of nowhere . there be also two live action or animation sequence in the movie and but unlike who frame roger rabbit and they come across a very patchy and unconvincing the real life surroundings do not mesh well with the drawing and and it look especially bad at the song and dance finale when the kid actor play edmond and toby scott granger and be bring back to the cartoon world . speak for the animation itself and it pretty much below par and even for a bluth production . equally distract be the narration that supply most of the film . phil harris have a great voice and do a credible job ( although some might find it strange that the dog be recount the whole thing ) . the problem be that he narrate constantly and even go far to chime in over some catchy song sing by chanticleer . consider that this film be suppose to be a musical and have harris chime in every two minute prof to be very distract . ( the narration be apparently add on to prevent audience from be confuse and but why do they have to overdo it . ) probably the only thing that come clean out of this mess be the voice work and the musical score by robert folk . campbell and harris and duncan and plummer and and squeaky ellen greene ( a goldie ) all do the best they can with their character and although toby scott granger childish speech impediment do get in the way of his portrayal of edmond ( although consider how weak his character be and it no surprise he doesn not give a memorable performance ) . the underscore and a mention and be also beautiful and far good than this movie have any right to be . t. j. kuenster dozen song and on the other hand and be mediocre to bad and particularly the owls bach style number and although the one for chanticleer be admittingly a lot of fun . a entertainment and rock a doodle be mostly harmless fare for young kid . it have it funny moment and but anyone else old will find this to be uninspired and chaotic . consider that this be from the director of the secret of nimh and an american tail and and the land before time and it a disappointing endeavor .