Robin Hood (1973)
Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman
With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham's citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff - and staunch opposition by the wily Robin Hood and his band of merry men.
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This very funny, and very likable holiday treat from Walt Disney Animation Studios was partly inspired by co-director Bryon Howard’s love of Disney’s 1973 Robin Hood , which replaced familiar human characters with talking animal counterparts.
In theory, Zootopia’s residents have evolved past distinctions of predator and prey, which might explain the small matter of cartoon biology: Whether tiny mice or hulking rhinoceroses, all animals have front-facing eyes, upright postures and opposable thumbs — a throwback to the delightful character design featured in Disney’s “Robin Hood” (1973), which reimagined a human world populated entirely by animals, integrating characteristics of each species into the ways different creatures move.
I never thought about whether the fox version of Maid Marian in the 1973 Robin Hood ever considered eating Lady Kluck, her chicken lady-in-waiting, because their animal nature wasn’t a matter of their essence.
As for new characters, snakes have a storied history in Disney animation—from Kaa in The Jungle Book to Sir Hiss in Robin Hood to Juju in The Princess and the Frog.
Needless to say, this Baloo is closer in spirit to Disney’s laidback jungle bum, voiced by Phil Harris, than to Kipling’s teacher of jungle lore, making Murray a no-brainer — though of course he can’t touch the characteristic growl that made Harris (also Little John in Disney’s Robin Hood ) such a natural bear.