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6.5/10
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A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Michael Crawford
- Cornelius
- (voice)
Ben Vereen
- Phineas
- (voice)
Ellen Blain
- Abigail
- (voice)
Benji Gregory
- Edgar
- (voice)
- (as Ben Gregory)
Paige Gosney
- Russell
- (voice)
Elisabeth Moss
- Michelle
- (voice)
- (as Elizabeth Moss)
Paul Eiding
- Abigail's Father
- (voice)
Janet Waldo
- Edgar's Mom
- (voice)
Susan Silo
- Russell's Mom
- (voice)
Will Estes
- Willy
- (voice)
- (as Will Nipper)
Charlie Adler
- Waggs
- (voice)
Rickey D'Shon Collins
- Bosworth
- (voice)
- (as Rickey Collins)
Angel Harper
- Bosworth's Mom
- (voice)
Benjamin Kimball Smith
- Russell's Brother
- (voice)
- (as Benjamin Smith)
Florence Warner
- Abigail as an Adult (segment "Once Upon A Time With Me")
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMichael Crawford has stated he had a terrible time singing the song "Please Wake Up" as it was a grown-up singing to a child who was on the verge of dying. He had to struggle not to cry while recording.
- GoofsEdgar loses his scarf, and just before they go to sleep, after Michelle has been taken care of, his scarf is back around his neck.
- Crazy creditsIn the first half of the end credits, painted illustrations of the Furlings and Cornelius doing things after the events of the film are shown.
- SoundtracksPlease Wake Up
Written by James Horner
Lyrics by Will Jennings, Michael Tavera, Kelly Ward, and Mark Young
Performed by Michael Crawford
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I personally think that Once Upon a Forest is an underrated gem. I mean this is one of the few animations that had me weeping buckets at the end, and I am a 17 year old schoolgirl. My only complaint is that at 68 minutes long, it is a little too short, but putting that discrepancy aside what you have is a beautiful, poignant film. The animation is stunning with beautiful backgrounds and excellent character animation, and I absolutely loved the songs by James Horner. Please Wake up, had me in tears,(the only other song in an animation that did that to me was Somewhere Out There from American Tail) and I know the vocals were a bit shaky but that can be forgiven as that is such an emotional song to sing, and it did say in the trivia that Michael Crawford found it very difficult not to be moved by the song. He's Gone/He's Back is an upbeat gospel song that provides the funniest moments in the film, and Once Upon a Time is so lovely with sublime vocals by Florence Warner Jones. The characters are a delight, particularly the wise Cornelius, and the three furling friends are very well done, with enthusiastic voice work from all involved. Both Ferngully and this were heavily criticised on release for being too preachy, but to me, both are wonderful overlooked films. Whereas Once Upon a Forest has slightly better songs(as I really liked the ones in FernGully) and better character development, one of FernGully's main merits is the villain Hexxus who terrified me when I was 9, and Tim Curry is one of the gods of voice acing and made Hexxus as chilling as people remember him. Once Upon a Forest has a number of enemies portrayed, like the yellow dragons, the owl and the gas, and I must say they were very well done. In conclusion, a beautiful underrated movie, and my main advice to those who haven't seen it, have a box of tissues beside you as this is bound to bing you tears. 9/10 Bethany Cox.
- TheLittleSongbird
- May 25, 2009
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Endangered
- Filming locations
- Cahuenga Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA(Hanna-Barbera)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $13,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,582,052
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,206,251
- Jun 20, 1993
- Gross worldwide
- $6,582,052
- Runtime1 hour 11 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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