Movie Thoughts: Benji (1974)

 

• Released: May 31, 1974
  
• Directed by: Joe Camp
  
• Running time: 1 h 26 min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

A beloved stray dog has to find a way to rescue the two children who want to adopt him when they get held hostage by criminals.

Movie Thoughts: Watership Down (1978)

• Released: October 14,1978
• Directed by: Martin Rosen, John Hubley
• Running time: 1 h 31 min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

A group of rabbits tries to establish their own warren, something which proves more difficult than they could've thought as they end up at war with another group called Efrafa.

Movie Thoughts: Christian: The Lion at World's End (1971)

• Released: 1971
  
• Directed by: Bill Travers
  
• Running time: 1 h 29 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A documentary about Christian, a lion cub raised in a furniture store in London. It documents the process of trying to re-introduce him into the wild.

Movie Thoughts: White Fang to the Rescue (1975)

• Released: 9 Februari 1975
• Directed by: Tonino Ricci
• Running time: 1 h 37 min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

White Fang and his new owner must defeat a group of prospectors trying to find the gold vein belonging to the late Benjamin Dover.

Movie Thoughts: Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

• Released: 15 August 1973
• Directed by: Norman Jewison
• Running time: 1 h 46 min
• Rating 5/5

Synopsis

The story of the few days leading up to Jesus' death (and later resurrection), told in song form.

Movie Thoughts: White Fang and the Hunter (1975)

• Released: 1975
• Directed by: Alfonso Brescia
• Running time: 1 h 27 min
• Rating 1/5

Synopsis

Daniel, White Fang and their drunkard friend Dollar return to try to protect a woman from losing her farm to a greedy baron.

Movie Thoughts: The Rescuers (1977)

• Released: 22 June 1977
• Directed by: John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, Art Stevens
• Rating 1.5/5

Synopsis

Two mice set out on a quest to rescue a kidnapped orphan girl. 

Movie Thoughts: Challenge to White Fang (1974)

• Released: 25 October 1974
• Directed by: Lucio Fulci
• Running time: 1 h 29 min
• Rating 2.5/5

Synopsis

White Fang, Jason Scott and their friends return to once more take on the greedy Beauty Smith.

Movie Thoughts: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)

• Released: 11 March 1977
• Directed by: John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, Ben Sharpsteen
• Running time: 1 h 14 min
• Rating 2/5

Synopsis

A series of tales pertaining to the sentient plush bear Winnie the Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood.

Movie Thoughts: Robin Hood (1973)

• Released: 8 November 1973)
• Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman, David Hand
• Running time: 1 h 23 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A clever fox named Robin Hood keeps taunting the greedy prince John and stealing from him to provide for the poor.

Movie Thoughts: The Aristocats (1970)

• Released: December 24 1970
• Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman
• Running time: 1 h 18 min
• Rating 2/5

Synopsis

After getting separated from their richly home, a family of cats must make their way back, guided by a street cat. 

Movie Thoughts: Call of the Wild (1976)

• Released: 22 May 1976
• Directed by: Jerry Jameson
• Running time: 1 h 39 min
• Rating: 2/5

Synopsis

A dog befriends a prospector in the cold north he's taken to for dogsledding purposes.

Movie Thoughts: White Fang and the Gold Diggers (1975)

• Released: 16 August 1975
• Directed by: Alfonso Brescia
• Running time: 1 h 38 min
• Rating 1/5

Synopsis

A man named Sandy and his son Rick come to an town in the north in hopes of finding gold, only to end up with a lot more trouble than they bargained for.

Movie Thoughts: White Fang (1973)

• Released: September 1973
• Directed by: Lucio Fulci
• Running time: 1 h 42 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A wolfdog named White Fang befriends and becomes the protector of a select few people in the town of Dawson, where the deceitful and rich Beauty Smith reigns supreme.

Movie Thoughts: Call of the Wild (1972)

• Released: March 17 1972
• Directed by: Ken Annakin
• Running time: 1 h 40 min
• Rating 3/5

Synopsis

A German shepherd named Buck is taken from his comfortable home to the north to become a sled dog. Here, his hidden lupine instincts emerge.

Movie Thoughts: King Fang (1978)

• Released: 23 September 1978
• Directed by: Eiji Okabe
• Running time: 1 hr 10 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

A girl rescues and raises a wolfdog named Taki while a man-eating bear preys on the villagers. In the end, it is up to Taki and his pack to take down this predator.

Movie Thoughts: Ringing Bell (1978)

• Released: 11 March 1978
• Directed by: Masami Hata
• Running time: 47 min
• Rating 3.5/5

Synopsis

After his mother gets killed by a wolf, the young lamb named Chirin sets out on a quest of vengeance.