The Fox and the Hound 1981

The Fox and the Hound is a 1981 American animated buddy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Ted Berman, Richard Rich, and Art Stevens. Mickey Rooney and Kurt Russell respectively star as the voices of Tod and Copper, with Pearl Bailey, Jack Albertson (in his final film role), Sandy Duncan, Jeanette Nolan, Pat Buttram, John Fiedler, John McIntire, Dick Bakalyan, Paul Winchell, Keith Mitchell, and Corey Feldman in supporting roles. Loosely based on the 1967 novel by Daniel P. Mannix, the film tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a red fox named Tod and a hound named Copper, as they struggle against their emerging instincts and the realization that they are meant to be adversaries. Walt Disney Productions first obtained the film rights to the novel by Daniel P. Mannix in 1967; however, actual development on the film would not occur until spring 1977. It marked the last involvement of the remaining members of Disney's Nine Old Men, which included Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston.