The Rabbit Warrior

The Rabbit Warrior is a 1985 Czechoslovak-American stop-motion animated adventure fantasy film produced by both Electric Pictures and Krátký Film Praha. The film stars with the voices of James Whitmore, Richard Kind, June Foray, Mel Blanc, John Erwin, Melendy Britt, Alan Oppenheimer, Jim Cummings, Paul Winchell, Cree Summer, Lucille Bliss, and Lara Jill Miller. this movie is a film about the grey rabbit named Alfred who always joined to become a leader of the rabbit warrior, then he falls in love with the brown and white rabbit named Laura who wears flower crown on top of her head. then they discover to make new friends with the other rabbits to defeat the evil hare who is trying attack the rabbit victims, and they may save the burrows from being destroyed.

The film was released on October 26, 1985 in United States, and the film was also released on March 12, 1986 in Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic and Slovakia).

Premise
Alfred (Richard Kind) becomes the leader after his father passed away, he went to find the fighting warrior in the burrow area. but he met his love interest Laura (Lucille Bliss) to discover the lifelong relationship with the new journey to make new friends, but sometimes it happens. they discover to defeat the evil hare who is trying to attack the rabbits. they may save the day before it’s too late!

Plot
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Cast

 * Richard Kind as Alfred, a grey rabbit who became a leader of the Rabbit Warrior.
 * Lucille Bliss as Laura, a brown and white rabbit who is Alfred’s love interest that she learns the warriors of any discovery.
 * James Whitmore as Ralph, Alfred’s best friend who is a black and white rabbit. he discovers to learn about rabbits who need food and water to survive the evil hare’s evil plans, and he makes powers out of fire and water.
 * John Erwin as Skipper, a black rabbit who makes powers to destroy the evil hare’s burrow when he wanted to make plans for to defeat him.
 * Mel Blanc as Thomas, a white rabbit who is strong and heroic that always makes the rabbits look happy and brave.
 * Melendy Britt as Janet, a grey and white rabbit who is Ralph’s love interest and is a friend of Laura. she discovers powers that she can defeat the evil liar, and she tells the rabbits a story about what warriors came to make dreams come true.
 * Alan Oppenheimer as Lard, an antagonist who is a hare that wanted to destroy the rabbits’ burrows.
 * Jim Cummings as Dexter, a scientist blue and white rabbit who tests out to see how the powers work.
 * Paul Winchell as General Elbert, a black and brown rabbit who makes the rules to defeat the evil hare “Lard” for destroying their home.
 * Cree Summer as Melanie, Ralph and Janet’s daughter.
 * June Foray as Lassie, a brave orange rabbit.
 * Lara Jill Miller as Angelina, Thomas’ sister who decided to look for powers for the rabbits.
 * Frank Welker as Lard’s minions.
 * Richard Briers as Peter, a long haired white rabbit.
 * John Fiedler as Kenny, a fluffy black and white rabbit.
 * Dana Hill as Susanne, a lonely black rabbit.
 * John Hurt as David, Alfred’s father at the beginning of the movie who is a grey and white rabbit that he considered to learn about powers before he passed away.

Production
On December of 1977, Don Bluth wrote a potential film adaptation of the Czechoslovakia short animation about rabbits. Will Vinton joined the work to make the film about rabbits who can defeat the villain to make warriors save the day, United Artists bought any visuals to make animated films some popular ways to find it very interesting. the movie was filmed between 1980 to 1983, and it was created on purpose. the voices were acted between 1984 through July 4, 1985 on 4th of July, the sound effects and music was used to make the film’s actions and battles completely great and powerful when the audiences makes it really good for watching it. the film is about rabbits which did really well and rendered for 2D animation, and also the sequel was made in 1988. The film got a PG rating for violence and some mild language.

Sequels and spin-offs
The sequels were released around 1988 through 2021 as of yet, the spin-offs were released on the years of 1990s through 2020s.

Sequels (in the following list):
 * The Rabbit Warrior II: Revenge of the Gargantuan Bear (1988)
 * The Rabbit Warrior III: The Warrior Assemble (1991)
 * The Rabbit Warrior IV: The Icy Cave Adventure (1994)
 * The Rabbit Warrior V: A Skipper’s Tale (1998)
 * The Rabbit Warrior: The World’s Destination Adventure (2002)
 * The Rabbit Warrior: An Alfie’s New Generation (2005)
 * The Rabbit Warrior: The Warrior Adventure (2008)
 * The Rabbit Warrior: The Next Generation (2012)
 * The Rabbit Warrior: Dallas’ Rabbit Assemble (2016)
 * The Rabbit Warrior: The Final Chapter (2021)

Spin-offs (in the following list):
 * The Adventures of Ralph the Rabbit (1990) (TV film)
 * Dexter’s Science Rabbit Tales (1995) (Direct-to-video)
 * The Brave Lassie: The Rabbit Adventures (2000) (Direct-to-video)
 * Skipper’s Magical Rabbit Adventures (2005) (Direct-to-video)
 * The Warrior’s Wild Hare (2009) (TV film)
 * The Rabbit Warrior’s Origin Story (2015) (Direct-to-video)
 * Janet and Ralph’s Tale (2020) (TV film)

TV series adaptation
The film was adapted into TV series which premiered on May 30, 1992, and ended on June 26, 1999. it features with the original film and its sequel characters, but it’s about battle, adventure, fantasy, and coming of age. the series was aired on Nickelodeon, and the series has the running time with the approximate time which is 25 minutes.

The series was produced by GRB Entertainment and Nickelodeon Animation Studio, as the association with the distributor Sony Pictures Television and MGM Television and it was released on DVD by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in 2010 as the complete series while the complete number of seasons being released in late 2003 through 2008.

Releases
The Rabbit Warrior was supposed to be released on July 23, 1985 when is set to be released by Columbia Pictures. however it was moved to United Artists as the release date was moved on to October 26, 1985, as the result the film was internationally released worldwide. Czechoslovakia film distributor named Ustredni Pujcovna Filmu filmový kartel released the film in 1986 during the The Little Mole being filmed for the another film Mole as the Moviestar when it’s going to be released in early 1988, and then the 1994 has the Warner setting up the development of the film of the same name. but the idea was shelved by the Zdeněk Miler before his retirement in 2001, but the Phil Roman revived the idea to be released by Columbia Pictures in November of 2004.

Marketing
The teaser trailer was released on December 26, 1984 at the following of the another film Mole in the Dream, the official trailer was released on August 24, 1985 when the first film was going to be released by October.

The merchandise has included the plush items and toys as for releases on 1986, and the puzzles were released on March 24, 1990 during the same day as the final episode of ALF called “Consider Me Gone.

Home Media
The Rabbit Warrior was released by MGM/UA home video on VHS on April 25, 1986. The film was also released on VHS on July 27, 1997 by MGM Home Entertainment since the releases which came out on DVD on March 24, 2003 where it was released by same distributor as the 1997 VHS being released.

On July 12, 2022, the film collection became available on Prime Video in United States and Canada. It also became available on Netflix worldwide on the same day where ALF became also available.

Box Office
The Rabbit Warrior hits $207 million in the United States and Canada.