Prepared by:

Myroslava Lukashuk
Group Iна-51
Date: 06.04.20
 HOME ON THE RANGE

• Home on the Range is the forty-fifth full-

length animated feature film in the Disney
Animated Canon, and was released on April
2, 2004.

• It tells a tale of three dairy cows in the wild

west who search for a wanted criminal to
save their farm from going bankrupt.
HOME ON THE RANGE
• This movie has mixed reviews
from film critics and is
notorious for being an absolute
commercial failure (despite the
cult following it gained on
home video releases).
• It is often blamed for putting
traditionally-animated films
out of business, considering its
quality consensus-wise, and
the fact that it was the last
traditionally-animated Disney
film until The Princess and the
Frog and Winnie the Pooh.
Storyline
• Alameda Slim (Randy
Quaid), a wanted cattle
rustler, uses an alias to buy
up properties all over
western Nebraska.
• His next target is the Patch
of Heaven dairy farm, where
the widow owner cares more
for her "family" of yard
animals than she does for
profit. She just doesn't have
the cash to keep in business
or to prevent Slim from
taking her farm.
Storyline

• The animals, mainly carefree

youngsters, are unable to help,
however, three cows of very different
temperaments rise to the desperate
occasion and set out to do battle for
their dream home.
• They team up with the Sheriff's
megalomaniac horse and any other
animal who can possibly help, even a
crazy lucky rabbit and an invincible
buffalo.
Cast
• Named after the
popular country song
of the same name,
Home on the Range
features the voices of
Roseanne Barr, Judi
Dench, Jennifer Tilly,
Cuba Gooding Jr.,
Randy Quaid, and
Steve Buscemi.
 Setting

• The film is set in the Old West, and centers on a mismatched trio of dairy cows —
brash, adventurous Maggie; prim, proper Mrs. Caloway; and ditzy, happy-go-
lucky Grace.
Release
• Home on the Range was scheduled
for a 2003 release, while Brother
Bear was originally slated for a
spring 2004 release.
• However, Disney announced that
Brother Bear would be released in
fall 2003, while Home on the Range
was pushed back for a spring 2004
release.
• Contrary to speculation, news writer
Jim Hill stated the release date
switch was not because Home on
the Range was suffering from story
rewrites, but to promote Brother
Bear on the Platinum Edition release
of The Lion King.
Box Office
• On its opening box office weekend, Home on
the Range grossed about $14 million in box
office estimates, opening fourth behind
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Walking
Tall, and Hellboy.
• Following the disappointing box office
weekend, financial analysts predicted that
Disney would be forced to have write-down
the production costs, which totaled more than
$100 million.
• Following the latter release of The Alamo,
which also met poor box office returns, it was
reported that Disney would have to write-
down about $70 million.
• The film ended its box office run with $50
million in domestic earnings and $145.5
million worldwide.
Soundtrack
• The musical score for Home on
the Range was composed by
Alan Menken, with original
music written by Menken and
Glenn Slater.
• A soundtrack album of the film
was released on March 30, 2004
by Walt Disney Records. It
contains vocal songs performed
by k.d. lang, Randy Quaid,
Bonnie Raitt, Tim McGraw, and
The Beu Sisters along with the
film's score composed by Alan
Menken.
What Parents Need to Know
• Parents need to know that this movie has
some peril (no one hurt) and mostly
comic action sequences.
• A roller-coaster-ish ride may be too
intense for the youngest children.
• The movie has brief crude humor,
including a quick cross-dressing joke, and
some mild language.
• Some children may be upset by the idea
of having a bank foreclose a mortgage
and might need to be reassured that their
home is safe.
Movie review by Nell Minow,
Common Sense Media
• Parents need to know that this
movie has some peril (no one hurt)
and mostly comic action sequences.
• A roller-coaster-ish ride may be too
intense for the youngest children.
• The movie has brief crude humor,
including a quick cross-dressing
joke, and some mild language.
Some children may be upset by the
idea of having a bank foreclose a
mortgage and might need to be
reassured that their home is safe.
It's a Disney film, this is inevitable.