But when the rescue party gets lost, balto steps in to save the day, with the help of his friends, a russian goose voice of bob hoskins and two polar bears both voice of pop star phil collins. With kevin bacon, bob hoskins, bridget fonda, jim cummings. Disney animation animation film disney love disney magic disney and dreamworks disney pixar movies showing movies and tv shows balto and jenna boris, muk, and luk from balto. Like pocahontas, balto is loosely based on a reallife event. New listing disney 3 vhs lot anastasia balto jungle book. Balto 1995 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Find out where balto is streaming, if balto is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. It was the third and final feature produced by spielbergs animation studio, amblimation. The film is loosely based on a true story about the dog of the same name who helped save children from the diphtheria epidemic in the 1925 serum run to nome. The relay, which came to be known as the great race of mercy, vaulted balto, the lead sled dog on the final stretch, to stardom, earning him a statue in central park and an animated movie. A halfwolf, halfhusky named balto gets a chance to become a hero when an outbreak of diphtheria threatens the children of nome, alaska in the winter of 1925. Not realizing his role in life, balto is guided by his friends, including his love interest and future mate jenna and his mothers spirit, to examine his. You took on the biggest, meanest tree in whole forest, and you won. Because kaasen is the one who actually delivers the serum to nome, he is the one who receives the. Rosy is grateful to balto, mockadmonishing him for doing such a crazy thing just to impress a pretty girl. The dog is known for being at the center of the story surrounding the famed 1925 serum run to nome, alaska, and in addition to having a statute. This is a kids movie, simply told, with lots of excitement and characters you can care about. Balto is an animatedliveaction film produced by steven spielbergs.
But when the rescue party gets lost, balto steps in to save the day, with the help of his. After hes accidentally shipped to new york city and separated from penny, his beloved costar and owner, bolt must harness all his super powers to find a way home. In fact, balto ran the final leg of the route and delivered the medicine to. Dec 04, 2019 the relay, which came to be known as the great race of mercy, vaulted balto, the lead sled dog on the final stretch, to stardom, earning him a statue in central park and an animated movie. She then tries to harness balto to her sled as well so he and jenna can be a team together, but her father stops her and pulls her away to scold her about how balto is partwolf and he might bite her. What if i told you that while balto gets a lot of the credit there was an even braver dog who traversed over 200 miles.
She then tries to harness balto to her sled as well so he and jenna can be a team together, but her. However, as it currently stands, balto is very good, with a strong story that needed telling and probably otherwise wouldve been snatched up by disney in the future, but its not perfect. He leads a dog team on a 600mile trip across the alaskan wilderness to get medical supplies. Balto is based on a true story about the dog of the same name who helped. This was all covered in the animated movie, balto, which showed how brave that dog was. The film is based on a true story which inspired the iditarod dog sled race. In disneys telling, togos beginnings are an underdog story. How the stars of togo feel about balto usurping the legacy. An outcast husky risks his life with other sled dogs to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging nome, alaska.
Balto 1995 official trailer kevin bacon, phil collins animated movie hd subscribe to classic trailers. This identity crisis forces balto to live in seclusion and selfdoubt. Seppala felt that balto was not good enough to put on his own team for the serum run. Basedontruestory about the sled dog who led a famed mission of mercy for alaskan children in 1925. Balto is based on a true story about the dog of the same name who helped save children from the diphtheria epidemic in the 1925 serum run to nome. This is the scene when muk shakes the water from his coat, while pelting boris the goose in the process. How the stars of togo feel about balto usurping the legacy of. At the beginning of the movie, balto figures out that the way to jennas. Get the best deals on balto vhs tapes when you shop the largest. Balto is an animatedliveaction film produced by steven spielbergs amblimation animation studio, and was put in theaters in 1995. Togo centers on two key figures in the 1925 serum run to nome, also known. In this animated adventure, an outcast halfwolf, halfdog.
A new familyfriendly movie finally gets a legendary dogsled run right. Jenna is a character in the balto movie trilogy, the love interest and later mate of balto and the mother of aleu, kodi, dingo, and saba. Balto 1919 march 14, 1933 was a siberian husky and sled dog who led his team on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to nome, in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported from anchorage, alaska, to. This was one of my all time favorite movies as a kid. Balto is actually extremely inappropriate for children buzzfeed. Balto is very loosely based on a true story about the dog, balto, who helped save children from the diphtheria epidemic in the 1925 serum run to nome. Christmas is coming early to husky lovers and balto fans alike, as disney plus announced the december 20th release of its latest feature movie for dog lovers. Oct 28, 2015 disney is developing a liveaction movie about two of the key figures in the 1925 nome serum run sled dog togo and sled driver leonhard seppala. The liveaction portions of the film were filmed at. But this movie has good story and excellent pacing there are several gripping action sequences, and very few childish moments.
Balto is a 1995 american liveactionanimated adventure film directed by simon wells, produced by amblin entertainment and distributed by universal pictures. What if i told you that while balto gets a lot of the credit there was an even braver dog who traversed over 200 miles with the serum and tackled the most difficult and longest part of the journey. Jan 2, 2020 due to an editing error, this story has been updated to correct the distributor of the 1995 balto movie. Balto iv is a 2018 animated adventure film directed by goro miyazaki, distributed by universal home entertainment. New disney liveaction, animation, pixar, marvel, 20th century, and searchlight disney just completely overhauled its schedule, putting dates to mulan and black widow. Balto is a 1995 american liveactionanimated alaskan historical adventure drama film directed by simon wells, produced by amblin entertainment and distributed by universal pictures. Balto 1995 official trailer kevin bacon, phil collins animated. Jan 24, 2020 balto balto makes a brief cameo in the movie. Christmas is coming early to husky lovers and balto fans alike, as disney plus announced the december 20th release of its latest feature movie. Luckily, its imperfections are overlookable and dont keep the film from retaining its welldeserved status as a cult classic and credible alternative to. She serves as the deuteragonist of balto and one of the deuteragonists in balto iii wings of change and the tritagonist of balto ii wolf quest.
In reality, balto was mostly black with some white patches, rather than brownishgray as hes depicted in the movie. Balto, which was produced by steven spielbergs animation unit at universal, doesnt have the magic of the recent disney animated films, and not even near the same appeal to adults. The film is loosely based on a true story about the dog of the same name who helped save children infected by the diphtheria epidemic in the 1925 serum run to nome. After hes accidentally shipped to new york city and separated from penny, his beloved costar and owner, bolt. Balto disney versus nondisney villains wiki fandom. Balto is a kindhearted canine shunned by villagers who fear he might be dangerous simply because he is part wolf. Because kaasen is the one who actually delivers the serum to nome, he is the one who receives the lion.
Balto 1919 march 14, 1933 was a siberian husky and sled dog who led his team on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to nome, in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported from anchorage, alaska, to nenana, alaska, by train and then to nome by dog sled to combat an outbreak of the disease. A jealous rival frames balto for theft, ensuring that balto will not be chosen to lead a rescue mission. Up, moana, thor and big hero 6 to air on abcs wonderful world of disney movie nights. New disney liveaction, animation, pixar, marvel, 20th century, and searchlight disney just completely overhauled its schedule, putting dates to mulan and black widow, announcing captain marvel 2, and pushing jungle cruise back a year. She serves as the deuteragonist of balto and one of the deuteragonists in. Disney sometimes does and tries to remove every speck of dust they can find, removing some of. A kind and adventurous wolfdog hybrid with a strong sense of will and determination, balto was raised by the goose boris after his mother seemingly. Togo centers on two key figures in the 1925 serum run to nome, also known as the great race of mercy, in which dogsled teams relayed to transport diphtheria antitoxin serum through harsh conditions over nearly 700 miles to save the alaskan town of nome from an epidemic. The film stars kevin bacon, bridget fonda, jim cummings, phil collins in a. The studio has hired tom flynn to write the script. Balto later inspired a 1995 animated movie that was loosely based on his story. Well, it may not be as good as toy story, but its more enjoyable than disneys feature that year, pocahontas.
While balto was the lead sled dog of the last stretch. Balto is the titular protagonist of the balto series of films. Balto is a 1995 american liveactionanimated adventure film directed by simon wells. Balto and boris from balto new disney movies, disney and more. Disney is developing a liveaction movie about two of the key figures in the 1925 nome serum run sled dog togo and sled driver leonhard seppala. Although the film was a financial disappointment it was overshadowed by the success of the competing disneypixar film toy story its subsequent.
On an interesting side note, despite gunnar kaasen being the musher that guided balto, leonhard seppala owned both balto. An outcast husky risks his life with other sled dogs to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging nome. The film opens in a liveaction scene with an old woman miriam margoyles and a young girl lola batescampbell. A kind and adventurous wolfdog hybrid with a strong sense of will and determination, balto was raised by the goose boris after his mother seemingly perished by unknown means. On bluray, dvd, digital hd and streaming august 2018 balto iv was the final balto film after balto ii. On an interesting side note, despite gunnar kaasen being the musher that guided balto, leonhard seppala owned both balto and togo. Balto is a 1995 animated movie produced by steven spielberg, based loosely on the 1925 serum run to nome. Mar 02, 2019 a halfwolf, halfhusky named balto gets a chance to become a hero when an outbreak of diphtheria threatens the children of nome, alaska in the winter of 1925. Get the latest dates for disney, marvel, pixar, and more. As a puppy, he is a runt with little more than a fighting spirit and the endorsement of. Balto is a 1995 animated film produced by steven spielbergs amblimation animation studio, distributed by universal pictures, and originally released to movie theatres in 1995. Balto was also part of the relay of sled dog teams that ran the serum back to nome and there is a movie about him, too. Dec 25, 2019 in pop culture, balto is a familiar name.