A Goofy Movie

A Goofy Movie is a 1995 animated feature and musical film, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation Paris and released to theatres by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution, featuring the characters from the Disney Afternoon television series Goof Troop. A Goofy Movie has a direct-to-video sequel, An Extremely Goofy Movie, which was released in 2000.

Plot summary

In a bid to re-establish his relationship with his son Max, which has drifted apart slowly over the years, Goofy decides to take his son out on a fishing vacation to Lake Destiny, Idaho, where he and his father went when Goofy was Max's age. Oblivious to the fact that times have changed since his era, Goofy believes this vacation will be like no other, especially when he's spending some good quality time with his son.

However, on the other side of the fence, this vacation is Max's worst nightmare, and it couldn't have happened at a worse time- his original plan was to escort his dream date Roxanne to her friend Stacey's end-of-year-party. With his father's vacation already on plan, Max not only faces losing what he's worked hard for, but he also faces the possibility of losing his dream date to another guy, thus breaking his heart in the process.

Being the typical adolescent, Max's only chance to preserve his relationship with Roxanne is to lie to her by telling her that he's going to Los Angeles to attend a pop music concert of Powerline (who is the biggest pop icon in the film - and an obvious mould of Michael Jackson and Bobby Brown - and is voiced by Tevin Campbell) and that he'll be dancing with him on his final number. Roxanne falls for his lie, and Max now faces a huge problem, as Roxanne plans to watch a national telecast of the concert at her friend Stacey's house. When his father names him "navigator" of the trip, his luck finally begins to brighten up, with Goofy assuring Max that he will not even look at the map. Max uses this opportunity to alter the destination of the trip to Los Angeles.

Throughout the journey, the two re-establish their close bond, confronting one another's problems in the process. Their mutual respect is renewed, and Max admits his lie to his father. Goofy then agrees to help his son join Powerline on stage by any means necessary.

While at the concert, Max is chased by a security guard, and Goofy explores the concert hall. They end up on stage with Powerline, where Max tells Goofy to "do the Perfect Cast", the fishing technique that Goofy taught him earlier. They do so, and everyone at Stacey's house sees Max on stage, dancing with Powerline.

Despite keeping true to his promise that he will attend the concert, Max decides to tell Roxanne the truth and reveals the fact that he lied and doesn't know Powerline. When asked why he did it, he claimed that he wanted her to like him, only to find out that she "already liked him", regardless of whether or not he had been on stage with Powerline.

The movie closes as Max introduces Goofy to Roxanne, and the three presumably move on to a brighter future.

Overview

Other familiar characters in A Goofy Movie besides Goofy and Max include Pete and his son P.J., and new characters include Roxanne's best friend Stacey and Max's buddy Bobby Zimmeruski, who has a strange love for cheese from aerosol cans. Strangely, Peg, Pistol, Waffles and Chainsaw are nowhere to be seen or even mentioned.

Like most Walt Disney films, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, A Goofy Movie is a musical. Songs in the film include "After Today," the rollicking "On the Open Road" (featuring a cameo by the California-bound Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck) "Lester's Possum Park Theme," the heartwarming "Nobody Else But You," and the Powerline meta-songs "Stand Out" and "I2I". Toy chain KB Toys often includes "I2I" on their in-store playlists.

A Goofy Movie has achieved a substantial cult following in recent years due to the fact that a lot of the movie contains many instances of pop culture from the 1990s ranging from clothing to music, styles and cliques found in the early to mid-ninties, most notably in the beginning and towards the end of the movie. Pop culture reference of the mid 1990s in terms of fashion are made evident in the "cool guy" known as Chad, voiced by Joey Lawrence, who is seen wearing a white tee underneath a vest reminiscent of the soap opera "Beverly Hills 90210." Mid 1990s fashion is also found in Max's clothing in particular the short sleeve hoodie.

The character Bobby Zimmeruski is played by comedian Pauly Shore and a lot of Shore's real-life character and humor can be found in Bobby, changing Bobby's character in Goof Troop to a spacey hippie-like character; wearing shorts and Birkenstock sandals to school, a common thing found in the early to mid 1990s.

Cast

Bill Farmer - Goofy Goof
Jason Marsden - Max Goof
Jim Cummings - Pete
Rob Paulsen - P.J.
Kellie Martin - Roxanne
Pauly Shore - Robert 'Bobby' Zimmeruski
Jenna von Oÿ - Stacey (spelled as "Jenna von Oy" in the credits)
Wallace Shawn - Principal Mazur
Tevin Campbell - Powerline
Frank Welker - Bigfoot
Julie Brown - Lisa
Joseph Lawrence - Chad
Wayne Allwine - Mickey Mouse
Tony Anselmo - Donald Duck

Japanese Dub-

Titles in different languages

Danish: Fedtmule og Søn
French: Dingo Et Max (literally, Goofy & Max)
German: Der Goofy Film (literally, The Goofy Film)
Japanese: グーフィー・ムービー Guufii Muubii (literally, Goofy's Movie)
Spanish: La Pelicula de Goofy
Swedish: JANNE LANGBEN

Trivia

During the "Stand Out" scene where Max portrays Powerline, a tribute to Andy Warhol can be found while Max is dancing on the big screen.
To date, A Goofy Movie is the only animated Disney movie produced in widescreen that has a pan and scan-only DVD. (However, its PAL counterpart does have a non-anamorphic widescreen DVD.)
During the "On The Open Road" scene, a Wilhelm scream can be heard when Goofy's car crashes into a scafold and warning signal with construction workers on it. Another can be heard during the Powerline conert scene.
Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck make cameo apperances in this film.
A Goofy Movie was first released on VHS home video on September 6, 1995. It would be reissued on June 20, 2000, along with a DVD version.
Roxanne first appeared in this film. Not only did she appear in this film, she made a brief appearance in the cartoon show, House of Mouse, but was there voiced by Grey DeLisle, instead of Kellie Martin.
A cover of Frank Sinatra song "High Hopes" is briefly heard in the film when Max and Goofy are listening to music in the car.

External links

1995 films | Disney animated films | Animated comedy films | Family films