Song-of-the-South.

Thank you for writing to me about this Disney Film, with its connections to the characters below, you will see Brer Fox in the magic kingdom around:-

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Brer Fox

Brer Rabbit

and

Brer Bear.

Song of the South is a 1946 feature film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures.

The film is based on the Uncle Remus cycle of stories by Joel Chandler Harris.

The live actors provide a sentimental frame story, in which Uncle Remus relates the folk tales of the adventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends.

These anthropomorphic animal characters appear in animation.

The hit song from the film was "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" which won the 1947 Academy Award for Best Song and is frequently used as part of Disney's montage themes, and which has become widely-used in popular culture.

The film inspired the Disney theme park attraction Splash Mountain.

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The film has never been released in its entirety on home video in the USA, because of content which Disney executives believe would be construed by some as racially insensitive towards blacks, and is thus subject to much rumor.

Some portions of this film have been issued on VHS and DVD as part of either compilations or special editions of Disney films.

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The setting is the Deep South, shortly after the American Civil War.

Seven-year-old Johnny is excited about what he believes to be a vacation at his grandmother's Georgia plantation with his parents, John Sr. and Sally.

When they arrive at the plantation, he discovers that his parents will be living apart for a while and he is to live in the country with his mother and grandmother while his father returns to Atlanta to continue his controversial editorship in the city's newspaper.

Johnny, distraught because his father has never left him or his mother before, leaves that night under cover of darkness and sets off for Atlanta with only a bindle.

As Johnny sneaks away from the plantation, he is attracted by the voice of Uncle Remus, telling tales "in his old-timey way" of a character named

Br'er Rabbit.

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Curious, Johnny hides behind a nearby tree to spy on the group of people sitting around the fire.

By this time, word has gotten out that Johnny is gone and the servants, who are sent out to find him, ask if Uncle Remus has seen the boy.

Uncle Remus replies that he's with him. Shortly afterwards, he catches up with Johnny who sits crying on a nearby log.

He befriends the young boy and offers him some food for the journey, taking him back to his cabin.

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Br'er Rabbit

As Uncle Remus cooks, he mentions Br'er Rabbit again and the boy, curious, asks him to tell him more.

After Uncle Remus tells a tale about Br'er Rabbit's attempt to run away from home, Johnny takes the advice and changes his mind about leaving the plantation, letting Uncle Remus take him back to his mother.

Johnny makes friends with Toby, a little black boy who lives on the plantation, and Ginny Favers, a poor white neighbor.

However, Ginny's two older brothers, Joe and Jake (who are meant to resemble Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear "a big Bubba" from Uncle Remus's stories, for one is slick and fast-talking, while the other is big and a little slow), are not friendly at all.

They constantly bully Ginny and Johnny.

When Ginny gives Johnny a puppy, her brothers want to drown it. A fight breaks out among the three boys.

Uncle Remus

Heartbroken because his mother won't let him keep the puppy, Johnny takes the dog to Uncle Remus and tells him of his troubles.

Uncle Remus takes the dog in and delights Johnny and his friends with the fable of

Br'er Rabbit

and the Tar Baby, stressing that people shouldn't go messing around with something they have no business with in the first place.

Br'er Fox

Johnny heeds the advice of how Br'er Rabbit used reverse psychology on Br'er Fox and begs the Favers Brothers not to tell their mother about the dog, which is precisely what they do, only to get a good spanking for it.

Enraged, the boys vow revenge. They go to the plantation and tell Johnny's mother, who is upset that Uncle Remus kept the dog despite her order (which was unknown to Uncle Remus).

She orders the old man not to tell any more stories to her son.

The day of Johnny's birthday arrives, and Johnny picks up Ginny to take her to his party. Ginny's mother has used her wedding dress to make her a beautiful dress for the party.

On the way there, however, Joe and Jake pick another fight.

Ginny gets pushed, and ends up in a mud puddle.

With her dress ruined, Ginny refuses to go to the party.

Johnny doesn't want to go either, especially since his father won't be there.

Uncle Remus discovers the two dejected children and cheers them by telling the story of Br'er Rabbit and his "Laughing Place".

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