Porco Rosso [videorecording] / a Studio Ghibli film ; Tokuma Shoten ; producer, Rick Dempsey ; writers, Cindy Davis Hewitt, Donald H. Hewitt, Hayno Miyazaki ; directed by Tony Bancroft, Hayao Miyazaki.
Title from container. English voices: Michael Keaton, Brad Garrett, Kimberly Williams, Susan Egan, David Ogden Stiers. Japanese voices: Shûichirô Mioriyama, Tokiko Kato, Sanshi Katsura, Akemi Okamura, Tsunehiko Kamijô, Hiroko Seki, Akio Ôtsuka. Originally released as a motion picture in 1992.
Contents:
disc 1. Feature (ca. 93 min.) -- disc 2. Bonus features (Behind the microphone with voice talent, complete story boards, original Japanese trailers, interview with producer Toshio Suzuki).
Summary:
Slouching towards middle age, Porco Rosso makes his living by flying about in his red bi-plane and fighting sky bandits who prey on cruise ships sailing the Adriatic. When he's not engaging in dog fights, this pilot lives on a deserted island retreat. Porco was once a strappling young man, but after his entire squardron was wiped out, he is mysteriously transformed into a pig. Then he is defeated in a dogfight against a dashing American rival, who has been hired by the dastardly bandits. With his plane damaged, he finds a repair hanger near Milan where a local woman fixes his plane.
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