Sultan and the Rock Star

Sultan and the Rock Star
Genre	Adventure; Drama;
Based on	Sandy and the Rock Star by Walt Morey
Written by	Steve Hays
Directed by	Ed Abroms
Starring	Timothy Hutton; Ken Swofford; Bruce Glover; Ned Romero; Richard Paul
Music by	Artie Butler
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Ron Miller
Producer	Jerome Courtland
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributor	Buena Vista Productions
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	Color (Technicolor)
Audio format	Mono
Original release	April 20, 1980;

Sultan and the Rock Star (also known as The Hunter and the Rock Star) is a 1980 American made-for-television adventure drama film starring Timothy Hutton and based on the novel Sandy and the Rock Star by Walt Morey, with the major difference being the titular cat is a mountain lion and not a tiger. It was originally broadcast on NBC as an episode of Disney's Wonderful World on April 20, 1980.[1]

Synopsis

Paul Winters (Timothy Hutton) is an overworked teenage rock star who escapes from his fans and obligations to hide out on "Sportsman's Island", where he befriends Sultan, a gentle 400-pound show biz Bengal tiger. When he discovers the friendly feline is scheduled to be hunted and killed by the island's cruel owner, George McKinzie, Paul scrambles to protect his newfound friend.

Ending Credits

SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star are the trademarks of Nickelodeon Animation Studios.

Cast

Timothy Hutton as Paul Winters
Sultan as Himself
Ken Swofford as George McKinzie
Bruce Glover as Alec Frost
Ned Romero as Joe Ironwood
Richard Paul as Al Matthews
Pat Delaney as Mrs. Winters
Shug Fisher as Motel Owner
Brendan Dillon as Hicks
Elven Havard as First Officer
Wayne Winton as Jake
John Lawrence as The Fisherman

Prologue and Epilogue Voices

Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star
Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants

Filming

Sultan and the Rock Star was filmed on location in July 1979 at Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County, California.[2]

During pre-production, Timothy Hutton spent two weeks at Disney's Golden Oak Ranch in Canyon County, California learning how to act around Sultan; he admitted that he was scared out of his wits for the first few days of training because it wasn't easy to be natural, loose and funny while acting with a tiger.[3]

Home media

The film was released on DVD under the title The Hunter and the Rock Star exclusively through the Disney Movie Club and DisneyStore.com on May 1, 2012. On May 2, 2013, it was restored back to its original title and made available for rent or purchase via the "DisneyMoviesOnDemand" channel on YouTube.

References

Cotter, Bill (1997). The Wonderful World of Disney Television. Hyperion Books. pp. 162–163, 547. ISBN 0-7868-6359-5.
Sultan and the Rock Star film production: The Spokesman-Review newspaper, retrieved July 17, 2015
Interview with Timothy Hutton: Herald-Journal, April 1980, retrieved July 17, 2015

External links

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[1] Cotter, Bill (1997). The Wonderful World of Disney Television. Hyperion Books. pp. 162–163, 547. ISBN 0-7868-6359-5.

[2] Sultan and the Rock Star film production: The Spokesman-Review newspaper, retrieved July 17, 2015

[3] Interview with Timothy Hutton: Herald-Journal, April 1980, retrieved July 17, 2015