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 strapping young man, but after his entire squadron 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 hangar near Milan where a local woman fixes his plane.
MPAA rating: PG; for violence and some mild language.|||general
Walt Disney Home Entertainment presents Sutajio Jiburi sakuhin ; Tokuma Shoten ... [et al.] present ; written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki ; producer, Toshio Suzuki.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992.
Special features: Behind the microphone with voice talent from the film; complete story boards; original Japanese trailers; interview with producer Toshio Suzuki.
English voices: Michael Keaton, Cary Elwes, Brad Garrett, Kimberly Williams, Susan Egan, David Ogden Stiers.
Japanese voices: Moriyama Shūichirō, Katō Tokiko, Katsura Sanshi, Okamura Akemi, Kamijō Tsunehiko, Seki Hiroko, Ōtsuka Akio.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1), Dolby Digital.
In English, Japanese or French with English subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
Director of photography, Okui Atsushi ; animators, Andō Masashi ... [et al.] ; editor, Miyazaki Hayao ; music, Hisaishi Jō, Katō Tokiko ; production designer, Hisamura Katsu ; English language adaptation, Cindy Davis Hewitt and Donald H. Hewitt ; voice director, Tony Bancroft.
