The Red Volcano's Island

The Red Volcano's Island is the 1987 American animated musical comedy-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg.

Film Summary
Tony (Charles Fleischer), a meerkat who wish to escape from the Central Park Zoo and is accidentally traveled to the Red Volcano's Island.

Cast

 * Charles Fleischer as Tony, the meerkat and the main protagonist of the film.
 * Val Bettin as Nick Trunk, the fat elephant and the best friend of Tony.
 * Charles Nelson Reilly as Willy, the hilarious ape who likes music. His favorite song is "It's the Jungle Out There",
 * John Hurt as Gutt Rex, the Gigantopithecus ape who is stealing King Jumba's throne for become the leader of the animals. He is the hidden main antagonist of the film.
 * Eddie Deezen as Melman, the parrot who works for Gutt Rex until he is reformed at the end. He dislikes storms and Gutt Rex's anger. He is the hidden tertiary antagonist of the film.
 * Tony Jay as Bulba, the snake who works for Gutt Rex. He is the quaternary antagonist of the film.
 * Frank Welker as the Red Volcano, the titular and true main antagonist of the film. He only appears in two scenes until near the end of the film where he is antagonized up by Tony and Gutt Rex, who arrive to destroy the island during the final battle, but fails, Tony accidentally throws a fireball at his mouth, who blasted, destroying, killing and melted him in a big fiery explosion.

Release
The film was released to theaters on November 13, 1987 in the United States by Paramount Pictures. On January 4, 2008, The Red Volcano's Island has been reissued in 3D as a Walt Disney Pictures release after the 20th Anniversary Edition of the film in 2006.

Music
The songs of the film is being composed by James Horner.
 * 1) "Once Upon a Time in New York City"
 * 2) "Tony the Meerkat"
 * 3) "The Red Volcano's Island"
 * 4) "It's the Jungle Out There"
 * 5) "Best Friends of Your Life"
 * 6) "Home on the Jungle" (20th Anniversary Edition only)
 * 7) "A Small Home"
 * 8) "Something Evil"
 * 9) "It's the Jungle Out There" (Reprise)
 * 10) "Best Friends of Your Life" (End Credits) - sung by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram

Home media
The film was first released on VHS in 1988 by Walt Disney Home Video, followed by two more releases in 1993 and 1998. The film was released in a 2-disc Special Edition DVD on October 17, 2006 to commemorate its 20th anniversary. A second DVD release of it was released in 2009.

Trivia

 * Disney has reissued the film annually under their Disney Digital 3-D format since 2006, being the first hand-drawn animated feature to be entirely converted to 3-D.