Maps of Movies

The Rescuers Down Under (1990)

Where The Rescuers Down Under says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A hand-drawn Outback with no film set: the only real places are three parks the artists visited and the Opera House that flies past

Scenes and places

Cody frees the golden eagle (1990)

Cody climbs to a ridge to free Marahute, a golden eagle caught in a trap. She shows him her nest and eggs and gives him one of her feathers. The feather is what later makes him a target.

Set in The Outback — The wide Australian Outback where the boy Cody lives and where the story opens. The coordinate is the centre of the Outback region, not a single spot. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A vast arid region of inland Australia; the film's designers drew its scale from real parks in the north and centre of the country.

The trap and the poacher (1990)

Cody frees a mouse caught as bait in a trap, and the poacher McLeach and his goanna Joanna find him instead. Seeing Marahute's feather, McLeach realises the boy knows where she is and takes him away.

Set in McLeach's trap site, Outback — A spot in the Outback where the poacher McLeach has set a trap; no real location is named.

A fictional trapping ground; the film gives it no name or real-world model.

The code red in New York (1990)

News of the kidnapping reaches the Rescue Aid Society and a code red meeting is called. The delegates agree the job needs their two best agents, Bernard and Miss Bianca, while Bernard is trying to find a moment to propose to her.

Set in Rescue Aid Society headquarters, New York City — The Rescue Aid Society's headquarters is placed in New York City; the coordinate is the city centre, not a building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A major world city used here as the home of a secret society of mice.

Wilbur and Albatross Air (1990)

Bernard and Bianca go to find Orville the albatross and find that his brother Wilbur has taken over. Wilbur is reluctant in the winter storm, but when he hears a child has been kidnapped he agrees to fly them to Australia.

Set in Albatross Air, New York winter — A snowy doorstep in the winter city where a sign reads that the business is now under new management.

A fictional doorstep; the film gives no street or building.

Flying over Sydney Opera House (1990)

Wilbur carries the mice on the long flight to Australia. In a computer-generated shot he flies above the Sydney Opera House.

Set in Sydney Opera House — The Sydney Opera House, shown from the air in a computer-generated shot of Wilbur flying. The position in the story is approximate. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A landmark of Sydney Harbour; here it appears as a computer-generated backdrop in an animated film.

Landing at Mugwomp Flats (1990)

Wilbur argues with the tower and lands anyway on a runway the tower says is too short. Jake, the local agent, welcomes Bianca, much to Bernard's dismay, and offers to guide them.

Set in Mugwomp Flats — A fictional Outback airstrip with a control tower run by mice.

A made-up Outback outpost; the film does not model it on a real place.

Wilbur's back goes out (1990)

Wilbur's back gives out after the landing and the mice carry him to hospital. He refuses treatment and breaks free, and his back is straightened as he escapes to look for his friends.

Set in Mouse hospital, Outback — A mouse hospital where Wilbur is taken for his back.

A fictional hospital; no real hospital is named.

McLeach's hideout (1990)

Cody is locked up with McLeach's other captives and refuses to say where Marahute is. The captured animals work together on a plan to get hold of the keys.

Set in McLeach's hideout — The poacher's lair in the Outback where Cody is held with other captive animals.

A fictional lair; the film gives no real-world model.

Crocodile Falls (1990)

McLeach takes his captives to the falls and hangs Cody over a float of crocodiles. Bernard arrives to try to stop him.

Set in Crocodile Falls — A huge waterfall at the end of the river in the story; no real waterfall is named as its model.

The film's own waterfall at the end of a crocodile-filled river.

Filmed at Uluru — Research trip for the film's Outback designs; no specific scene is named Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Katherine Gorge, Nitmiluk National Park — Research trip for the film's Outback designs; no specific scene is named Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Kakadu National Park — Research trip for the film's Outback designs; no specific scene is named Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Cody — A young boy in the Outback who can talk to animals.
• Bernard — A grey mouse, American agent of the Rescue Aid Society.
• Miss Bianca — A white mouse, the Hungarian representative of the Rescue Aid Society.
• Jake — A hopping mouse, the Society's local agent in Australia.
• Wilbur — A comical albatross who flies the mice to Australia.
• Percival C. McLeach — A poacher who wants to capture the eagle Marahute.