Huusild

Huusild is a 1990 animated-musical-dramedy-coming-of-age film produced by MacNamara-Pierre Pictures and distributed by Olympus Distribution around the world except in Canada, where it was distributed by Rufus Pictures. The MacNamara-Pierre's 11th animated feature, the film was directed by animation veterans JB Gallagher and Ari Stewart (being Gallagher's penultimate work and Stewart's last work) and produced by Maximilian MacNamara and Kian Pierre II (in his debut as a producer), from a screenplay written by Gualterio Grimoldi and Laila Sellers. the film is featured by a ensemble voice cast which has included Danielle York, Isabelle Murphy, Jagger Booth, Chiara Costagliola (in her last job), Jenna Macdonald and Joel Butler. Its original songs were written by Belgian multi-instrumentalist, composer and lyricist Alyssa Duesterhaus, with a score by Brazilian film score composer Emanuel Quadros Borba.

Set in 1930s Wyoming, the film is named after its protagonist, a hunting dog that is a mix of several breeds called "Huusild", he was adopted as a puppy by hunter Ronan Sweeney and was trained to hunt animals in the woods near his caretaker's ranch; however, after years of hunting like any other hound dog, he ends up falling in love with a vixey named Charleigh, who since he was a child used to make fun of the occupation for which Huusild was destined, and when adults, she continued to make fun of him, but with a suggestive tone that was not common before, leaving the dog more and more attracted by the vixey's various attractions. Charleigh also has some feeling related to the dog, but is divided between falling in love with a hunting dog, historical rival of the foxes, or with an animal of her same species, the conceited and poetic fox Adam. In addition to worrying about the possibility of embarrassing his owner by falling in love with a fox, Huusild has to be at his owner's side when he is threatened by the region's influential and dubious farmer Oliver Shaw. The story is narrated by Owlette, an old barn owl who is also part of the story, and also features the humorous Gaige, Malia and Mila (rabbit trio), the snobbish wild cat Dakota, who becomes Charleigh's servant, and the bumbling and bossy peninsular mule deer Rhys and the the passionate hedgehog Gia.

Huusild was released on October 29, 1990, to critical and audience acclaim for its soundtrack, story and animation. with a worldwide box office of $574 million, it was the highest-grossing film of 1990. It was also the highest-grossing animated film in history until 1997, when it was displaced by Strange Miracle, also produced by MacNamara-Pierre. The film is also the animated film with the most Academy Award nominations to date, being the only animated film to compete in the "Best Picture" category and also won three Golden Globes.

During the mid-1990s, much was speculated about a sequel, which never existed and which MacNamara-Pierre always rejected, as they always said the 1990 title was enough, since the studio is adept at thinking that sequels mean "lack of of creativity".

Plot
In a rural area of the state of Wyoming, United States in the 1930s, a hunter named Ronan Sweeney adopts a mixed breed puppy and starts training it to be a hunting dog, and replace his old and deceased dog. Ronan works for farmer Oliver Shaw, who demeans Sweeney whenever he can and humiliates him for being from a family that was his grandfather's rival. Huusild on the other hand is adventurous and loves to escape his home and go look at the outside world, and one of these escapes, he meets a cub vixen, she is initially scared of the puppy's presence, but after he introduces himself to her, she then decides to introduce herself as well. Huusild discovers that the name of that little fox is Charleigh, and says that he is training to be a hunting dog, which makes her laugh, after finding the word "hunting" funny, it makes him a little angry, but she notices the revolt on the puppy's face apologizes and starts playing with him. After playing for a long time, the puppy hears his owner call him and then says goodbye to Charleigh and returns home. While this was happening, an owl was smilingly looking at the situation, at this moment, the narrator reveals herself to be the smiling owl, introduces herself to the public and says her name is Owlette.

Amidst a lot of conversation, another fox comes between them, asking and asks the vixey if Huusild was bothering her, referring to him as a "hairy four-legged human", she denies that anything is happening and reveals that the intruder's name was Adam, who was a romantic companion to that female fox that Huusild was talking to, he then tries to intimidate the hound, but without success, and after which he takes him away. After that misunderstanding, Owlette introduces herself to the protagonist, and says that that grumpy and clueless fox is a kind of boyfriend to Charleigh since when she was a fox cub, when hearing the name of the female fox, Huusild remembers- remembers the days of childhood when they played happily, until the day his owner was fired by Oliver from his farm and had to rebuild his life far away and outside of Wyoming. Owlette says that Shaw has not changed, and on the contrary, his farm and profit has doubled and he has become even more haughty than before, and says that a heartless farmer seeks to take care of the land where Ronan's ranch is, knowing the high fertility land and also neutralize any kind of competition, since Ronan is also a farmer who sells what he harvests. Such a revelation makes Huusild worried about Ronan's safety and makes him return home quickly, when he passes by Oliver's plantation unintentionally and bumps into a silent cat who, in addition to looking with contempt at the dog, still violently expels him from there. The cat however chases him hits head on a tree trunk and then loses consciousness and forgets who she is, and starts screaming madly and disappears in the middle of the forest.

A few days pass and Charleigh is now talking to her best friend Gia, a young hedgehog who loves to romanticize everything she sees, the vixen talks about how her boyfriend has been inelegant the last few days, her friend retorts by asking if he has been elegant at all, since she always didn't like him. Gia asks if it's true that Adam tried to intimidate a hound dog out of jealousy and ended up getting screwed, the vixen sheepishly affirms, and is answered with a big laugh from her hedgehog friend, so then lift the rabbit Gaige, who was resting nearby and scolds Gia, who responds with a mockery of suggestive jokes, making the rabbit even more disgusted. From there, the film then follows the rabbit, who is with his two sisters, Malia and Mila, who are also laughing at Gaige, and say that he is so weak when it comes to Gia, that he can't even support himself after she starts answering his every complaint. In the middle of so much fuss with the rabbit, Rhys, the deer, appears, who complains because Gaige is still wandering around instead of doing her job, which in this case is waking up the sloth and helping her pick the fruits of the trees, to keep the stock full when winter comes and make sure no one goes hungry, the rabbit who is already angry even thinks about retaliating that bossy deer, but after sharpening his antlers on a stone, Gaige comes back and goes to work grumpy, Rhys, so does he doesn't let Gaige's sisters off the hook and orders them to send Gia to watch the lake and spy on any trespassers. However, after so many orders and complaints, there are always those who challenge him, precisely Charleigh, who, when asked why he is not watching the only accessible entrance to the forest to prevent the animals from being disturbed by hunters, mocks the deer and says to he's supposed to be taking some kind of medicine for memory problems because hunting season was going to end that day, he then huffs angrily, saying it's not the first time the fox has made fun of him, and tells Charleigh that one day all times he was ridiculed and still allowed her to get away with it would be avenged, as she always says it is a mere "false alarm" and that deep down, the deer would miss her and her rebellion if she disappeared from there. After Rhys leaves, Charleigh then bumps into the cat that chased Huusild earlier, still out of her mind, and leaves the fox confused, the cat then introduces herself as Dakota, and says that she is a wildcat who has the wild in her heart, Charleigh tries to question the pussy's sanity, but is not allowed to speak for her, Charleigh then, being an insidious fox as ever, triumphs with erudition over the mind of the Sphynx, inducing that that forest was much more aggressive than that Dakota had gotten used to, and that alone, the kitten would quickly become food for some ferocious animals from there, although even so the effect was not quite what Charleigh expected, since the Sphynx then proposes a kind of non-aggression pact with the fox, assuring that the shrewd vixen would protect her from any danger, Charleigh is then forced to give in to Dakota's request not to waste any more time.

Progressing to the film's end, one day Huusild is on a hunt with his owner, when Gaige accidentally faces the huge hunting dog, and fearing that he would bark and attract his owner to the place, begs mercy in a desperate and comic way. The dog's reaction, however, is atypical of what the rabbit expected, Huusild began to laugh wildly, which leaves Gaige unnerved as always and begins to incessantly call the dog in front of him a "fake wolf", being answered only by even louder laughs, when finally Huusild stops laughing, assures that he will leave the rabbit alive for that humorous moment he provided him, Gaige still irritated says that he made nothing more than a gesture of compassion, still under the laughing look of the dog. Right after the comedic scene with Gaige, Huusild is reunited with Charleigh, now already calling her by her name, as she had found out thanks to Owlette, the fox somehow also knows her name, which makes Huusild curious, Charleigh however now seems more seductive with the dog than the other times she saw him, she says that when she remembers who he was, she says that she never forgot the days when they played and that she remembers even more when she and Adam fought, he always comforted her warmly, and says that they still kept thinking about him even after a long time away from each other. Charleigh says he fought again with Adam and asks if Huusild doesn't want to console her, like in the old days, the dog tries to reject it, but it becomes impossible to refuse such a tempting proposal, so under such pressure, Huusild ends up revealing his most primordial feeling in relation to the fox, and licks it warmly on its cheek and lips, but after noticing that it has done so, it runs madly back to its owner, while seeing Charleigh's satisfied face looking at him, what both don't suspect is that Adam has followed Charleigh and saw it all, sending him into a rage.

In the next day, Adam is furious and is rude to everyone and everything, including Rhys who tries to fight him back but ends up being humiliated in front of all the animals in the forest, Owlette tries to give advice to calm Adam, but is answered with the fox's hateful silence. Rhys goes to complain to Charleigh about Adam's behavior, and then Charleigh replies that he cannot answer for something that did not come out of his mouth, but Rhys finally raises his voice and says that because he is someone close to her, she has Obligated to answer for all sorts of things concerning him, including why she was the way she was, Rhys's scream is so high-pitched that it ends up catching Adam's attention. Upon arriving at the fox, he is faced with a deer questioning his lover, Adam then arrives disguising calm and sarcastically says that Charleigh was flirting with a hound, which leaves Rhys completely dumbfounded, and tells Charleigh that from that moment on he would be with Adam the responsibility of guarding the entrance to the forest. After the deer leaves, Charleigh curses endlessly at Adam, who only responds to the fox asking him to calm down and harassing him. Later, Charleigh is in a secluded spot in the forest crying and curses Adam, Dakota then approaches and asks what happened, with the fox answering with silence, the Sphynx asks again, when Charleigh only replies that it was something without much importance that happened during the morning, the cat replies that if it didn't matter, Charleigh wouldn't be crying, so seeing herself defeated in argument for the first time in her life and tells Dakota what happened, and tells her to tell Huusild that do not go into the forest, otherwise Adam will end him off.

Meanwhile, Ronan Sweeney harvests the plantation in his backyard, when he is intimidated by Oliver Shaw's doormats, who threaten him that if he leaves that ranch in the next few days, it will be worse for him. Ronan, however, ignores the threat and continues to take care of his plantation, Huusild while reflecting on that encounter with Charleigh is received by the thunderous screams of Dakota, Huusild asks what the cat that expelled him from Oliver's plantation once does there, and is answered by the cat who says he shouldn't go into the forest, because Adam, the vixen's repulsive boyfriend, is waiting for him to kill him, the dog is surprised by such news, and says he immediately needs to talk to Charleigh, but Dakota asks him to stay, since he was banished from the forest for being a threat, which makes him insecure, since his owner would hunt with him the next day.

As promised, the next day Ronan goes hunting with Huusild, not suspecting that he is followed by Oliver and his henchmen, who decide to set fire to the forest seeking to kill the hunter by cremating them, when they see him entering the forest for good, they shoot fire and they run away, Huusild smells the flames approaching and tries to alert his owner, who doesn't pay attention to him, and when he begins to realize, he is already completely surrounded by flames, Huusild goes in search of someone to help, but he is surprised by a psychotic Adam, who knocks him down and tries to finish him off by biting him in the neck, but the hound gives him a half-moon blow, knocking him down and being able to get into an attack position, now being able to attack the fox, he bites her completely, causing her to become disoriented and ends up passing out from the smoke. While all animals flee the scene, except Charleigh, Rhys, Owlette, Gia, Dakota and Gaige and her sisters, who have the courage to seek a way to put out the fire, but they cannot find the lake, and end up being completely hopeless. Huusild then, when he sees them, lets out a shrill howl, he is carrying his owner, Charleigh rejoices to see the hound, and then orders Rhys to carry Ronan, and then Huusild shows them another way to go out of the forest. forest, and by coincidence, in this place there is a lake, which is where the animals are sheltered, but before Huusild and Charleigh leave the place Adam appears again, this time completely clumsy, with parts of his fur burned, marks of the fight with Huusild, and a frightening laugh in her, Gia notices the presence of the fox, and asks the others to return for help, but it is too late, and the flames have already closed the access back.

Charleigh tries to attack Adam, failing, and being answered with a kick from the fox, which makes her hit the back of her head on a stone, that scene makes Huusild awaken his worst side, and advance on Adam, giving a bite much more violent than the first time, but Adam uses his nails and scratches the muzzle of the hunting dog that has an impaired sense of smell, after that, Adam tries to apply a bite to his neck, and finish Huusild, but the dog ends up deviating and causing the fox slips down a huge ravine and falls in a place where the flames are everywhere, causing him to fall and die cremated in that fire. After the end of the fight, Huusild goes to rescue Charleigh, he is reassured to see the animals had managed to put out the flames in the place where the vixen was unconscious. Charleigh wakes up, which makes everyone rejoice in the fact that she is alive, Huusild then finally reveals his love for the fox, which reciprocates.

A few weeks pass, Oliver Shaw is arrested for forest fire, attempted murder, embezzlement, his farm is put up for auction, and Ronan claims it, due to the fact that he has to manage a lot of land, he decides to retire from hunting. Charleigh and Huusild, are now a couple, and the same is no longer a victim of estrangement on the part of the animals of the forest, Gaige finally created courage and revealed his feelings for Gia, Malia and Mila also found boyfriends, Rhys is proud because he is now parents of a successor, Dakota hit a tree trunk again and returned to her personality, or almost that, since after telling everything she did when she was in her alterego, she decides that life was much better this way and follows alongside Charleigh, Adam's body was found, most completely charred and there was no alternative but to dump his remains in a nearby river.

The film ends with all the animal characters in a circle of friends, they then see Ronan arriving with a new puppy, and decides to name him Adam, what surprises everyone is the fact that the puppy is extremely apparent to the antagonist, however they ignore this and decide to welcome the rookie, after all if he is a reincarnation of that snob fox, maybe giving him a little love will make him nice this time.

Voice cast

 * Huusild (voiced by Taylor Booth) is the protagonist who gives the film its name, a dog of an unspecified breed who lives an existential crisis after falling in love with a fox he has known since he was a boy, and who seeks a way to put an end to Oliver Shaw's tyranny alongside his caretaker, Ronan Sweeney. Over time, he nurtures a rivalry with Adam, which reaches the extreme limit of trying to kill each other, in search of winning Charleigh's heart.
 * Ryder Huff voiced Huusild as a puppy.
 * Charleigh (voiced by Danielle York) is the film's deutragonist, a young and attractive fox who manages to leave all males of all races drooling, but her real love is the dispute of only two males, the protagonist Huusild and the male fox Adam. She has a nonsense and carefree personality whose is most often responsible for putting her in embarrassing and risky situations. The main victim of her mockery is Rhys, the bossy deer who is proud to be the leader of the animals in that forest.
 * Naomi Lee voiced Charleigh as a cub.
 * Adam (voiced by Joel Butler) he is the antagonist to the story, he is a corpulent and charming fox who falls in love with Charleigh, he start to have some relationship with the vixen even when cubs, although he is never presented in his cub version, when he learns of such relationship between his beloved and the hunting dog Huusild, he gets a little more jealous and oppressive with his girlfriend, which brings a controversial scene to the film, when he is hinted by Owlette that perhaps Adam raped Charleigh at some point in the film. By the end of the film, his flirtatious personality gives way to a psychotic personality.
 * Ronan Sweeney (voiced by Camilo Valencia) the tritagonist of the film, owner of Huusild and an impeccable hunter, Ronan is a man who is around 40 years old and who seeks to lead a peaceful life on his ranch, but is pursued by farmer Oliver Shaw, who has ambition to take Sweeney the land where your house is located due to the fertile land of the place.
 * Oliver Shaw (voiced by Trevon Rose) is a secondary villain in the film, who tries in every way to remove Ronan from his land to claim the fertile land there.
 * Owlette (voiced by Chiara Costagliola) is a secondary character of the film, she is a mentor of sorts to the characters in the film except for the humans and Adam, who refuses to listen to her. She is also the voice that narrates the film and tells the viewer scenes not spoken by the characters.
 * Harriet Walker provided the singing voice of Owlette
 * Dakota (voiced by Jade Dawson) is a domestic Sphynx kitten with a rebel and wild alterego that is cared for by Oliver Shaw, she is initially a silent and ill-mannered cat, as well as a violent one, who expels Huusild from her owner's plantation, but after hitting her head on a tree trunk, she spends the rest of the film with another personality that is not her own, no wonder her name was different before hitting her head, after the incident, she only accepts being called "Dakota" for some unspoken reason. She becomes Charleigh's helper who helps her with some activities.
 * Gaige, Malia and Mila (voiced by Truman Mcpherson as Gaige, Isabelle Murphy as Malia and Jenna Macdonald as Mila) trio that is part of the humorous group of the film along with Dakota and Rhys. They also claim to be "disciples" of Owlette and are servants of Adam, who annoys them when he snubs them.
 * Rhys (voiced by Jagger Booth) is a bossy but clumsy peninsular mule deer, who boasts that he is treated as the leader of the animals in that forest, and who at first does not accept Huusild's entry there because he is a hunting dog. He is endlessly mocked by Charleigh, which makes him explode just hearing the vixen's name.
 * Gia (voiced by Karla Molina) is Charleigh's long-time friend who is a sweet person and who is the only one who never sees the strangeness of her friend's passion for Huusild and who disgusts Adam.

Development
The beginning of production on Huusild dates back to 1984, when JB Gallagher came up with the idea of a film in the same format as Republic of the Forest, a musical with hints of drama and romance. The animation veteran has always had a strong voice in studio decisions and convinced Maximilian MacNamara and Kian Pierre, Sr. to give his idea a chance, and so a name to create a storyboard for the new project was sought, behold, the name of the Argentine recently hired by the studio Gualterio Grimoldi, "I was at my house resting during a rainy Sunday", explains Grimoldi, "I got a call from MacNamara saying, 'Grimoldi, you're a lucky man, you've just been hired and you already have a job on a new movie we're designing, I'd like you to storyboard a musical with a few hints of romance and drama, right?' ". Grimoldi says that his inspiration after watching a documentary about hunting foxes, "While watching that documentary I thought: 'Imagine if a hound and a fox fell in love, and other foxes were disgusted or jealous about it, what would happen?.' "

Grimoldi then saw the creativity emerge in his, prepared the storyboard that MacNamara asked him to, and delivered it, MacNamara was surprised by the storyboard, but remembered that there were already two films being produced, and then had to shelve the project. 3 years after the shelve, in the fall of 1987, the film was finally started and production began in full force, with the company's core group, based in Detroit, Michigan, working on the project.

Writing
In addition to Gualterio, writers Laila Seller and Georgia Day were put in charge of the screenplay, and as soon as they entered production, they reached a consensus that the story would be narrated and that in addition to the main couple, other characters would play a leading role in the film, and that the antagonist would be motivated by love to do atrocities and would be a heartthrob. Later, a love triangle between a dog, a vixen and a fox was proposed, but it was scrapped as being bigamy, and many parents would find it a bit "out of character" for a film, so the script was adapted for its final form. As for the relationship between Huusildm Charleigh and Adam, Charleigh was in love with Huusild at some time in her life, but with his departure, time passed and the fox forgot the hound of her memories and gave space for Adam and her to become loving partners, but with the return of Huusild, Charleigh has a relapse and her boyfriend ends up feeling encouraged to act villainously, for fear of losing the one he loves.

the humorous character Dakota was introduced after Laila saw an incident with her cat, who in a moment of debauchery, started running madly around the house and slammed one of the doors of the house with full force, and well "Dakota and her double personality arose from this incident with Crystal, my pet cat, who undoubtedly lost one of her nine lives that day", jokes Laila, from the beginning her character already had the personality that was seen in the film, being an unfriendly cat who had her alter ego released after hitting a tree trunk.

Gaige, Malia and Mali emerged when Georgia camped with her family in a forest, and when she was there, she saw a rabbit playing with another, she saw another rabbit approaching, and decided to record the moment, for Gaige's explosive personality, Grimoldi was inspired by his uncle, who was easily angered and didn't like anyone who laughed at him in his presence. For the emergence of Owlette, Laila was inspired by her grandmother, who loved to narrate everything she witnessed and tried to advise as many people as possible. for Rhys, Georgia decided to be inspired by a mayor of his hometown in his childhood, who commanded a lot, but almost did not work for the city.

Gia was for the three screenplayers the most difficult character to build, according to their own reports, Laila wanted Gia to be a disloyal and betraying friend to Charleigh, while Gualterio and Georgia wanted her to be a loyal friend who couldn't stand Adam, much was discussed about the character's personality, but in the end Laila gave in to the idea of her colleagues and gave up on Gia's traitorous personality.

Casting
at the end of 1988, actress Abigail Harrison was the first cast actress during the initial stages of the film, she was inclined to dub Dakota, but she was not pleased by the sterile personality of the character and decided to reject the invitation, giving space to the singer and comedian Jade Dawson, who agreed to voice the character as long as he didn't have to dub her crazy screams.

To dub the protagonist, MacNamara-Pierre at first considered the singer Tom Griffiths, but with the definitive lineup of Jagger Booth to dub Rhys, the studio decided to cast Jagger’s son, Taylor Booth to dub the protagonist, Taylor pleased MacNamara-Pierre so much with his voice acting that it resulted in him being cast to voice the villainous Foxy Loxy in the following MacNamara-Pierre animated feature, Chicken Licken.

To voice Owlette, Chiara Costagliola was the unanimous choice from the early stages, and ended up accepting the role without much negotiation, this being her last job. Harriet Walker was the singing voice of Owlette, since Chiara's voice was not a mezzo-soprano voice, a sweet but at the same time boastful voice was what the studio called Owlette for in her song "One Day in Wyoming".

The first actor cast to voice Rhys was acting veteran Rayden O'neal, but he was discarded because Rhys was too energetic and had a very deep voice, and Rayden did not have the ideal voice to convincingly voice the character, Maximilian MacNamara then suggested an old acquaintance of the studio, Jagger Booth, who had done three dubbing jobs for the studio previously. Jagger arrived amid a dispute over who would voice Huusild and ended up resolving the confusion by nominating his son, 23-year-old Taylor.

To dub Adam, MacNamara-Pierre decided to cast a singer with a baritone voice, the studio between two singers (Joel Butler and Daxton Walton), but with Walton's rejection to release a new studio album, Joel was cast. Joel later said that "although I have gained fame after voicing Adam, I never liked this character, he contrasts with my personality, however I was attracted to the good musical number that the character had" and that made him stay in the film's voice cast.

To voice Charleigh, the actress and model Kelly Milanol was selected at first, however, she said that she did not accept the character because she did not like her carefree personality, so the studio sought another model, the Dutch-American model Anje Vlug, who also rejected because the possibility of becoming a voice actress was simply not in her thoughts. The last one is also a young model who was also a singer, Canadian-American Danielle York, who, in addition to identifying with some of the character's characteristics, also loved Charleigh's naughty way of behaving.

Gia was initially quoted to be dubbed by Lara Molina, but with her premature death, they ended up casting her younger sister, Karla Molina, to dub the porcupine, Karla was also an excellent singer, she did a memorable job in the song "Passion". The remaining voice actors were chosen after production ended, as they voiced minor or comic relief characters in the story.

Animation
Huusild was assigned to the Detroit-based MacNamara-Pierre master lot, and as such was animated by the studio's top names, directed by animation veterans Ari Stewart and film mastermind JB Gallagher, and produced by chief creative officer Maximilian MacNamara and the son of Kian Pierre Kian Pierre II, who made his debut there as a film producer and would succeed his retired father. They also dared to use CGI for the first time, having hired CGI animators from all over the world, and the film used a lot of this resource, for example to reproduce the forest scene, the flames during the forest fire sequence at the end of the film, and scenes that sought to give the illusion of a dollying film camera.

This ended up being the last work of Ari Stewart, who was already 77 years old and wanted to retire, JB Gallagher was also already in a farewell mood, since this was his penultimate film, and being his 4th as a director. Kian II, on the other hand, was still a novice as a producer and had to rely on his father's help to run the production. Other animators such as Kate Barrett, Sahari Cash and Ellis Simpson, on the other hand, already had their first director experiences in Huusild being directors' assistants.

Huusild was produced at virtually the same time as its successor, Chicken Licken, as the Toronto-based secondary batch had been in Chicken since 1988, even the production of both films was marked by many changes of animators during the animation process.

Music
Belgian Academy Award-winning lyricist and multi-instrumentalist Alyssa Duesterhaus was called upon to write the film's music. She wrote four songs for the film and helped Brazilian conductor and composer Emanuel Quadros Borba to compose the film's soundtrack. Emanuel Quadros Borba, on the other hand, was responsible for conducting the orchestra that recorded the film's soundtrack, having won an Oscar and several Golden Globes, the Brazilian maestro was invited to compose the music for the film in 1989.

The soundtrack was one of Huusild's most impeccable and memorable highlights, having won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and having "Lying Heart" nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Release
in 1988, the film was definitively set to release in 1990, and in 1989 it was confirmed that the film would be released on October 29, 1990, without any errors. As promised, the film was released on the exact date scheduled for all cinemas in the country.

Marketing
The film had an ostensive marketing campaign, having signed agreements with several companies, such as Nestlé, Burger King, Hasbro and Walmart. In addition to campaigns for the public to guarantee their ticket before launch. it is estimated that MacNamara-Pierre has earned over $800 million from marketing and licensing products under the Huusild brand. this is also MacNamara-Pierre's biggest marketing profit to date and has never been beaten.

Home media
the film was released on VHS on July 1, 1991 in Canada and on July 4, 1991 in the USA, taking advantage of the Independence Day holidays in both countries, soon after, on September 3, 1991, the film was released in the LaserDisc format. In 1994, 3 years after the release of the film for VHS, it was estimated that the total profit for each copy sold was 280 million dollars, in 2003, the film won its DVD edition, having expanded even more the sales of the title. worldwide, having its DVD format sold in copies with a net profit of 310 million dollars.

In 2020, the year of the 30th anniversary of Huusild's original release, the film was released on all streaming platforms.

Box office
Huusild earned $58.4 million in its opening weekend, taking first place at the box office. The film continued to do well at the box office and stayed ahead for 7 consecutive weeks. In the last week of 1990, the film returned to top the US box office. Around the world, Huusild also achieved good results, making a combined profit of $200 million at the international box office. Later, Kian Pierre II, already as creative director of MacNamara-Pierre Pictures, says that the studio will never be able to repeat such a frenzy in the public as it did with Huusild, and practically remain at the top of the box office for the entire period in which it was on display.

In its last week, the film was still at the top of the box office, and domestically it had profited 390.3 million, and in the foreign market, it had added 184.3 million dollars, becoming the 5th film to pass 300 million dollars at the box office that year. In its last week, the film was still at the top of the box office, and domestically it had profited 390.3 million dollars, and in the foreign market, it had added 184.3 million dollars, becoming the 5th film to pass 300 million dollars at the box office that year. Worldwide, Huusild grossed over $574.6 million, making it the highest-grossing film of 1990.

Critical response
Overall, Huusild received extremely positive reviews, being considered one of the greatest animated films of all time, the film also ranks as the greatest MacNamara-Pierre Pictures film according to a 2018 poll by the studio. Taylor Booth was critically acclaimed for its voice acting, which felt like something coming from an expert to a 20-year-old novice. Other voice actors were also highlighted by critics such as Joel Butler, for the exceptionality with which he perfectly embodied the antagonistic Adam, and Chiara Costagliola, who left the cinema amiably voicing the wise Owlette.

The film was also praised for its soundtrack, which mixes opera-derived music with country music, and for the way in which it brings to light a love that seems to be impossible between two animals that are practically rivals (hound and fox), in addition to emotionally develop the villain and not simply say that he does evil for pleasure, but because he thinks it is necessary to keep his beloved by his side. The soundtrack is considered "spectacular", as it brings the total feeling of being in a rural area, Emanuel Borba was bombarded with praise for having masterfully conducted the orchestra that composed the soundtrack, critics also consider the composition of the songs by Huusild as the greatest of Alyssa Duesterhaus's career, which she tries to deny, but never stops being said.