The AristoCats (1970)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Wolfgang Reitherman

Writers:

Larry Clemmons (story) &
Vance Gerry (story) ...
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Release Date:

24 December 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Music

Tagline:

Meet the cats who know where it's at...for fun, music and adventure!

Plot:

Upon Madame Adelaide Bonfamille's passing her cat Duchess and 3 kittens stand to inherit her fortune. But not if Edgar the butler can help it.

Plot Keywords:

Butler | 1910s | Cat | Paris | Mouse

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Phil Harris	...	Thomas O'Malley (voice)
Eva Gabor	...	Duchess (voice)
Sterling Holloway	...	Roquefort (voice)
Scatman Crothers	...	Scat Cat (voice)
Dean Clark	...	Berlioz (voice)
Paul Winchell	...	Shun Gon (voice)
Liz English	...	Marie (voice)
Thurl Ravenscroft	...	Billy Bass (voice)
Gary Dubin	...	Toulouse (voice)
Vito Scotti	...	Peppo (voice)
Lord Tim Hudson	...	Hit Cat (voice)
Nancy Kulp	...	Frou-Frou (voice)
Pat Buttram	...	Napoleon (voice)
George Lindsey	...	Lafayette (voice)
Monica Evans	...	Abigail (voice)
Carole Shelley	...	Amelia (voice)
Roddy Maude-Roxby	...	Butler (voice)
Hermione Baddeley	...	Madame (voice)
Charles Lane	...	Lawyer (voice)
Bill Thompson	...	Uncle Waldo (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ruth Buzzi	...	Frou-Frou (singing voice) (uncredited)
Robie Lester	...	Duchess (singing voice) (uncredited)
Peter Renaday	...	Milkman / Le Petit Cafe Cook (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Wolfgang Reitherman

Writing credits
Larry Clemmons		(story) &
Vance Gerry		(story) &
Ken Anderson		(story) &
Frank Thomas		(story) &
Eric Cleworth		(story) &
Julius Svendsen		(story) &
Ralph Wright		(story)
Tom McGowan		(story) and
Tom Rowe		(story)

Produced by
Winston Hibler	....	producer
Wolfgang Reitherman	....	producer

Original Music by
George Bruns

Film Editing by
Tom Acosta

Production Design by
Ken Anderson

Production Management
Don A. Duckwall	....	production manager (as Don Duckwall)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dan Alguire	....	assistant director
Edward Hansen	....	assistant director (as Ed Hansen)

Sound Department
Robert O. Cook	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Dick N. Lucas	....	effects animator (as Dick Lucas)
Dan MacManus	....	effects animator

Animation Department
Eric Cleworth	....	character animator
Basil Davidovich	....	layout artist
Al Dempster	....	background artist
Don Griffith	....	layout artist
Fred Hellmich	....	character animator
Ralph Hulett	....	background artist
Ollie Johnston	....	directing animator
Milt Kahl	....	directing animator
Hal King	....	character animator
Eric Larson	....	character animator
Bill Layne	....	background artist
John Lounsbery	....	directing animator
David Michener	....	character animator (as Dave Michener)
Sylvia Roemer	....	layout artist
Walt Stanchfield	....	character animator
Julius Svendsen	....	character animator
Frank Thomas	....	directing animator
John Emerson	....	layout artist (uncredited)

Music Department
Evelyn Kennedy	....	music editor
Walter Sheets	....	orchestrator

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Productions

Distributors

• Buena Vista Distribution Company (1970) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Finland (1971) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Suomi-Filmi (1971) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Pictures (1987) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (special edition)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• Gativideo (19??) (Argentina) (VHS)

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Portugal:M/6 | New Zealand:G | Netherlands:AL | South Africa:A | Peru:PT | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Canada:G | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Iceland:L | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:G | West Germany:o.Al.

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

The character of Uncle Waldo, the English goose, was the last role of voice actor Bill Thompson, who died from a heart attack at age 58, shortly after the film was released.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the country lane shot right before we first meet Napoleon and Lafayette, Edgar's motorcycle's side car switches sides. This is due to the series of cells being photographed backwards while editing.

Quotes:

Chinese Cat: Shanghai, Hong Kong, Egg foo young / Fortune cookie always wrong. Oh, that a hot one!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#23.3)" (2000)

Soundtrack:

Scales and Arpeggios

For kids to enjoy. And it's cool!

> Kids will love this movie, just as they should. But, actually I thought it was cool! The characters and the music (ScatCat rocks) are fantastic to listen to, and the soundtrack is to be recommended.

An old lady makes her beloved cats the owner of her money, in her will. Her clumsy butler, Edgar, finds this idea very stupid and annoying. And a problem, since he was certain that the money would go to him. So, wise as he is, he decides to get the cats out of the picture, so he can get all the cash. Of course. He grabs them in a rainy night and throw them away in a swamp way outside the city in France.

Can't be missing in your Disney-collection.