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Rating: 7.29/10 by 4988 users

The Aristocats (1970)

When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, leaving them out on a country road. All seems lost until the wily Thomas O’Malley Cat and his jazz-playing alley cats come to the aristocats’ rescue.

Directing:
  • Wolfgang Reitherman
Writing:
  • Larry Clemmons
  • Vance Gerry
  • Ken Anderson
  • Frank Thomas
  • Eric Cleworth
  • Julius Svendsen
  • Ralph Wright
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, Nov 13, 1970

Rating: 7.29/10 by 4988 users

Alternative Title:
De Aristokatten - NL
Les Aristochats - FR
Aristokatit - FI
Macskarisztokraták - HU
Walt Disneys The Aristocats - US
Коты аристократы - RU
Mačke iz visokog društva - RS
Kocia Arystokracja - PL
گربه های اشرافی - IR
Аристокотки - BG
The Aristo Cats - US
As Aristogatas - BR
Mačky aristokratky - SK
Mačke iz visokog društva - HR
아리스토캣 - KR
Aristomačky - SK
Οι Αριστόγατες - GR
Αριστογάτες - GR
Oi aristogates - GR

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 18 minutes
Budget: $4,000,000
Revenue: $191,000,000

Plot Keyword: paris, france, return, butler, suspension, inheritance, cartoon cat, kitten, 1910s, cartoon goose

Phil Harris
O'Malley (voice)
Eva Gabor
Duchess (voice)
Sterling Holloway
Roquefort (voice)
Scatman Crothers
Scat Cat (voice)
Paul Winchell
Chinese Cat (voice)
Lord Tim Hudson
English Cat (voice)
Vito Scotti
Italian Cat (voice)
Thurl Ravenscroft
Russian Cat (voice)
Dean Clark
Berlioz (voice)
Liz English
Marie (voice)
Gary Dubin
Toulouse (voice)
Nancy Kulp
Frou-Frou (voice)
Pat Buttram
Napoleon (voice)
George Lindsey
Lafayette (voice)
Monica Evans
Abigail (voice)
Carole Shelley
Amelia (voice)
Charles Lane
Lawyer (voice)
Hermione Baddeley
Madame (voice)
Roddy Maude-Roxby
Butler (voice)
Bill Thompson
Uncle Waldo (voice)
Ruth Buzzi
Frou-Frou (singing voice) (uncredited)
June Foray
Cat Screeches (uncredited)
Clarence Nash
Cat Screeches (uncredited)
Peter Renaday
Milkman / Le Petit Café Cook / Truck Movers (voice) (uncredited)

CinemaSerf

When a wealthy Parisian lady summons her lawyer to amend her will, her faithful butler "Edgar" assumes it will all be his. Well, he discovers: maybe it will, but only after her cats have had their day first! Infuriated, he concocts a plan to be rid of the pesky felines once and for all. An overdose of a sleeping draught, a nice long drive and a nice big sack. A bridge over a fast moving river and the job ought to be done? That was the plan, but of course there'd be no film so something had to go wrong and soon "Duchess" is trying to get her youngsters back to their mansion. Luckily, along the way, they encounter the street-smart "Thomas O'Malley" who promises to help them get home. Some fun escapades ensue, the slightest hint of a love story develops and we meet some of the best scat cats this side of the Mississippi. The style of the animation used for this story reminded me a lot of "101 Dalmatians" (1961) with some similarly engaging characterisations. It's at it's best in ensemble mode - the "Ev'rybody Wants to be a Cat" number getting the toes tapping and the denouement with the cats, an horse, a large trunk and a trip to Timbuktu for the loser a fine finale for all (except, perhaps, their next door neighbours). It's good fun, moves along nicely and is perhaps the last of the original style of hand-animated Disney films that I can say I truly enjoyed.


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