The AristoCats (1970)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Wolfgang Reitherman

Writers:

Larry Clemmons (story) &
Vance Gerry (story) ...

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 | Cat | Paris | 1910s | Skyline

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)

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 English geese Amelia and Abigail Gabble are played by Carole Shelley and Monica Evans. They played another set of bird-themed English sisters - the Pigeon sisters - in The Odd Couple (1968).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Scat Cat and his gang are playing "Everybody Wants To Be A Cat", one of the cats is playing the guitar left-handed, and a moment later right-handed.

Quotes:

Uncle Waldo: It's outrageous! Why, you won't believe what they tried to do to your poor Uncle Waldo. Look! Look at this!
[reading from menu of Le Petit Cafe]
Uncle Waldo: "Prime Country Goose A la Provencale, stuffed with chestnuts"...? "And basted in white wine." Hic!
Thomas O'Malley: Basted? He's been marinated in it.
Uncle Waldo: Dreadful! Being British, I would've preferred sherry.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Aristocrats (2005)

Soundtrack:

She Never Felt Alone

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.