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"Great Performances" Cats (1998)
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T.S. Eliot (book)
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Original Air Date:
5 October 1998
Tagline:
The World's Best-loved Musical - The Memory will Live Forever more
Plot:
"Jellicle" cats join for a Jellicle ball where they rejoice with their leader, Old Deuteronomy. One cat will be chosen to go to the "Heavyside Layer" and be reborn. The cats introduce themselves. | add synopsis
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(2 articles)
Lloyd Webber Sells Theatres to Broadway Mogul
(From WENN. 6 July 2005)
Lloyd Webber Theatres "Too Expensive" for P. Diddy
(From WENN. 15 February 2005)
(From WENN. 6 July 2005)
Lloyd Webber Theatres "Too Expensive" for P. Diddy
(From WENN. 15 February 2005)
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Highly Enjoyable Musical-to-Video
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Cast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only)| Elaine Paige | ... | Grizabella the Glamour Cat | |
| John Mills | ... | Gus the Theatre Cat | |
| Ken Page | ... | Old Deuteronomy | |
| Rosemarie Ford | ... | Bombalurina | |
| Michael Gruber | ... | Munkustrap | |
| John Partridge | ... | Rum Tum Tugger | |
| Aeva May | ... | Demeter | |
| Geoffrey Garratt | ... | Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat | |
| James Barron | ... | Bustopher Jones | |
| Jo Gibb | ... | Rumpleteazer | |
| Drew Varley | ... | Mungojerrie | |
| Susie McKenna | ... | Jennyanydots the Gumbie Cat | |
| Jacob Brent | ... | Mr. Mistoffelees | |
| Susan Jane Tanner | ... | Jellylorum | |
| Phyllida Crowley Smith | ... | Victoria |
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120 min
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The words "Jellicle cat" came from when T.S. Eliot's niece tried to say "dear little cat" and the words "Pollicle dog" came from when she tried to say "poor little dog."
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Continuity: During 'Old Deuteronomy', Mungojerrie can been see in the background lying in front of Rumpleteazer with his head on her lap. The film then cuts to a close up, in which Mungojerrie is now lying *behind* Rumpleteazer, propped up on one elbow. When the film goes back to a long shot, Mungojerrie is back to his original position.
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Mungojerrie:
It was... Mungojerrie!
Rumpleteazer: And Rumpleteazer!
Mungojerrie: And there's nothing at all to be done about that!
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Rumpleteazer: And Rumpleteazer!
Mungojerrie: And there's nothing at all to be done about that!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
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Soundtrack:
Journey to the Heaviside Layer
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Something for all ages; my children (3 and 5) get a huge kick out of this, and have the lyrics memorized. Unlike some movie musicals (JC Superstar, A Chorus Line), it really doesn't try to adapt to "being" a movie, but settles for being (mostly) just filming folks on stage performing in a musical. Some of the movie-style cuts are, IMO, a bit disconcerting (Rum Tug Tugger to Grisabella's entrance, Theater Cat to Shimbleskanks), and I'm not familiar enough with the musical itself to know if the cuts are part of the original or were bad edits unique to the video itself. You do get any number of close-ups to admire the costuming and make-up, and the casting is superb. Enjoyable for audiences of all ages if you like musicals.