Top Cat (2011) Don gato y su pandilla (original title)

Director:

Alberto Mar

Writers:

Kevin Seccia (screenwriter)
Timothy McKeon (screenwriter)

Release Date:

2 August 2013 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Aquí Hay Gato Encerrado. (Mexico release)

Plot:

Top Cat and the gang face a new police chief, who is not at all happy with the poor officer Dribble's performance trying to prevent Top Cat's scams.

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Jason Harris	...	Top Cat / Griswald / Lou Strictland / Choo Choo / Brain / Big Gus / Maharaja / Lobster (voice: English version)
Chris Edgerly	...	Benny / Robot (voice: English version)
Bill Lobley	...	Officer Dibble (voice: English version)
Ben Diskin	...	Spook (voice: English version)
Matthew Piazzi	...	Fancy Fancy (voice: English version)
Melissa Disney	...	Trixie (voice: English version)
Bob Kaliban	...	Judge / Police Chief / Mayor (voice)
Brian Scott McFadden	...	Gerry (voice) (as Brian McFadden)
Fred Tatasciore	...	Robot / Gorilla (voice: English version)
Chris Phillips	...	Vinny / Spectrum (voice)
Jim Conroy	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Sondra James	...	Other Voices (voice)
Danny Mastrogiorgio	...	Other Voices (voice) (as Danny Mastrogeorgio)
Ron McClary	...	Other Voices (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rául Anaya	...	Don Gato (voice)
Jorge Arvizu	...	Benito / Cucho (voice)
Mario Castañeda Partido	...	Lucas Buenrostro (voice)
Rolando de Castro	...	Juez de la corte (voice)
Eduardo Garza	...	Panza (voice)
Guzmán Jesús	...	Demóstenes (voice)
Sebastián Llapur	...	Official Matute (voice)
Luis Fernando Orozco	...	Espanto (voice)
Rosalba Sotelo	...	Trixie (voice)
Ricardo Tejedo	...	Rugelio (voice)

Directed by
Alberto Mar

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Timothy McKeon		screenwriter (as Tim McKeon)
Kevin Seccia		screenwriter

Produced by
Fernando de Fuentes	....	producer
Jose C. Garcia de Letona	....	producer
Alan Ituriel Perez	....	assistant producer
José Luis Massa	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Leoncio Lara

Film Editing by
Andrés Fernández		(edited by)

Art Direction by
Mario Pons Morales

Art Department
Orendain Ruiz Arturo Alejandro	....	props

Sound Department
Alejandro de Icaza	....	dialogue editor
Brook Lynn Fraser	....	adr recordist
Brook Lynn Fraser	....	dialogue recordist
Micah Johnson	....	dialogue editor
Justin Kaupp	....	adr recordist
Justin Kaupp	....	dialogue recordist
Roberto Migone	....	sound re-recording mixer assistant
Jaimie Siedow	....	adr recordist
Jaimie Siedow	....	dialogue recordist

Visual Effects by
María Inés Borgnino	....	digital compositor
Luis De Gennaro	....	visual effects
Juan Carlos Lepe	....	modeling supervisor
Agustin Scipione	....	digital compositor

Animation Department
Keith Chamberlain	....	animator
José Alejandro García Muñoz	....	animation director
Ariel Orea	....	key animator
Philippe Tardif	....	animator

Casting Department
Jason Harris	....	voice casting

Editorial Department
John Bryant	....	story reel editor

Music Department
Lynn Fainchtein	....	music supervisor
Rodrigo Garibay	....	musician

Other crew
Colin Brady	....	head of story
Jason Harris	....	voice director
Navid Salimian	....	distribution assistant

Production Companies

• Anima Estudios
• Illusion Studios

Distributors

• Illusion Studios (2011) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Motion Pictures (2012) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2011) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• PlayArte Filmes (2011) (Brazil) (all media)
• Plus Video (2012) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Star Entertainment (2012) (India) (all media)
• Vertigo Films (2012) (UK) (all media)
• Viva Pictures (2013) (USA) (all media)
• Warner Bros. (2011) (worldwide) (all media)

Special Effects

• Full Dimensional Entertainment (stereoscopic 3D)

Other Companies

• Lightning Entertainment  international sales
• Cartoon Saloon  additional animation
• Copernicus Studios  additional animation

Also Known As:

"Don gato y su pandilla" - Mexico (original title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild rude content

Runtime:

Argentina:90 min

Country:

Mexico | Argentina | UK

Language:

Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG | Argentina:Atp | Mexico:AA | Ireland:G | Australia:G | UK:U | India:U

Company:

Anima Estudios

Trivia:

The original Top Cat TV show was tremendously popular in Mexico, where the characters were beloved and aired on television for years. The producers of this film took the project to Warner Bros. in an attempt to bring the characters to new generations. This is the first time Warner Bros. have allowed another company to use one of its licensed characters in a movie.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The spiked armband on the muscle dog (Don Gato/Top Cat's cell mate) constantly changes from his left arm to his right in every instance he's seen in the movie.

Quotes:

Officer Dibble:Thanks a lot fellas! Now I'm never going to be chief.
Brain:Uh, Officer Dibble, I didn't know you cooked.
Officer Dibble:Chief, not chef! That is why I've been working overtime. Now I'll never get the job.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Bad Movie Beatdown: Review of 2012 (#4.29)" (2013)

Top Cat is Awesome!

Yesterday was the premiere here in Mexico city and I got the chance to go! and I LOVED it, watching the whole gang on screen! the Voices go great with the characters they are really similar to those from the original cartoon in fact I actually think some of the actors are the same! it reminded me of the good old times when cartoons where the best way to pass time :D besides its great for kids even if they never watched the original Top Cat .. Benny (Benito) its adorable !! all the characters are likable and fun Everyone should check out this movie not matter how old or if they like top cat it's an awesome movie and I highly recommended specially for kids! they will LOVE it! mainly because its impossible not to love Top Cat (Don Gato)!!