Danny, an ambitious singing and dancing cat, goes to Hollywood and overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dream of becoming a movie star.
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Title: Cats Don't Dance (1997)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Scott Bakula | ... | Danny (voice) | |
| Jasmine Guy | ... | Sawyer (voice) | |
| Natalie Cole | ... | Sawyer (singing voice) | |
| Ashley Peldon | ... | Darla Dimple (voice) | |
| Lindsay Ridgeway | ... | Darla Dimple (singing voice) | |
| Kathy Najimy | ... | Tillie Hippo (voice) | |
| John Rhys-Davies | ... | Woolie Mammoth (voice) | |
| George Kennedy | ... | L.B. Mammoth (voice) | |
| Rene Auberjonois | ... | Flanigan (voice) | |
| Betty Lou Gerson | ... | Frances (voice) | |
| Hal Holbrook | ... | Cranston (voice) | |
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Matthew Herried | ... | Pudge the Penguin (voice) |
| Don Knotts | ... | T.W. Turtle (voice) | |
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Rick Logan | ... | T. W. Turtle (singing voice) |
| Frank Welker | ... | Farley Wink (voice) | |
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Danny, an ambitious singing and dancing cat, goes to Hollywood and overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dream of becoming a movie star.
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
26 March 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A macskák nem táncolnak See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$32,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$1,212,189, 30 March 1997, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$3,562,749, 30 May 1997Company Credits
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Danny: Meow?
Max: Very Gooood.
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Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman
Performed by Scott Bakula
Arranged by Steve Goldstein
Produced by Randy Newman and Steve Goldstein
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Trivia
A direct-to-video sequel was planned, but due to this film's poor box-office performance, it was ultimately shelved. See more »Goofs
When stage 13 gets flooded, it's Friday at 3pm. Then it goes by one day and they say the premiere of Lil Ark Angel is on Friday. But it must be a Saturday. See more »Quotes
Max: [clenching Danny in his grip] How does the kitty cat go?Danny: Meow?
Max: Very Gooood.
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Crazy Credits
The closing credits are preceded by a dedication to Gene Kelly, who served as a consultant on the musical numbers' choreography, and died during the film's production. See more »Soundtracks
Danny's Arrival SongMusic and Lyrics by Randy Newman
Performed by Scott Bakula
Arranged by Steve Goldstein
Produced by Randy Newman and Steve Goldstein
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This film does what few animated musicals attempt but fail to accomplish. The energy and feeling of an old silver screen musical. Gene Kelly would be proud.
The animation is quite the throwback to the Chuck Jones era of cartoons. The city is wonderfully drawn and given a slight art deco feel. The voice acting is spot on for all of the characters and the singing talent is some of the best. Randy Newman does a wonderful job of scoring this film. His musical arrangements are upbeat and fun when need be and pull at your heart's strings at the right time.
It's quite sad that this film was brushed under the carpet by Warner Bros. The lack of popularity, besides not being a Disney movie, could also be due to the fact that the story deals with a subject that not many kids are familiar with, Racism. But the older audience will really appreciate this movie on a whole different level.
Cats Don't Dance was a film that was destined to fail but at the same time left to be one of the best animations of our time.