Felix the Cat: The Movie (1988)

In another dimension, the villainous scientist Duke of Zill, with the help of his mechanical, geometric army, takes over the Land of Oriana, prompting Felix the Cat to save its princess and restore order once again.

Director:

Tibor Hernádi

Writers:

Don Oriolo (screenplay), Pete Brown (screenplay)

Stars:

Chris Phillips, Marbry Steward, Peter Newman

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Chris Phillips	...	The Professor / Grumper (voice)
Marbry Steward	...	Princess Oriana (voice) (as Maureen O'Connell)
Peter Newman	...	The Duke of Zill / Wack Lizardi / Pim (voice) (as Peter Neuman)
Alice Playten	...	Madam Pearl / Poindexter (voice) (as Alice Playton)
Susan Montanaro	...	(voice)
Don Oriolo	...	Creature (voice)
Christian Schneider	...	(voice)
David Kolin	...	Felix the Cat (voice)
Michael Fremer	...	(voice)

Storyline

In another dimension, the villainous scientist Duke of Zill, with the help of his mechanical, geometric army, ultimately takes over the golden kingdom of Oriana, where Duke has just escaped exile! But Felix the Cat must bravely save Princess Oriana and restore order once again, from her terrible Uncle Zill and his smoke-belching mechanical troops before he can put his sinister plot into action! The Duke has designs on turning the beautiful pastoral kingdom into a profitable. But industrial nightmare!

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Plot Keywords:

animal character name as title | felix the cat character | five word title | hand drawn animation | traditional animation | 

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Taglines:

He's back! The world's favourite comedy cat!

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

G

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie has not received a DVD/Blu-ray release in the United States due to largely negative attention, as it has since been abandoned in the United States during the 21st century. It was only released on DVD overseas.

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Goofs

During the "Who is the Boss?" music number. When the Mizards are seen climbing inside a pipe. The purple Mizard was seen going in the opening of the pipe first. In the next shot, the pink Mizard who was following the purple Mizard was changed to the purple Mizard. The following shot then corrects the color of the pink Mizard into his correct color.

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Crazy Credits

During the end credits, a 3-D version of Felix's head appears again as he floats through the credits.

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Connections

Featured in Nostalgia Critic: Felix the Cat: The Movie (2011)

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Soundtracks

Mizzard Shuffle
Written by Don Oriolo

User Reviews

Nice animated film, not the best but not the worst either

I watched Felix the Cat: The Movie for the first time today expecting it to be terrible, as I had heard people say it was bland, uninspired and an insult to children. After seeing the film, I was surprised at how much I liked it, even with its problems. As a lover of animated movies, I will say I have been better, but I have also seen a hell of a lot worse as well.

Felix the Cat: The Movie was overall an enjoyable if somewhat unexceptional animated film. There are some moments when the animation is nice, with some pretty colours and I liked the animation on the robots and Duke of Zill. And I thought Princess Oriana was absolutely beautiful. But it is also rather inconsistent as well, there are parts in the more dramatic parts when some objects become static and the lip synching is sloppy on occasions. I had no problem with the story, I loved the concept, it was original and quite unique and the film started off really well. But it is in the latter half when the film does drag, but the real bummer was the rushed, abrupt and misplaced ending that could have been so much more.

There are many good things though. The music is great, with wonderful haunting incidental music and the music with Oriana dancing in the bubble was gorgeous. The song "Who is the Boss" is also delightfully catchy, it is strange but in a good way and it is intriguing as well. The story moves along quickly, yes there is a plot even if it is rather strange in places, and there are some humorous moments whether visually or audibly. The dialogue is fun, it isn't bland or sappy it has humour and it made me laugh. I liked Duke of Zill's dialogue, and I liked the character as well. He was underused, but I loved how he was animated, how he was voiced and I loved his flashback back story explaining who he was and how he became to be the way he was. Felix is a protagonist who may grate to some, but I think he has a likable and endearing personality and the voice didn't grate on me. In fact, the voice acting was very well done, Peter Newman was superb as Duke of Zill and Wack(who you don't trust at first but you do sort of like later) and Maureen O'Connell at least emotes. Chris Phillips is good as well as Felix, and Alice Playton(Blix from the 1985 fantasy film Legend) is decent as Madam Pearl.

Overall, not a perfect animated film, but even with its problems, it was enjoyable. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Details

Country:

USA Germany Hungary Poland Bulgaria Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 June 1990 (USA)

Also Known As:

As Aventuras do Gato Felix - O Filme

Box Office

Budget:

$9,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Felix the Cat Creations, Animation Film Cologne, Felix the Cat Productions Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color