Aristochats

Aristochats is the 25e feature film of animation and the 20th " Traditional " studios Disney. Left in 1970, it is inspired by a history of Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe.

A continuation was planned for 2007, but it was cancelled at the beginning of 2006.

Synopsis

With Paris, in 1910, a rich person old woman, Adelaide de Bonnefamille, write a will by which it bequeaths all her fortune to her she-cat Ankara Duchesse and its three kittens, Marie, Toulouse and Berlioz. But its covetous Edgar majordomo, who must inherit all the goods with died of the cats, decides to hasten the procedure while getting rid definitively of all the family. But the project is put at evil by two dogs of farm, Napoleon and Lafayette, and Duchess and her children find themselves abandoned far from their house which it never really left before. Fortunately for them, Thomas O' Malley, a tempting ordinary cat, saves them of this bad step. Thanks to him, they will discover the " Bohemia parisienne" (incarnated by Scat Cat and its " cat-band") before finding their dear hearth and their not less dear mistress.

Data sheet

  • Title: Aristochats
  • original Title: The Aristocats
  • Realization: Wolfgang Reitherman, assisté of ED Hansen and daN Alguire
  • Scenario: Larry Clemmons, assisté of Ken Anderson, Julius Svendsen, Frank Thomas, Vance Gerry, Eric Cleworth and Ralph Wright according to Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe
  • Design graphic:
    • Artistic director: Ken Anderson
    • Framing (Layout): Gift Griffith, assisted Basil Davidovicth and Sylvia Roemer
    • Decorations: Al Dempster, assisted Bill Layne and Ralph Hulett
  • Animation:
    • Supervision: Milt Kahl, Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas and John Lounsbery
    • Animation of the characters: Hall King, Eric Cleworth, Eric Larson, Fred Hellmich, Walt Stanchfield, Dave Michener and Julius Svendsen
    • special Effects: daN MacManus and Dick Lucas
  • Sound: Robert O. Cook (supervision)
  • Assembly: Tom Acosta (film), Evelyn Kennedy (music)
  • Music:
    • Type-setter: George Brown
    • Songs: Terry Gilkyson, Floyd Huddleston, Al Rinker, Richard Mr. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
    • Orchestrations: Walter Sheets
  • Directing of production: Gift Duckwall
  • Associate producer: Wolfgang Reitherman and Winston Hibler
  • Production: Walt Disney Pictures
  • Distribution: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • Budget: + of 4.000.000 US$
  • Format: Colors - 1,37:1 (1,75:1 wide) - Mono (RCA Sound System)
  • Lasted: 78 minutes
  • Comings out date: The United States: December 11th 1970; France: December 8th 1971

Distribution

Original voices

  • Phil Harris: Thomas " Abraham-in Lacey-Giuseppe-Casey" O'Malley
  • Eva Gabor : Duchess (Duchess, spoken voice)
  • Robie To ballast: Duchess (Duchess, sung voice)
  • Sterling Holloway: Roquefort
  • Liz English: Marie
  • Dean Clark: Berlioz
  • Gary Dubin : Toulouse
  • Scatman Crothers: Scat Cat
  • Paul Winchell: Chinese Cat (Siamese cat)
  • Lord Tim Hudson: English Cat (English Cat)
  • Vito Scotti: Italian Cat (Italian Cat)
  • Thurl Ravenscroft: Russian Cat (Russian Cat)
  • Hermione Baddeley: " Madame" Adelaide Bonnefamille
  • Roddy Maude-Roxby: Edgar, the butler (the majordomo)/Trunk Mover (the truck-driver)
  • Charles Lane: Georges Hautecour, the lawyer (the solicitor)
  • Nancy Kulp: Rustle
  • Ruth Buzzi: Rustle (song)
  • Stalemate Buttram: Napoleon
  • George Lindsey: Lafayette
  • Monica Evans : Abigail (Amélie)
  • Carole Shelley: Amelia
  • Bill Thompson: Uncle Waldo (Uncle Waldo)
  • Peter Renaday: Milkman (the Slag)

French voices

  • Claude Bertrand: Walter Giuseppe Desired Thomas O' Malley
  • Michele Andre: Duchess
  • Roger Carel: Roquefort/Lafayette
  • Christian Lesser: Berlioz
  • Vanina Vinitzvi : Marie
  • Vladimir Vinitzvi: Toulouse
  • Denise Grey: Mrs. de Bonnefamille
  • Jean-Henri Chambois: Edgar
  • Alfred Pasquali: Georges Hautecour
  • Jose Germain: Scat Cat
  • Henri Tallourd: Siamese cat
  • Steve Gadler: English cat
  • Albert Augier: Italian cat
  • Michel Seldow: Russian cat
  • Jacques Layered branches: Rustle
  • Jacques Dynam: Napoleon
  • Sylvie Mathieu: Rich Amélie
  • Nicole: Amelia
  • Jacques Hilling: Uncle Waldo

Songs of film

  • Aristocats (The Aristocats) - Soloist
  • Ranges and Arpèges (Scales and Arpeggios) - Marie, Berlioz and Duchesse
  • Thomas O' Malley (Thomas O' Malley Cat) - O' Malley
  • Everyone wants to become a cat ( Everybody Wants To Be has Cat) - Scat Cat, O' Malley, Marie and the cats
  • She Never Felt Alone - Duchess
  • Everyone wants to become a cat (Begun again) - O' Malley

Rewards and nominations

  • 1973 - Price with the Golden delicious Screen of Germany
  • 1981 - Price with the Golden delicious Screen of Germany

Exits Cinema

  • December 11th 1970 - the United States (First with Los Angeles, California)
  • December 24th, 1970 - the United States
  • May 14th, 1971 - Argentinian
  • November 13rd, 1971 - Italy
  • December 4th, 1971 - Sweden
  • December 6th, 1971 - Spain
  • December 8th, 1971 - France
  • December 16th, 1971 - West Germany
  • December 17th, 1971 - Finland
  • December 26th, 1971 - Denmark and Norway
  • March 11th, 1972 - Japan
  • December 18th, 1979 - Italy (Arisen)
  • December 12th, 1980 - West Germany (Arisen)
  • December 19th, 1980 - the United States (Arisen)
  • July 20th, 1985 - Japan (Arisen)
  • April 10th, 1987 - the United States (Arisen)
  • May 15th, 1994 - Germany (Arisen)
  • May 2nd, 2001 - Norway (Arisen)

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Did you know?

  • It is the last feature film initiated by Walt Disney before its death, in December 1966. It is also the last service of Bill Thompson, which had lent its voice to many Disney characters since Alice with the Country of the Wonders (1951) like to Droopy.