The Aristocats
1970 American animated film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Aristocats is a 1970 American animated musical adventure-romantic comedy movie. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. It is the 20th Disney animated movie. The movie is based on a story by Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe. It is about a family of aristocratic cats. They are kidnapped by their greedy butler, Edgar. Edgar wants to gain the fortune that the cats' owner has left to them in her will. An alley cat named Thomas O'Malley helps them make their way back home. O'Malley also helps them defeat Edgar. In the end, O'Malley becomes a part of the family. The movie was directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. It features the voices of Eva Gabor, Hermione Baddeley, Phil Harris, Dean Clark, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers, and Roddy Maude-Roxby.
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Directed by | Wolfgang Reitherman |
Story by | Ken Anderson Larry Clemmons Eric Cleworth Vance Garry Julius Svendsen Frank Thomas Ralph Wright |
Based on | "The Aristocats" by Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe |
Produced by | Winston Hibler Wolfgang Reitherman |
Starring | Phil Harris Eva Gabor Hermione Baddeley Gary Dubin Dean Clark Sterling Holloway Roddy Maude-Roxby Liz English |
Music by | George Bruns |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $4 million[1] |
Box office | $191 million[2] |
In 1962, The Aristocats began as an original script for a two-part live-action episode of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. It was developed by writers Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe and producer Harry Tytle. Following two years of re-writes, Walt Disney said that the project would be better made as an animated movie. The project was placed in turnaround as The Jungle Book continued production. When The Jungle Book was nearly complete, Disney appointed Ken Anderson to develop preliminary work on The Aristocats. It was the last movie project to be approved by Walt Disney before his death on December 15, 1966. The Aristocats was the first Disney animated movie to be released under the Rating System. In this case, The Aristocats was Disney's first G-rated animated movie.
The Aristocats was released on December 11, 1970. It received positive reception and was a box office success.