One Hundred and One Dalmatians
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (also known as 101 Dalmatians) is a 1961 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions with distribution by Buena Vista Distribution. Adapted from Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians, the film was directed by Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, and Wolfgang Reitherman in his feature-length directorial debut, from a script by Bill Peet. It features the voice talents of Rod Taylor, J. Pat O'Malley, Betty Lou Gerson, Martha Wentworth, Ben Wright, Cate Bauer, Dave Frankham, and Fred Worlock.
Plot
In 1957, aspiring songwriter Roger Radcliffe lives in a bachelor flat near Regent's Park in London with his pet Dalmatian, Pongo. Deciding both of them need a "mate", Pongo watches women and their dogs in the street. Noticing a young woman named Anita and her Dalmatian Perdita, he drags Roger to the park to arrange a meeting. Roger and Anita fall in love, and soon marry, with Pongo and Perdita attending.
Awards
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author | Bill Peet |
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award | BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film |
contentLocation | London |
director | Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Wolfgang Reitherman |
editor | Donald Halliday Roy M. Brewer, Jr. |
events | kidnapping |
genre | adventure animation comedy |
keywords | 101 dalmatians bachelor flat bachelor pad black labrador blacksmith break in burglar burglary cavalry officer christmas collie cruella de vil dairy farm dairy farming dalmatian fur clothing fur coat housekeeper id jazzy song meet melt metropolitan police moving van nanny night out old english sheepdog old mansion puppy regent\'s park retire rough collie run scotland yard small town songwriting soot strand suffolk their way wait write young woman |
musicBy | George Bruns Mel Leven |
producer | Walt Disney |
productionCompany | Walt Disney Productions |
publisher | Buena Vista Distribution |
theme | animated children's children's adventure children's comedy |