The Aristocats
The Aristocats is a 1970 American animated musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, and based on a story by Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe, it was the final Disney animated film released during studio co-founder Roy O. Disney's tenure before his death on December 20, 1971. Set in Paris, the plot follows a family of aristocratic cats who are set to gain their mistress's fortune, much to the dismay of her butler. Thrown into the countryside, the family is helped by a feral cat as they attempt to return to their mistress's home. The film stars the voices of Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Hermione Baddeley, Dean Clark, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers, and Roddy Maude-Roxby.
Plot
In 1910, mother cat Duchess and her three kittens, Berlioz, Marie, and Toulouse, live in Paris with retired opera diva Madame Adelaide Bonfamille, and her English butler, Edgar. The cats are pampered pets that live a luxurious lifestyle and are very cultured in art and music, like their owner.
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| author | Eric Cleworth Frank Thomas Julius Svendsen Ken Anderson Larry Clemmons Ralph Wright Vance Gerry |
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| contentLocation | Paris |
| director | Wolfgang Reitherman |
| editor | Tom Acosta |
| events | envy house cat kidnapping romantic love |
| genre | adventure animation comedy |
| keywords | alley cat ambush end feral cat geese goose hitchhike horse hound house hypnotic inebriate kitten locked in lose marriage proposal morning mouse pack rescue retire sidecar sleeping pill sleeping pills speak speaking tube strand timbuktu trestle trestle bridge will |
| musicBy | Al Rinker Floyd Huddleston George Bruns Sherman Brothers Terry Gilkyson |
| producer | Winston Hibler |
| productionCompany | Walt Disney Productions |
| publisher | Buena Vista Distribution |
| theme | animals animated children's children's adventure musical musical comedy romantic comedy romantic musical |