Cats Don't Dance
Cats Don't Dance is a 1997 American animated musical comedy film directed by Mark Dindal (in his feature directorial debut). The film features the voices of Scott Bakula, Jasmine Guy, Matthew Herried, Ashley Peldon, John Rhys-Davies, Kathy Najimy, Don Knotts, Hal Holbrook, Betty Lou Gerson (in her final film role), René Auberjonois, Dindal, and George Kennedy.
Plot
In an alternate 1939, in a world where humans and anthropomorphic animals coexist, Daniel "Danny" T. Cat, an optimistic orange tabby cat from Kokomo, Indiana, travels to Hollywood in hopes of starting an acting career there. After meeting a young penguin named Pudge, Danny is selected by agent Farley Wink to feature in a film that is in production at Mammoth Pictures called Lil' Ark Angel, alongside Wink's secretary, a cynical Turkish Angora named Sawyer. Upon joining fellow animals—Tilly the hippo, Cranston the goat, Frances the fish, and T.W the tortoise—Danny is dismayed on learning how minor his role is and tries weaseling his way into more time in the spotlight. Danny unwittingly angers Darla Dimple, a popular yet spoiled child actress and star of the film; she promptly has her gigantic gorilla-like butler Max intimidate Danny against further attempts to enlarge his part.
Awards
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More details
author | Tim Hodge |
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award | Annie Award |
contentLocation | California Los Angeles Paris United States of America |
director | Mark Dindal |
editor | Dan Molina |
events | house cat |
genre | animation comedy fantasy western |
keywords | act anthropomorphic bus driver bus stop child actress fly hide learn meet orange tabby press conference show business spoiled child standing ovation steal tabby cat turkish angora |
musicBy | Randy Newman |
producer | David Kirschner Paul Gertz |
publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
theme | animated children's musical musical comedy |