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Aristocats Script Disney Aristocats script disney Continue Not to be confused with aristocrats. 1970 American Animated Film Produced by Walt Disney Productions AristocatsOriginal Theatrical Release PosterDirectorWolfgang ReithermanProduction by Winston HiblerWolfgang ReithermanStory by Ken AndersonLarry ClemmonsEric Cleworth VVance GerryJulius SvendsenFrank ThomasRalph WrightWhy Aristockts Tom McGowan and Tom RoweStarringPhil HarrisEva GaborHermione BaddeleyGary DubinDean ClarkRoddy Mod-Roxby Liz EnglishMusic by George BrunsEdited by Ttom AcostaProductioncompany Walt Disney ProductionsDistributed byBuena Vista DistributionRelease Date December 11, 1970 (1970-12-11) (premiere) December 24, 1970 (1970-12-24) (United States) Duration79 MinutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget $4 million. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. The 20th Disney animated feature film, the film is based on the story of Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe, and revolves around a family of aristocratic cats, and how an alley cat getting to know them after a butler kidnapped them to get the fortune of his mistress, who was meant to go to them. The film features the voices of Eva Gabor, Hermione Baddeley, Phil Harris, Dean Clark, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers and Roddy Maud-Roxby. In 1962, the Aristocats project began as the original script for a two-part live-action episode for Walt Disney's remarkable color world, designed by writers Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe and producer Harry Title. After two years of census, Walt Disney suggested the project would be more appropriate for an animated film, and put the project in a twist as The Jungle Book advanced into production. When the Jungle Book was almost complete, Disney appointed Ken Anderson to develop a preliminary work on the Aristokaths, making it the last film project that was endorsed by Disney in person before his death in December 1966. Aristokat was released on December 24, 1970, to a positive reception and was a box office success. Plot In Paris 1910, the mother cat Duchess and her three kittens, Berlioz, Marie, and Toulouse, live with retired opera diva Madame Adelaide Bonfamille, and her English butler, Edgar. One day, preparing her decision with the lawyer George Vetkar, Madame declares that her condition will be left to her cats until their death, and then Edgar. Edgar hears this through talking tube and plots to eliminate cats. Later, he saturates them, wash the sleeping pills in the milk mixture intended for them, and takes them to the village to throw them. There he was ambushed by two hounds named Napoleon and Lafayette, losing his hat and umbrella, and the cats stuck in the countryside, while Madame Roquefort Mouse and Frou-Frou horse discover their absence. In the morning, the Duchess meets an alley cat named Thomas O'Malley, who offers to visit her and kittens in Paris. The group briefly hitch in the milk truck before being chased away by the driver. Later, crossing the railroad overpass, the cats barely escape the oncoming train, but Marie falls into the river and is rescued by O'Malley, who in turn must save two English geese, Amelia and Abigail Gable, who accompany the cats to Paris. Meanwhile, Edgar returns to the country to take his property from Napoleon and Lafayette, realizing that they are the only evidence that can incriminate him. Traveling on the rooftops of the city, the cats meet O'Malley's friend Scat Cat and his musicians, who perform the song Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat. After the group is gone, O'Malley and the Duchess chat on a nearby rooftop while kittens listen on the windowsill, and the Duchess's loyalty to Madame urges her to reject O'Malley's marriage proposal. The next day the Duchess and kittens return to Madame's mansion, but Edgar finds them before she does, places them in a bag and prepares to send them to Timbuktu. Roquefort overtakes O'Malley at the direction of the cats, and O'Malley returns to the mansion, sending Roquefort to find the cat Skat and his gang; While he struggles to explain why he was sent to find them, Roquefort successfully brings them to the mansion. Alley cats and Fru-Fru fight Edgar, while Roquefort frees the Duchess and kittens. At the end of the fight, Edgar locks himself in his own suitcase and sends Timbuktu himself to never be seen again. The Cats return to Madame Adelaide, whose will is rewritten to exclude Edgar, with Madame remaining unaware of the reason for his departure. After taking O'Malley into the family, Madame creates a charity housing stray cats of Paris (represented by Scat Cat and his band, who reprise their songs). The voice stars Eva Gabor as the Duchess - Madame Adelaide is an exquisite and elegant cat and mother of three kittens who are forced to choose between loyalty to Madame and her own affection for Thomas O'Malley at the end of the film. Roby Lester provided the Duchess's singing voice. Phil Harris as Thomas O'Malley (full name: Abraham de Lacey Giuseppe Casey Thomas O'Malley) is a wild cat who befriends the Duchess and her kittens by becoming a kitten father and falling in love with the Duchess. For cultural reasons, the Italian dubbing of the film changes it to Romeo, er mejo der Colosseo (Roman dialect for the Best Cat Colosseum), an Italian cat from Rome, speaking with a strong Roman accent; The reason for this change is that alley cats were well known for frequent Colosseum at the time. Gary Dubin - Toulouse - the oldest kitten who idolizes the entire alley especially O'Malley. He is also a talented artist and loosely based on the French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Liz English as Marie - the average kitten and the only girl. She is often overbearing or snobbish towards her brothers, but is a special companion of her mother, and like her, she is an experienced singer. Dean Clark as Berlioz , the youngest kitten. He is somewhat timid and shy and talented pianist. It is named after the French composer Hector Berlioz. Roddy Maud-Roxby in Edgar Balthazar is a dim butler of The Adelaide Madam who tries to get rid of his cats to inherit his fortune. Scatman Crothers is O'Malley's cat and the leader of a gang of jazz cats. Scat Cat plays the trumpet. Paul Winchell as Shun Gong, a Chinese cat from the Scat Cat gang. He plays both the piano and the pot drums. Lord Tim Hudson is an English cat from the Scat Cat gang. He plays acoustic guitar. Vito Scotti as Peppo, an Italian cat from the Scat Cat gang. He plays the accordion. Terle Ravenscroft as Billy the Boss, a Russian cat from the Scat Cat gang. He plays bass. Sterling Holloway as Roquefort, a house mouse and friend of the cats who help in Edgar's exile. Pat Buttram as Napoleon - a greyhound who attacks Edgar when he invades the farm where he lives. Whenever his cohort Lafayette proposes, Napoleon insists that he responds and then accepts Lafayette's offer as his own. George Lindsay as Lafayette, a basset hound and Napoleon's companion. Sometimes he is smarter than Napoleon, but also timid. Hermione Baddeley as Madame Adelaide Bonfamill - a wealthy former opera singer and owner of the Duchess and her kittens. Charles Lane as George Hotcourt, an eccentric lawyer for Madame Adelaide, who is also her oldest friend. He is very lively, despite his advanced age. Nancy Kulp as Frut-Fru as Madame Adelaide's carriage horse and Roquefort's companion, who conquers Edgar. Ruth Buzzi provided her singing voice. Monica Evans as Abigail Gable as a goose who is friends with cats. Carol Shelley as Amelia Gabbble as Abigail's twin sister. Bill Thompson as Waldo's uncle, a drunken uncle to Abigail and Amelia. Peter Renaday as French Milkman/Le Petit Cafe Cook/Truck Movers (unnamed) Production History Development on December 9, 1961, Walt Disney invited Harry Title and Tom McGowan to find some animal stories to adapt as a two-part live-action episode for the Wonderful World of Color television program. By the New Year of 1962, McGowan had found several stories, including a children's book about a cat mother and her kittens, set in New York. However, Title felt that the location of London added a significant element to the Hundred And One Dalmatians and suggested establishing the history of cats in Paris. After the rough The story was about two servants - butlers and a maid who were in line to inherit the fortune of an eccentric mistress after the death of domestic cats and focused on their weak and stupid attempts to eliminate the felines. Boris Karloff and Francoise Rosay were meant to portray a butler and troubled madam. The plot around the mother of the cat hides her kittens to keep them under threat in various homes and places around Paris, France. While filming the escapade in Florence, McGowan brought him a story that was written by Tom Rowe, an American writer who lived in Paris. Before his death in 1966, Walt Disney contacted Phil Harris (pictured here) to voice Thomas O'Malley. By August 1962, they had sent the completed script to Burbank, where it was returned as rejected by an unknown executive at Disney Studios. However, Title brought the script to Disney, stopping at Connaught in London. Disney approved the project but recommended additional cuts that were made by February 1963. Before filming began, Rowe wrote a letter to Disney expressing his displeasure with the script review, in which Title replied to Rowe that Disney-approved changes would be retained. However, by the summer of 1963, the project had been postponed, where Title, in an interview with Walt, recommended the production of Aristokata as an animated film.
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