With the help of a smooth talking tomcat, a family of Parisian felines set to inherit a fortune from their owner try to make it back home after a jealous butler kidnaps them and leaves them ... Read allWith the help of a smooth talking tomcat, a family of Parisian felines set to inherit a fortune from their owner try to make it back home after a jealous butler kidnaps them and leaves them in the country.With the help of a smooth talking tomcat, a family of Parisian felines set to inherit a fortune from their owner try to make it back home after a jealous butler kidnaps them and leaves them in the country.
- Awards
- 3 wins
Phil Harris
- O'Malley
- (voice)
Sterling Holloway
- Roquefort
- (voice)
Scatman Crothers
- Scat Cat
- (voice)
Paul Winchell
- Chinese Cat
- (voice)
Lord Tim Hudson
- English Cat
- (voice)
Vito Scotti
- Italian Cat
- (voice)
Thurl Ravenscroft
- Russian Cat
- (voice)
Dean Clark
- Berlioz
- (voice)
Liz English
- Marie
- (voice)
Gary Dubin
- Toulouse
- (voice)
Nancy Kulp
- Frou-Frou
- (voice)
Pat Buttram
- Napoleon
- (voice)
George Lindsey
- Lafayette
- (voice)
Monica Evans
- Abigail
- (voice)
Carole Shelley
- Amelia
- (voice)
Charles Lane
- Lawyer
- (voice)
Hermione Baddeley
- Madame
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Aristocats was inspired by the true story of a Parisian family of cats, circa 1910, that inherited a fabulous fortune.
- GoofsThe character of Duchess is very different in the second scene (the will) than in the rest of the film. In particular she has her nose more clearly defined. The rest of the scene seems also to have been designed by different animators, who used a more "sketchy" style.
- Crazy creditsThe opening title at first reads "The Aristocrats." As the three kittens go by, Toulouse notices the title, he removes the second r and pushes the letters together to form "The AristoCats."
- Alternate versionsIn the Czech version, both geese speak Slovak and Uncle Waldo speaks in a Moravian accent.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Magical World of Disney: Disney's Greatest Villains (1977)
Featured review
The Aristocats is a hilarious and heartwarming Disney delight that gets a bad wrap. Maybe I'm bias because I watched this movie so much as a kid, but even as I re-watch it not, I realize just how care-free and fun this movie is.
The plot of the movie shows just that. This movie is about an aristocrat who puts her cats as her inherits in her will before her butler. Right off the bat, we see how hilariously odd this occurrence is, which makes the audience digest the movie in a lighter-tone. What I'm trying to say is that the movie knew exactly what tone to set and how to.
I find this movie much more entertaining than many older Disney movies, most likely because it nailed its comedy. It seemed to focus on using random occurrences and out of the ordinary situations to make the audience laugh ie: the dogs attacking Edgar, O Mally jumping on the "Magic Carpet", and the entirety of the 'Everybody Wants to be a Cat' sequence. The two dogs attacking Edgar seems to be the highlight of the comedy, not even because they are attacking him, but because they are 2 great characters put together. Their dialogue leaves you on edge and will make you to laugh out loud numerous times.
Finally, one of the greatest things about this movie is the music! The soundtrack is so catchy, and entertaining to listen to. It is defiantly a step up from Disney's older slower songs. Everybody Wants to be a Cat is by far one of the greatest Disney songs ever. It is long, catchy, exciting, and layered with sections that give the song dynamics. The lyrics are both funny, and interesting as a cat's perspective on life.
To conclude this quite possibly contriversial review, The Aristocats is a funny, delightful, and care-free Disney film that is criminally underrated.
- Ryan_Barbakins
- Aug 3, 2019
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Los aristogatos
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $35,452,658
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,168,071
- Apr 12, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $35,461,460
- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1(original & negative ratio, open matte)
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