The Aristocats [DVD]

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The Aristocats". Disney.go.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2011 . Retrieved June 13, 2016. Hill, Jim (April 3, 2001). "The Greatest Performances You Never Got to Hear". The Laughing Place . Retrieved June 13, 2016. Johnson, Jimmy (2014). "Roy Completes Walt Disney's Dream". Inside the Whimsy Works: My Life with Walt Disney Productions. University Press of Mississippi. pp.172–173. ISBN 978-1-617-03930-0 . Retrieved June 17, 2017– via Google Books. a b c Hill, Jim (August 21, 2012). "Would Walt's version of "The Aristocats" have been a bigger hit for Disney Studios?". Jim Hill Media . Retrieved June 13, 2016.

Charles Lane as Georges Hautecourt – Madame Adelaide’s eccentric lawyer, who is also her oldest friend. He is extremely lively, despite his advanced age. One day, while preparing her will with elderly lawyer Georges Hautecourt, Madame declares that her vast fortune will be first left to her cats, then revert to Edgar once they all pass away. Edgar overhears this through a speaking tube and, after erroneously calculating that he will die before he can inherit, plots to eliminate the cats. He sedates them by putting sleeping pills in a dish of cream, then drives them on his motorcycle out to the countryside in a basket. There, he is ambushed by two hounds named Napoleon and Lafayette, losing his hat, sidecar, umbrella, shoes, and the basket before escaping. The cats are left stranded in the countryside, while Madame Adelaide, Roquefort the mouse, and Frou-Frou the horse discover their absence. The Aristocats— Disney Gold Collection". Disney.go.com. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000 . Retrieved June 10, 2016. King, Susan (February 11, 2000). "The Pair Who Write Songs for Nannies and Pooh Bears". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved June 13, 2016. 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.Ebert, Roger (January 1, 1971). "The Aristocats Movie Review". Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved June 13, 2016– via RogerEbert.com.

In 2021, the film was one of several that Disney limited to viewers 7 years of age and older on their streaming service Disney+, stating that the character Shun Gon was a racist stereotype of East Asian people. [54] AccoladesEva Gabor as Duchess – Madame Adelaide's refined and elegant Turkish Angora cat and mother of the three kittens, who believes she is forced to choose between loyalty to Madame and her own attachment to Thomas O'Malley at the end of the film. Robie Lester provided the singing voice for Duchess. Grant, John (1993). The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters. Disney Editions. p.274. ISBN 978-1-562-82904-9. Kroll, Justin (March 27, 2023). "Questlove To Direct Live-Action/Hybrid Adaptation Of 'The Aristocats' For Disney". Deadline . Retrieved March 28, 2023. Ken Anderson spent eighteen months developing the design of the characters. [15] Five of Disney's legendary " Nine Old Men" worked on it, including the Disney crew that had been working 25 years on average. [16] Originally, O'Malley was going to be drawn with stripes to have him resemble a tabby cat, but this was dropped after Reitherman remembered the difficulty in animating Shere Khan in The Jungle Book. [8] Music a b Hill, Jim (June 20, 2007). "Say "So Long!" to direct-to-video sequels: DisneyToon Studios tunes out Sharon Morrill". Jim Hill Media . Retrieved June 14, 2016.

The Aristocats return to Madame Adelaide, who, ignorant of the real reason for Edgar's departure, rewrites her will to exclude him. After adopting O'Malley into the family, Madame establishes a charity foundation, housing Paris' stray cats in the mansion. Scat Cat and his gang are the first to move in, and reprise their song so loudly that the two hound dogs can hear it out in the countryside. Koenig, David (1997). Mouse Under Glass: Secrets of Disney Animation & Theme Parks. Irvine, California: Bonaventure Press. ISBN 978-0-964-06051-7. On Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic, this includes "Thomas O'Malley Cat" on the purple disc and "Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat" on the orange disc. On Disney's Greatest Hits, this includes "Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat" on the red disc.Top250 Tous Les Temps En France (reprises incluses)". Archived from the original on March 31, 2018 . Retrieved March 15, 2018. The Times [London, England] December 30, 1971: p. 2; The Times Digital Archive; accessed July 11, 2012. George Lindsey as Lafayette – a Basset Hound and Napoleon's companion. He sometimes proves smarter than Napoleon but is also more timid.

Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Armstrong, Josh (April 22, 2013). "From Snow Queen to Pinocchio II: Robert Reece's animated adventures in screenwriting". Animated Views . Retrieved June 14, 2016. Love Story' named year's top money-maker". Free Lance-Star. Associated Press. January 17, 1972. p.2 . Retrieved June 13, 2016– via Google News Archive.

Another deleted song was for Thomas O'Malley titled "My Way's The Highway", but the filmmakers had Terry Gilkyson compose the eponymous song "Thomas O'Malley Cat". Gilkyson explained, "It was the same song, but they orchestrated it twice. They used the simpler one, because they may have thought the other too elaborate or too hot. It was a jazz version with a full orchestra." [23] In 2000, a television series, titled The Aristocats: The Animated Series, was commissioned by Disney Television Animation. The series would follow Marie, Toulouse, and Berlioz (now teenagers and also anthropomorphic), along with a new character named Delancey. The series was scheduled to be released sometime in 2002, but production was put on hold in 2001. It would restart production in 2003, with a release scheduled for late 2006 or 2007, only for it to be scrapped after Disney's acquisition of Pixar. [ citation needed] Live-action adaptation