The Aristocats [DVD]

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Charles Lane as Georges Hautecourt – Madame Adelaide’s eccentric lawyer, who is also her oldest friend. He is extremely lively, despite his advanced age. 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. a b c d e f "The Aristocats for Christmas". Ottawa Citizen. December 18, 1970. p.28 . Retrieved June 13, 2016– via Google News Archive. Armstrong, Josh (April 22, 2013). "From Snow Queen to Pinocchio II: Robert Reece's animated adventures in screenwriting". Animated Views . 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.

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. AFI's 10 Top 10 Nominees" (PDF). Archived from the original on July 16, 2011 . Retrieved August 19, 2016. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link) Solomon, Charles (April 9, 1987). " 'The Aristocats': Walt Left A Gap". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved June 13, 2016. In January 2000, Walt Disney Home Video launched the Gold Classic Collection, and The Aristocats was released on VHS and DVD on April 4, 2000. [27] The DVD contained the film in its 1.33:1 aspect ratio enhanced with Dolby 2.0 surround sound. [28] The Gold Collection release was quietly discontinued in 2006. A new single-disc Special Edition DVD (previously announced as a 2-Disc set) was released on February 5, 2008.

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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] Accolades The Aristocats" Movie History". Disney.go.com. Archived from the original on January 11, 2008 . Retrieved June 13, 2016. 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. Paul Winchell as Shun Gon – a Chinese cat in Scat Cat's gang. He plays both the piano and drums made from pots.

Ebert, Roger (January 1, 1971). "The Aristocats Movie Review". Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved June 13, 2016– via RogerEbert.com. Rome, Emily (August 21, 2012). " 'The Aristocats' on Blu-ray: Songwriter Richard Sherman reflects on the Disney classic and working with Walt". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved June 10, 2016. Walt Disney Home Video Debuts the "Gold Classic Collection" ". The Laughing Place . Retrieved June 10, 2016. The Happiest Holiday Show in Town opens today—Christmas Day!". Chicago Tribune. December 25, 1970. Section 2, p. 4 . Retrieved August 24, 2022– via Newspapers.com.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] Hill, Jim (April 3, 2001). "The Greatest Performances You Never Got to Hear". The Laughing Place . Retrieved June 13, 2016. Noyer, Jérémie (February 4, 2008). "Scales and Arpeggios: Richard M. Sherman and the "mewsic" of The AristoCats!". Animated Views (Interview) . Retrieved June 13, 2016. Top250 Tous Les Temps En France (reprises incluses)". Archived from the original on March 31, 2018 . Retrieved March 15, 2018.

The Aristocats is a 1970 American animated romantic musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. It is the final Disney animated film made with the involvement of Walt Disney Productions's co-founder Roy O. Disney before his death on December 20, 1971. The film is based on a story by Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe, and revolves around a family of aristocratic cats, and how an alley cat acquaintance helps them after a butler has kidnapped them to gain his mistress's fortune which was intended to go to them. The film features the voices of Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Hermione Baddeley, Dean Clark, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers, and Roddy Maude-Roxby. The Aristocats was the last Disney animated feature Robert and Richard Sherman worked on as staff songwriters, growing frustrated by the studio's management following Disney's death. While employed, the Sherman Brothers completed their work on the film, but they would not return to Disney until they were asked to compose songs for The Tigger Movie (2000). [17] Maurice Chevalier (pictured here) was brought out of retirement to sing the title song.

The Sherman Brothers composed multiple songs, but only the title song and "Scales and Arpeggios" were included in the film. [4] Desiring to capture the essence of France, the Sherman Brothers composed the song "The Aristocats". Disney film producer Bill Anderson would ask Maurice Chevalier to participate in the film. [18] Following the suggestion, Richard Sherman imitated Chevalier's voice as he performed a demo for the song. Chevalier received the demo and was brought out of retirement to sing the song. Deleted songs that were intended for the film included "Pourquoi?" sung by Hermione Baddeley as Madame Bonfamille, its reprise, and "She Never Felt Alone" sung by Robie Lester as Duchess. [19] [20] For the show-stopping number, the Sherman Brothers composed "Le Jazz Hot", but "Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat", composed by Floyd Huddleston and Al Rinker, was used instead. [21] Lastly, a villainous song was envisioned to be sung by Edgar and his assistant Elvira as a romantic duet, but the song was dropped when Elvira was removed from the story. [22] 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