The AristoCats

– When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children -- Bonfamille's prize..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 18 Minutes
Release Year:
1970
Original Name:
The Aristocats
The AristoCats (1970) - Also known as The Aristocats

When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children -- Bonfamille's prize family of domesticated house cats -- the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the heirs, leaving them out on a country road. All seems lost until the wily Thomas O'Malley Cat and his jazz-playing alley cats come to the Aristocats's rescue.

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Producing Country:
USA
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The AristoCats (1970) - Trailer

Release Date:

24 Dec 1970

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
G – General Audiences

All ages admitted. Nothing that would offend parents for viewing by children.

Director:

Wolfgang Reitherman

Writer:

Larry Clemmons (story), Vance Gerry (story), Ken Anderson (story), Frank Thomas (story), Eric Cleworth (story), Julius Svendsen (story), Ralph Wright (story), Tom McGowan (based on a story by), Tom Rowe (based on a story by)

Main Actors:

Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers

Plot:

Retired madame Adelaide Bonfamille enjoys the good life in her Paris villa with even classier cat Duchess and three kittens: pianist Berlioz, painter Toulouse and sanctimonious Marie. When loyal butler Edgar overhears her will leaves everything to the cats until their death, he drugs and kidnaps them. However retired army dogs make his sidecar capsize on the country. Crafty stray cat Thomas O'Malley takes them under his wing back to Paris. Edgar tries to cover his tracks and catch them at return, but more animals turn on him, from the cart horse Frou-Frou to the tame mouse Roquefort and O'Malley's jazz friends.

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Production:

Buena Vista

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
66%
Metacritic:
66%