The Aristocats (A Walt Disney Masterpiece) [VHS]
starring: Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers, Dean Clark
directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman
directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman
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Duchess and her three kittens are enjoying the high life with theirdevoted human mistress until the wicked butler Edgar, with his eyes on a big inheritance, decides to dope them and get them out of the picture. How can these fragile creatures cope in the unfamiliar countryside and the meaner streets of Paris? Only by meeting the irrepressible alley cat O'Malley, a rough diamond with romance in his heart. After they get a taste of the wide dangerous world, he guides them home, and Edgar gets his just desserts at the wrong end of a horse. As always, it's really the voices rather than the animation that are the heart of the Disney magic: Phil Harris is brilliant as O'Malley, Eva Gabor as Duchess is... well... Eva Gabor; but perhaps the most memorable turns are by Pat Buttram and George Lindsay, who turn the old hounds Napoleon and Lafayette into a couple of bumbling Southern-fried rednecks. Their scenes with Edgar, and the musical numbers with Scat Cat and his cool-dude band, are classic. Most striking about seeing The Aristocats now is how deeply Disney's style of animation has changed since this was at the cutting edge in 1970. Perhaps the nostalgic, dated feel are just a result of being plonked down in Belle Epoque Paris, but the illustrations are fussier (a pity) and the animation and overall pace much less frenetic (sometimes a relief) than in more recent efforts such as Aladdin. --Richard Farr
Duchess and her three kittens are enjoying the high life with theirdevoted human mistress until the wicked butler Edgar, with his eyes on a big inheritance, decides to dope them and get them out of the picture. How can these fragile creatures cope in the unfamiliar countryside and the meaner streets of Paris? Only by meeting the irrepressible alley cat O'Malley, a rough diamond with romance in his heart. After they get a taste of the wide dangerous world, he guides them home, and Edgar gets his just desserts at the wrong end of a horse. As always, it's really the voices rather than the animation that are the heart of the Disney magic: Phil Harris is brilliant as O'Malley, Eva Gabor as Duchess is... well... Eva Gabor; but perhaps the most memorable turns are by Pat Buttram and George Lindsay, who turn the old hounds Napoleon and Lafayette into a couple of bumbling Southern-fried rednecks. Their scenes with Edgar, and the musical numbers with Scat Cat and his cool-dude band, are classic. Most striking about seeing The Aristocats now is how deeply Disney's style of animation has changed since this was at the cutting edge in 1970. Perhaps the nostalgic, dated feel are just a result of being plonked down in Belle Epoque Paris, but the illustrations are fussier (a pity) and the animation and overall pace much less frenetic (sometimes a relief) than in more recent efforts such as Aladdin. --Richard Farr
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Rating: - All About the Voices
It's all about the voices... and something of the animation, in this gentle story of a much-loved mother cat and her three charming kittens in 1910 Paris. Pampered by their elderly mistress who intends to leave her entire estate to them, they find themselves drugged and abandoned in the countryside by Edgar the wicked butler - who wants the whole estate for himself. But since this is a Disney movie, the perils are well - not very perilous at all, as Duchess and her kittens are taken in hand by the ... Read More
Rating: - Disney!
I am trying to get all the Disney classics and I don't remember watching this movie when I was a kid but it was available so I bought it...and it's okay but I can remember now that I have it, why I didn't really watch it when I was a kid. It's kind of boring.
Rating: 
- A Disney Special Edition... Again
There are some movies, like The Lion King and Mulan, that are good movies and are very well-known. Then there are some movies, like this one, that are decent but don't get a lot of credit.
One of Disney's lesser-known movies (for example, when you think Disney, does Simba or Duchess pop into your head? My point exactly), The Aristocats has beautiful animation, good acting, a good plot, but is a little boring. It's never been one of my favorites, as when I was tiny it kinda freaked me out (the ... Read More
Rating: 
- GREAT learning tool for grandparents to use
The Aristocats (Disney Gold Classic Collection) The original version of Aristocats is simply wonderful.We have watched it over and over with our grandchildren.It is fun for them and fun for us.They nearly always find something new in the very elaborate drawings.The voices are marvelous, the story is delightful and there is just enough suspense for young children.We cannot recommend this version enough.It makes one realize how bland the Disney stories are--story, drawing, even the animation ... Read More
Rating: - The Aristocats
A wonderful Disney movie. The cats are adorable
and the animation is second to none.
A lovely movie featuring some classic stars
and clever storyline. In short, it's a timeless tribute
to the wonder of Disney.
- All About the VoicesIt's all about the voices... and something of the animation, in this gentle story of a much-loved mother cat and her three charming kittens in 1910 Paris. Pampered by their elderly mistress who intends to leave her entire estate to them, they find themselves drugged and abandoned in the countryside by Edgar the wicked butler - who wants the whole estate for himself. But since this is a Disney movie, the perils are well - not very perilous at all, as Duchess and her kittens are taken in hand by the ... Read More
- Disney!I am trying to get all the Disney classics and I don't remember watching this movie when I was a kid but it was available so I bought it...and it's okay but I can remember now that I have it, why I didn't really watch it when I was a kid. It's kind of boring.
- A Disney Special Edition... AgainThere are some movies, like The Lion King and Mulan, that are good movies and are very well-known. Then there are some movies, like this one, that are decent but don't get a lot of credit.
One of Disney's lesser-known movies (for example, when you think Disney, does Simba or Duchess pop into your head? My point exactly), The Aristocats has beautiful animation, good acting, a good plot, but is a little boring. It's never been one of my favorites, as when I was tiny it kinda freaked me out (the ... Read More
- GREAT learning tool for grandparents to useThe Aristocats (Disney Gold Classic Collection) The original version of Aristocats is simply wonderful.We have watched it over and over with our grandchildren.It is fun for them and fun for us.They nearly always find something new in the very elaborate drawings.The voices are marvelous, the story is delightful and there is just enough suspense for young children.We cannot recommend this version enough.It makes one realize how bland the Disney stories are--story, drawing, even the animation ... Read More
- The AristocatsA wonderful Disney movie. The cats are adorable
and the animation is second to none.
A lovely movie featuring some classic stars
and clever storyline. In short, it's a timeless tribute
to the wonder of Disney.
