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The Aristocats

The Aristocats

Animation · Comedy · Family · 1970

When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, 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’ rescue.

Movie details

The Aristocats

“Meet the cats who know where it's at... for fun, music and adventure!”

1970 Animation · Comedy · Family 1h 18m

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TMDB

7.3 / 10

Community rating

When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, 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’ rescue.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Wolfgang Reitherman

Written by

Larry Clemmons · Vance Gerry · Ken Anderson · Frank Thomas

Phil Harris

Phil Harris

O'Malley (voice)

Eva Gabor

Eva Gabor

Duchess (voice)

Sterling Holloway

Sterling Holloway

Roquefort (voice)

Scatman Crothers

Scatman Crothers

Scat Cat (voice)

Paul Winchell

Paul Winchell

Chinese Cat (voice)

L

Lord Tim Hudson

English Cat (voice)

Vito Scotti

Vito Scotti

Italian Cat (voice)

Court is in session

Put The Aristocats on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.