The Cat in the Hat (film)

Synopsis[]

It all begins when a boy named Conrad (around the age of Harry Potter from his first film) always does the opposite of what his mom says. His younger sister Sally keeps telling him that Mom is throwing a party in her clean house, but Conrad doesn't listen and keeps on trying to mess it up. If so, a man named Larry Quinn (er, Lawrence) would take over Conrad's room and send him away to a military school. But while Mom is gone away back to work, she hires a babysitter named Mrs. Kwan. Suddenly, it starts to rain. Conrad and Sally hear a strange noise from the closet. It's the Cat in the Hat. He puts Mrs. Kwan in the closet, and notices that the Fish is talking. The Cat ignores him, and the siblings sign a contract on having fun. It included that nothing bad will happen. The Cat enters the living room and jumps on the couches, then later tries to make cupcakes out of anything. However, it just makes a big mess all over the kitchen, so the Cat grabs a red wooden box and releases Thing One and Thing Two. They actually made the house look worse. And not only that, Conrad opens the lock, and it jumps off the crate. It flies into the collar of Nevins (the siblings' dog). The Cat suddenly figures out that if the crate was left open, it would transport to his own world. So the trio had to use Mrs. Kwan to keep the lid shut, and they head out to chase Nevins and get the lock back. But Quinn grabs Nevins, and Conrad, Sally, and the Cat take a ride on the S.L.O.W. to get Nevins back. As they do so, Quinn goes to Mom's office and tells her that her kids and the Cat are all over town. On the way back home, Quinn catches them, but falls into the Cat's world. Mrs. Kwan is also the ride to the crate. When the Cat's world disappears, the house tears apart. The Cat sadly leaves, then comes back with the Things riding on machines that can clean up the entire house. Later, Mom comes home just after the Cat leaves the house one last time, yet she doesn't believe what Quinn told her about the mess. Things are back to normal, and the party is a big hit.

Cast[]

Mike Myers - Cat in the Hat
Alec Baldwin - Lawrence "Larry" Quinn
Kelly Preston - Joan Walden
Dakota Fanning - Sally
Spencer Breslin - Conrad
Amy Hill - Mrs. Kwan
Sean Hayes - Mr. Humberfloob/The Fish
Taylor Rice - Thing One
Brittany Oaks - Thing Two
Dan Castellaneta - Thing One/Thing Two (voice)
Victor Brandt - Narrator (voice)
Bugsy - Nevins
Clint Howard - Kate the Caterer
Stephen Hibbert - Jim McFinnigan

In Other Languages[]

Language	Title
Spanish	El Gato
French	Le Chat Dans le Chapeau
Portuguese	O Gato
Japanese	ハットしてキャット
Chinese	魔法靈貓
Korean	더 캣
Thai	เหมียวแสบ ใส่หมวกซ่าส์

Production timeline[]

March 7, 2002: Director Bo Welch and actor Mike Myers sign on for production of the film.
April 12, 2002: Dakota Fanning signs on to play Sally.
July 9, 2002: Spencer Breslin joins the cast to play Conrad.
October 7, 2002: Filming begins.
January 22, 2003: Filming concludes. Official release date announced.

Release timeline[]

Format	Country of origin	Date
Teaser trailer	USA	June 17, 2003
Theatrical trailer	USA	Q3 2003
Original theatrical	USA	November 21, 2003^[1]
DVD/VHS	USA	March 16, 2004
DVD	South Korea	May 19, 2004
DVD	Taiwan	May 21, 2004
DVD	Latin America	June 23, 2004
DVD	Australia	August 2, 2004
DVD	UK	August 16, 2004
DVD	France	October 26, 2004
DVD	Japan	December 22, 2004
Blu-ray Disc	USA	February 7, 2012
Digital Download/Digital HD	USA	January 17, 2014
On YouTube	Worldwide	January 17, 2014

This film contained trailers for films like DreamWorks Animation's Shrek 2, Warner Bros.'s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Disney's Home on the Range, and Universal's Peter Pan.

Home video release[]

Main article: The Cat in the Hat (DVD/Blu-ray)

Availability on Netflix[]

NOTE: The availability chart shown here is based on Equestria's Netflix.

	Audio	Subtitles
Arabic	N	Y
Bahasa Indonesia	N	N
Bahasa Melayu	N	N
Chinese (中文/简体)	N	N
Chinese (中文/繁體)	N	N
Chinese (粵語)	N	N
Dansk	N	Y
Deutsch	N	N
English	Y	Y
Español	Y	Y
Español (Latinoamérica)	Y	Y
Français	Y	Y
Hindi	Y	Y
Hrvatski	N	N
Italiano	Y	Y
Magyar	N	Y
Nederlands	N	N
Norsk	N	Y
Polski	Y	Y
Português	Y	Y
Português (Brasil)	Y	Y
Română	N	Y
Suomi	N	Y
Svenska	N	Y
Tiếng Việt	N	N
Türkçe	Y	Y
Íslenska	N	Y
Čeština	N	Y
Ελληνικά	N	Y
עברית	N	Y
Pусский	N	N
Yкраї́нська	N	Y
Thai	N	N
Japanese	Y	Y
Korean	Y	Y

Websites[]

The Cat in the Hat (http://www.catinthehat.com) (February 2003–April 2006)

Gallery[]

Rankings[]

Rank of worldwide release
Rank of release in North America
Rank of release on VHS
Rank of release on DVD worldwide
Rank of release on DVD in North America
Rank of release on Blu-ray and/or Digital HD worldwide
Rank of release on Blu-ray and/or Digital HD in North America

Movies
Pre-1980	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) • The Wizard of Oz (1939) • Pinocchio (1940) • Fantasia (1940) • Dumbo (1941) • Bambi (1942) • Cinderella (1950) • Alice in Wonderland (1951) • Peter Pan (1953) • Lady and the Tramp (1955) • Sleeping Beauty (1959) • 101 Dalmatians (1961) • The Sword in the Stone (1963) • Mary Poppins (1964) • The Jungle Book (1967) • The Aristocats (1970) • Robin Hood (1973) • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) • The Rescuers (1977)
1980s	The Fox and the Hound (1981) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) • The Black Cauldron (1985) • My Little Pony: The Movie (1986) • The Great Mouse Detective (1986) • Castle in the Sky (1986) • My Neighbor Totoro (1988) • Oliver & Company (1988) • Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) • The Little Mermaid (1989)
1990s	The Rescuers Down Under (1990) • Beauty and the Beast (1991) • Aladdin (1992) • The Lion King (1994) • Pocahontas (1995) • Toy Story (1995) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) • Hercules (1997) • Princess Mononoke (1997) • Mulan (1998) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Tarzan (1999) • Toy Story 2 (1999)
2000–2002	Fantasia 2000 (2000) • Dinosaur (2000) • How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) • The Emperor's New Groove (2000) • Shrek (2001) • Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) • Spirited Away (2001) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) • Ice Age (2002) • Lilo & Stitch (2002)
2002–2004	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) • Treasure Planet (2002) • Finding Nemo (2003) • Brother Bear (2003) • The Cat in the Hat (2003) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • Home on the Range (2004) • Shrek 2 (2004) • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) • The Incredibles (2004) • Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
2005–2007	Robots (2005) • Chicken Little (2005) • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) • Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) • Cars (2006) • Open Season (2006) • Meet the Robinsons (2007) • Shrek the Third (2007) • Surf's Up (2007) • Ratatouille (2007) • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) • Enchanted (2007)
2008–2010	Horton Hears a Who! (2008) • WALL-E (2008) • Ponyo (2008) • Bolt (2008) • Up (2009) • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) • The Princess and the Frog (2009) • Shrek Forever After (2010) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Despicable Me (2010)
2010–2012	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) • Tangled (2010) • Hop (2011) • Rio (2011) • Winnie the Pooh (2011) • Cars 2 (2011) • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) • The Smurfs (2011) • Arthur Christmas (2011) • The Lorax (2012) • The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) • Brave (2012) • Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) • Hotel Transylvania (2012) • Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
2013–2015	Epic (2013) • Monsters University (2013) • Despicable Me 2 (2013) • The Smurfs 2 (2013) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) • Frozen (2013) • The Lego Movie (2014) • Rio 2 (2014) • Big Hero 6 (2014) • Inside Out (2015) • Minions (2015) • Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) • The Peanuts Movie (2015) • The Good Dinosaur (2015)
2016–2017	Zootopia (2016) • The Angry Birds Movie (2016) • Finding Dory (2016) • The Secret Life of Pets (2016) • Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) • Storks (2016) • Moana (2016) • Sing (2016) • Monster Trucks (2016/2017) • The Lego Batman Movie (2017) • Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) • Cars 3 (2017) • Despicable Me 3 (2017) • The Emoji Movie (2017) • The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) • My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) • The Star (2017) • Coco (2017) • Ferdinand (2017)
2018–2019	Sherlock Gnomes (2018) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) • Smallfoot (2018) • The Grinch (2018) • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) • Wonder Park (2019) • The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) • Frozen II (2019)

Dr. Seuss
Books	Horton Hears a Who! (1954) • The Cat in the Hat (1957) • How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957) • Green Eggs and Ham (1960) • The Lorax (1971)
Television	How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) • Horton Hears a Who! (1970) • The Cat in the Hat (1971) • The Lorax (1972) • Dr. Seuss on the Loose (1973) • The Hoober-Bloob Highway (1975) • Grinch Night (1977) • Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano (1980) • The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982)
Home media	VHS: The Cat in the Hat • The Lorax • Dr. Seuss on the Loose • The Hoober-Bloob Highway • Grinch Night • Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? • The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat DVD: The Cat in the Hat • The Lorax • Dr. Seuss on the Loose • The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat Blu-ray: Dr. Seuss's Holidays on the Loose! (DVD only) • The Lorax • Green Eggs and Ham and Other Stories • The Cat in the Hat
Movies	How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) • The Cat in the Hat (2003) • Horton Hears a Who! (2008) • The Lorax (2012) • The Grinch (2018)

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