Synopsis
The film takes place in Paris, set in the year 1910. An old woman named Madame Adelaide Bonfamille, along with her cats -- Duchess, Marie, Berlioz, and Toulouse -- are given a ride on a carriage that Edgar, her butler, drives, and her horse, Frou-Frou, pulls. On that same day, Madame Bonfamille's lawyer and long-time friend, Georges Hautecourt, arrives to her house. She tells him that with no living relatives left, she is leaving her fortune to her cats until their death, before reverting it to Edgar. Because of this, Edgar cooks up a scheme to get rid of the cats. First, he mixes sleeping pills with the cats' milk, then once the cats fall asleep, he sneaks them out of the mansion and drives into the countryside, where two farm dogs (Napoleon and Lafayette) chase him, also causing him to leave behind his umbrella, hat, and the basket with the cats. When Madame Bonfamille finds out that the cats have disappeared, she is saddened, but does not know that Edgar kidnapped them. The next day, the Aristocats meet Thomas O'Malley, an alley cat. He helps them get back home to Paris, first by riding the back of a milkman's truck. When Edgar returns that morning, he is the only one who is pleased that the cats are gone, but then realizes that he lost his hat and umbrella, and has to retrieve those items before anyone notices them as evidence that he is the catnapper. Meanwhile for the Aristocats, they are now seen crossing a bridge, but Marie falls off and lands in the river after they all hide under to avoid an incoming train, and O'Malley has to rescue her. Near the river, two geese (Amelia and Abigail Gabble) waddle by, and all together, the geese and the Aristocats waddle all the way to Paris, where they meet Waldo, the geese's uncle. That night, Edgar goes back to the farm to get back his items, where the dogs await. As for the Aristocats, they are seen walking on the rooftops, where in one of the houses, they find Scat Cat and his gang of alley cats. After a night of partying, and the departure of Scat Cat's band, O'Malley and Duchess share love with each other, until Duchess tells him that she and the kittens must return home to their owner. The next morning, they all return back home, but when Edgar sees them, he ties them up in a sack, which Roquefort notices. The little mouse runs to find O'Malley, and he tells them to warn Scat Cat and the alley cat gang about the second catnapping. Just after Edgar places the cats in a trunk which he plans to send to Timbuktu, Africa, O'Malley, Frou-Frou, and the alley cat gang barge in and fight Edgar, while Roquefort opens the lock and frees Duchess and the kittens. In the end, Edgar ends up inside the trunk, and is shipped to Timbuktu instead. Madame Bonfamille's will is rewritten to exclude Edgar, and include O'Malley and any future kittens he and Duchess would have. After posing a photo of the cats, Madame Bonfamille starts a charity foundation for all the stray cats in Paris.
Cast
Character's name | Voiced by |
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Thomas O'Malley | Phil Harris |
Duchess | Eva Gabor |
Edgar | Roddy Maude-Roxby |
Toulouse | Gary Dubin |
Marie | Liz English |
Berlioz | Dean Clark |
Roquefort | Sterling Holloway |
Scat Cat | Scatman Crothers |
Chinese Cat | Paul Winchell |
English Cat | Tim Hudson |
Italian Cat | Vito Scotti |
Russian Cat | Thurl Ravenscroft |
Napoleon | Pat Buttram |
Lafayette | George Lindsey |
Madame Bonfamille | Hermione Baddeley |
Georges Hautecourt | Charles Lane |
Frou-Frou | Nancy Kulp |
Amelia Gabble | Carole Shelley |
Abigail Gabble | Monica Evans |
Uncle Waldo | Bill Thompson |
In Other Languages
Language | Title |
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Spanish | Los Aristogatos |
Portuguese | Aristogatas |
Japanese | おしゃれキャット |
Chinese | 貓兒歷險記 |
Korean | 아리스토캣 |
Thai | แมวเหมียวพเนจร |
Release timeline
Format | Country of origin | Date |
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Original theatrical | USA | December 24, 1970[1] |
Original theatrical | Chile | October 1, 1971 |
Original theatrical | Japan | March 11, 1972 |
Re-issue in theaters | USA | December 19, 1980 |
Re-issue in theaters | Japan | July 20, 1985 |
Second re-issue in theaters | USA | April 10, 1987 |
Re-issue in theaters | Chile | August 20, 1993 |
Re-issue in theaters | UK | March 25, 1994 |
VHS | Chile | March 11, 1994 |
VHS | UK | February 1995 |
VHS | France | Q2 1995 |
VHS | USA | April 24, 1996 |
VHS | Chile | March 14, 1997 |
VHS | Japan | April 25, 1997 |
VHS | Brazil | May 1997 |
VHS | South Korea | July 13, 1999 |
VHS | Australia | November 1999 |
DVD | USA | April 4, 2000 |
DVD | Taiwan | November 14, 2000 |
DVD | Latin America | 2001 |
DVD | UK | October 29, 2001 |
DVD | France | October 31, 2001 |
DVD | Australia | November 21, 2001 |
DVD | Japan | July 19, 2002 |
DVD | South Korea | July 22, 2003 |
DVD | Chile | October 18, 2003 |
DVD (Special Edition) | UK | February 4, 2008 |
DVD (Special Edition) | USA | February 5, 2008 |
DVD (Special Edition) | Brazil | February 20, 2008 |
DVD (Special Edition) | Thailand | March 2008 |
DVD (Special Edition) | Chile | March 21, 2008 |
DVD (Special Edition) | Taiwan | May 5, 2008 |
DVD (Special Edition) | Japan | August 6, 2008 |
Trailer for Blu-ray Disc | Worldwide | May 30, 2012 |
Blu-ray Disc | UK | June 25, 2012 |
Blu-ray Disc | Japan | August 3, 2012 |
Blu-ray Disc | France | August 8, 2012 |
Blu-ray Disc | South Korea | August 8, 2012 |
Blu-ray Disc | Taiwan | August 10, 2012 |
Blu-ray Disc | Latin America | August 13, 2012 |
Blu-ray Disc | USA | August 21, 2012 |
Digital Download | USA | August 21, 2012 |
Blu-ray Disc | Chile | September 28, 2012 |
Blu-ray Disc | Australia | October 10, 2012 |
Digital HD | USA | November 20, 2012 |
Blu-Ray & Digital HD | USA | January 2, 2018 |
Production of a sequel, The Aristocats II, began in December 2005, but was canceled a few months later. In addition, the movie was originally set for release as a 2-Disc Special Edition on March 27, 2007, but was delayed so Disney could add new, never-before-seen bonus features.
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