The Aristocats

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
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
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
Original theatrical	USA	December 24, 1970
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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The Aristocats

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