Thursday, November 29, 2007

The Cat's Meow...


Although it is nowhere near my favorite...

The first Disney film I can remember going to a theater to see was "The Aristocats". My parents couldn't take me, but my cousin offered to take me. So I rode with her into town to see it at the only theater we had in town. It was wonderful for a kid to experience. Watching that film in that rickety old, darkened movie house was my first theatrical enjoyment with the Mouse and the beginning of a life-long love of all things Disney. Now, about the film...

Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman(The Jungle Book, Winnie The Pooh and The Blustery Day, Robin Hood), the story of Duchess and her three kids, errr kittens, Berlioz, Marie and Toulouse. Their Parisien Millionairess Owner bequeaths them her entire estate. The nasty butler has other plans and schemes to swindler her fortune for himself. He takes them away and tries to dispose of them. Out in the French countryside they come across Thomas O'Malley who helps them find their way back to Paris. it has a wonderful jazz score(by the great Sherman Brothers) and a hilarious chase scene that I could watch time and time again.

Walt Disney Home Video just announced that the film will get a DVD release on February 5, 2008.

As well as the classic movie, the disc will include several extras: A Never-Before-Seen Deleted song, Games and Activities: Disney Virtual Kitten ROM, English Read-Along, Disney Song Selection and a bonus short – “Bath Day”, a cartoon short from 1946 featuring Figaro. A Backstage Disney Scrapbook of The Aristocats will be on the disc as well.

More cash for the Mouse it appears, but at least it's a worthy reason to give Disney some green...

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