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Often forgotten about in the Disney back catalogue, The Aristocats is actually a fun, lively feline adventure, with plenty of zest and some terrific tunes too. Arriving in the wake of The Jungle Book, it’s not vintage Disney, but it still sets itself a high standard.
The Aristocats is set in France in 1910, and tells the tale of a high society cat and her trio of kittens who are dumped into the backstreets of Paris by an angry Butler when they inherit a fortune from their owner. Here, they’re soon befriended by Thomas O’Malley (voiced by the unforgettable Phil Harris, who also lent his tones to Baloo in The Jungle Book) and a wild cast of characters, and it’s as much a cue as is needed for some jazzy tunes, fast-paced animation and a fun family adventure.
As the last film to have been supervised by Walt Disney before his death, The Aristocats inevitably has a significant place in the back catalogue at Disney HQ. Yet many still overlook it, and that’s a real shame. There are well-realised Parisian locations, a good few chuckles, and a genuinely strong soundtrack that’ll stick in your head long after the credits have rolled. It’s good, too, to see Disney finally give the film the special edition it richly deserves. --Simon Brew
Special Features
English
Region 2
Making Of The Aristocats
The Aristocats
Everybody Wants To Be A Cat Sing A Long Country Cousin
O Malleys Singing And Painting Game
Region 2
Making Of The Aristocats
The Aristocats
Everybody Wants To Be A Cat Sing A Long Country Cousin
O Malleys Singing And Painting Game
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
It's a con,
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This review is from: The Aristocats Special Edition [DVD] (DVD)
I'm so disappointed with this item it's going straight to the charity shop. It's basically a con. All Disney has done, in an attempt to take more money, is to crop and stretch the 4:3 version into 16:9. It gives the entire file the wrong feeling. All through you just know the original animators just wouldn't have allowed it to be released like that. The most irksome thing is people's hats and heads being cut off; in one scene one of the cats is not even on the screen having been cropped out from the top of the display! Surely there must be a Cinema Scope release they could have used to give a genuine wide screen release and not a faux widescreen release torn from the original DVD release, cheap skates. It should be made clear on the box when films have simple been cropped to give them the appearance of widescreen.
54 of 60 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
The Aristocats Special Edition (Upgrading?),
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This review is from: The Aristocats Special Edition [DVD] (DVD)
I purchased this copy to replace my current copy of the original dvd release.
Please be aware that this version has not been "Digitaly restored". They claim "Digital Transfer", but I could still see film spots etc, which are removed in a "restoration" i.e. the quality was not as good as it is when they restore. They have also converted the movie into Widescreen format using Pan and Scan. If you are interested in the animation side of the movie, then you will find lots of original detail missing as the top and bottom are chopped off. If you just want the movie to fill the whole screen, then this is the dvd version for you.
18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Jazzy Classic!,
By David Rush "I've killed a Hell of a lot of pe... (Glasgow, Scotland) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)
This review is from: The Aristocats Special Edition [DVD] (DVD)
This is one of my favourite Disney films. It has everything you could hope for in a Disney animation: cute animals, great songs, a nasty villain and lots of adventure. The story begins in Paris, where aristocat Duchess and her three kittens live with their Mistress in a mansion. Life is perfect for them until the Mistress' fiendish butler Edgar discovers that she plans to leave her entire fortune to the cats. He realises that if he even stands a chance of claiming the fortune, the cats will be out of the way. An excellent, often forgotten masterpiece from the 1970's - a time when the Disney studio made few animations - which features songs such as the title number "The Aristocats" as well as "Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat", this will enchant viewers young and old with its enduring jazziness.
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