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[retrodisneydaily]

EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A CAT!!

THE ARISTOCATS (1970)

[caluanthes]

THE ARISTOCATS (1970), dir Wolfgang Reitherman

[moonlightsdream]

THE ARISTOCATS (1970) ⌊ dir. wolfgang reitherman ⌉  

[animations-daily]

THE ARISTOCATS (1970) dir. Wolfgang Reitherman

[joanna-lannister]

THE ARISTOCATS. (1970) dir. Wolfgang Reitherman

[jackietaylorsghost]

“Everybody wants to be a cat Because a cat's the only cat Who knows where it's at.” THE ARISTOCATS (1970)

[atesan]

THE ARISTOCATS (1970), dir Wolfgang Reitherman

[usercreate]

THE ARISTOCATS (1970)

↳ dir. Wolfgang Reitherman

[steroseazon]

[tybaltsjuliet]

fake disney remakes by year: the aristocats, 1970

madame la duchesse de bonfamille has it all: a penthouse in paris, a castle in luxembourg, a wardrobe more expensive than a developing nation’s GDP, and three adorable children who are mostly on their best behavior whenever vogue comes to photograph the world’s most glamorous single mother.

but the lifestyle to which they are accustomed is entirely dependent on the whims of the duchess’s grand-mère adelaide, and nothing reaches adelaide’s ears without first being filtered through her old retainer, edgar. edgar is no fan of the duchess’s joie de vivre, and thinks the family fortune could go to a much better cause, like himself.

the duchess is not an idiot, and therefore not oblivious to edgar’s dislike of her and her family, but it’s always been easy to laugh off the scandalous stories he keeps inventing to feed to adelaide. it’s less funny, though, once he levels up to trying things like actual murder.

(...but still a little funny. he is not very good at it, you see.)

after the attempt on their lives, the duchess and her children end up stranded in the french countryside, and find an unlikely deliverance in the form of the most defeated rock ’n roll tour bus the planet has ever seen. kitty crothers and the alley cats are having their own troubles: it would be a miracle if they could get to montmartre in a week, never mind in time for their show that night. but the band is a good-natured, helpful bunch, and hey, what’s three little kids on a bus that’s already packed?

of course, it also helps that the band’s manager, thomas o’malley, happens to be highly susceptible to the way the duchess’s eyes sparkle like sapphires.

so la famille bonfamille become the alley cats’ honorary roadies, and what ensues is a madcap adventure to make it to paris, get adelaide to see edgar’s true colors, and give the good people of the 18th arrondissement hearing damage for the rest of their lives.

feat. nicola coughlan as the duchess, rhys ifans as thomas o’malley, ralph fiennes as edgar, H.E.R. as kitty crothers, and joan collins as adelaide bonfamille.

[retrodisneydaily]

our followers’ top 10 classic disney films

9. the aristocats (1970) dir. wolfgang reitherman

[marciabrady]

EVA GABOR, the original voice for DUCHESS and MISS BIANCA

"I do a scene and the animators watch carefully. My voice is taped. Then the animators imitate my gestures. I play the character. When you see the character, you see me. The animators are absolute genius. It is incredible. I work with the writers to suit my way of performance...I gave up trying to lose my accent. It's been too lucrative to lose it. The trouble is I don't hear my accent. I hear everybody else's...I play tennis like mad, and then I go out in the evenings. I couldn't do it without wigs. I still believe everyone should look their best or shouldn't go out. It takes a lot of effort."

[moonlightsdream]

THE ARISTOCATS (1970) ⌊ dir. wolfgang reitherman ⌉  

[bladesrunner]

Wait for me! Wait for me! — Me first! Me first!

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐒 1970 | dir. Wolfgang Reitherman

[joanna-lannister]

Marie, Berlioz and Toulouse aka the cutest kittens ever.

[jackietaylorsghost]

“Well, she started it.” THE ARISTOCATS (1970)