I truly believed that this film was a clear example that without Walt doing his famous story editing, future films would lack the richness of the earlier Disney animated features. Even the weakest of those earlier Disney films remain entertaining today and have several set pieces that are memorable—thanks to his eye for story.
How often do you see a clip from The Aristocats used in compilations of outstanding Disney animation? Well, I have been wrong before and apparently I am wrong again, at least when it comes to how much input Walt had in The Aristocats.
Originally, it was to be a two-part live-action story for Wonderful World of Color and Walt was deeply involved and was also the one who decided the story would be better in animation.
For Tracy Barnes, wherever she is today, and all those readers who feel kindly toward The Aristocats, here is my Christmas gift to you: The story of how The Aristocats, came to be. It all begins with a gentleman named Harry Tytle. Tytle spent 40 years at the Disney Studio, eventually becoming a producer on live-action films. He was well-liked and was close to Walt. Walt Disney was also in London at the time and suggested that Tytle make a deal with McGowan to find some animal stories for the Disney Studio.
McGowan was the original director on that film, but left before the film was completed. By the New Year, McGowan had found several stories. McGowan and Tytle worked out a rough storyline, assuming it would be done in live-action and run as a two-part television show that could later be combined into a theatrical release just as previous two part episodes had been done.
Originally, the story revolved around two servants a butler and a maid who were in line to inherit a fortune of an eccentric mistress after the pet cats died and focused on their feeble and foolish attempts to eliminate the felines.
Then there was an extended section of the mother cat hiding the kittens to keep them out of danger in a variety of different homes and locales around Paris, France. The concept was that the live-action cats talked to each other, much like the popular Mr. Ed television program. Walt was all in favor of the animals talking as long as it was not in the presence of humans. About two months later, when Tytle was in Rome supervising the shooting of Escapade in Florence starring Annette , McGowan brought him the story that had been written by Tom Rowe, an American writer then living in Paris.
He was also a painter with several exhibitions in Paris. When Armstrong was too sick to play the part, Scatman Crothers was offered the role. There were supposed to be four kittens. The original script featured a fourth kitten named Waterloo, but he was removed because the writers thought four kittens was too many.
The film was intended to be live action. It was Walt himself who decided the story was better suited for animation. A couple of the barks heard in the film were actually recycled from the Twilight Bark scene in Dalmatians. It was the first one produced after his death.
The movie took four years to produce. Its budget was 4,, Five of Disney's legendary "Nine Old Men" worked on it, including the Disney crew that had been working 25 years on average. The Aristocats was re-released to theaters on December 19, and April 10, The Aristocats Gold Collection disc was discontinued in The movie was also released on Blu-ray on August 21, The Aristocats facts for kids Kids Encyclopedia Facts. Quick facts for kids.
Liz English Marie as Marie voice. Gary Dubin Toulouse as Toulouse voice. Pat Buttram Napoleon as Napoleon voice. George Lindsey Lafayette as Lafayette voice. Monica Evans Abigail as Abigail voice. Carole Shelley Amelia as Amelia voice.
Charles Lane Lawyer as Lawyer voice. Hermione Baddeley Madame as Madame voice. Wolfgang Reitherman. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Retired opera star Adelaide Bonfamille enjoys the good life in her Paris villa with even classier cat Duchess and three kittens: pianist Berlioz, painter Toulouse and sanctimonious Marie.
When loyal butler Edgar overhears her will leaves everything to the cats until their death, he drugs and kidnaps them.
However retired army dogs make his sidecar capsize on the country. Crafty stray cat Thomas O'Malley takes them under his wing back to Paris. Edgar tries to cover his tracks and catch them at return, but more animals turn on him, from the cart horse Frou-Frou to the tame mouse Roquefort and O'Malley's jazz friends.
A purr-fectly wonderful new cartoon feature. Animation Adventure Comedy Family Musical. Did you know Edit. Trivia The Aristocats was inspired by the true story of a Parisian family of cats, circa , that inherited a fabulous fortune.
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