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Summary
An ambitious singing and dancing cat in 1939 Hollywood overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dream of becoming a movie star.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Kids
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+6)
Critics 68Audiences 74GoodWatch 71
Box office
11%of its budget back
- Budget
- $32 M
- Worldwide
- $4 M
Worldwide it made back $4 M of the $32 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 15 min
Shorter than most animated movies, −14 min on the typical 89
typical 8975Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 55 more
Released
1997
March 26, 1997
29 years ago
Genres
AnimationComedyFamilyMusicLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- GUnited States
Yes: it's rated G in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchPure Escapism24 people
Scott BakulaDanny (voice)
Jasmine GuySawyer (voice)
Natalie ColeSawyer (singing voice)
Ashley PeldonDarla Dimple (voice)
Lindsay RidgewayDarla Dimple (singing voice)
Frank WelkerFarley Wink (voice)
Don KnottsT.W. Turtle (voice)
George KennedyL.B. Mammoth (voice)
John Rhys-DaviesWoolie Mammoth (voice)
Kathy NajimyTillie Hippo (voice)
René AuberjonoisFlanigan (voice)
Hal HolbrookCranston (voice)
Betty Lou GersonFrances (voice)
Dee Bradley BakerKong / Additional Voices (voice)
David JohansenBus Driver (voice)
Mark DindalMax (voice)
Bob BergenAdditional Voices (voice)
Debi DerryberryAdditional Voices (voice)
Bill FarmerAdditional Voices (voice)
Barbara GoodsonAdditional Voices (voice)- CBCatherine BattistoneAdditional Voices (voice)
- VTVanessa Theme AmentAdditional Voices (voice)
- RLRick LoganT.W. Turtle (singing voice)
- MHMatthew HerriedPeabo 'Pudge' Pudgemyer (voice)
Directing · 5
- Mark Dindal Director, Story, Storyboard Artist
- Peter J. Deluca Layout
- Michael Serrian Assistant Director
- Marco Cinello Layout
- Karen Hamrock Layout
Writing · 10
- Bobs Gannaway Screenplay
- Elana Lesser Screenplay
- Cliff Ruby Screenplay
- Theresa Cullen Screenplay, Storyboard Artist
- Robert Lence Story, Storyboard Artist
- Kelvin Yasuda Story, Storyboard Artist, Visual Development
Production · 8
- David Steinberg Executive Producer
- Charles Leland Richardson Executive Producer
- David Kirschner Producer
- Paul Gertz Producer
- Judy Taylor Casting
- Lynda Gordon Casting
Editing · 1
- Dan Molina Editor
Sound · 5
- Steve Goldstein Original Music Composer
- Randy Newman Songs
- Richard Partlow Foley Artist
- Karin Roulo Foley Mixer
- Rick Sanchez Foley Artist
Art · 13
- Jason Katz Storyboard Artist
- Bradley Raymond Storyboard Artist
- Matthew O'Callaghan Storyboard Artist
- Kevin Johnson Storyboard Artist, Supervising Animator
- Darrell Rooney Storyboard Artist
- Larry Scholl Storyboard Artist
Visual Effects · 34
- Lauren Faust Animation
- Ennio Torresan Jr. Visual Development
- Yarrow Cheney Animation
- John Allan Armstrong Animation
- Ernest Keen Animation
- Randy Myers Animation
Other crew · 7
- Gene Kelly Thanks
- Cinco Paul Additional Writing
- Joel Paley Additional Writing
- Jay Jackson Supervising Animator
- Bob Scott Supervising Animator
- Stevan Wahl Supervising Animator
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