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The Aristocats is a 1970 animated feature from the Walt Disney studio. The story revolves around a family of aristocratic cats, and how an alley cat acquaintence helps prevent a greedy butler from murdering them. This film is noted for being the last film to be approved by Walt Disney himself; he died in 1966, while the film was still in early production. It was originally released to theaters by Buena Vista Distribution on December 11, 1970.
The film's basic idea - an animated romantic musical comedy about talking cats in France - had previously been used in the UPA animated feature Gay Purr-ee.
In this movie Duchess and her three kittens Marie, Berlioz, and Toulose, get kidnapped by their mistress Madame Bonfamille's butler Edgar after he hears that the cats are going to inherit her fortune when she dies. With the help of Thomas O'Malley Duchess and her kittens find their way back to Paris.
Characters
- Duchess- an aristo-cat that lives with Madame Bonfamille.
- Marie- Duchess's daughter.
- Berlioz- One of Duchess's two sons.
- Toulose- One of Duchess's two sons.
- Madame Bonfamille - the owner of Duchess and her kittens.
- Edgar - Madame Bonfamille's evil butler.
- Roquefort - a mouse who lives with Duchess and her kittens.
- Frou Frou - Madame Bonfamille's horse.
- Napoleon and Lafayette - Two dogs who attack Edgar.
- Thomas O'Malley - an alley cat who befriends Duchess and the kittens and becomes Duchess's mate.
- Amelia and Abigail Gabble - Two geese (twin sisters) who save O'Malley from drowning.
- Waldo - Amelia and Abigail's Uncle.
- Scat Cat - a leader of an alley cat band and a friend of O'Malley's.
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