“ディズニーならではの楽しくユーモラスな名作ミュージカル”
古き良き時代のフランス、パリ。ダッチェスという名前の美しい雌ネコが、3匹の子ネコたちと暮らしていました。 飼い主の老婦人は猫たちをとてもかわいがり、莫大な遺産をネコに譲ろうとします。 ところが執事が遺産欲しさにネコたちを郊外に置き去りにしてしまいます。 途方に暮れるダッチェスたちの前に現れた野良ネコのオマリーに助けられ、みんなはパリを目指します。
製作費: $4,000,000 (6億円)
興行収入: $191,000,000 (287億円)
推定収支: $187,000,000 (281億円)
※製作費・興行収入はTMDBのデータを参照しています。収支は(興行収入 - 製作費)で算出したFindKey独自の推定値であり、広告宣伝費や諸経費は含まれません (1ドル=150円換算)。
監督: ウォルフガング・ライザーマン
脚本: ケン・アンダーソン / フランク・トーマス / Vance Gerry
音楽: George Bruns
制作: Winston Hibler / ウォルフガング・ライザーマン
撮影監督: ケン・アンダーソン
制作会社: Walt Disney Productions
When a wealthy Parisian lady summons her lawyer to amend her will, her faithful butler "Edgar" assumes it will all be his. Well, he discovers: maybe it will, but only after her cats have had their day first! Infuriated, he concocts a plan to be rid of the pesky felines once and for all. An overdose of a sleeping draught, a nice long drive and a nice big sack. A bridge over a fast moving river and the job ought to be done? That was the plan, but of course there'd be no film so something had to go wrong and soon "Duchess" is trying to get her youngsters back to their mansion. Luckily, along the way, they encounter the street-smart "Thomas O'Malley" who promises to help them get home. Some fun escapades ensue, the slightest hint of a love story develops and we meet some of the best scat cats this side of the Mississippi. The style of the animation used for this story reminded me a lot of "101 Dalmatians" (1961) with some similarly engaging characterisations. It's at it's best in ensemble mode - the "Ev'rybody Wants to be a Cat" number getting the toes tapping and the denouement with the cats, an horse, a large trunk and a trip to Timbuktu for the loser a fine finale for all (except, perhaps, their next door neighbours). It's good fun, moves along nicely and is perhaps the last of the original style of hand-animated Disney films that I can say I truly enjoyed.
