The Aristocats (Disney Gold Classic Collection)

Yeah, it's the "Special Edition" but it's not an over priced, way too many "extras" laden copy of a classic of movie animation. I had forgotten that Scatman Cruthers was a voice co-star on it. Wonderful to hear his voice on it!!

I got sentimental and decided to buy this movie since my grandma took my younger sister and I to see it in the olden days when it first came out in theaters. I still loved it! Such a sweet story, and the characters are engaging and charming.However, the most important part of this movie is that there were so many animated animals in it that one of my dogs watched almost the entire movie with me, fully engrossed in it from the start to about 2/3 of the way through. But, alas, she got distracted by the real cats in the house and left me to finish it by myself.I'd buy it again for that experience alone.

Always have been a Family FavoriteA fun movie

The Aristocats is one hour and eight minutes and was release in theaters on December 11, 1970. This was Disney Studios 20th animated film and the last that was given approval by Walt Disney before his death in 1966. The film is set in 1910 Paris, France and centers on a mother cat named Duchess and her three kittens: Marie, Berlioz, and Toulouse. Their owner Madame Adelaide Bonfamille is making out her will and her butler (Edgar) overhears the will and realizes that he is second in line to Madame fortunes with the cat and kittens being first. Edgar kidnaps the feline family and fails in his attempt to kill them, but does manage to loose the family. The family is found by a cat named Abraham de Lacy Giuseppe Casey Thomas O'Malley the Alley Cat. Thomas O'Malley agrees to help find their way back home. On the way back home O'Malley meets up with Scat Cat and his musical cat gang. All the cats sing to Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat. O'Malley brings home the family safely, but Edgar there is waiting to kidnap the cat and kittens and send them to Timbuktu. Roquefort, a mouse, alerts O'Malley about what is going on and O'Malley rushes back to save Duchess and the kittens and Scat Cat and his gang also come to help save the day as well.This would be the last movie for two actors: Maurice Chevalier who was coax out of retirement to sing the opening theme song as well as poking fun at him at the end of the film. Look for the scene where Roquefort is chasing Scat Cat and his gang. The other actor final performance is Bill Thompson who played Uncle Waldo the English goose. Overall the Aristocats is a good movie to watch along with some funny scene to go with it. The Aristocats gets an AAAA++++.DVD FEATURESChapter SelectionSet UpBonus MaterialI. Theatrical TrailerII. The Aristocats Read AlongIII. The Aristocats Trivia GamePreview TrailersI. DinosaurII. The Fox and the HoundIII. The Little Mermaid II Return to the SeaIV. Toy Story 2PlayVHS PREVIEWSI. Hunchback of Notre DameII. Muppets Treasure IslandIII. Tom and HuckIV. Aladdin and the King of Thieves

This movie was a really cute one, and I feel like some of these reviews are a bit harsh. Yes, the story is pretty simple, but its still a very enjoyable movie, I was smiling along and just had a good time watching it. Young kids will enjoy the movie so very much, and while adults may not get into it as much as say The Lion King or Up, it definitely isn't as bad as having to watch a movie that is only targeted for children, like a Thomas the Tank Engine movie or Barney.But the reason I gave it only 4 stars was mainly because of the cringe inducing character that is the Chinese cat. I'm really surprised that it hasn't been mentioned in other reviews, but oh my goodness I was cringing every time that character was onscreen, and just hoping he wouldn't talk afterwords. The other alley cats seemed to be other ethnicities, but they didn't really have outlandish accents or were extremely stereotypical (besides the hippie cat, but that isn't an ethnicity). The Chinese cat pronounced L's like R's, had huge buck teeth that the cats in Lady and the Tramp didn't have and played instruments with chopsticks. I get that this was from a long time ago where I'm sure it wasn't seen as a problem, but that character just aged poorly some 40 years later. It may seem harsh to rate this movie one star lower just because of one minor character, but it left such a poor taste in my mouth after watching the movie, that it offset a lot of the sweet and cute feelings this movie had initially had me feeling.But I must admit I will probably watch this movie again, as it is overall very cute and the animation is great to look back at, but I wouldn't recommend letting children over 5 or 6 watch this, as I think the stereotype's will become more apparent, versus a small child who wouldn't really understand what is going on or understand stereotypes. Case in point I had watched this as a young kid, and re-watching it as an adult, I didn't remember any of the cats besides the main 5 very well.

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Bought for a friend. She loves it brings back memories of when she was younger. She said its great quality and well worth the money.

It was very hard to get any kind of sound out of this product the ones that did emerge was more of a plaintive squeak that bore no relation to a note at all not recommended at all

I was delighted with the condition of the dvd when it arrived. It arrived on time and as expected and is a wonderful family film. Could not be happier that I ordered it.

My son loves watching it over and over again

Not one of my fav disney films but it goes toward the collection.and this us version is a great package and worth getting and a better deal then the uk version,as usual america always gets the better end then us brits.