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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1993 - 2.7 August

Sections & Films

THE ARISTOCATS

Category: Edition 1993

Synopsis
Retired madame 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.

Original Title The AristoCats
Italian Title Gli Aristogatti
Category Out of competition
Section Cartoons
Tipology Animation, Feature Film
Duration 78'
Production Year 1970
Nationality USA
Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman
Screenplay Larry Clemmons, Vance Gerry
Original Voices Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Scatman Crothers, Sterling Holloway

 regista Wolfgang ReithermanWOLFGANG REITHERMAN

Wolfgang Reitherman was a German-born American animator who was one of Disney's Nine Old Men.
He began working for Disney in 1933, along with future Disney legends Ward Kimball and Milt Kahl. The three worked together on a number of classic Disney shorts.
Reitherman directed several Disney animated feature films including: One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), The Sword in the Stone (1963), The Jungle Book (1967), The Aristocats (1970), Robin Hood (1973), The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh (1977), and The Rescuers (1977).
He died in a car accident in 1985 at the age of 75. In 1989 Reitherman was posthumously named a Disney Legend, a hall of fame program that recognizes individuals who have made an extraordinary and integral contribution to The Walt Disney Company.