| The Aristocats (A Walt Disney Masterpiece) [VHS] | ![The Aristocats (A Walt Disney Masterpiece) [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MFHTXXHTL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Actors: Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers, Dean Clark
Studio: Walt Disney Home Video
Category: Video
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Rating:  156 reviews
Sales Rank: 2,324
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: VHS Tape
Discs: 1
Running Time: 78 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6303983812
UPC: 765362529032
EAN: 9786303983813
ASIN: 6303983812
Theatrical Release Date: December 24, 1970
Release Date: April 24, 1996
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Duchess and her three kittens are enjoying the high life with their devoted human mistress until the wicked butler Edgar, with his eyes on a big inheritance, decides to dope them and get them out of the picture. How can these fragile creatures cope in the unfamiliar countryside and the meaner streets of Paris? Only by meeting the irrepressible alley cat O'Malley, a rough diamond with romance in his heart. After they get a taste of the wide dangerous world, he guides them home, and Edgar gets his just desserts at the wrong end of a horse. As always, it's really the voices rather than the animation that are the heart of the Disney magic: Phil Harris is brilliant as O'Malley, Eva Gabor as Duchess is... well... Eva Gabor; but perhaps the most memorable turns are by Pat Buttram and George Lindsay, who turn the old hounds Napoleon and Lafayette into a couple of bumbling Southern-fried rednecks. Their scenes with Edgar, and the musical numbers with Scat Cat and his cool-dude band, are classic. Most striking about seeing The Aristocats now is how deeply Disney's style of animation has changed since this was at the cutting edge in 1970. Perhaps the nostalgic, dated feel are just a result of being plonked down in Belle Epoque Paris, but the illustrations are fussier (a pity) and the animation and overall pace much less frenetic (sometimes a relief) than in more recent efforts such as Aladdin. --Richard Farr
Product Description
A Walt Disney Masterpiece Movie. The Aristocats is a movie enjoyed both by the young and old. In plastic protective case.
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 Wonderful film! April 24, 2000
30 out of 30 found this review helpful
I'm so glad that Disney made this film. I much prefer the more innocent Disney movies of the past. Movies like Lady and the Tramp and The Aristocats are truly fun, wholesome entertainment. Don't get me started on the new Disney films which are way too interested in pushing hit pop songs and attracting adults with more action, violence, and suggestive dialogue. I know things can't stay the same so I'm glad we have this film from a more innocent era. I particularly like the fact that the pacing is relaxed and the villain is not very scary. I'm always looking for what I call "calm" movies and videos for my 2 and a half year old. I don't want him seeing frightening or fast-paced images. Lady and the Tramp and Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas are other great shows for young viewers. Unlike the sterile environment of the Teletubbies, these movies are full of wonderful images and interesting music. I find the backdrop drawings extremely interesting and stylized. I also like the setting of the film (France) as opposed to the mainly exotic locations lately of Disney films.
Perfect! A non-violent, charming movie for little ones January 20, 2001
Justine Uther (Canoga Park, CA USA)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
With all of the violent cartoons out today, we looked long and hard for something like Aristocats to share with our daughter. She is sensitive to angry voices and loud noises so it was difficult to find a movie or cartoon that she could enjoy without having to skip the violent or noisy scenes.Aristocats is such a perfect little show for her to watch over and over, she now knows all of the songs, imitates the kittens and runs through the house calling "Duchess, kittens, where are you??" If you want your child to enjoy Disney classics without the witches and mean-spirited people, or worse, the later movies with violence and loud, angry voices throughout, this is the best chance you have to show your child the lighter, gentler side of Disney.
FOR ALL CHILDREN January 27, 2000
J. E. Bayne
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I REMEMBER SEEING THIS CLASSIC LONG AGO... NOW I'M A GRANDMOTHER AND AM CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR QUALITY PROGRAMS FOR THE CHILDREN... THERE ARE SO FEW THINGS THE VERY YOUNG CAN WATCH... DISNEY NEEDS TO RELEASE THIS ONE AGAIN SO ALL CHILDREN CAN ENJOY IT, SO FAR IT IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN SPANISH, WHAT IS WITH THAT? EITHER MY SPANISH FRIENDS ARE NOT BUYING AND THERE IS A SURPLUS OR THERE IS A SERIOUS PREJUDICE GOING ON HERE... COME ON DISNEY GET WITH IT! I WILL GET IT IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH AS SOON AS IT IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH. MEANWHILE WE CONTINUE TO WATCH ALL DISNEY DAILY. LOVE, GRANDMOMMY JUDY
This is a widescreen release February 7, 2008
Konrad Haskins (USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Shame on Amazon for recycling reviews without adding a disclaimer. The reviews complaining about full screen do not apply to the 2008 release. This release is "enhanced" for 16x9. It is widescreen but not a true Theatrical Ratio.
I enjoyed it when I first saw it in theater and feel it's one of the underated Disney classics.
Good for the whole family February 27, 2000
eliyahus@netvision.net.il (Tel Aviv, Israel)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Don't get me wrong--the Aristocats is not Disney's best animated movie. It's not the worst, either, but it is a classic. I have one general rule for Disney: BUY-IT. If you wait, you may miss it and you'll be sorry you did. Perhaps not this year, but since Disney waits such a long time between releasing its classics, you can't afford to miss one.The Aristocats are loveable, the villian is perhaps a bit weak (I don't have the desire to annihilate him), but the friends that the cats make during their trip make the movie fun and more than entertaining.
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