Cats Don't Dance
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Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
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| Directed by | Mark Dindal |
| Produced by | Bill Bloom Timothy Campbell Paul Gertz David Kirschner |
| Screenplay by | Roberts Gannaway Cliff Ruby Elana Lesser Theresa Cullen |
| Story by | Mark Dindal Robert Lence Brian McEntee Rick Schneider-Calabash David Womersley Kelvin Yasuda |
| Based on | an inspired story by Sandy Russell Gartin |
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| Music by | Steve Goldstein (score) Randy Newman (songs) |
| Edited by | Dan Molina |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $32 million |
| Box office | $3.6 million |
Cats Don't Dance is a 1997 American animated musical comedy film distributed by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment and notable as the only fully animated feature produced by Turner Feature Animation. This studio was merged during the post-production of Cats Don't Dance into Warner Bros. Animation after the merger of Time Warner with Turner Broadcasting System in 1996. Turner Feature Animation had also produced the animated portions of Turner's The Pagemaster (1994).
The film was the directorial debut of former Disney animator Mark Dindal, and stars the voices of Scott Bakula, Jasmine Guy, Matthew Herried, Ashley Peldon, John Rhys-Davies, Kathy Najimy, Don Knotts, Hal Holbrook, Betty Lou Gerson (in her final film role), René Auberjonois, George Kennedy, and Dindal. Its musical numbers were written by Randy Newman and includes Gene Kelly's contributions as choreographer, before his death in 1996. The film was Kelly's final film project which is dedicated to him.
In 1939, Danny, an optimistic cat, dreams of Hollywood stardom, so he travels from Kokomo, Indiana to Hollywood in hopes of starting a career there. After meeting a new friend Pudge, Danny is selected by agent Farley Wink to feature in a film called the Li'l Ark Angel that is in production alongside a white cat named Sawyer at Mammoth Studios. Upon joining fellow animals; Tillie, Cranston, Frances, and T.W., Danny is dismayed on learning how minor his role is and tries to weasel his way into more time in the spotlight. Danny winds up angering Darla Dimple, a popular, extremely spoiled child actress and star of the film, so she assigns her Valet Max to intimidate Danny into no longer trying to enlarge his part.
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