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Cats Don't Dance
Sign in to save1997 film by Mark Dindal
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7.2An ambitious singing and dancing cat in 1939 Hollywood overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dream of becoming a movie star.
Cast
- Scott Bakula as Danny (voice)
- Jasmine Guy as Sawyer (voice)
- Natalie Cole as Sawyer (singing voice)
- Ashley Peldon as Darla Dimple (voice)
- Lindsay Ridgeway as Darla Dimple (singing voice)
- Frank Welker as Farley Wink (voice)
Themes
- dance
- villain
- musical
- anthropomorphism
- hollywood
- singing
- child star
- evil child
- acting
- interspecies romance
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Mark Dindal
- Screenplay by
- Bobs Gannaway Cliff Ruby Elana Lesser Theresa Pettengill
- Story by
- Rick Schneider Robert Lence Mark Dindal Kelvin Yasuda Brian McEntee David Womersley
- Produced by
- David Kirschner Paul Gertz
- Starring
- Scott Bakula Jasmine Guy
- Edited by
- Dan Molina
- Music by
- Steve Goldstein, Randy Newman (songs)
- Production companies
- Turner Feature Animation David Kirschner Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- March 26, 1997 ( 1997-03-26 )
- Running time
- 74 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $32 million
- Box office
- $3.5 million (domestic)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- animated film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Cat
- Director
- Mark Dindal
- Voice actor
- Tony Pope
- Composer
- Randy Newman
- Producer
- David Kirschner
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Narrative location
- California
- Duration
- 78
- FilmAffinity ID
- 278361
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- web.archive.org/web/20000301114344/http://www.catsdontdance.com
Show 9 more facts
- publication date
- 1997-03-26
- title
- Cats Don't Dance
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 71%
- narrator
- Peter Renaday
- capital cost
- 32000000
- box office
- 3500000
- form of creative work
- feature film
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Encyclopedic overview
Cats Don't Dance is a 1997 American animated musical comedy film directed by Mark Dindal, and featuring the voices of Scott Bakula and Jasmine Guy.
The film originated in 1993 as a proposed film collaboration between Michael Jackson and David Kirschner. It was announced as a film combining live action and animation, with Jackson attached to star and consult on the music and choreography. By late 1994, Jackson had dropped out of the project. It was reverted to Turner Feature Animation. The film's musical numbers were written by Randy Newman, while the score was composed by Steve Goldstein. It was the only fully animated feature film produced by Turner Feature Animation, which was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation when Turner Broadcasting System merged with Time Warner during the post-production of Cats Don't Dance in 1996. The film's production took four-and-a-half years to be completed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cats Don't Dance” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.