Cats Don't Dance [Blu-ray]

Overview

Paying lively tribute to Hollywood's golden era of musicals, Cat's Don't Dance tells the tuneful, animated tale of plucky Danny (Scott Bakula), a tom cat from Kokomo who heads to Tinseltown to fulfill his dream of becoming a big star. He has optimistically given himself seven days to accomplish his goal. Soon after finding himself an agent, Danny gets cast in Mammoth Picture's latest musical, Lil Ark Angel, starring the studio's most popular juvenile actress, the adorable Darla Dimple (Ashley Peldon for dialogue and Lindsay Rideway for singing). But while Darla is the apple of every camera's eye, she proves to be rotten to the core when shooting is finished. The monstrous little megalomaniac hates all animals and abuses them accordingly. She is especially cruel to Danny, who, not content to merely utter his only line, "Meow," launches into a song and dance number that steals the show. It is afterward that he learns that no matter how talented they are, animal actors get no respect. Still, Danny makes friends with his fellow furry thespians including the pretty kitty Sawyer (Jasmine Guy speaking and Natalie Cole singing), a piano-playing elephant who is tired of being the studio symbol, a soprano-singing hippo, and a good-natured penguin. Trouble comes when Darla sweetly offers to have Danny and friends audition before the studio mogul L.B. Mammoth. The film's dance numbers were lifted from the work of the late dancer/actor Gene Kelly who is credited with choreographing the dance numbers. Randy Newman penned the film's six songs.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/26/2023
UPC:	0810134943339
Original Release:	1997
Rating:	G
Language:	English
Time:	1:15:00
Sales rank:	400

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Scott Bakula	Danny the Cat
Jasmine Guy	Sawyer the Cat
Natalie Cole	Sawyer the Cat (singing)
George Kennedy	Mr. L.B Mammoth
John Rhys-Davies	Woolie the Elephant
Kathy Najimy	Tillie the Hippo
Ashley Peldon	Darla Dimple
Matthew Harried	Pudge the Penguin
Hal Holbrook	Cranston
Rene Auberjonois	Flanigan
Betty Lou Gerson	Francis
Don Knotts	T.W.
Lindsay Ridgeway	Darla Dimple--Singing
David Johansen	Bus Driver
Mark Dindal	Max
Lindsay Rideway	Voices
Mathew Herried	Pudge
Jim Cummings	Farley Wink
Steve Goldstein	Composer
Randy Newman	Composer

Technical Credits

Cliff Ruby

Theresa Pettengill

Elana Lesser

Robert Gannaway

Mark Dindal	Director
Sandy Russell Gartin	Executive Producer
Paul Gertz	Producer
Lynda Gordon	Casting
David Kirschner	Producer
Charles L. Richardson	Executive Producer
Judy Taylor	Casting
Cliff Ruby	Screenwriter
Theresa Pettengill	Screenwriter
David Steinberg	Executive Producer
Elana Lesser	Screenwriter
Robert Gannaway	Screenwriter