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{{Infobox_Film|

name=Cats Don't Dance |

image=Cats_dont_dance_poster.jpg |

director=[[Mark Dindal]] |

writer=[[Mark Dindal]] <br> Robert Lence <br> Brian McEntee <br> Rick Schneider <br> David Womersley <br> Kelvin Yasuda |

starring=[[Scott Bakula]] <br> [[Jasmine Guy]] <br> [[John Rhys-Davies]] <br> [[Ashley Peldon]] |

producer= Bill Bloom <br> Timothy Campbell <br> [[David Kirschner]] <br> Paul Gertz |

distributor=[[Warner Bros. Pictures]] |

released=[[March 28]], [[1997]] |

runtime=75 minutes |

language=[[English language|English]] |

budget=[[US$]]60,000,000 (estimated) |

imdb_id=0118829 |}}

'''''Cats Don't Dance''''' is a [[1997]] [[animated]] family feature film, notable as the only animated feature produced by the short-lived [[Turner Entertainment]] animation unit. It was distributed to theaters by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. The film is set in a world where human beings and [[anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] animals live side-by-side, and focuses on a cat named Danny Cat who wants to break into show business in Hollywood.

The film features the voices of [[Scott Bakula]] and [[Jasmine Guy]], and was the directorial debut of former [[Walt Disney Feature Animation|Disney animator]] [[Mark Dindal]]. It is also notable for songs written by [[Randy Newman]], and for [[Gene Kelly]]'s contributions as [[choreographer]]. ''Cat's Don't Dance'' was Kelly's final film project.

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==Plot==

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An ambitious young [[cat]] named [[Danny Cat|Danny]] travels from his small hometown of [[Kokomo, Indiana|Kokomo]] to [[Hollywood]] who dreams of making it big in the movies. Danny finds an animal talent agent, as well as his clients, and his receptionist, a sassy and rather cynical, but stunning lady cat named Sawyer, whom Danny falls in love with. When Danny lands a small role in Mammoth Pictures' ''Li'l Ark Angel'', the latest film of Darla Dimple, "America's Sweetheart, Lover of Children and Animals", he's thrilled until he realizes how small the part is. He knows his talent demands a more promising role, so he takes matters into his own paws, turning his one line of "meow" into an impressive bit of music, but in so doing upstages Darla Dimple, who's playing the Li'l Ark Angel. This is a big mistake, as Darla's true self is then revealed as a brash, obnoxious, horrible child star of the worst degree. The states that the animals (whom she actually does ''not'' like) and the people involved in the film have to respect her and not make any more interruptions. The director and crew have to agree, lest they face her further wrath, or (to put things on a scale much worse), the wrath of Max, her gigantic manservant.

Danny learns that all of the other animals came to Hollywood with big dreams like he did, only to realize that humans are always given the starring roles, and animals are resigned to the supporting cast. Realizing this Danny sets up an impromptu dance session in the alley, to remind the animals why they came to Hollywood in the first place. Here he also convinces Sawyer, with some difficulty, to dance again. Danny also figures out how to prove the animals' talents to the rest of Hollywood.

Darla Dimple invites Danny to her mansion and offers to call L.B. to set up a chance for Danny and his friends to perform for him. Danny accepts this offer openly and enlists the assistance of all the animals. Unfortunately, the truth is that Darla has no such intention to let the animals perform for L.B. (she believes that the animals would end her career, due to their anthropomorphism), and instead floods the sound stage, destroying a press release that is going on outside and blaming the animals for it. The animals are summarily kicked out of the studio and told that they'll never work in Hollywood again. Defeated, Danny prepares to go back to Kokomo, but he soon changes his mind and decides to work together with Pudge to come up with an idea for the animals to finally show their stuff.

Danny sneaks into the studio and invites all of the animals to the premiere of Darla's film. After the film rolls (and a fairly intense battle between Max and Danny atop [[Grauman's Chinese Theater]]), Danny addresses the audience, informing them that he and his friends are going to sing and dance for them, as requested, Danny says, by Miss Darla Dimple. What follows is a spectacular production number by the animals, while Darla's insane attempts to stop them only results in more flash and fireworks, and in the process electrocutes herself and is badly bruised in the end. Darla, trying to prove that ''she'' is the real star, inadvertently screams the truth about her sabotage of the sound stage flooding into a microphone for all to hear, and the production number is a resounding success. Everyone learns the truth about what actually happened and what Darla is really like. Pudge opens the trap door, and Darla falls through it. The animals are given starring roles from then on, creating a number of amusing parodies of classic films. Later, after the movie poster parodies, it is revealed that Darla has lost her fame and has wound up as a grumpy janitor.

==Cast==

* [[Scott Bakula]] as Danny Cat

* [[Jasmine Guy]] as Sawyer Cat (speaking)

* [[Natalie Cole]] as Sawyer Cat (singing)

* [[Ashley Peldon]] as Darla Dimple (speaking)

* [[Lindsay Ridgeway]] as Darla Dimple (singing)

* [[Kathy Najimy]] as Tillie Hippo

* [[John Rhys-Davies]] as Woolie Mammoth

* [[George Kennedy]] as L.B. Mammoth

* [[Rene Auberjonois]] as Flanigan

* [[Betty Lou Gerson]] as Frances Fish

* [[Hal Holbrook]] as Cranston Goat

* Matthew Herried as Peabo "Pudge" Pudgemyer

* [[Don Knotts]] as T.W. Turtle

* [[Frank Welker]] as Farley Wink

* David Johansen as Bus Driver

==Soundtrack album listing==

# "Our Time Has Come" - [[James Ingram]], [[Carnie Wilson]]

# "I Do Believe" - [[Will Downing]]

# "Danny's Arrival Song" - Scott Bakula

# "Little Boat on the Sea" - Lindsay Ridgeway, Scott Bakula

# "Animal Jam" - Scott Bakula

# "Big and Loud (Part 1)" - [[Lindsay Ridgeway]]

# "Big and Loud (Part 2)" - Lindsay Ridgeway

# "Tell Me Lies" - Natalie Cole

# "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" - Natalie Cole, Scott Bakula, Kathy Najimy

# "Darla's Premiere" - Steve Goldstein

# "Once Upon a Time..." - Steve Goldstein

# "Danny's Theme" - Steve Goldstein

# "Farley's Office" - Steve Goldstein

# "Reporting for Work" - Steve Goldstein

# "Max Enters" - Steve Goldstein

# "Tea Time for Danny" - Steve Goldstein

# "The Flood" - Steve Goldstein

# "Battle with Max" - Steve Goldstein

# "Triumph of the Animals" - Steve Goldstein

# "Our Time Has Come" [Movie Version] - James Ingram, Carnie Wilson

==Response==

Warner Bros. attached ''Pullet Surprise'', a newly produced ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short featuring [[Foghorn Leghorn]], to '"Cats Don't Dance'' for its original theatrical release.

Although ''Cats Don't Dance'' was critically acclaimed, it was a casualty of the Turner/[[Time Warner]] merger: it received a traditional theatrical release in [[1997 in film|1997]] but without fanfare and failed to draw an audience, due to minimal advertising, a lack of promotional merchandise (only two book adaptations and a set of toys from [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]]) and having only one theatrical trailer prepared. It was also overshadowed by the overlapping release of [[Disney]]'s ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]''. Its total domestic theatrical gross was $3,566,637<ref name="gross">Cats Don't Dance at boxofficemojo.com [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=catsdontdance.htm]</ref>. It did substantially better when made available for rediscovery on [[VHS]] and [[DVD]].

==Pop culture references==

The film takes place in 1939 to early 1940s setting, allowing it to parody the Golden Age of [[Hollywood]], and it features [[caricature]]s of [[Mae West]], [[Laurel & Hardy]], [[W.C. Fields]], [[Joan Crawford]], [[Clark Gable]], [[Cary Grant]], [[King Kong]], and [[Toto (dog)|Toto]] from ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''. The art and directing styles of the film reflect the influence of [[1930s]]/[[1940s]] cartoon makers such as [[Chuck Jones]], [[Tex Avery]], and the artists at the [[Fleischer Studio]].

==Reference==

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==External links==

*{{imdb title|id=0118829}}

*[http://www.cdd4ever.com/ The Unofficial CDD Fansite]

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[[Category:Films featuring anthropomorphic characters]]

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[[Category:Warner Bros. Animation films]]

[[Category:Annie Award winners]]

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