When a litter of Dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the owners must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.When a litter of Dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the owners must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.When a litter of Dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the owners must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total
- Pongo
- (voice)
- Cruella De Vil
- (voice)
- …
- Colonel
- (voice)
- …
- Nanny
- (voice)
- …
- Roger Radcliffe
- (voice)
- …
- Perdita
- (voice)
- Sgt. Tibbs
- (voice)
- (as Dave Frankham)
- Horace
- (voice)
- (as Fred Worlock)
- …
- Anita Dearly
- (voice)
- Quizmaster
- (voice)
- …
- Towser
- (voice)
- …
- Danny
- (voice)
- Television Announcer
- (voice)
- …
- Countess
- (voice)
- Princess
- (voice)
- Duchess
- (voice)
- Patch
- (voice)
- (as Micky Maga)
- Rolly
- (voice)
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- TriviaThe birth of the puppies actually happened to the author Dodie Smith. Her dalmatians had 15 puppies, one was born lifeless and her husband revived it. However, they sold most of them, and kept only a small number.
- Goofs(at around 9 mins) When Anita is pulled from the pond, the book she was carrying has become a handbag.
- Quotes
Roger: Look, Anita! Puppies everywhere!
Anita: There must be a hundred of them!
Nanny: One, two, three and four. Seven, eight, nine.
Roger: Two more. Nine plus two is eleven.
Nanny: Thirty Six over here!
Roger: Thirty Six and eleven? That's forty seven.
Anita: Fourteen. Eighteen, Rog.
Roger: Uh, eh sixty five!
Nanny: Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen!
Anita: Wait a minute, wait a minute. Six more.
Roger: Well, let's see, now. That's eighty four and fifteen plus two. A hundred and one!
Anita: A hundred and one? My, where did they all come from?
Roger: Oh ho, Pongo, you old rascal!
- Alternate versionsIn the original 1992 VHS release, the movie opens with the 1990 Walt Disney Pictures logo and it takes the place of the original Buena Vista logo, so, it is placed after the film's ending instead. It fades to these 2 bumpers, "Coming to Home Video" and "Coming on Videocassette This Summer" which these 2 bumpers have the text "Walt Disney" from the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo. In the 1999 home video release, the original Buena Vista logo was placed back at the beginning of the film and its fanfare was restored after it opens with the 1990 Walt Disney Pictures logo and it ends with the 1990 Walt Disney Pictures logo. In the 2008 Platinum Edition release, the film opens with the current 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo and the original Buena Vista logo. In the 2015 Diamond Edition and 2019 Walt Disney Signature Collection releases, the current Disney opening logo isn't used at all, and the movie just opens with the original Buena Vista logo and the 2011 variant of the current 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo only appears at the end of the film.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Jungle Book (1967)
The story sees Dalmatian Pongo and his 'pet' Roger find love with two of their kind in Perdita and Anita. When Perdita gives birth to 15 puppies the cruel Cruella De Vil wishes to buy them but is turned away. With the help of her bumbling henchmen she kidnaps the puppies in order to make fur coats of them. Its then up to Pongo and Perdita, with the help of a collection of animals, to find the puppies and return to London. The story is simplistic but wonderfully executed. It has so many great elements that make it such an engaging movie, from the way dogs view their owners to the many escape attempts.
The characters are superb. Rod Taylor is perfect as the very likable Pongo who we see as brave and caring as the film goes on. The relationship between him and Perdita is better than most as they do care for each other. Cruella is one of Disney's stronger villains, it's the way she is so crazed and manic but always trying to be stylish that makes her so entertaining. Jasper and Horace are brilliant henchmen, supplying lots of fun comic relief. Their so inept and clumsy that there's never a dull moment with them. The team of the Colonel, Tibbs and the Captain are brilliant. The Colonel is lovingly silly and Tibbs is so likable due to his never say die attitude. Roger and Anita are good as they are presented as a normal pleasant couple. The other dogs that help out like Danny the Great Dane and Towser are nice, solid supporting characters.
Though the rougher animation isn't to everyone's taste it does fit in really well here. The way it looks fits in with the gritty darkness of London and the wilds of the countryside, it's a nice change from the angular style of the films preceding it. When you consider the amount of puppies they had to animate it's an impressive feat. It is certainly one of the Disney's most suspense filled and exciting films. It's not very often that a Disney climax has a car chase and it's an outstanding sequence. The whole search for the puppies has a brilliantly tense feel and watching Cruella search for them has some really well made strong moments. This leads on to another highlight which is the atmosphere the film has. The whole 'twilight bark' is a great piece and the scenes where Tibbs and the Colonel investigate the matter have a really effective dark feel. These are underlined by the superb visuals of a gloomy London and the demonic looking 'hell hall'. The music is also very memorable as it contains the usual solid score Disney does, as well as the fantastic songs ''Cruella De Vil'' and ''Dalmatian Plantation''. The other effective scenes include a humorous look at how dog owners are similar to their pets and the what's my crime TV show that's funny.
This is one of Disney's most entertaining movies filled with many great elements.
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- 101 Dalmatians
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- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $144,880,014
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,389,226
- Dec 22, 1985
- Gross worldwide
- $215,880,014
- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
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