101 Dalmatians (1996 film)

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101 Dalmatians

Theatrical poster
Directed by Stephen Herek
Produced by John Hughes
Written by John Hughes
Starring Glenn Close
Jeff Daniels
Joely Richardson
Joan Plowright
Hugh Laurie
Music by Michael Kamen
Cinematography Adrian Biddle
Editing by Larry Bock
Trudy Ship
Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures
Release date(s) November 18, 1996
Running time 103 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Gross revenue $320,689,294
Followed by 102 Dalmatians (2000)

101 Dalmatians is a 1996 live-action film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is a remake of the 1961 animated film of the same name (which was based on Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians). It stars Glenn Close as the villainous Cruella de Vil, and Jeff Daniels as Roger, the owner of the 101 dalmatians. Pongo, Perdita, and the 99 Puppies are all played by real-life dalmatian actors in this version, unlike in the 1961 animated version. 102 Dalmatians was released in 2000 as its theatrical sequel.

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Plot

Set in present-day London, Roger Dearly is an American designer of computer games who shares his home with his pet Dalmatian, Pongo. One day, Roger takes Pongo for a walk and the dog sets his eyes on a beautiful female Dalmatian named Perdy. After a frantic and hilarious chase through the streets of London, Roger and Pongo find that Perdy likes Pongo as much as he likes her, and thankfully Perdy's owner, fashion designer Anita Campbell-Green, is quite taken with Roger. Romance blossoms between the human and canine couples, and Roger and Anita tie the knot a little while later. Anita works for Cruella de Vil, a sexy fashion maven with a great love for fur.

Inspired by her dogs, Anita finds herself working up a design for a fur coat made with spotted fur, and Cruella leaps on the idea of making garments out of real Dalmatians. To obtain the fur, Cruella sends her two nasty but not especially intelligent henchmen, Jasper and Horace, on a mission to round up Dalmatians, and when they fall a bit short of their goal, it comes to Cruella's attention that Perdy has just given birth to a litter of fifteen Dalmatian puppies. She hastily offers the couple a decent price for the newborn puppies, but the couple refuses to take it. Flying into a maniacal rage, she fires Anita and vows to get even. She gets Jasper and Horace to steal the puppies, which are taken to Cruella's ancient estate, De Vil Manor, out in the country, where they should be waiting for a ruthless old man named Mister Skinner, who works in taxidermy.

With the help of the other dogs and animals scattered throughout London, the puppies manage to outwit Jasper and Horace and escape to a farm, where their parents have been called to wait. But shortly after, Cruella de Vil shows up, and tries to retrieve them; she ends up having a pig sit on her and fart in her face, after which she falls into a vat of molasses by raccoons and is kicked into a pig pen by a horse, The horse, some cows, and chickens now have the last laugh. All of the Dalmatians manage to get home by the Metropolitan Police Service, who then arrest the filthy Miss de Vil and her henchmen and send them to prison, and the bad guys get sprayed by a skunk who was with Cruella. The family adopts the 84 other Dalmatians Cruella had stolen, bringing the total to 101. Roger finally designs a successful video game (featuring dalmatian puppies as the protagonists and Cruella as the villain) and they move to the English countryside with their millions.

Cast

Release

101 Dalmatians was released on VHS on April 15, 1997 and on a bare-bones DVD on December 12, 2000. Due to the high sales of the 101 Dalmatians Platinum Edition DVD, Disney re-released the live action film on September 16, 2008 in the US.

Reception

The film performed well at the Box Office, earning $136,189,294 in the US and $184,500,000 overseas, bringing its worldwide total to $320,689,294.[1]

References

  1. ^ "101 Dalmatians (1996)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 2008-11-05.

External links

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101 Dalmatians franchise
Books
Movies
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) • 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003) • 101 Dalmatians (1996) • 102 Dalmatians (2000)
Television series
Video games
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Films directed by Stephen Herek

Critters (1986) · Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) · Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) · The Mighty Ducks (1992) · The Three Musketeers (1993) · Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) · 101 Dalmatians (1996) · Holy Man (1998) · Rock Star (2001) · Life or Something Like It (2002) · Man of the House (2005)
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John Hughes
As Director and Writer
Sixteen Candles (1984) • The Breakfast Club (1985) • Weird Science (1985) • Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) • Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) • She's Having a Baby (1988) • Uncle Buck (1989) • Curly Sue (1991)
As Writer Only
National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982) • Mr. Mom (1983) • National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) • Nate and Hayes (1983) • Pretty in Pink (1986) • Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) • The Great Outdoors (1988) • Christmas Vacation (1989) • Home Alone (1990) • Career Opportunities (1991) • Dutch (1991) • Beethoven (1992) • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) • Dennis the Menace (1993) • Baby's Day Out (1994) • Miracle on 34th Street (1994) • 101 Dalmatians (1996) • Flubber (1997) • Home Alone 3 (1997) • Reach the Rock (1998) • Just Visiting (2001) • Maid in Manhattan (2002) • Drillbit Taylor (2008)
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