101 Dalmatians
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- See One Hundred and One Dalmatians for the animated film. See The Hundred and One Dalmatians for the original novel.
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 101 Dalmatians DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Stephen Herek |
| Produced by | Glenn Close 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 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | N/A |
| Followed by | 102 Dalmatians |
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101 Dalmatians is a live-action film produced by Walt Disney Pictures in 1996. It is a remake of the 1961 animated film One Hundred and One Dalmatians (which in turn 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. Unlike the novel and earlier adaptations, none of the animal characters talk. A sequel, 102 Dalmatians, was released in 2000.
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[edit] Plot summary
Set in London, Roger 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. Perdy likes Pongo as much as he likes her, and thankfully Perdy's mistress, a fashion designer named Anita, is quite taken with Roger. Romance blossoms between the human and canine couples, and Roger and Anita tie the knot (Pongo and Perdy are apparently still living out of wedlock). Anita works for Cruella de Vil, an intense fashion maven with a lust 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. But where to get the animals? Cruella has two nasty but not especially intelligent henchmen Jasper and Horace, who have been known to kill the odd endangered species at madame's request. Now they are sent 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 15 puppies. Hastily offering the couple a decent price for the newborn puppies, the couple refuses to take it. She gets Jasper and Horace to steal the puppies, who are taken to a dark old place in the country.
The puppies manage to escape and hide in a farm, where their parents have been called to wait. But shortly after, Cruella De'Vil shoes up, and tries to get them, put she ends up getting her coat covered in molasses.
[edit] Main cast
- Glenn Close as Cruella de Vil
- Jeff Daniels as Roger
- Joely Richardson as Anita
- Joan Plowright as Nanny
- Hugh Laurie as Jasper
- Mark Williams as Horace
- John Shrapnel as Skinner
[edit] Trivia
The following info was taken from the Internet Movie Database's Trivia for 101 Dalmatians (1996):
- To get the dogs to lick the humans, they had steak juice daubed on their skin.
- The car that Cruella de Vil drives is a Panther DeVille.
[edit] Goofs
- Both raccoons and skunks are shown in this film. However, neither creature lives naturally in the UK.
