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101 Dalmations

The movie 101 Dalmations was based on the book The One Hundred and One Dalmations.

Which one did you like better, the movie or the book?  There are 6 votes for the book, and 6 votes for the movie.

Movie details for 101 Dalmations

The movie was released in 1996 and directed by Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman and Clyde Geronimi, who also directed Wind in the Willows (1996). 101 Dalmations was produced by Walt Disney Video. More information on the movie is available on Amazon.com.

Actors on this movie include Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, Cate Bauer, Lisa Daniels, Ben Wright, Frederick Worlock, Lisa Davis, Martha Wentworth, J. Pat O'Malley, Tudor Owen, Tom Conway, George Pelling, Thurl Ravenscroft, David Frankham, Ramsay Hill, Queenie Leonard, Marjorie Bennett, Barbara Beaird, Mickey Maga and Sandra Abbott.

 

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Back in 1961, Walt Disney got a little hip with 101 Dalmatians, making use of that flat Saturday morning cartoon style that had become so popular. The result is a kitschy change in animation and story. Pongo and Perdita are two lonely dalmatians who meet ... Read More
Back in 1961, Walt Disney got a little hip with 101 Dalmatians, making use of that flat Saturday morning cartoon style that had become so popular. The result is a kitschy change in animation and story. Pongo and Perdita are two lonely dalmatians who meet cute in a London park and arrange for their pet humans to marry so they can live together and raise a family. They become proud parents of 15 pups, who are stolen by the dastardly Cruella De Vil, who wants to make a fur coat out of them. Cruella has become the most popular villain in all of Disney; she's flamboyantly nasty and lots of fun. But it's the dalmatians who shine in this endearing classic, particularly those precocious pups. Telling the story from the dogs' point of view is a clever conceit, a fundamental flaw of the live-action remake. --Bill Desowitz

Book details for The One Hundred and One Dalmations

The One Hundred and One Dalmations was written by Dodie Smith. The book was published in 1956 by Avon Books. More information on the book is available on Amazon.com.

Dodie Smith also wrote I Capture the Castle (1948).

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A dog-napping! All over the country Dalmatian puppies disappeared in the clutches of the unbelievably vicious Cruella deVil. It was up to Pogo and Missis, "a young married couple of Dalmatians," to save their fifteen puppies. Fortunately, they have Mr. an... Read More
A dog-napping! All over the country Dalmatian puppies disappeared in the clutches of the unbelievably vicious Cruella deVil. It was up to Pogo and Missis, "a young married couple of Dalmatians," to save their fifteen puppies. Fortunately, they have Mr. and Mrs. Dearly and all the country's dogs to aid their search.