Friday, October 27, 2017

One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)


Buena Vista Pictures
Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske and Clyde Geronimi
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Walt Disney)

With the help of his pet dalmatian, a London bachelor meets the girl of his dreams and they get married. Her pet dalmatian has a large litter of puppies, which are coveted by an old schoolmate who offers to buy them. However, they refuse to sell any, so she hires a couple of bumbling henchmen to steal them. They hideout at a remote mansion where dozens of other dalmatians are kept, waiting to be killed for their fur. The two older dogs set out to rescue them, getting lots of help along the way. Entertaining if not quite classic animated Disney, hurt by an animation process that used cheap xerox techniques. Cruella De Vil, however, is one of the more memorable Disney villains.

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