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This idea popped into my head while chatting with Coug'r the other day. Bennie and SueDeer are of course long-time friends, and I was amused when in mid-discussion my muse tossed out the idea of drawing Bennie and Sue as Max and Darla Dimple from "Cats Don't Dance". Why I hadn't thought of it before I really don't know, it suits their characters perfectly; Bennie likes to be the wall-o-muscle and Sue is always ms.-chipper-ideas.
What's more, they quite regularly wear appropriate outfits since Bennie's in an orchestra and Sue dresses up to go to the shows.
If you haven't seen the movie this relates to, you really, really should; "Cats Don't Dance" was an awesome animated film, well-written, well-scripted, the animation work was excellent quality, an entirely top-notch production. Sadly, it got crushed by a combination of terrible marketing and Disney counter-marketing - Disney has an unspoken policy of dominating the "family animation" market in the US by either buying the distribution rights and under-marketing the film, releasing a new film opposite any animated film release, or lacking a new Disney film, re-releasing a Disney "classic" with a major marketing blitz. As a result the movie bombed at the box-office.
What's more, they quite regularly wear appropriate outfits since Bennie's in an orchestra and Sue dresses up to go to the shows.
If you haven't seen the movie this relates to, you really, really should; "Cats Don't Dance" was an awesome animated film, well-written, well-scripted, the animation work was excellent quality, an entirely top-notch production. Sadly, it got crushed by a combination of terrible marketing and Disney counter-marketing - Disney has an unspoken policy of dominating the "family animation" market in the US by either buying the distribution rights and under-marketing the film, releasing a new film opposite any animated film release, or lacking a new Disney film, re-releasing a Disney "classic" with a major marketing blitz. As a result the movie bombed at the box-office.
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I actually saw it in the theatres; outside of the very ending (I didn't like the posters gag), it was imaginative. The problem was exacerbated by Time-Warner bungling. The project had been a Turner project, and got caught up in a reorganization. Time-Warner has NEVER understood animation, going back to the days when Jack and Harry Warner allegedly said the only thing they knew was that WB made Mickey Mouse.
Turner/Warner own and produced it; they were the ones that completely screwed the marketing, almost nobody was aware that the movie even came out, aside from a few animation-junkies, and Disney put the last nail in the coffin by releasing "Hercules" with a whole lot better marketing and advertizing.
Sad, really. "Hercules" was unmemorable except for James Woods as Hades. That and Phil, aka "Scrotum Nose." But compared to WB's nonexistent marketing, Disney could have pulled a re-release of The Boatniks" and still quashed their competition. Because the film came from the just-purchased Turner Animation unit, marketing lost the thing in the shuffle to promote their sure-fire Summer hit... "Batman And Robin."
The weekend CDD came out was also the weekend of one of the Animation Celebrations that used to take place in the 90's. It was in Pasadena that year, and there was a theater nearby showing it. I'd heard of the movie and wanted to see it, so I took a break from the festival to go and check it out. It was amazing, and that it played to but a dozen families that day (who, to give credit, loved it) was nearly criminal. As it happened, there was a panel put on by WB at the festival that same day, and right after I got back to it from the theater, I stood in the back and watched them talk about how they were going all out to promote their latest animated features.
I couldn't help it. nobody in my position could have. I yelled out from the back "UNLESS IT'S CAT'S DON'T DANCE!" And I was pleased to get some applause for that one. And what movie were they talking about that they were going "all out" to promote? "The Iron Giant." Which got WORSE marketing than CDD did, again because all effort was put towards a live action film of dubious pedigree, "The Wild Wild West."
I like to think that those involved in both films got the last laugh when they went on to far greater success at Disney and Pixar. CDD's director Mark Dindal for the surprise hit "The Emperor's New Groove" and Brad Bird for... Pretty much everything he's done since he worked at WB.
The weekend CDD came out was also the weekend of one of the Animation Celebrations that used to take place in the 90's. It was in Pasadena that year, and there was a theater nearby showing it. I'd heard of the movie and wanted to see it, so I took a break from the festival to go and check it out. It was amazing, and that it played to but a dozen families that day (who, to give credit, loved it) was nearly criminal. As it happened, there was a panel put on by WB at the festival that same day, and right after I got back to it from the theater, I stood in the back and watched them talk about how they were going all out to promote their latest animated features.
I couldn't help it. nobody in my position could have. I yelled out from the back "UNLESS IT'S CAT'S DON'T DANCE!" And I was pleased to get some applause for that one. And what movie were they talking about that they were going "all out" to promote? "The Iron Giant." Which got WORSE marketing than CDD did, again because all effort was put towards a live action film of dubious pedigree, "The Wild Wild West."
I like to think that those involved in both films got the last laugh when they went on to far greater success at Disney and Pixar. CDD's director Mark Dindal for the surprise hit "The Emperor's New Groove" and Brad Bird for... Pretty much everything he's done since he worked at WB.
I keep getting surprised by how few people seem to know this movie was ever a thing. Maybe I was already a little biased by being one of those kids who preferred the company of animals to people and consequently being more interested in seeing the movie.
One thing I can definitely say is that the soundtrack was somewhere in my brain ever since, and every time I almost forgot about it, suddenly..."NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW!"
One thing I can definitely say is that the soundtrack was somewhere in my brain ever since, and every time I almost forgot about it, suddenly..."NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW!"
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