The Aristocats

Plots: With the help of a smooth talking tomcat, a family of Parisian felines set to inherit a fortune from their owner try to make it back home after a jealous butler kidnaps them and leaves them in the country. Retired opera star Adelaide Bonfamille enjoys the good life in her Paris villa with even classier cat Duchess and three kittens: pianist Berlioz, painter Toulouse and sanctimonious Marie. When loyal butler Edgar overhears her will leaves everything to the cats until their death, he drugs and kidnaps them. However retired army dogs make his sidecar capsize on the country. Crafty stray cat Thomas O’Malley takes them under his wing back to Paris. Edgar tries to cover his tracks and catch them at return, but more animals turn on him, from the cart horse Frou-Frou to the tame mouse Roquefort and O’Malley’s jazz friends. Without a care in the world, snow-white Duchess, a sophisticated cat and elegant mother-of-three, enjoys attracting the love and attention from the retired opera diva and dedicated cat lover, Madame Adelaide Bonfamille, in picturesque 1910 Paris. However, trouble is brewing at the lavish mansion, as the unsuspecting Madame’s English butler, Edgar, is up to no good. Now, after overhearing generous Adelaide’s plans for the future, Edgar sets in motion his elaborate scheme to get rich without breaking a sweat. However, not if the gallant, free-spirited alley cat named Thomas O’Malley can help it. But it’s a jungle out there. Can Madame Adelaide’s once-happy Aristocats find their way home? Above all, will crafty Edgar get what’s coming to him?