Movie Star Pets

Cats and dogs are mutually exclusive sets. Period. In the movie, Cats & Dogs, this innate enmity between the two species was presented in a most hilarious juxtaposition of domineering cats, steadfast dogs, crazy scientist and special effects.

All with talking parts, including the bipedal stars. Dog-lovers and cat-lovers would have plenty to root for. Don’t bring your children. They just might want to see it again a few more times. You have been forewarned.

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In Garfield The Movie, the fat cat does what he has to do even though it goes against his natural inclination.
To impress Liz, a vet, Jon brings home Odie, a dog, of all things! Cats don’t like dogs and Garfield does not like Odie.
However, when Odie is dognapped, Garfield goes out of his way to get Odie back despite that he would have preferred Odie to be a permanent resident of the missing dogs list.

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How long can two dogs travel together with a cat? A very long way indeed in the movie Homeward Bound, The Incredible Journey.

The dogs and the cat went over hill and dale, through thicket and rapids, just to make it home. It would certainly have been easier if they had just stayed where they were but then again, they had to get home somehow, no matter what. Don’t we all? Home is where your heart is.

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The movie Oliver and Company features Oliver, an orphaned kitten that wanders the streets of New York and joins Dodger and a gang of scruffy dogs living from stealing.
When Oliver & Company try to break in a limousine the criminal act fails terribly, yet Oliver is lucky and adopted by the wealthy limousine passenger Jenny Foxworth and her butler. Despite Jenny’s family pampered, jealous poodle, Oliver prefers to stay with Jenny but promises to stay in contact with the gang.

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Rhubarb, a previously unowned cat with a penchant for golf-balls ended up being the sole beneficiary of a millionaire’s estate. Said estate included a baseball team that was not quite touching the bases, so to speak.
However with the cat as owner-cum-mascot, the players on the team found the inspiration to make it to the top of the league. With various diversions and obstructions on the way there as usual. A good movie if you are a baseball fan or a cat-lover. Better still if you are both.

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In That Darn Cat, the unintentional appearance of a feline passerby led the FBI (Federal Bureau of Incompetence?) on a merry chase round sundry backyards, carparks and even under the bed a few times before the villains were caught.

Maybe the villains gave up because they got tired of being upstaged by a cat. And, mind you, the cat was just passing by on his way to pick up his little tabby and kittens.

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The Adventures of Milo and Otis was a movie about a cat and a dog that grew up together. It ended with both of them finding mates and fathering many bundles of furry joy.

This movie was painstakingly filmed over four years. It took a lot of patient camera work to capture the animals in the right sequence of action. In the end, the producers had on their hands about 400,000 feet of film (approximately 40 hours). The final edited version was a joy to watch.

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The movie The Aristocats began with just four cats and ended up with a whole lot more. All despite the efforts of the butler who wanted to remove the cats who preceded him in his employer’s will and ended up being totally removed himself.
Starting in Paris, this movie leads its viewers all over the country-side before getting back to the mansion where it all began. With an explosion in the local feline population.

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