102 Dalmatians
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| 102 Dalmatians | |
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| Directed by | Kevin Lima |
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| Produced by | Edward S. Feldman |
| Written by | Dodie Smith (novel) Kristen Buckley Brian Regan |
| Starring | Glenn Close Ioan Gruffudd Alice Evans Tim McInnerny David Horovitch Ian Richardson Gérard Depardieu |
| Music by | David Newman |
| Cinematography | Adrian Biddle Roger Pratt |
| Editing by | Gregory Perler Sophie Sorensen |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 22, 2000 |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States United Kingdom France |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$85,000,000 (estimated) |
| Gross revenue | $183,611,771[1] |
| Preceded by | 101 Dalmatians (1996) |
102 Dalmatians is a 2000 live-action film, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and starring Glenn Close as Cruella de Vil. It is the sequel to 101 Dalmatians, a live-action remake of the 1961 Disney animated feature One Hundred and One Dalmatians. In the film, Cruella de Vil attempts to steal puppies for her "grandest" fur coat yet. Glenn Close and Tim McInnerny were the only actors from the first film to return for the sequel. The film was released on VHS and DVD on April 3, 2001, and re-released on DVD September 16, 2008.[2]
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[edit] Plot
After three years in prison, Cruella de Vil (Glenn Close) has been cured of her lust for fur coats by Dr. Pavlov (David Horovitch), through a process that turns predators and prey into best friends and is released on parole on the proviso she'll have to pay eight million pounds to all dogs' homes in the borough of Westminster shall she ever revert back into dognapping. Cruella, now 'Ella', rids herself of her old fur coats and the drawing of her in a Dalmatian puppy coat, and regularly meets Chloe Simon (Alice Evans). However, the process is reversed when the subjects hear the chimes of Big Ben, Dr. Pavlov decides to never tell anyone about this one liability; soon, Cruella begins to feel the urges after hearing Big Ben, and when she sees Dipstick and his puppies, she devises a plan to get the ultimate fur coat.
She sends her servant Alonzo (Tim McInnerny) to find a few puppies as she hires Jean-Pierre LePelt (Gerard Depardieu) to help her capture 102 puppies. The trio create a scheme to set-up Kevin Sheppard (Ioan Gruffud), the owner of the animal shelter where Cruella spent her community service (and which is the only one in the borough, which allowed Cruella to trick the authorities to think he stole the puppies to frame her and collect the money), as a scape-goat for the police to investigate so Cruella and company can get all the puppies she needs for her coat. However, Kevin soon escapes from prison, and meets up with Chloe, to hear that Cruella and her henchmen are headed to Paris. But they are soon captured by Cruella and imprisoned in her house.
Cruella forgot one dalmatian, Oddball, because she was born without any spots. Oddball manages to rescue her family and all the other puppies kidnapped by Cruella. With Alonzo being a good guy, she also has Cruella and LePelt arrested thereby saving the day. This happy story ends when Oddball gets her first spots, the shelter gets Cruella's money, and everyone celebrates.
[edit] Curiosity
There's a portrait of Cruella in her trademark spiked hair, half black and half white. Another shows one of the "ancestors" Cruella has been given for the sequel, modeled after a famous portrait of Queen Elizabeth I (The Ditchley portrait) in a frilled-collar dress—except the face looks like you-know-who, complete with two-tone hair. There's also a rendering of the set designed by Assheton Gorton as Cruella's palace.
[edit] Production
Oxford prison was used for the scene as Cruella walked out of prison. This motion picture was filmed partially in Paris.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Character | Films |
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| Glenn Close | Cruella de Vil | 1 & 2 |
| Ioan Gruffudd | Kevin Shepherd | 2 |
| Alice Evans | Chloe Simon | 2 |
| Tim McInnerny | Alonzo | 1 & 2 |
| David Horovitch | Dr. Pavlov | 2 |
| Ian Richardson | Mr. Torte | 2 |
| Gérard Depardieu | Jean Pierre Le Pelt | 2 |
| Eric Idle | Waddlesworth (voice) | 2 |
[edit] Origins
In May 1998 early working title 101 Dalmatians Returns which began in December 1998-January 1999 to mid November/December 1999 which story in January 2000 The movie was set to be released on June 30, 2000 but was pushed back to November 22, 2000.
[edit] Human Characters
- Chloe Simon - A woman who works in the office. She owns her dalmatians including a blank one called Oddball.
- Kevin Shepherd - A man who cares for the dogs.
- Dr. Pavlov - A person based on a real Russian and later Soviet physician who lived a long time ago. He cures animals to make them who stay in the shelter nice, but when the Big Ben rings, he finds out what's wrong and manages to save a white fluffy rabbit while the other five animals escape.
[edit] Animal Characters
- Dipstick – The father Dalmatian in this film, Dipstick is the son of Pongo and Perdy, from 101 Dalmatians. He is now three years old. Due to his experience in the past, he remembers Cruella and is aggressive to her whenever they met. In the film, he wears a blue collar with his tag name on it, but in the video game his collar is red.
- Dottie – The mother Dalmatian. Dottie is the wife of Dipstick and daughter-in-law of Pongo and Perdy. She, along with her three puppies Domino, Little Dipper and Oddball are kidnapped by Jean Pierre LePelt. In the film, she wears a red collar with her tag name on it, but in the video game her collar is pink.
- Domino – The first born pup to Dottie and Dipstick; brother to Little Dipper and Oddball. He was named because the spots on his ears resemble the spots on a domino and grandson of Pongo and Perdy. In the film, he wears a blue collar with a "domino" attached to it, but in the video game his collar is red.
- Little Dipper – The second pup to Dottie and Dipstick; brother to Domino and Oddball. He was named because his tail resembles Dipstick's. and grandson of Pongo and Perdy.
- Oddball – The main protagonist of 102 Dalmatians, sister of Domino and Little Dipper and the only daughter of Dipstick and Dottie. She was named because she lacks the typical Dalmatian spots, unlike her two brothers. She is considered to be a rat by Cruella de Vil because of her appearance and granddaughter of Pongo and Perdy. When she's in trouble, she calls all the other dogs throughout London as a warning that LePelt's stealing the Dalmatians in Chloe's house. At the end of the film, it seems she started to finally develop her spots. She wears a pink collar with her tag name attached to it.
- Waddlesworth – A parrot who is convinced that he is a dog. He belongs to Kevin Shepherd. He has a sarcastic, yet gentle personality. He is voiced by Eric Idle.
- Digger – One of Kevin Shepherd's dogs residing at the Second Chance Dog Shelter. Digger is a Borzoi breed. Kevin claims that Digger was banned from all parks in London because he was a menace to roses.
- Drooler – He is a Bullmastiff breed. He allows Waddlesworth to hitch a ride on his back, since he is the largest of the dogs from Second Chance that accompany Kevin on his travels.
- Chomp – The smallest of the dogs from Second Chance. Chomp is a Border Terrier breed. Kevin claims Chomp used to bite post-men before he was found. Chomp has the ability to understand French.
- Fluffy – A Chinese Crested Dog belonging to Cruella De Vil. Fluffy helps Chloe get out of Cruella's fur closet.
[edit] Box office
The film did well at the box office, earning $66,957,026 in the US and $116,654,745 overseas, bringing its total to $183,611,771 worldwide.[1] However, this is considerably less than the first film which earned $320,689,294 worldwide. Because of this a third movie could be rare.
[edit] Video game
A video game based on the film, 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue, was released in 2000, with Frankie Muniz as the voice of Domino and Molly Marlette as the voice of Oddball.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "102 Dalmatians (2000)". Boxofficemojo.com. 2001-04-10. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=102dalmatians.htm. Retrieved on 2009-02-20.
- ^ "Upcoming Cover Art - The Ultimate Guide to Disney DVD". Ultimatedisney.com. 2003-03-29. http://www.ultimatedisney.com/coverart.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-20.
[edit] External links
- Official movie page
- 102 Dalmatians at the Internet Movie Database
- 102 Dalmatians at Allmovie
- 102 Dalmatians at Rotten Tomatoes
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