January 25, 1961
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (also simply known as 101 Dalmatians) is a 1961 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and based on the 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith. The 17th Disney animated feature film, it was directed by Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi and Wolfgang Reitherman and written by Bill Peet, and features the voices of Rod Taylor, Cate Bauer, Betty Lou Gerson, Ben Wright, Lisa Davis, and Martha Wentworth. The film's plot follows a litter of Dalmatian puppies who are kidnapped by the villainous Cruella de Vil ("deVille"), who wants to make their fur into coats. Their parents, Pongo and Perdita, set out to save their puppies from Cruella, in the process of rescuing 84 additional ones that were bought in pet shops, bringing the total of Dalmatians to 101.
The film was originally released in theaters on January 25, 1961, and was a box office success, pulling the studio out of the financial slump caused by Sleeping Beauty, a costlier production released two years prior, and became the eighth-highest-grossing film of the year in the North American box office. Aside from its box-office revenue, the employment of inexpensive animation techniques—such as using xerography during the process of inking and painting traditional animation cels—kept production costs down. Disney later released a live-action remake titled 101 Dalmatians in 1996 and its sequel 102 Dalmatians in 2000. A direct-to-video animated sequel to the 1961 film titled 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure was released in 2003. A live-action reboot titled Cruella directed by Craig Gillespie was released on May 28, 2021, in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access simultaneously.
Storyline[]
Cruella de Vil, an evil heiress, wants to make a fur coat for herself out of the skins of a hundred and one Dalmatian puppies. She makes an effort to kidnap them by hiring a group of thugs.
Also See[]
- 101 Dalmatians (1961) (Trailers)
- 101 Dalmatians (1961) (TV Spots)
- 101 Dalmatians (1996)
- 101 Dalmatians: The Series
- 101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure (2003)
- 102 Dalmatians (2000)
Sound Effects Used[]
- Bongos, Plucks, Miscellaneous Cartoon FX
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 7
- Disney - BRAKE DRUM CLANG HIT
- Disney - CAT MEOW
- Disney - CRUELLA DE VIL'S CAR ARRIVES AND SLOWLY STOPS
- Disney Big Ben Chime
- Disney Big Junk Crash
- Disney Castle Thunder
- Disney Cymbal Crash Sound
- Disney Fabric Ripping Sound
- Disney - GLASS BREAK
- Disney Gulp Sound 1
- Disney Rooster Crow 1
- Disney - SIREN WHISTLE ZING 01
- DISNEY SLOW THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE
- Disney - WOOD BREAK
- H-B BOING, CARTOON - TIMP AND JEWS HARP BOING
- H-B HIT, CARTOON - BIG HEAD BONK
- H-B SWITCH, LAMP - WALL LIGHT SWITCH CLICK
- Hollywoodedge, Airy Bubbles Wwet Po CRT018601 (Pop only.)
- Hollywoodedge, Colt Whinnies Vario CRT011701
- Hollywoodedge, Funny Swish CRT053904
- Hollywoodedge, Heavy Bonk Wbass Dru CRT033001
- Hollywoodedge, Honk With Cymbal Crash CRT033005
- Hollywoodedge, Junk Crash Floor CRT033401
- Hollywoodedge, Kick Fly Tumble Wbel CRT033801
- Hollywoodedge, Long Slow Stretch CRT049402
- Hollywoodedge, Long Crash Tire Skid CRT055201
- Hollywoodedge, Long Tire Skid CRT055202
- Hollywoodedge, Man Coughing Wwater CRT026901
- Hollywoodedge, Metal Crash Car Heav PE1052006
- Hollywoodedge, Parachute Open Wair CRT030605
- Hollywoodedge, Piano Falls Wdangli CRT033603
- Hollywoodedge, Rug Shook Out CRT030606
- Hollywoodedge, Sgl Eng Prop Pl Dives CRT056101
- Sound Ideas, ANIMAL, CAT - TOM CATS, FIGHTING, HISSING, GROWLING
- Sound Ideas, AUTO, CRASH - CRASHES, VARIOUS (1st and 2nd crashes)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, CRASH - LARGE JUNK CRASH 02 (Heard briefly.)
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - BOING AND BIG CRASH
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, WOOD - LARGE WOOD CRUNCH 01
- Sound Ideas, DOG - GERMAN SHEPHERD: ANGRY GROWLS AND BARKS, ANIMAL,
- Sound Ideas, DOG - LARGE DOG: SHARP BARKS, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, HORN, FOG - LOW FOG HORN/Valentino Foghorn
- Sound Ideas, THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 02
- Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01 (H-B)
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, CARTOON - CRASHY TRAIN STOP 01
- Sound Ideas, WOLF - VICIOUS SNARLS, ANIMAL (Used for Pongo and Perdita during their fight with Jasper and Horace.)