The film-makers wanted to use the actual footage of a famous TV interview with Lord Hailsham in which he angrily said that "a great party is not to be brought down by a proven liar and a woman of easy virtue", but Hailsham, still very much alive in 1989, refused to permit it, just as he also made strenuous efforts to prevent the film from being made at all. As a result, the interview was recreated with an actor, Iain Cuthbertson, who was encouraged to portray Hailsham as an apoplectic buffoon.
The Aristocats - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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This was the last animated feature to be approved by Walt Disney and the studio's first animated feature to be entirely completed after his death. It should be noted, however, that Disney had spent time working on the story for The Rescuers (1977) (released seven years later) around the time The Jungle Book (1967) entered production.
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The Sherman Brothers (Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman), talked Maurice Chevalier out of retirement to sing the title song. It was his last work before his death in 1972.
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In this film, Sterling Holloway voices one of the side-characters Roquefort and Eva Gabor voices the side-character Duchess. Eventually, they both went on to voice the lead characters in future Walt Disney Animation Studios films. Holloway reprised his role as Pooh Bear in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) and Gabor voiced Miss Bianca in The Rescuers (1977) and its sequel The Rescuers Down Under (1990).
The Aristocats - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Aristocats - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Aristocats - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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