102 Dalmatians
| 102 Dalmatians | |
|---|---|
| File:102 Dalmatians.jpg 102 Dalmatians DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Kevin Lima |
| Written by | Dodie Smith (novel) Kristen Buckley Brian Regan |
| Produced by | Edward S. Feldman |
| Starring | Glenn Close Gérard Depardieu Ioan Gruffudd |
| Cinematography | Adrian Biddle Roger Pratt |
| Edited by | Gregory Perler Sophie Sorensen |
| Music by | David Newman |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
Release dates | November 22, 2000 |
| Countries | United States United Kingdom France |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$85,000,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $183,611,771 [1] |
102 Dalmatians is a 2000 live-action film, produced by The Walt Disney Company and starring Glenn Close as the villainous Cruella de Vil. It is a sequel to the 1996 film Disney's 101 Dalmatians, itself a live-action remake of the 1961 Disney animated feature of the same name. 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 this sequel. This movie was released on VHS & DVD on April 3, 2001. Disney is going to re-release this movie on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on September 16, 2008.[1] This film is rated G by the MPAA.
Plot
Cruella de Vil, after three years in prison, has been cured by Dr. Pavlov to make sure she never has a lust for fur coats. She is subsequently released on parole, but on the understanding that, should she repeat her crimes, her money will be donated to a dogs' home and she will be sent back to prison. As a result of the curing, Cruella, now called 'Ella', begins to have love for animals and as she is released, she rids herself of her old fur coats and the drawing of her in a Dalmatian puppy coat.
Meanwhile, Dipstick, one of the puppies from the first film (one of the original 15 puppies of Pongo and Perdita), is now an adult and is owned by Cruella's probation officer, Chloe Simon, who purchased Dipstick from Roger and Anita Dearly. Dipstick is the mate to Chloe's female Dalmatian, Dottie, and the couple has three puppies by the names of Domino- due to the domino-like spots on his ears-, Little Dipper- with a black tail like his father- and Oddball, whom the parents are protective of and is often "an odd one", mainly due to her lack of spots. The pups, now a few weeks old, are watching their father and Chloe's friend, Agnes, playing a boxing game. While Cruella has a conversation with Chloe, Oddball is becoming obsessed with spots since she is the only member in her family who doesn't have spots. While she uses ink to pretend she has spots, Oddball is knocked out of a window and her brothers follow her.
Soon, Chloe and Agnes rush to rescue them and as the sounds of Big Ben, the city's clock tower, begin to dong, Cruella begins to feel urges, recognising Dipstick from her prior experience. After the scuffle, she begins to see spots everywhere in the city since sounds of the clock tower have jolted her brain waves back into her old self.
Cruella then plans to get the ultimate fur coat: the Dalmatian puppy coat. As her servant Alonzo heads off to find a few puppies, Cruella hires furrier Jean-Pierre LePelt to help her on her way to capture 102 puppies (She's modified the original coat to include a hood, hence the extra three puppies). Kevin Shepard, the owner of the Second Chance dog shelter where Cruella has been serving her community service- and, ironically the dogs' home that would receive Cruella's money if she repeated her crimes-, asks Chloe to come to dinner while Dipstick, Dottie, the pups and Kevin's adopted dogs (as well as a parrot named Waddlesworth who's convinced he's a rotteweiler) watch a children's movie (Disney's Lady and the Tramp). Soon, Alonzo gathers more puppies and as a call announced that a box of abandoned puppies are at the bridge. Kevin gets his friend, Ewan, to find them, but as the police arrive at the shelter, they think that Kevin had stolen the puppies with the intention of framing Cruella.
Arrested, Kevin and his dogs begin to have a bad life at prison and as Cruella invites Chloe to dinner, Jean-Pierre sneaks into her apartment to capture Domino, Little Dipper, and Oddball. However, he ends up being ambushed by Dottie, who bites Jean-Pierre twice in the butt. After capturing her, he gets the pups and after the furrier trips into the closet. Oddball, after making an alert, then is finally caught by Jean-Pierre and Dipstick follows them on the way. Hearing the alert, Kevin and the dogs escaped out the prison and as they hear that Cruella, Jean-Pierre, and Alonzo are heading to Paris.
Oddball is left behind after Cruella realises her spotless state, but Waddlesworth flies to her when she attempts to follow her brothers onto the train, realizing that he's not a rotweiler after all, he's a retriever! Sneaking into a fur factory, Waddlesworth and Oddball discover the other puppies in the basement and managed to get them out after Chloe and Kevin are trapped by Cruella along with the dogs. As they head to the bakery, Cruella, furious, heads after them while Alonzo and Jean-Pierre have a fight. After trapping him, the humans and dogs head off to find the puppies.
At the bakery, Cruella attempts to get Oddball after being put in cake machinery, having eggs all over her, getting dumped by flour, and getting stuck inside the cake batter. Covered in the batter, she throws Oddball in the way of three shredders but she manages to avoid getting killed and Cruella is forced into the oven. As the family reunites, Cruella, inside a cake, gets squirted by frosting, has sprinkles dumped on her, and gets drooled. Then she is kicked into the restaurant and she and Jean-Pierre are later put into prison.
A few weeks later in London, Kevin and Chloe are now engaged and Second Chance receives, as per the court order, Cruella's fortune amounting to £8 million; Alonzo personally delivers the check. Chloe and Kevin share a kiss while Oddball appears at the shelter's sign, slides and jumps onto Chloe, covered in dirty spots. At the very end of the film, it turns out that Oddball finally has her spots and everyone became excited to see that the protagonist has her inheritance at last.
Sets
The Oxford prison was used for the scene as Cruella walked out of prison. This motion picture was filmed partially in Paris.
Box office
The film did well at the box office, earning $66,957,026 in the US and $116,654,745 overseas, bringing it's total to $183,611,771 worldwide.[2] However, this is considerably less than the first film which earned $320,689,294 worldwide.
Main cast
| Actor | Character | Films |
|---|---|---|
| Glenn Close | Cruella de Vil | 1 & 2 |
| Ioan Gruffudd | Kevin Shepherd | 2 |
| Alice Evans | Chloe Simon | 2 |
| Tim McInnerny | Alonzo | 1 & 2 |
| Ian Richardson | Mr. Torte | 2 |
| Gerard Depardieu | Jean Pierre Le Pelt | 2 |
| Eric Idle | Waddlesworth (voice) | 2 |
References
- ^ www.ultimatedisney.com/coverart.html
- ^ 102 Dalmatians (2000)
