A farm cat moves to Paris in search of the high life while her wannabe lover from back home tries to reunite.A farm cat moves to Paris in search of the high life while her wannabe lover from back home tries to reunite.A farm cat moves to Paris in search of the high life while her wannabe lover from back home tries to reunite.
- Mewsette
- (voice)
- Jaune-Tom
- (voice)
- Robespierre
- (voice)
- Meowrice
- (voice)
- …
- Narrator
- (voice)
- Singing Hench Cat
- (uncredited)
- Various
- (uncredited)
- Singing Hench Cat
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Singing Hench Cat
- (uncredited)
- Singing Hench Cat
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaChuck Jones had been under an exclusive contract with Warner Bros., and worked on this film in violation of his contract. After Warner Bros. picked up the film from UPA for distribution instead of Columbia, they discovered his work on the film and fired him, resulting in his departure for MGM.
- GoofsJaune-Tom and Robespierre set off from a station in Provence signed "Moustier St Marie". It is a real place but spelled "Moustiers Ste. Marie"; the Virgin Mary is after all always in the feminine.
- Quotes
Jeanette: [to her sister] But darling, think of Paris! Lovely, gay Paris! Have you forgotten the sidewalk cafés and how we sipped champagne?
Mewsette: [thinking] Champagne? That must be what they call catnip in Paris. How nice!
Jeanette: ...the button champignons sautéed in butter with tiny shreds of herbs...
Mewsette: [thinking] Champignons? I know what they are - mushrooms! And delicious, too!
Jeanette: And oh, my dear, the Champs-Elysées!
Mewsette: [thinking] Champs-Elysées? I wonder what they taste like.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits include colorful drawings of the movie's main stars, which then change into their cartoon characters. Although John Hitesman is credited with the title artwork, the caricatures appear to be the work of Ronald Searle.
- Alternate versionsSome television prints are clumsily edited and have several reels in the wrong order.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Animation Lookback: Walt Disney Animation Studios Part 5 (2009)
Gay Pur-ree (which aired in my country as "La Fair Mewsette", to my mind a MUCH better title) is a throwback to an age of innocence (corny as this may sound) in more than one sense; in those days, a simple, humane story was all the charm a story needed (my, that DID sound corny indeed). The movie had that special feel, in spades. And to me (a very impressionable 8-year old at the time), it was a true saga. I was taken to another world, cried for the characters, memorized their names and the song. And I dreamed of it for a month after watching it. I felt the magic. I felt as they said you should feel after watching an animated movie.
*sigh*
Maybe not a must see, but certainly a must remember. Watch it, and cherish the memory.
- fandoreth
- Jun 11, 2002
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $1,300,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- 1.85 : 1