| Cat City | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 12 reviews)
Sales Rank: 158498
Category: DVD
Actors: Miklos Benedek, Gyula Bodrogi, Ilona Beres, Peter Haumann, Andras Kern
Director: Bela Ternovszky
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Studio: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Label: Image Entertainment
Format: Animated, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 96 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 014381569421
EAN: 0014381569421
ASIN: B00000IYR4
Release Date: July 6, 1999
Theatrical Release Date: 1987
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
Meet the coolest Cats in the criminal underworld in this edgy and funny satire on modern life. Times are tough for the mice living in Cat City. But they have a plan: a scientist has created a powerful weapon to shrink cats down to mice-sized. If the plan works, Cat City will become Mouseville.
Amazon.com
Cat City is an outdated James Bond spoof supposedly involving cats and mice, but the characters are just humans with animal heads and tails. Although the animation is a bit more polished, this 95-minute feature recalls the worst kidvid shows of the '70s and '80s. One pointless scene follows another as the characters natter in amateurish voices, mistimed gags fall flat, and the inane plot involving plans for the ultimate anticat weapon stumbles to its conclusion. Hispanic viewers will understandably take offense at the stereotypical depiction of the Mexican vampire bats. The jacket calls Cat City the "animated sensation that rocked critics and censors around the world." But except for a few brief shots of a rat in pasties and a G-string, and the possible double-entendre of the inept musical number "Pussy Talk," sung by a cat in baby-doll pajamas, the film would have a hard time qualifying for a PG rating. If Cat City were genuinely shocking, it'd be more fun. The film was made by the talented artists at the Pannonia Studio in Budapest in 1987. It's regrettable that this drivel is appearing on video instead of their brilliant, challenging features, The White Mare's Son and Heroic Times. --Charles Solomon
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Sensational news December 15, 2007
Hello there. I am a Hungarian 30-year-old guy who was brought up behind the Iron curtain back in the 80s. Therefore I am very grateful for the makers of this masterpiece. Back in the 80s it was impossible to imagine that an animation film can be made with American cooperation. Here's the prove: It could be done. And very well done. This is my all time favourite Hungarian animation film. I just can't be bored of it. And the good news for the fans of the film. In Hungary on December 20th the Cat city continues... The second part's called: Cat City: The cat of the Satan. I hope it will be as good as the first one. The first one is already a cult movie in Hungary and everybody who owns it on DVD is a lucky bastard.!!!! I only can give you one advice: have it as soon as it is available again!
Great Hungarian animation June 22, 2006
I grew up with this cartoon, and still find it to be one of my favorites. I have never seen the english version so I cannot comment on how the voice acting came across. I have seen most of the animation done by Hungary in the past 30 years and beside Szaffi this is one of the best we have ever produced. If you are a fan of animation from around the world this is one you should not miss.
The editorial November 29, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
review reminds me of a headline from The Onion: 79 Percent Of Americans Missing The Point Entirely. Unless the translation is really bad, it is one of the best cartoons ever made. At least as funny as Shrek.
All time favorite in its category November 17, 2005
I've always loved this film and I was happy that I've finally found it on DVD in a store in Budapest. This film is an absolute favorite in Hungary and everywhere it has ever been to. I don't really see what the editor of the editorial has against it, he completely misses the point. This film is not trying to be anything. This is a film for itself, and a great one! Enough talking, get your copy and see for yourself!
Brilliant Cartoon From Hungary August 12, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Cat City is the greatest achievement of Hungarian animators. It has an action-packed storyline with plenty of humour. This cartoon, Cat City is now a cult classic and an often quoted one. That's not without a reason. The dialogues are brilliantly written and are hilarious, and the characters are likeable.
The original title (Macskafogo) means literally Cat-catcher. According to the story, the cats are planning the extermination of all mice from the planet. However, the mice have a superhero to turn to, a James Bond-like mouse with great physical strength, teeth hard like diamonds, a god sense of humor, and the cleverness of an Einstein.
He is sent to a Japanese-seeming city called Pokio, to get the plans of a new weapon from a mouse scientist. While he is working undercover the mice need another person to draw attention away from him, and this other mouse is also sent to Japan. He is a bit over-weight, but he is a very warm-hearted mouse, who devotes all his time to playing his trumpet. (Unfortunately, though, after a planecrash, he finds himself in the jungle, where he is kidnapped by vampire bats, who also turn out to be music lovers.)
In the meantime, a group of assassin rats are hired to find the mouse agent and kill him.
The cartoon makes use of many cliches of Hollywood movies, making the reader laugh again and again.
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