Cats and Kittens (1987 film)

Cats and Kittens is a 1987 American animated musical comedy fantasy family adventure film directed by Don Bluth. The film was released by Warner Bros. From the creators of Brum, An American Tail and Petra's Christmas.

Voice Cast

 * Roy Orbison as Diago, a male dark red cat and the main protagonist of the movie.
 * ??? voices a Teenage Diago
 * ??? voices a Young Diago
 * Linda Ronstadt as Yira, a female white cat and the deuteragonist. Florrie's best friend and Diago's girlfriend.
 * ??? voices a Teenage Yira
 * ??? voices a Young Yira
 * Patrick Swayze as Joseph, a male yellow cat and the tritagonist. Joseph's best friend and Florrie's boyfriend.
 * ??? voices a Teenage Joseph
 * ??? voices a Young Joseph
 * ??? as Diago's Mom
 * ??? as Kingsley, Diago and Florrie's father
 * Kim Basinger as Iraya, a female grey cat. Clawson's former girlfriend and Ravo's new girlfriend
 * Demi Moore as Florrie, a female pink cat. Diago's sister, Yira's best friend and Joseph's girlfriend.
 * ??? voices a Teenage Florrie
 * Malia Henderson voices a Young Florrie
 * Kevin Spacey as Clawson, a black cat and the antagonist of the movie.
 * ??? voices a Teenage Clawson
 * Katherine Dillon voices a Young Clawson.
 * Frank Welker and Bridget LeBlanc as Clawson's henchcats
 * Essence Sims as Razzi, a female purple cat and Yira's mother.
 * ??? as Winston, a male white cat and Yira's father.
 * Richard Gere as Ravo, a male blue cat and Iraya's current boyfriend. They don't have children until the third movie, when they have two children. Bogo and Ingrid.
 * Kuchi Brasso as Rita
 * Nicole Appleton as Yellowtooth the Dog

Additional Voices

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Songs

 * This is My Idea – Diago's Mother, Winston, Young Diago, Young Yira, Young Joseph, Teenage Diago, Teenage Yira, Teenage Joseph, Diago, Yira and Chorus
 * I Often Think – sung by Joseph
 * ??? – sung by Diago and Joseph
 * ??? – sung by Yira and Florrie
 * ??? – sung by Yira
 * Your Time is Coming to An End – sung by Clawson
 * I Never Felt Alone – sung by Florrie
 * I'm Gonna Always Love You – sung by Joseph and Florrie
 * Always There – sung by Diago
 * Far Longer Than Forever – sung by Diago and Yira
 * ??? – sung by Diago, Yira, Joseph, Florrie and Chorus
 * Note: The track "Requiem for Yira" does not count as a song, even though there are vocals in it.

Deleted Songs

 * ??? – sung by Diago
 * ??? – sung by Rita (Deleted because Don Bluth didn't want to spoil the sequel.)

Released Date
March 3, 1987

Trivia

 * Patrick Swayze only voiced Joseph for the first 6 movies.
 * Diago and Yira are love and romantic.
 * In the end of the movie when Yira tells her new daughter, Rita about the events of the film, we know that there is going to be more.
 * Rita, dispite being the youngest, was the only kitten of Diago and Yira to speak before the sequels.

Critical response
Critics adored this movie,

Sequels

 * Cats and Kittens 2: Christmas Kidnapping
 * Cats and Kittens 3: The Great Race
 * Cats and Kittens 4: The Treasure of Lake Murray
 * Cats and Kittens 5: Family Vacation
 * Cats and Kittens 6: Day of the Dinosaurs
 * Cats and Kittens 7: The Big Freeze
 * Cats and Kittens 8: Cats VS. Dogs
 * Cats and Kittens 9: The Invasion of the Space Kittens

Soundtrack

 * Cats and Kittens (1987 film)/Soundtrack

Gallery

 * Cats and Kittens (1987 film)/Gallery

Transcript

 * Cats and Kittens (1987 film)/Transcript

Quotes

 * Cats and Kittens (1987 film)/Quotes

Credits

 * Cats and Kittens (1987 film)/Credits