Plot
The adventures of a young cat and a dog as they find themselves accidentally separated and each swept into a hazardous trek.
Release Year: 1986
Rating: 7.1/10 (4,382 voted)
Director:
Masanori Hata
Stars: Kyôko Koizumi, Dudley Moore, Milo
Storyline The story of two animals and their adventures. Milo, the cat, and Otis, the dog, are two animals who grew up together on the same farm. One day, the two are separated and begin a journey to find each other. The adventurous, and often perilous quest finds the two animals traveling across mountains, plains, and snow-covered lands searching for one another.
Writers: Masanori Hata, Mark Saltzman
Cast: Kyôko Koizumi
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Poetry Recitation
Milo
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Himself
Dudley Moore
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Narrator
(voice: English version)
Otis
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Himself
Shigeru Tsuyuki
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Narrator
Taglines:
Remember when you were little and your parents took you to that special movie? Now you can have that experience with your own children.
Release Date: 25 August 1989
Filming Locations: Kitakyûshû City, Fukuoka, Japan
Opening Weekend: $470,084
(USA)
(27 August 1989)
(239 Screens)
Goofs:
Continuity:
Otis pulls Milo out of the pit once with the rope all the way, then once Milo is all the out of the pit, it shows a close up of Milo climbing part of the way out of it without the rope.
Quotes: Narrator:
The noise upstairs didn't disturb the dogs that slept in the barn. They could sleep through anything. But a lot of the other animals were awakened by all the scurrying overhead. Some of them just accepted it... some were pretty annoyed... and a few quietly plotted revenge.
User Review
A celebration of life
Rating: 10/10
Ever since I was 5 or 6 I would always go to the local video
store and ask
to rent the same movie ( Milo and Otis ) until my mom finally bought it
for
me.
Milo and Otis is one of the few films of all time that cannot be
classified
into any
genre. It is a film meant for all, a true celebration of life. If you
have a
heart,
which you all do, then you will deeply feel this celebration. It's
emotional
and
spiritual level cannot be surpassed or defined.
Some shallow people get turned off because they think the
animals
have
been hurt. If you only knew Masanori Hata's life. He has his own island,
Hakkaido, where he spent 4 or 5 wonderful years loving and viewing these
animals behaviors, and is one of the biggest animal lovers of all time.
Why
would he put these animals in harm's way, him of all people? I would
worry
more about Hollywood films than him, because he is such a deep, devoted
person to all animals. Watch this film, young or old, and you will be
touched in a
very genuine way. It truly is a celebration of life. Watch for symbols of
all sorts
and be led into this unhindered, unpredictable, and yet insecure and
innocent
loving world. This story will take you to that special place and invite
you
to
experiance life, and will as assuredly inspire and move you. See for
yourself...
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