The Adventures of Milo and Otis

Original title: Koneko monogatari

1986
G
1h 16m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

13K

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Dudley Moore, Shigeru Tsuyuki, Chatran, and Pû in The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986)

The adventures of a young cat and a dog as they find themselves accidentally separated and each swept into a hazardous trek.

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The adventures of a young cat and a dog as they find themselves accidentally separated and each swept into a hazardous trek.The adventures of a young cat and a dog as they find themselves accidentally separated and each swept into a hazardous trek.The adventures of a young cat and a dog as they find themselves accidentally separated and each swept into a hazardous trek.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

13K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

Narrator
(US version)
(voice)

Chatran

Self

Pû

Self

Shigeru Tsuyuki

Narrator
(voice)

Director
- Masanori Hata
Writers
- Masanori Hata
- Mark Saltzman
All cast & crew
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Trivia
The film was altered from its original Japanese release when it was brought to English speaking countries. A large amount of footage of animals in dangerous, perilous situations (including scenes where it appears the animals are severely harmed and intentionally put into perilous situations) were removed to avoid controversy.

Goofs
A young, small and scrawny raccoon waits on the riverbank for Milo to catch a fish with his tail. When Milo catches the fish and drags it ashore, the raccoon is suddenly a full-sized adult, clearly twice the size of the raccoon in the previous shot.

Quotes
Narrator: To keep up his spirits, he began singing a dog marching song.
Otis: Here comes the dog, strong and brave - woof! Here comes the dog, your life he...
[falls into a hole]
Narrator: He then decided to skip the whole thing.

Alternate versions
Original Japanese version runs 90 minutes; American version adds a narration by Dudley Moore and is shortened to 76 minutes.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: RoboCop 2/The Adventures of Milo and Otis/Betsy's Wedding/Gremlins 2: The New Batch/The Big Bang (1990)

Soundtracks
Walk Outside
Written by Dick Tarrier
Performed by Dan Crow

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A terrifying example of cinematographic blindness

Chatran has the only merit to show how far you can go to earn a fistful of miserable bucks. Sacrificing a dozen cats who never asked for anything does not represent my conception of bringing fantasy and entertainment to an audience. "Sure, let's throw the cat from the roof and put it on film, I'm sure the kids will love it!" I'm not saying that no animal was ever harmed on any other shooting that this one, but there's a difference between a horse with a broken leg and five cats thrown from a cliff until one survives and the sequence is wrapped up. (I'm not making this up.) Watching Chatran is like witnessing scientific experiments on animals with the medics laughing their heads off in the background. Except here, the only goal is to make money. The ultimate hypocrisy is that it's supposed to be a charming and moving story with big moral issues about life... To think that the director of this thing is one of the most talented and popular writers in Japan really has me wondering. A sickening experience of cinematographic lobotomy. Blindness is dangerous. Stay aware.