[23], Betty Lou Gerson, who was previously the narrator for Cinderella, auditioned for the role of Cruella De Vil in front of Marc Davis and sequence director Wolfgang Reitherman, and landed it. The film is a live action adaptation of Walt Disney’s 1961 animated film of the same name, itself an adaptation of Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians. [20] While her hair coloring originated from the illustrations in the novel, Davis found its disheveled style by looking "through old magazines for hairdos from 1940 till now". 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[51] Ralph Novak of People wrote "What it lacks in romantic extravagance and plush spectacle, this 1961 Disney film makes up for in quiet charm and subtlety. Hello everybody! He later complimented, "[t]hat [her] voice was the greatest thing I've ever had a chance to work with. Different, longer versions of "Kanine Krunchies Jingle" and "Dalmatian Plantation" appear on the Disneyland Records read-along album based on the film. Publication date 1997 Topics Disney, 101 Dalmatians, 101 Dalmatians Language English. 101 Dalmatians is a 1996 American comedy adventure film. 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, the official sequel to the original animated film, was released direct-to-video on January 21, 2003. The Colonel meets up with Pongo and Perdy and tells them of the trouble. In 2011, Craig Berman of MSNBC ranked it and its 1996 remake as two of the worst children's films of all time, saying that, "The plot itself is a bit nutty. [10], The other two songs included in the film are "Kanine Krunchies Jingle" (sung by Lucille Bliss, who voiced Anastasia Tremaine in Disney's 1950 film Cinderella), and "Dalmatian Plantation" in which Roger sings only two lines at its closure. Its success in theaters led to 102 Dalmatians, released on November 22, 2000. In fact, if any movie with dogs, cats, and horses who talk can be said to belong in the realm of realistic drama, this is it". The Dalmatians start their trek, pursued by the Badduns. One Hundred and One Dalmatians is a 1961 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and based on the 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith. The magic of Disney comes to life on the computer screen in this CD-ROM rendition of the classic tale about 101 adorable Dalmatians and the nasty Cruella De Vil. 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