A cat belonging to a poor miller's son thinks up a great plan for bringing a title, wealth, and marriage for his owner.
Director: Eugene Marner
Stars: Christopher Walken, Jason Connery, Carmela Marner.
Christine Oren ... choreographer
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177606/
Watched online, ok print.
7 songs in the Soundtracks, all with Music by Michael Abbott, Lyrics by Anne Pearson Crosswell. Looks like JC had his singing dubbed.
Decided to use the German dvd cover because it showed more of the characters. Big flaw: puss looking at himself (CW). The upper line, Die Größe Märchen translates to the great fairy tale, and Der gestiefelte kater is Puss in Boots.
This is another family affair: father directed, mother has screenplay and editing credit, daughter is the princess. They also did the Cannon film of Beauty & the Beast, but I did not find that online. This is filmed in Israel, although the physical studio is not named on IMDb.
Note the story is credited to Charles Perrault (1628–1703), as are Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding Hood and Bluebeard, Beauty and the Beast and more. Per Wikipedia, some Perrault tales were modified by the brother Grimm, but this version reads as though directly from CP.
CW does indeed sing and dance, but the choreography (no dance director credit on IMDb; found it in the end credits, added to IMDb) and the filming of it (too many cuts, closeups) is mediocre at best.
CW makes the film, because he acts so well. Puss is a very clever kitty, and CW gives it that wry wit and swagger you'd hope for.
JC looks almost nothing like father Sean, has none of his presence. This is his 7th of 29+ film credits.
Cannon, dir. Marner; 7
