Undercover Kitty (film)
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| Miss Minoes (Undercover Kitty) | |
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| Directed by | Vincent Bal |
| Produced by | Burny Bos |
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| Music by | Peter Vermeersch |
| Cinematography | Walther van den Ende |
| Editing by | Peter Alderliesten |
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| Release date(s) | 6 December 2001 (Netherlands) 23 December 2011 (United States) |
| Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | English |
Undercover Kitty (Dutch: Minoes) is a 2001 Dutch film, based on the children's novel Minoes by Annie M.G. Schmidt.
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[edit] Plot
The story is about a woman, Minoes, who is actually a cat, set into human form by chemical accident. She lives in a box with a journalist, in the fictional town of Killendoorn. Minoes tries to act like a human being, but still has many cattish manners. She likes to eat fish and meowing on the roof with the other town cats, and she is afraid of dogs. She learns to stop her cattish ways and become more of a human. But sometimes she doesn't understand everything. She manages to pull through and started acting like a human.
The main story line starts with Tibbe, a journalist for the newspaper of the fictional city of Killendoorn. Tibbe is very shy, and therefore he finds it quite hard to write good articles. One day, Tibbe meets the strange young lady Minoes who is on a tree. She is a cat, set into human form. At first, Tibbe does not believe this, but Minoes happens to know all kinds of interesting news from the town cats, so it doesn't bother him: In exchange for food and a dry place to sleep, Tibbe allows Minoes to help him with his journalist job. With help of the Cat Press Service and all news the cats bring in, Tibbe soon becomes the journalist with the best articles.
However, there is one important article that Tibbe does not dare to write: an article on the rich Mr. Ellemeet, the chemical factory owner. All town members consider him a very respectable man, and a real animal lover. But all cats know that he is not what he seems. After Minoes finally convinces Tibbe to write and publish the article, the whole town stands up against him. He loses his job and almost gets kicked out of his tiny apartment. Luckily Minoes and the other town cats are there to help, and in the end all problems get solved.
[edit] Cast
- Carice van Houten as Minoes
- Theo Maassen as Tibbe
- Sarah Bannier as Bibi
- Hans Kesting as Harrie de Haringman
- Olga Zuiderhoek as Mrs. Van Dam
- Jack Wouterse as Mayor Van Weezel
- Pierre Bokma as Mr. Ellemeet
[edit] Release
The film was a box office success grossing $4,227,362 in the Netherlands, $111,858 in Germany, $34,164 in Austria, and $389,200 in Norway. Under the title Miss Minoes, Music Box Films released a dubbed version on 23 December 2011[1] in New York City[2] and Chicago.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ Toumarkine, Doris (22 December 2011). "Film Review: Miss Minoes". Film Journal International. http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/reviews/specialty-releases/e3i958a71578df7f926af48ec6b7985bc7e. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ Anderson, Melissa (21 December 2011). "Movies: Miss Minoes". Village Voice. http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-12-21/film/miss-minoes-review/. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
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