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Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBo Welch
Screenplay byAlec Berg
David Mandel
Jeff Schaffer
Produced byBrian Grazer
Steven Spielberg
StarringMike Myers
Alec Baldwin
Kelly Preston
Dakota Fanning
Spencer Breslin
Amy Hill
Sean Hayes
Narrated byVictor Brandt
CinematographyEmmanuel Lubezki
Edited byDon Zimmerman
Music byDavid Newman
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
(US & Canada)
DreamWorks Pictures
(International)
Release date
  • November 11, 2003 (2003-11-11)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$109 million
Box office$133,960,541

Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat is a 2003 American fantasy comedy film directed by Bo Welch based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss book The Cat in the Hat. The film stars Mike Myers in the title role of the Cat in the Hat, and Dakota Fanning as Sally. Sally's brother (who is unnamed in the book), is in this version named Conrad and portrayed by Spencer Breslin. The Cat in the Hat is the second feature-length Dr. Seuss adaptation after the 2000 holiday film How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

The idea was originally conceived in 2003, when Tim Allen was initially cast as the Cat, but he dropped his role due to work on The Santa Clause 2, and the role was later given to Shrek star Mike Myers. Filming took place in California for three months. While the basic plot parallels that of the book, the film filled out its 82 minutes by adding new subplots and characters quite different from those of the original story, similar to the feature film adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

The Cat in the Hat was released on November 11, 2003 in the United States and grossed over $133 million. The film received negative reviews; it was criticized for its storyline, characters and dialogue. It was subsequently nominated for several Golden Raspberry Awards. Subsequently, Dr. Seuss's widow Audrey Geisel, who owns her husband's works, decided not to allow any further live-action adaptations of Seuss' work and Walt Disney and Warner Bros. cancelled the unproduced The Cat in the Hat Comes Back based on book of the same name.

Plot

Conrad and Sally Walden live in the city of Anville with their single mother, Joan Walden. Joan works for neat-freak Hank Humberfloob, and is hosting an office party at her house. One day, she is called back to the office, leaving the kids with Mrs. Kwan, a tired babysitter, and forbidding them to enter the living room, which is being kept pristine for the upcoming party. Joan is also dating their next-door neighbor, Larry Quinn, much to Conrad's dismay. Larry is constantly on the lookout for any mischief Conrad may be up to, as he wants nothing more than to send him away to military school, as Conrad has earned the reputation of "trouble-maker", while his sister is characterized as "perfect and well-behaved".

Once their mother leaves, Sally and Conrad discover a humanoid, oversized talking cat in a hat in their house. The cat wants them to learn to have fun, but the children's pet fish doesn't want the cat around when Joan is away. The Cat ruins Joan's best dress, jumping on the living room's couch, and baking cupcakes that explode. In the process, he even releases two trouble-making things, Thing 1 and Thing 2, from a crate that he explains is actually a portal from their world to his world. The Cat tells Conrad that he only has one rule: never open the crate, then allows the Things to have fun, but they then release their true colors by making a mess out of the house. Despite the Cat's warning, Conrad picks the lock anyway. When the crate's lock attaches itself to the collar of the family dog, Cat and the kids must go find it. They drive a super-powered car in search of the dog and use Cat's magic hat to their advantage, but face an obstacle when he loses it at one point.

Meanwhile, Larry is revealed to be an unemployed, disgusting slob with false teeth and is in financial ruin, having been showing off the impression that he's a successful businessman in the hopes of marrying to Joan and sponging off of her. Larry sees Nevins running across the street and soon becomes wise to all of this and tracks down Joan to tell her, but Things 1 and 2 have stalled her on the road, posing as police officers. Larry is fed up about this, so he goes back to the house, telling Joan to meet him there.

By the time the kids and the Cat return to the house with the lock, all has broken loose, with "the mother of all messes" emitting from the unlocked crate and entering the house. They manage to navigate their way through the oversized house and find the crate sucking up things that disappears forever once gone through, after Sally is nearly sucked up but holding onto Conrad, Sally has to put her trust into Conrad that he will catch her when he lets go of her hand and puts the lock back on the crate. The plan works. The house returns to its normal proportions but then immediately falls apart. The Cat then tells the kids that he planned the whole day, including making not opening the crate his one rule, as he knew Conrad could not resist and also admits he never really lost his magic hat. The kids angrily tell the Cat to leave the house. However, the Cat happily returns to clean up his mess with a great cleaning contraption much to Conrad and Sally's surprise and delight. Afterwards The Cat says good-bye to Conrad and Sally as they plead him not to go but he departs as Joan is coming in. Larry arrives when all is restored, thinking he has busted the kids, but when Joan sees the clean house (and a messy Larry), she doesn't believe Larry, and dumps him. When her party is successful, Joan and her kids play in the living room by jumping on the couch and having fun.

The film ends as the Cat and Thing 1 and Thing 2 walk into the sunset.

Cast

  • Mike Myers as the Cat in the Hat, a giant, anthropomorphic, wise-cracking cat with a Brooklyn accent. His hat has many magical abilities: a CD player, a voice-changer, an airbag, a periscope, a box of tennis balls, and even a box to put the crate into when it shrinks. He likes to balance things while he is on a ball. He often mistakes, like calling Conrad other names, including: Conrack, Condor, Convex, Klondike, Kojak, Concrete, Corn Dog, and Cromwell. That is due to him being the narrator of the book and having no name revealed, especially in the 1971 TV special.
  • Alec Baldwin as Lawrence "Larry" Quinn, the Waldens' pompous, lazy, unemployed next-door neighbor. He is allergic to cats, steals food from the Waldens, and is determined to both marry Joan for her wealth and send Conrad to military school to straighten up his behavior. Larry sending Conrad to military school was cancelled after Joan dumped him.
  • Kelly Preston as Joan Walden, Conrad and Sally's mother, and a real-estate agent.
  • Dakota Fanning as Sally Walden, Joan's dull, well-behaved, and rule-obeying daughter.
  • Spencer Breslin as Conrad Walden, Joan's destructive and misbehaved son. As a running gag, the Cat constantly calls him names other than Conrad.
  • Amy Hill as Mrs. Kwan, an elderly Asian woman with a thick Chinese accent that gets hired to watch the kids, though she sleeps through her job. Her weight and sleep serves as a running gag.
  • Sean Hayes as Mr. Hank Humberfloob, Joan's boss. He is also the voice of the family Fish.
  • Danielle Chuchran and Taylor Rice as Thing One, and Brittany Oaks and Talia-Lynn Prairie as Thing Two; two gibbering trouble-making creatures that the Cat brings in with him. Dan Castellaneta provided the voices for both Things.
  • Steven Anthony Lawrence as Dumb Schweitzer
  • Paris Hilton as a female club-goer
  • Bugsy as Nevins, the Waldens' pet dog. Frank Welker provided his voice.
  • Candace Dean Brown as a secretary who works for the Humberfloob Real Estate.
  • Daran Norris as the Announcer
  • Clint Howard as Kate the Caterer; makes brownies, cakes, and pies for parties, weddings, funerals, and graduations.
  • Paige Hurd as Denise, who doesn't speak to Sally anymore, not long after she talked back to her. She never invited Sally to her birthday party either.
  • Stephen Hibbert as Jim McFinnigan. Touching Humberfloob's hand, Jim gave him a handshake which results in being fired.
  • Roger Morrisey as Mr. Vompatatat
  • Victor Brandt as the Narrator, who tells the story; he is revealed to be the Cat using a voice-changer at the end.

Production

DreamWorks acquired rights to the original book in 1997.[1] However, production did not originally start until after the 2000 Christmas/Comedy film How the Grinch Stole Christmas's, based on another Dr. Seuss book of the same name, commercial and critical success. Brian Grazer, who was the producer of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, stated, "Because we grew up with these books, and because they have such universal themes and the illustrations ignite such fantasy in your mind as a child — the aggregation of all those feelings — it leaves an indelible, positive memory. And so when I realized I had a chance to convert first The Grinch and then, The Cat in the Hat, into movies, I was willing to do anything to bring them to the screen."[2] Grazer contacted Bo Welch over the phone with the offer to direct the film, and he accepted.[3]

When production began, songs written by Randy Newman were dropped because they were deemed inferior. Although Welch and a publicist for Myers denied it, several people said Myers had considerable input into the film's directing, telling some of the cast (the film co-stars Alec Baldwin and Kelly Preston) how to perform their scenes.[4]

Tim Allen was originally planned to play the role of the Cat. The script would be originally based on a story conceived by Allen, who admitted that as a child he was afraid of Seuss' "mischievous feline" babysitter. Allen stated, "My dream is to give it the edge that scared me."[5] However, producers did not commission a screenplay until late February 2001, when Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, and Dave Mandel (who were also writers on Seinfeld) were hired to write the script (replacing the original draft of the film that was written a few years before),[6] so there was no way the film would be ready to shoot before the deadline. Allen was also committed to shooting Disney's The Santa Clause 2, which was also delayed because Allen wanted a script rewrite.[7] Due to a scheduling conflict with The Santa Clause 2,[8] he dropped out his role.[9]

In March 2002, the role of the Cat was given to Mike Myers,[10] even though he had an argument with Grazer about starring in a cancelled Saturday Night Live skit named Dieter.[11] Myers stated in an interview that he was a long-time fan of the original Dr. Seuss book, and that it was the first book he ever read.[12]

Makeup for the character was designed by Steve Johnson. The Cat costume was made of angora and human hair and was fitted with a cooling system. To keep Myers cool during the outdoor shoots, a portable air conditioner was available that connected a hose to the suit between shots. The tail and ears were battery operated.

The Fish was considered somewhat of a unique character for Rhythm & Hues (responsible for some of the effects and animation in such films as Cats & Dogs, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Scooby-Doo), in that the character had no shoulders, hips or legs, so all of the physical performance had to emit from the eyes, head and fin motion. Sean Hayes, who provided the voice for the Fish, found the role significantly different from his usual on-camera jobs; he did not know how the final animation would look, and all of his work took place alone in a sound booth.[13]

Before filming began, giant props for the film were stolen from the set. Local police found the props vandalised in a mall car park in Pomona, California. The props were covered with graffiti. No arrests had been made, and filming was to start the next week.[14] The film was mainly shot in California from October 2002 until January 2003.

The neighborhood and the town centre was filmed in a rural valley near Simi Valley, where 24 houses (each 26-feet square and 52-feet tall) were constructed.[15] The downtown area outdoor shots were filmed along a Pomona street where a number of antique and gift shops are located. The community decided not to redecorate after filming ended, so the surreal paint scheme and some of the signage could still be seen as it appears in the film. Because of so much smog in the area, the sky had to be digitally replaced with the cartoon-like sky and colours of the background had to be digitally fixed.

Reception

Box office

The film grossed $101,149,243 in the U.S. and an additional $32,811,298 from foreign countries brought the film's total box office revenue to $133,960,541, against a production budget of $109 million.[16]

Critical reaction

Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 10% of critics gave the film a positive review out of 157 reviews, with the consensus statement being: "Filled with double entendres and potty humor, this Cat falls flat."[17] It also received an average grade of D+ from critics in the interpretation of Yahoo's film website.[18] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 19/100 based on 37 reviews, indicating "overwhelming dislike".[19]

Peter Travers of the Rolling Stone gave the film one star, stating, "Cat, another over-blown Hollywood raid on Dr. Seuss, has a draw on Mike Myers, who inexplicably plays the Cat by mimicking Bert Lahr in The Wizard of Oz." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2 out of 4 stars. Although he enjoyed the production design, he criticized the "CGI and prosthetics, with no room for lightness and joy".[20] Ebert and co-host Richard Roeper gave the film "Two Thumbs Down". Roeper said of Myers' performance that "Maybe a part of him was realizing as the movie was being made that a live-action version of The Cat in the Hat just wasn't a great idea." Ebert had the same problem with the film that he had with How the Grinch Stole Christmas, in that "If there is one thing I've learned from these two movies is that we don't want to see Jim Carrey as a Grinch, and we don't want to see Mike Myers as a cat. These are talented comedians, let's see them do their stuff, don't bury them under a ton of technology." Concerns were also raised over the PG rating of the film with some critics, stating that it should have instead been rated PG-13 in relation to its high amount of adult content.[21] Leonard Maltin in his Movie Guide gave it one and a half stars out of four saying that the "Brightly colored adaptation of the beloved rhyming book for young children is a betrayal of everything Dr. Seuss ever stood for, injecting potty humor and adult (wink-wink) jokes into a mixture of heavy-handed slapstick and silliness." Maltin also claimed that the film's official title which included Dr Seuss' The Cat in the Hat was "an official insult."[22] However, Jeffrey Lyons from the NBC-TV, enjoyed the film and considered it "enormously funny".

Actor Alec Baldwin addressed complaints the film received because of its dissimilarity to the source material. He expressed a belief that a movie is "an idea about something" and that because Dr. Seuss' work is so unique, making a feature length film out of one of his stories would entail taking liberties and making broad interpretations.[23]

Awards and nominations

Award Subject Nominee Result
BMI Film Awards Best Music David Newman Won
DFWFCA Awards Worst Film Won
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Movie Actor Mike Myers Nominated
Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Actor of the Decade Nominated
Worst Actor Nominated
Worst Supporting Actor Alec Baldwin Nominated
Worst Supporting Actress Kelly Preston Nominated
Worst Picture Nominated
Worst Director Bo Welch Nominated
Worst Screenplay Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer, based on the book by Dr. Seuss Nominated
Worst Screen Couple Mike Myers and either Thing One or Thing Two Nominated
Worst Excuse for an Actual Movie (All Concept/No Content) Won
Worst "Comedy" of Our First 25 Years Nominated
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards[24] Worst Picture Won
Worst Director Bo Welch Nominated
Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing More Than $100 Million Worldwide Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer, based on the book by Dr. Seuss Won
Worst Actor Mike Myers Nominated
Worst Fake Accent - Male Nominated
Worst Supporting Actor Alec Baldwin Nominated
Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy Nominated
Worst Song "Fun, Fun, Fun"; music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman Nominated
Most Annoying Non-Human Character Cat in the Hat Won
Thing One and Thing Two (voices by Dan Castellaneta) Nominated
The Spencer Breslin Award (Worst Performance by a Child Actor) Spencer Breslin Won
Dakota Fanning Nominated

The film also received three nominations at the Hollywood Makeup & Hairstylists Guild Awards, and was part of the precursor nominees for the Oscar for Best Makeup, but it did not get the nomination.[25]

Cancelled sequel and planned CGI remake

Mike Myers stated in an interview (on the day the film was released) that he expected a sequel, since there was a sequel to the book. A sequel based on The Cat in the Hat Comes Back was in development, a little more than a month before the film's release.[26] However, following the failure of The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss's widow Audrey Geisel said she would never allow any further live action adaptations of her husband's works and the sequel was eventually canceled.[27]

On March 15, 2012, a computer animated (CGI) remake of the film was announced, following the success of The Lorax.[28][29][30][31][32][33][34] Development of the film has yet to begin, and there has been no announcement of its release date.

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Soundtrack

Untitled

The soundtrack was released on January 1, 2003 (nine months before the film itself was released). It includes David Newman's score, plus a song by Smash Mouth ("Getting Better") and ("Hang on") that makes it the third film in a row playing a song in a film starring Mike Myers, after Shrek (2001) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002). The soundtrack also includes a couple of songs performed by Mike Myers (the role of the Cat). Newman's score won a BMI Film Music Award.

No.TitleLength
1."Main Title; The Kids" (Composed by David Newman)8:07
2."Getting Better" (Performed by Smash Mouth)2:24
3."The Cat" (Composed by David Newman)3:50
4."Two Things - Couch Jumping - Lea..." (Composed by David Newman)5:16
5."Military Academy Seduction" (Composed by David Newman)3:02
6.Untitled (Composed by David Newman)2:12
7."Surfer Cat - the Phunometer" (Composed by David Newman)2:23
8."Fun, Fun, Fun" (Performed by Mike Myers)2:38
9."The Contract" (Composed by David Newman)1:53
10."Oven Explodes - "Clean Up This Mess!"" (Composed by David Newman)1:36
11."Things Wreck the House" (Composed by David Newman)2:52
12."Larry the Slob" (Composed by David Newman)3:10
13."Birthday Party" (Composed by David Newman)2:11
14."S.L.O.W. Drive" (Composed by David Newman)2:32
15."Rescuing Nevins" (Composed by David Newman)4:27
16."Hang On" (Performed by Smash Mouth)2:53
Total length:48:55

Home media

The Cat in the Hat was released for VHS and DVD on April 24, 2004.[35] It features 16 deleted scenes, 20 outtake scenes, almost a dozen featurettes and a “Dance with the Cat” tutorial to teach kids a Cat in the Hat dance.[36] On February 7, 2012, the film was released on Blu-ray.[37]

Video game

Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Microsoft
Xbox
Game Boy Advance

A video game based on The Cat in the Hat film was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance on November 5, 2003, and PC on November 9, 2003, shortly before the film's theatrical release. There was a commercial of the game where it's available for the Nintendo GameCube but the GameCube release of the game got canceled. The plot of the game is completely different from the movie; instead of Conrad unlocking the Cat's Crate, Larry Quinn unlocks it and steals the Lock to it. Playing as the Cat, the player must go through thirteen levels through the transformed house and chase down Larry, who is collecting the magic released from the Crate for himself, and defeat him to get the Lock (called the "Crablock" in-game) back and re-lock the Crate before the children's mother returns home.[59] The game received critically mixed reviews[39][38][40][43][42][44] (except for the PC version, which received negative reviews).[41][45] The video game was banned in Brazil, due to copyright issues.[citation needed]

See also

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