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Title: Cats

Original Title: Cats

Year: 2019

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: December 20 2019
  • United States: December 20 2019

Plot

'Cats' is the cinematographic adaptation of what is one of the longest-running Broadway musicals of all time. It is directed by Tom Hooper, who won an Oscar for his work in 'The King's Speech' and boasts directorial credits in other movies such as 'The Danish Girl' and 'Les Misérables'.

'Cats' tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night that the leader of the group decides which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a new life. These cats will present themselves one by one, spinning stories about their past and explaining what makes them special enough to be the chosen one.

Forming the cast are Jennifer Hudson, an Oscar winner for 'Dreamgirls', James Corden ('Yesterday'), Ian McKellen ('All Is True', 'Beauty and the Beast') and Taylor Swift. 'Cats' will be the return of the artist to the big screen after her small role in 'Valentine's Day' and her cameo in 'Hannah Montana: The Movie', though she has been involved with the film industry through the contributions she made to the original soundtracks of 'Fifty Shades Darker' and 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'.

The film and the musical are based on the book of poems for children written by T.S. Eliot, and the script is penned by the playwright Lee Hall (known for the 2000 film 'Billy Elliot' and 'Rocketman').

Awards

Cast

Director:

Tom Hooper Tom Hooper

Idris Elba

Idris Elba

Macavity

Rebel Wilson

Rebel Wilson

Jennyanydots

Jason Derulo

Jason Derulo

Rum Tum Tugger

Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Hudson

Grizabella

James Corden

James Corden

Bustopher Jones

Ray Winstone

Ray Winstone

Growltiger

Videos

'Cats' first trailer 2:47

'Cats' first trailer

July 19 2019

3:28

July 17 2019

Photos

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Trivia

To the big screen

This is the first adaptation of 'Cats' since the 1998 made-for-television BBC movie.

Successful musical

The stage version is the fourth-longest-running show in Broadway history, and the sixth-longest-running in London's West End.

Destiny?

In 'Six Degrees of Separation', Paul (Will Smith) tells dinner guests his father is making a movie of the hit play 'Cats'. Amongst the guests excited to be an extra in the movie of Cats was Sir Ian McKellen.

Soundtrack from 'Cats'

Memory

Compuesta por

Andrew Lloyd Webber Trevor Nunn T.S. Eliot John Powell

Interpretada por

Jennifer Hudson Francesca Hayward

The Old Gumbie Cat

Compuesta por

T.S. Eliot Andrew Lloyd Webber

Interpretada por

Robbie Fairchild Rebel Wilson

The Rum Tum Tugger

Compuesta por

T.S. Eliot Andrew Lloyd Webber

Interpretada por

Jason Derulo

Bustopher Jones: The Cat About Town

Compuesta por

T.S. Eliot Andrew Lloyd Webber

Interpretada por

James Corden Jason Derulo Cory English Idris Elba

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