Once Milo is provisionally satisfied that Otis is not, in fact, a cat, the two agrarian urchins become fast friends. ![]() Taking his first tentative, if already mischievous, steps outside of the barn loft where he was whelped, Milo meets Otis, a baby Pug. We are thrust into the story with the birth of Milo, a tiny orange kitten living on a busy but well-ordered farm. The Adventures of Milo and Otis starts out as a frenetic, rambunctious movie about innocence, exploration, and friendship. In the words of Dan Crow’s folksy, cheery theme song, “We’re gonna take a walk outside today,” or at least down memory lane, and “see what we can find” in the incredible world of Milo and Otis. Where the original version was largely quiet, meditative, and yet unflinching in terms of the struggles and challenges the young cat and Pug puppy faced in the wild, the English-language version is boisterous, joyful, and chatty. Rescripted by Mark Saltzman, heavily edited, given a new soundtrack, and with redubbed narration by English actor Dudley Moore, the film was released in America as The Adventures of Milo and Otis in August of 1989. Also called The Adventures of Chatran, the film centered on a tabby kitten, Chatran (pronounced “Sha-toh-ran”), and his puppy pal, a Pug named Pusuke (pronounced “Poos-kay”). ![]() ![]() Featuring limited narration interspersed with occasional poetry and a beautiful soundtrack by Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, the film took four years and more than 40 hours of footage to craft in its original form. The brainchild of writer-director Masanori Hata, The Adventures of Milo and Otis debuted in Japan as Koneko Monogatari ( A Kitten’s Story) during the summer of 1986.
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