102 Dalmatians

102 Dalmatians
Directed by	Ron Howard
Written by	Dodie Smith (novel) Kristen Buckley Brian Regan
Produced by	Edward S. Feldman
Starring	Glenn Close Gérard Depardieu Ioan Gruffudd
Cinematography	Adrian Biddle Roger Pratt
Edited by	Gregory Perler Sophie Sorensen
Music by	David Newman
Distributed by	Walt Disney Pictures
Release date	November 17, 2000
Running time	103 minutes
Countries	United States United Kingdom France
Language	English
Budget	US$85,000,000 (estimated)
Box office	$183,611,771 [1]

102 Dalmatians (known as 102 in Japan) is a 2000 live-action movie produced by The Walt Disney Company with Glenn Close acting as the protagonist, Cruella de Vil. It is a sequel to the 1996 movie 101 Dalmatians, which was a live-action remake of the 1961 Disney animated movie 101 Dalmatians. In the movie, Cruella de Vil attempts to steal puppies for her making a fur coat. Glenn Close and Tim McInnerny were the only actors from 101 Dalmatians to return for this sequel. The film was released on VHS and DVD on April 3, 2001, and re-released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on September 16, 2008.^[2]

The story

After a spot of therapy Cruella De Vil is released from prison a changed woman. Devoted to dogs and good causes, she is delighted that Chloe, her parole officer, has a dalmatian family and connections with a dog charity. But the sound of Big Ben can reverse the treatment so it is only a matter of time before Ms De Vil is back to her incredibly ghastly ways, using her new-found connections with Chloe and friends.

Cast

Actor	Character	Films
Glenn Close	Cruella de Vil	1 & 2
Ioan Gruffudd	Kevin Shepherd	2
Alice Evans	Chloe Simon	2
Tim McInnerny	Alonzo	1 & 2
Ian Richardson	Mr. Torte	2
Gerard Depardieu	Jean Pierre Le Pelt	2
Eric Idle	Waddlesworth (voice)	2

Box office

The movie did well at the box office, earning $66,957,026 in the US and $116,654,745 in other countries, bringing its total to $183,611,771 worldwide.^[1] This is less than the first movie which earned $320,689,294 worldwide.

Sets

• The Oxford prison was used for the scene as Cruella walked out of prison. This motion picture was filmed partially in Paris.

Video game

A video game based on the movie was released, with Frankie Muniz as the voice of Domino.

References

1. 102 Dalmatiansat Boxofficemojo.com Archived 2009-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
2. "102 Dalmatians DVD". CDUniverse.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-21. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

Other websites

• Official website
• 102 Dalmatians on IMDb
• 102 Dalmatians at AllMovie
• 102 Dalmatians at Rotten Tomatoes