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Cats Don't Dance (1997) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Mark Dindal

Writing Credits  

Rick Calabash ... (story) (as Rick Schneider) &
Robert Lence ... (story) &
Mark Dindal ... (story) &
Kelvin Yasuda ... (story) &
Brian McEntee ... (story) &
David Womersley ... (story)
 
Bobs Gannaway ... (screenplay) (as Roberts Gannaway) and
Cliff Ruby ... (screenplay) &
Elana Lesser ... (screenplay) and
Theresa Cullen ... (screenplay) (as Theresa Pettengill)
 
Joel Paley ... (additional screenplay material)
 
Cinco Paul ... (additional screenplay material)
Robin Coats ... (based on a book by)

Cast (in credits order)  

Scott Bakula ... Danny (voice)
Jasmine Guy ... Sawyer (voice)
Natalie Cole ... Sawyer (singing voice)
Ashley Peldon ... Darla Dimple (voice)
Lindsay Ridgeway ... Darla Dimple (singing voice)
Kathy Najimy ... Tillie Hippo (voice)
John Rhys-Davies ... Woolie Mammoth (voice)
George Kennedy ... L.B. Mammoth (voice)
Rene Auberjonois ... Flanigan (voice)
Betty Lou Gerson ... Frances (voice)
Hal Holbrook ... Cranston (voice)
Matthew Herried Matthew Herried ... Pudge the Penguin (voice)
Don Knotts ... T.W. Turtle (voice)
Rick Logan Rick Logan ... T. W. Turtle (singing voice)
Frank Welker ... Farley Wink (voice)
David Johansen ... Bus Driver (voice)
Mark Dindal ... Max (voice)
Vanessa Theme Ament Vanessa Theme Ament ... Additional Voices (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker ... Kong / Additional Voices (voice)
Catherine Battistone Catherine Battistone ... Additional Voices (voice)
Bob Bergen ... Additional Voices (voice)
Shelby Daniel Shelby Daniel ... Additional Voices (voice)
Debi Derryberry ... Additional Voices (voice)
Bill Farmer ... Additional Voices (voice)
Barbara Goodson ... Additional Voices (voice)
Patty Lund Patty Lund ... Additional Voices (voice)
Mona Marshall ... Additional Voices (voice)
Gary Matanky Gary Matanky ... Additional Voices (voice)
Patricia Parris Patricia Parris ... Additional Voices (voice) (as Patty Parris)
Tony Pope ... Alligator / Additional Voices (voice)
Peter Renaday Peter Renaday ... Narrator / Additional Voices (voice)
Doug Stone ... Additional Voices (voice)
David W. Thompson David W. Thompson ... Additional Voices (voice)
Torri Whitehead Torri Whitehead ... Additional Voices (voice) (as Torri Whitehead-Winn)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michelle Lynskey Michelle Lynskey ... Toto the Dog (voice)

Produced by 

Bill Bloom ... associate producer
Timothy Campbell ... producer
Sandy Russell Gartin ... executive producer
Paul Gertz ... producer
Jim Katz ... co-producer
David Kirschner ... producer
Charles Leland Richardson ... executive producer (as Charles L. Richardson)
David J. Steinberg ... executive producer (as David Steinberg)
Barry Weiss ... co-producer

Music by 

Steve Goldstein ... (score)
Randy Newman

Cinematography by 

Rob Maine

Editing by 

Dan Molina

Casting By 

Lynda Gordon
Judy Taylor

Production Design by 

Brian McEntee

Art Direction by 

Brian McEntee

Production Management 

Melissa Kurtz ... production supervisor
Rami Kviatkovsky ... assistant production manager
Gary Matanky ... production manager
Jon Terada ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Michael Serrian ... assistant director

Art Department 

John Alvin ... poster artist
Rick Calabash ... storyboard supervisor (as Rick Schneider) / visual development (as Rick Schneider)
Tony Craig ... storyboard artist
Theresa Cullen ... storyboard artist (as Theresa Pettengill)
Jill Culton ... storyboard artist
Sidney DeSeve ... character designer
Mark Dindal ... storyboard artist / storyboard supervisor
Tom Ellery ... character designer / storyboard artist
Dennis Greco ... visual development
Kevin Johnson ... storyboard artist
Jason Katz ... storyboard artist
Soo Jin King ... assistant art director
Eric Koenig ... storyboard artist (as Eric 'Panama' Koenig)
Robert Lence ... storyboard artist
Robin A. Linn ... maquette sculptor
Brian McEntee ... storyboard artist / visual development
Mark Myer ... visual development
Matthew O'Callaghan ... storyboard artist
Bradley Raymond ... storyboard artist (as Brad Raymond)
Darrell Rooney ... storyboard artist
Larry Scholl ... storyboard artist
Mark Swan ... storyboard artist
Ennio Torresan ... visual development (as Ennio Torresan Jr.)
Frans Vischer ... storyboard artist
David Womersley ... storyboard artist / visual development
Kelvin Yasuda ... storyboard artist / visual development: musical sequences
Lorna Cook ... storyboard artist (uncredited)
Eddie Fitzgerald ... story artist (uncredited)
Vicky Jenson ... story artist (uncredited)
Barry Johnson ... storyboard artist (uncredited)
Todd Kurosawa ... storyboard artist (uncredited)
Jim Smith ... story artist (uncredited)

Sound Department 

Vanessa Theme Ament ... supervising foley editor
Dwayne Avery ... sound editor
Donald Flick ... sound editor
Michael Geisler ... sound editor (as Michael M. Geisler)
Jim Hearn ... sound track editor
Alan Holly ... adr mixer
Nicholas James ... supervising dialogue editor
Doc Kane ... adr mixer
Gregg Landaker ... re-recording mixer
Brian Magill ... original dialogue mixer
Mark A. Mangini ... Sound Effects by (as Mark Mangini)
Steve Maslow ... re-recording mixer
Oscar Mitt ... assistant sound editor
Preston Oliver ... sound transfer
Richard Partlow ... foley artist
Sonny Pettijohn ... assistant sound editor
Troy Porter ... adr mixer
Karin Roulo ... foley mixer
Renee Sabath ... assistant sound editor
Rick Sanchez ... foley artist
James Saunders ... adr mixer
David E. Stone ... sound effects (as David Stone)
Jeff Watts ... sound editor
Thomas Whiting ... supervising adr editor
Vanessa Theme Ament ... foley artist (uncredited)
Michael Geisler ... sound designer (uncredited)
Steve Lee ... sound editor (uncredited)
Mark A. Mangini ... sound designer (uncredited)
Preston Oliver ... dialogue mixer (uncredited)
David E. Stone ... supervising sound editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by 

John Allan Armstrong ... effects animator (as John Armstrong)
Stephanie Bolger ... effects assistant
Margaret Craig-Chang ... effects animator
Lee Crowe ... effects animator
Courtney Dane ... effects coordinator
Ronni Dell ... effects assistant
Angela Diamos ... effects assistant
Evelyn Gabai ... effects assistant
Ko Hashiguchi ... effects animator
Al Holter ... effects animator
David M. Kcenich ... effects assistant (as David Kcenich)
Susan B. Keane ... effects assistant (as Susan Keane)
Chris Kirshbaum ... effects assistant
Paul Lewis ... effects animator
David Light ... effects assistant
Jon William Lopez ... effects animator (as Jon Lopez)
Jerry Mills ... digital production manager
Harry Moreau ... effects animator
Mary Mullen ... effects assistant
January Nordman ... effects animator
Kevin Oakley ... effects animator
Masa Oshiro ... effects animator
Nate Pacheco ... effects assistant
Jeff Plamenig ... effects assistant
Tom Pope ... effects assistant
Lou Romano ... effects assistant
Eugene Salandra ... effects assistant
Bob Simmons ... effects animator
Ryan Simmons ... effects assistant
Jeffery St. Ours ... effects coordinator (as Jeff St. Ours)
Allen Stovall ... effects animator
Sean Strain ... effects assistant
Randy Weeks ... effects assistant
Dawn Wells ... effects assistant
Von Williams ... effects assistant

Camera and Electrical Department 

Thane Berti ... animation camera
John Derderian ... animation camera
James Keefer ... animation camera (as Jim Keefer)
Dan Larsen ... animation camera
Rob Maine ... animation camera operator

Animation Department 

Renee Ilsa Alcazar ... mark-up (as Rene Alcazar)
Michael Alcouloumre ... assistant animator: "Danny" (as Mike Alcouloumre)
Francesca Allen ... character lead: "Darla Dimple" and "Max" (as Franci Allen)
Andrew Austin ... layout artist
Amy Azzara ... digital painter
Matthew Bates ... animator: "Supporting Animal Characters" (as Matt Bates)
Paul Bauman ... key assistant animator: "Danny"
Mannix Bennett ... background artist
Scott Bern ... key assistant animator: "Supporting Animal Characters"
Nancy Bihary-Fiske ... digital painter
Bonnie Blough ... assistant systems director/painting
Marzette Bonar ... background artist
Gina Bradley ... checking supervisor
Wanda Brown ... assistant animator: "Sawyer"
Trish Burgio ... background artist
Rick Calabash ... character designer (as Rick Schneider)
Wayne Carlisi ... animator: "Darla Dimple" and "Max"
Ruben Chavez ... background artist
Carrie Cheney ... breakdown artist: "Supporting Animal Characters" (as Carrie Buell)
Yarrow Cheney ... animator: "Supporting Animal Characters"
Marc Christenson ... layout artist (as Marcus Christenson)
Mark Christiansen ... layout artist (as Marcus Christenson)
Chris Chu ... key assistant animator: "Danny"
Marco Cinello ... layout artist
Mark Cote ... assistant animator: "Danny"
Elena Marie Cox ... digital painter
Laura Craig ... assistant systems director/painting
Jill Culton ... Lead animator / supervising animator: "Supporting Animal Characters"
Kevin Davis ... breakdown artist: "Darla Dimple", "Max", "L. B. Mammoth", "Flanigan" and "Farley Wink"
Alberto De Mello ... layout artist (as Alberto DeMello)
Gavin Dell ... animator / animator: "Sawyer"
Peter J. DeLuca ... layout artist (as Peter DeLuca)
Jaime Diaz ... systems administrator/digital painting
Mark Dindal ... character designer
Mary M. Dowd ... assistant animator: "Supporting Animal Characters" (as Mary Dowd)
Kimberly Dwinell ... assistant animator / breakdown artist: "Sawyer"
John Eddings ... key assistant animator: "Danny"
Tom Ellery ... character designer
Joe F. Elliott ... breakdown artist: "Darla Dimple", "Max", "L. B. Mammoth", "Flanigan" and "Farley Wink" (as Joe Elliot)
Bill Exter ... assistant animator: "Danny"
Lauren Faust ... animator: "Sawyer"
Ralph Fernan ... animator: "Darla Dimple" and "Max"
Ian Findley ... inbetween artist: "Darla Dimple", "Max", "L. B. Mammoth", "Flanigan" and "Farley Wink"
Nickolas M. Frangos ... inbetween artist: "Danny" (as Nickolas Frangos)
Trine Frank ... breakdown artist: "Danny"
Steve Garcia ... animator: "Sawyer"
Chuck Gefre ... animation checker (as Charles Gefre) / digital painter (as Charles Gefre)
Damien Gilligan ... key assistant animator: "Supporting Animal Characters"
Lennie K. Graves ... directing animator: "Sawyer"
Dennis Greco ... layout artist
Karen Hamrock ... layout artist
Corey Hels ... animator: 3-D computer graphics
Sandy Henkin ... assistant animator: "Darla Dimple", "Max", "L. B. Mammoth", "Flanigan", "Farley Wink" and "Supporting Animal Characters"
Millet Henson ... supervising lead key: "Supporting Animal Characters"
Arturo A. Hernandez ... inbetween artist: "Danny" (as Art Hernandez)
Jim Hickey ... background supervisor
Cathlin Hidalgo-Polvani ... inbetween artist: "Sawyer" (as Cathlin Hidalgo)
Glenn M. Higa ... production coordinator/layout (as Glenn Higa)
Tiffany Hillkurtz ... assistant animation department (as Tiffany L. Kurtz)
Jon L. Hooper ... animator: "Sawyer", "Farley Wink" and 3-D computer graphics / digital painter (as Jon Hooper)
Chris Hubbard ... breakdown artist: "Danny"
Melody Hughes ... assistant color modelist
Andrew Ice ... layout artist
Tim Ingersoll ... key assistant animator: "Darla Dimple", "Max", "L. B. Mammoth", "Flanigan" and "Farley Wink"
Jay Jackson ... supervising animator: "Danny"
Todd Jacobsen ... key assistant animator: "Danny" and "Darla Dimple"
Arlan Jewell ... layout artist
Patrick Joens ... key assistant animator: "Darla Dimple", "Max", "L. B. Mammoth", "Flanigan" and "Farley Wink" (as Pat Joens)
Jeff Johnson ... animator: "Darla Dimple" and "Max"
Kevin Johnson ... directing animator: "Supporting Animal Characters"
Ben Jones ... animator: "Danny"
Skip Jones ... additional animator
Ernie Keen ... animator: "Danny" (as Ernest Keen)
Ken Kim ... inbetween artist: "Supporting Animal Characters"
Aaron Kirby ... breakdown artist: "Danny"
Daryl Klein ... digital artist
Pam Kleyman ... animation checker
Eric Koenig ... animator: "Supporting Animal Characters" (as Eric 'Panama' Koenig)
Caroline Kranz ... key assistant animator: "Danny" (as Caroline Brophy)
Mike Kunkel ... animator: "Darla Dimple" and "Max"
Dave Kupczyk ... additional animator
Derek L'Estrange ... assistant animator: "Darla Dimple", "Max", "L. B. Mammoth", "Flanigan" and "Farley Wink"
Dan Larsen ... digital systems director/painting
Helen Lawlor ... key assistant animator: "Sawyer"
Annette Leavitt ... color modelist
William Leavitt ... digital painter (as William R. Leavitt) / production coordinator/animation checking (as Bill Leavitt)
Diana LeBost ... breakdown artist: "Supporting Animal Characters"
Miyul Lee ... key assistant animator: "Darla Dimple", "Max", "L. B. Mammoth", "Flanigan" and "Farley Wink" (as Mi Yul Lee)
Jerry Loveland ... background artist (as Gerry Loveland)
Steve Markowski ... animator: "Danny"
Diane Matranga ... animation checking supervisor
Kenn McDonald ... assistant animator: "Danny" (as Ken McDonald)
Joe McDonough ... breakdown artist: "Darla Dimple", "Max", "L. B. Mammoth", "Flanigan" and "Farley Wink"
Brian McEntee ... character designer
Linda Miller ... additional animator
Dan Mills ... layout artist
Jerry Mills ... digital paint supervisor
Steve Mills ... digital systems director/painting (as Steven A. Mills)
Bill Mims ... assistant animator: "Darla Dimple", "Max", "L. B. Mammoth", "Flanigan" and "Farley Wink"
Ken Mimura ... layout artist
Andrew Molloy ... assistant animator: "Supporting Animal Characters"
Zac Moncrief ... inbetween artist: "Darla Dimple", "Max", "L. B. Mammoth", "Flanigan" and "Farley Wink" (as Zachary Moncreif)
Celeste Moreno ... key assistant animator: "Supporting Animal Characters"
Sharon Murray ... breakdown artist: "Sawyer"
Randy Myers ... animator: "Supporting Animal Characters"
Yoon Sook Nam ... breakdown artist: "Danny"
Mike Nguyen ... additional animator
Robert G. Nigoghossian ... breakdown artist: "Supporting Animal Characters" (as Robert Nigoghossian)
Fabio Novais ... digital painter / production coordinator/clean up / production coordinator/digital painter (as Fabio Novias)
Kevin O'Hara ... key assistant animator: "Danny"
Irene Parkins ... supervising character lead: "Darla Dimple", "Max", "L. B. Mammoth", "Flanigan" and "Farley Wink"
Don Parmele ... clean-up supervisor
Catherine Parotino ... scanner
Nicole Pascal ... assistant animator: "Danny"
Kim Patterson ... digital systems director/painting
John Pattison ... layout artist
Mike Pettengill ... inbetween artist: "Darla Dimple", "Max", "L. B. Mammoth", "Flanigan" and "Farley Wink"
Doris Plough ... supervising character lead: "Sawyer"
Michael Polvani ... animator: "Danny" (as Mike Polvani)
Domingo Rivera ... key assistant animator: "Supporting Animal Characters"
Edward Rivera ... key assistant animator: "Darla Dimple", "Max", "L. B. Mammoth", "Flanigan" and "Farley Wink" (as Ed Rivera)
Kristian Roberts ... digital cel painter
Craig Robertson ... background artist
Leonard Robledo ... background artist
Simon Rodgers ... layout artist (as Simon Rogers)
Joe Roman ... key assistant animator: "Sawyer"
Deborah Rykoff-Bennett ... digital painter (as Deborah R. Bennett)
Al Salgado ... breakdown artist: "Danny"
Matthew Schofield ... inbetween artist: "Danny"
Bob Scott ... character designer / supervising animator: "Danny"
Pat Sito ... animation checker (as Patricia Connolly-Sito)
Bruce W. Smith ... character designer (as Bruce Smith)
Tim Soman ... layout artist
Pil Yong Song ... assistant animator: "Darla Dimple", "Max", "L. B. Mammoth", "Flanigan" and "Farley Wink"
Kathy St. Germain ... animation checker (as Kathy St. Germaine) / animation checker
Dean Stanley ... scanner
Chad Stewart ... animator: "Danny" / supervising animator: "Farley Wink"
Michael Stocker ... animator: "Supporting Animal Characters" (as Mike Stocker)
Calvin Suggs ... breakdown artist: "Supporting Animal Characters"
Will Sweeney ... inbetween artist: "Supporting Animal Characters"
Louis Tate ... breakdown artist: "Supporting Animal Characters"
Dave Thomson ... ink and paint (as George D. Thomson)
Ennio Torresan ... layout artist (as Ennio Torresan Jr.)
Bob Tyler ... supervising character lead: "Danny"
Neil Viker ... scene planner
Frans Vischer ... supervising animator: "Darla Dimple" and "Max"
Roger Vizard ... animator: "Danny"
Tran Vu ... key assistant animator: "Danny"
Stevan Wahl ... supervising animator: "L.B. Mammoth" and "Flanigan"
Mitchell Walker Jr. ... key assistant animator: "Supporting Animal Characters" (as Mitch Walker Jr.)
Terry Walsh ... assistant animator: "Darla Dimple", "Max", "L. B. Mammoth", "Flanigan" and "Farley Wink"
Todd Wilderman ... inbetween artist: "Supporting Animal Characters"
Dougg Williams ... animator: "Danny"
Gina Williams ... inbetween artist: "Sawyer"
Denise Wogatzke ... digital systems director/painting
David Womersley ... layout supervisor
Dave Woodman ... assistant animator: "Supporting Animal Characters"
Brian Woods ... layout artist
Miri Yoon ... assistant animator: "Sawyer" (as Mi Ri Yoon)
Janet M. Zoll ... assistant systems director/painting (as Janet Zoll)
Meelis Arulepp ... animator (uncredited)
Linda Bel ... animator: "Supporting Animal Characters'" (uncredited)
Daryl Carstensen ... xerox checker (uncredited)
Teresa Coffey-Wellins ... production assistant (uncredited)
Luca Fattore ... animator (uncredited)
Doug Frankel ... animator: "L. B. Mammoth" and "Flanigan" (uncredited)
Byron Howard ... assistant animator (uncredited)
Luca Mazzoleni ... animator (uncredited)
Phil Nibbelink ... assistant animator (uncredited)
Lou Romano ... character designer (uncredited)

Casting Department 

Vanessa Theme Ament ... adr group voice casting

Editorial Department 

Catherine Apple ... first assistant editor
Debra K. Chinn ... international post production supervisor
Denis Dutton ... associate editor
Dale E. Grahn ... color timer
Steve New ... negative cutter
Greg Snyder ... assistant editor

Music Department 

Larry Blank ... orchestrator
Nick Fryman ... additional orchestrator
Mort Lindsey ... additional orchestrator
Clif Magness ... music producer
Randy Newman ... songs
Craig Pettigrew ... music editor
Lawrence Schwartz ... orchestrator
Alan Steinberger ... music consultant
Frank Wolf ... score mixer / song mixer
Tom Brown ... music preparation (uncredited)
Sandy De Crescent ... music contractor (uncredited)
Daniel Gold ... music prep (uncredited)
Karen Wilson Harper ... singer (uncredited)
Jim Hoffman ... music preparation (uncredited)
Edie Lehmann Boddicker ... singer (uncredited)
Malcolm McNab ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Steven L. Smith ... music preparation (uncredited)
Sally Stevens ... singer (uncredited)
James Thatcher ... musician: French horn (uncredited)
Martin Tillman ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Sebastian Toettcher ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department 

Scott Alexander ... script revisions (uncredited)
Larry Karaszewski ... script revisions (uncredited)

Additional Crew 

Mike Brassell ... coordinator
Dawn David ... production assistant
James Jan ... systems administrator
Patty Lund ... office manager
William Munsterman ... production assistant (as Bill Munsterman)
Kyle Patterson ... supervising production accounting
Amanda Pleak ... production assistant
Tori Pollock ... office unit manager
Teri Renteria ... production accountant
Bob Simmons ... title designer
Stuart Sumida ... consultant: animal anatomy
David W. Thompson ... production coordinator: pencil test and av coordinator
David Womersley ... title designer
Dave Woodman ... caricature designer
Vanessa Theme Ament ... adr loop group (uncredited)
Vicki Casper ... production assistant (uncredited)
Gene Kelly ... choreography consultant (uncredited)
Aaron Springer ... intern (uncredited)
Adam D. Wright ... distribution executive (uncredited)

Thanks 

Gene Kelly ... dedicated to our friend and collaborator

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