I have this VHS tape with something on it ...

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Fair enough, I guess. Honestly, Japan's history of animal welfare is dodgy enough that it wouldn't surprise me if the rumors were true. Still, it might be a more interesting film if it was true. Without it, you just have a movie where Dudley Moore talks about a pug and a tabby giving the audience diabetes.

And back to the thread, the screenshot of the Milo and Otis trailer had virtually nothing to suggest any connection with the film. Hell, the "adults at children's prices" thing reminded me more of Tim and Eric than anything else.

Yeah, the film was filmed over a period of four years, entirely on a farm. Reportedly around 20-30 different cats were used to portray the single cat in the film (which is not a lot at all when you consider they needed to use 48 different pigs in addition to animatronic pigs to portray Babe in Babe and that was shot over a period of only 6 months!) No matter how many times I see Babe it always makes me hungry for pork. Anyway, the question of is there any animal cruelty in Milo and Otis is no there isn't. None whatsoever shown on film, and none that anybody knows about off-film either. I'd agree that the animals may have put through dangerous situations (what humans use stunt-doubles for), although most of the danger portrayed in the film is not real, and that filming those scenes could have ended in disaster.

Yes, I posted a screenshot of the cat floating down the river in the box. It's one of the more iconic scenes in the movie and anyone who's seen the movie has a chance to recognise it.

Let's not forget that it was an award-winning movie, and that the allegations were investigated and nothing has ever been found. Animal rights groups as you would know tend to make well-exaggerated and misleading claims, as well as unsubstantiated allegations.

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Ooh! Ooh! BOXING DAY! That is the Aussie holiday, amirite?

Based solely upon the graphic art and striped shirt, I'm going to say the year was 1998.

The year was 1990.

Since a number of you keep guessing summer holidays, I'll remind you that I have a screenshot here:



Of an advertisement for the snow season, ergo this was certainly in winter.