The Adventures of Milo and Otis
by Masanori Hata
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Actor: Dudley Moore, Ky?ko Koizumi, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Shigeru TsuyukiDirector: Masanori Hata
Cinematographer: Hideo Fujii
Cinematographer: Shinji Tomita
Writer: Masanori Hata
Editor: Chizuko Osada
Editor: Peter H. Verity
Editor: Walt Mulconery
Producer: Haruo Shikanai
Producer: Hisashi Hieda
Producer: Masaru Kakutani
Producer: Satoru Ogata
Writer: Mark Saltzman
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Live, NTSC
Running Time: 76 minutes
Release Date: 1999-08-31
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Publisher: Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Studio: Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
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Movie Review: Milo Down the River
Summary: 5 Stars
"Milo and Otis" must have taken a lot to put together. There is so much they have all the animals doing and interacting with. There's all of Milo's hiding places on the farm, Milo's adventures down waterfalls and off cliffs, Otis' struggle with a bear, Otis' ride on the back of a turtle during high tide. How did they manage it all? A friend who I was watching with suggested the turtle wasn't real when it was shown being ridden on. I don't know about that myself, I think it's hard to say...
The story is of Milo the cat and Otis the dog, who grow up as kitten and puppy on the farm, helping look after the chickens' eggs and playing hide and seek among other things. One of Milo's hiding places is a box on the river, but this ends up drifting downstream, with Milo helpless inside. Otis follows Milo, and during the adventures to come back together and get back to the farm, they both grow up a lot.
Dudley Moore does the narration, and I think he does a charming job, and helps make the funny moments funnier. The beginning of the film is a lot faster paced than I remember when I was a kid in the cinema, which was surprising. It's interesting to hear how Dudley keeps up with all the farm scenes coming one after the other. I love the scenery out in the wild too, with it's rivers and forests and greenery. I'd love to visit wherever it was they filmed.
Summary of The Adventures of Milo and Otis
Japanese filmmaker Masanori Hata made this above-average family film about a dog and a cat--friends with a tendency to make mischief--who go on an unanticipated adventure when one is rushed downriver and the other follows. Hata, who took four years to complete the work, relies on purely cinematic storytelling techniques (these animals don't have human voices on the soundtrack), making the film an international favorite. Dudley Moore narrates, but the film works because Hata's filmmaking fundamentals are so good. Kids love this, but adults can easily appreciate and enjoy it, too. --Tom KeoghKids & Family VHS Video
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