| Produced by: | Walt Disney Pictures
| Certification:
| USA:PG
| Cast
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| Christina Ricci
| Patti
| Doug E. Doug
| Zeke
| Dean Jones
| Mr. Flint
| George Dzundza
| Boetticher
| Peter Boyle
| Pa
| Michael McKean
| Peter Randall
| Bess Amstrong
| Judy Randall
| Dyan Cannon
| Mrs. Flint
| J. Ratzenberger
| Dusty
| Megan Cavanagh
| Lu
| Mark Christopher Lawrence
| Rollo
| Elvis
| D.C. ("That Darn Cat")
| Credits
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| Director
| Bob Spiers
| Producers
| Robert Simonds,
| | Ross Fanger,
| | Andrew Gottlieb
| Screenplay
| S.M. Alexander, L.A. Karaszewski
| Photography
| Jerzy Zielinski
| Editor
| Robert Barton
| Music
| Richard Gibbs
| Production Designer
| Jonathan Carlson
| Costume Designer
| Marie France
| Written by:
| S.M. Alexander
| | L.A. Karaszewski
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| Summary:
| The film is somewhat a modern sketch off of the original | |
1995 screenplay, also produced by Disney. Patti Randall (Christina
Ricci), the owner of D.C., finds a watch around his neck which
has the word "hell" inscribed on the back of it. She is
immediately convinced that it is the watch of a kidnaped
victim from Boston who intended to engrave "help" on the
watch, but didn't have time. Soon, she and FBI Agent Zeke
Kelso (Doug E. Doug) are off on a wild cat chase. | The film either lagged, or was downright boring. Besides the kidnaping case being the main storyline, the sideplots included two rival gas station owners, a mousy women in love with a police officer, and an old lady who loses her teeth! Even the snappy oldies used in the background didn't fit the cardboard cut-out atmosphere. Actors Christina Ricci and Doug E. Doug tried their darn best to be professional and make it look like they were having a good time, but failed. Obviously, they weren't capable of putting up with such nonsense, and they shouldn't have to compete for screentime with a cat. Anyhow, I had to give some credit to the car chase at the end--because although Disney's big bucks went in to stunt cars and massive explosives, I saw where it really went...down the drain (with cat hair around the ring).
"My character of Patti Randall has a bad case of the ultimate teen angst," explains Christina Ricci of this modern-day film adolescent. "Patti hates her small town, because it's totally boring to her, so she also hates everyone who lives there. She usually wears all black. But gradually she realizes there are a lot of wacky, totally oddball people living in her town, so she decides her hometown is completely cool after all."
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