![]() A typical filming day ran from around 8am to 6pm, with a few cast members, namely Drew Varley, Jo Gibb and Fergus Logan, having to perform in the evening live performances of Cats in the West End afterwards. The film was then shot over a course of 18 days, spread out over three weeks from August to September 1997. The music and vocals were pre-recorded first in a studio. Originally the plan was to make an Animated Film with Amblimation studios, however when plans to animate the show fell through, the live-action staged film was made instead. For more details on the differences between the film and the musical, see here.Īndrew Lloyd Webber had been considering making a film of the musical since at least the early 1990s. However to retain an international flavour to the film, the Broadway names for " Plato" ( Admetus), " Tumblebrutus" ( Bill Bailey) and " Pouncival" ( Carbucketty) were used. The film was essentially a condensed production of the contemporary London version of the show, with elements such as the re-written version of " Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer", and where there was a discrepancy between the London and Broadway versions, the London version was used. In the film, the license plate on the car that can be seen at the back of the stage reads “TSE 1″ for T S Eliot. The soundtrack for the film was recorded with a seventy-piece orchestra to create a full digital sound. They laughed when I told them soon we'd need an upgrade,īut tomorrow I plan to quit and do social work.The Cats film was directed by David Mallet and shot at the Adelphi Theatre in London in 1997. It's the third time this week our stupid server's gone down, Put your shoes at the door, sleep, prepare for life.' The bed is open the tooth-brush hangs on the wall, The little lamp spreads a ring on the stair, Gripped the end of a stick which I held him. I could see nothing behind that child's eye. Slipped out and pocketed a toy that was running along the quay. 'Remark the cat which flattens itself in the gutter, Rust that clings to the form that the strength has left Who hesitates towards you in the light of the door If you touch me you’ll understand what happiness is,. When the dawn comes, tonight will be memory too,īurnt out ends of smoky days, the stale cold smell of morning,Ī street lamp dies, another night is over, - another day is dawning. Someone mutters, the street lamp gutters, and soon it will be morning. I remember the time I knew what happiness was,Įvery street lamp seems to beat a fatalistic warning ![]() ![]() In the lamplight the withered leaves collect at my feet, Memory Lyrics are based on “Rhapsody on a Windy Night” and “Preludes” which although among Eliot's writing, were imported into Cats and are not part of Possum’s Book of Practical Cats IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII If you ask me you’ll understand necessity calls Time disperses all fat purses, the contrast appals,įuture errance is sad circumstance, unmasked is surface romance ! Time encircles the stalls and circles, silence, footloose, heavy falls! No more floor dance, no performance, the cast is cast askance, The band’s echo hesitantly once again recalls, If you ask me you’ll understand necessity promptsĭespite spotlights only echoes haunt the empty stalls, Of full-house pounce bounce - turn life's page ! Time encircles plush stalls, box, circles, Phantom band wave hesitantly once again recalls, Where gaze stage-struck saw hearts swim. Despite spotlights only echoes haunt empty stalls,Ĭircle spins round as retirement strikes now.
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