From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
101 Dalmatians
is a
movie
made by
The Walt Disney Company
in
1996
. It is a remake of the
1961
animated movie
101 Dalmatians
(which was based on
Dodie Smith
's
1956
novel
The 00 and 1 Dalmatians
). The movie's main
actor
is
Glenn Close
as
Cruella de Vil
. Unlike in the earlier versions of the story, the dalmatians are played by real
dalmatian
actors, and none of the dalmatians talk. A sequel,
102 Dalmatians
, was made in
2000
and was released in November. This movie is called simply
101
in
Japan
, like its sequel, which is called
102
.
101 Dalmatians
was released on
VHS
on April 15, 1997 and as a
DVD
on December 12, 2000. Because many people bought the DVD, Disney re-released the film on September 16, 2008 in the United States.
The movie made lots of money when it was in
movie theatres
, earning $136,189,294 in the United States and $184,500,000 in other places, bringing its worldwide total to $320,689,294.
[3]