The Cat Who Drank and Used too Much

Duration: 600

Year Published: 1987

Creator: Randall Frederick

Complete Record: the children’s classic “Rich Cat, Poor Cat”, a Triple XXX film “Crazy Cat House” and a wacky anti-drug film entitled “The Cat Who Drank and Used Too Much”. •“Eye of the Cat” (B+W, 1969) dir. David Lowell Rich, screenplay by Joseph Steffano. Starring Michael Sarrazin, Gayle Hunnicutt, Eleanor Parker, Tim Henry. Set in San Francisco with some great location shots, the highly entertaining “Eye of the Cat” is an offbeat thriller written by Psycho writer Joseph Steffano about an eccentric old lady who plans to bequeath her fortune to her colony of cats. Her nephew gets wind of this and plies to re-instate himself as the sole heir, despite his ailurophobia (fear of cats) and his conspiring brother and auntie’s cosmetologist. Crazy cats, catfights, mod costumes by the ubiquitous Edith Head and an eerie score by the prolific Lalo Schiffrin (Bullit, Cool Hand Luke, et al.), make up for some over the top dialogue and the strange mix of psychological horror and melodrama. Fantastic location shooting around San Francisco, including the Golden Gate Bridge, Lafayette Park and Sausalito. •“Boy With Cat” (B+W, 1966) dir. Donald Richie. Well known as the foremost Western Scholar of the Japanese cinema (in the forward of his book, A Hundred Years Of Japanese Film, Paul Schrader says: "Whatever we in the West know about Japanese film, and how we know it, we most likely owe to Donald Richie." He also directed numerous cult experimental and avant-garde films during the 1960s. “Boy With Cat” may be his most playful short film, as a young man’s self-pleasuring is continuously thwarted by his affectionate feline. Special thank you to Jenni Olsen for providing this print. •“Crazy Cat House” (B+W, date unknown) Quirky Triple XXX silent short, You’ll never see anything like this one again! •“The Cat Who Drank and Used Too Much” (Color, 1988) Wacky anti-drug film about a alcohol and drug using cat. •“Rich Cat, Poor Cat” (Color, 1972) With his typical sly aplomb, Bill Cosby reads the beloved 1963 children’s book Rich Cat, Poor Cat by Bernard Waber. Waber wrote and illustrated this tale of the well-cared-for house cat and the poor, homeless cat (named Scat). •Plus! Two rare Felix the Cat cartoons- “Felix Goes A-Hunting” (B+W, 1923) and “Felix ‘Hyps’ the Hippo” (B+W, 1924).