Anonymous
7/25/2025, 8:00:50 AM No.213069130
A lifelong subscriber to “Cat Fancier” magazine, Kubrick adopted all unclaimed cats from “A Clockwork Orange”. He later planned to feature them in a live-action version of “The Aristocats”; with Scatman Crothers reprising his role as “Scat Cat”. The script, by Terry Southern, was based on the notorious shaggy-dog-story/dirty joke, “The Aristocrats”.
The project was canceled when Kubrick became concerned about the safety and comfort of the cats during a prolonged production.
Later, he cast some of the cats (and Scatman of course), in “The Shining”, but their scenes were cut after the film’s opening weekend. Traces of them remain, however, such as when Ullman asks Jack if his luggage arrived ok, you can glimpse the cat carrier sitting amongst it, in the big pile by the door. And there was another scene where they cause Wendy to burn some toast, and Jack has a fit about it.
The project was canceled when Kubrick became concerned about the safety and comfort of the cats during a prolonged production.
Later, he cast some of the cats (and Scatman of course), in “The Shining”, but their scenes were cut after the film’s opening weekend. Traces of them remain, however, such as when Ullman asks Jack if his luggage arrived ok, you can glimpse the cat carrier sitting amongst it, in the big pile by the door. And there was another scene where they cause Wendy to burn some toast, and Jack has a fit about it.
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