Tom and Jerry: The Movie is a 1992 American animated musical adventure comedy film starring Tom and Jerry. Produced and directed by Phil Roman from a screenplay by Dennis Marks (who also scripted some episodes of Tom & Jerry Kids at the time), the film stars the voices of Richard Kind, Dana Hill (in her final film role before her death in 1996), Anndi McAfee, Tony Jay, Rip Taylor, Henry Gibson, Michael Bell, Ed Gilbert, David L. Lander, Howard Morris and Charlotte Rae. It was released in Germany by Turner Pictures and in United States by Miramax Films and LIVE Entertainment.
This is the cat and mouse's first feature-length film. It also received a wide theatrical release and marked the duo's return to the silver screen after 25 years of retirement. Although they have spoken in their earlier cartoons, the pair talk in this film. Joseph Barbera, co-founder of Hanna-Barbera, who created Tom and Jerry with partner William Hanna, served as creative consultant.
It was released theatrically in the United States on July 30, 1993, after having its world premiere on October 1, 1992, in Germany, and grossed $3.6 million. It was filmed in 1991. The film received negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, earning $3.6 million on a $3.5 million budget.
Plot[]
Tom's owners are moving to a new house, but he is distracted by his pursuit of Jerry and is left behind by the moving van. Tom chases the van, but is scared away by a bulldog and is forced to stay in the house. The next morning, the house is demolished, leaving both Tom and Jerry homeless. The pair wander the streets until they meet a stray dog named Puggsy and his flea companion, Frankie. Through introducing themselves, Tom and Jerry discover that they can speak, and they are persuaded to befriend each other to ensure their survival. While Tom and Jerry are sidetracked searching for food, Puggsy and Frankie are captured by dogcatchers. Tom is apprehended by a group of hostile alley cats, until Jerry traps them in the sewer. While walking, Tom and Jerry meet Robyn Starling, a runaway girl whose mother died when she was a baby and her father apparently died in an avalanche during an expedition in Tibet. Robyn and her family's fortune are in the custody of her greedy guardian Pristine Figg and her lawyer Lickboot, who see Robyn only as a means to keeping their obtained wealth. A local policeman brings Robyn home along with Tom and Jerry.
Figg reluctantly allows Tom and Jerry to stay. However, after a food fight between Tom, Jerry and Figg's obese dog Ferdinand, Figg suggests taking them to a kind man named Dr. Applecheeck who loves animals, which Robyn thinks about. Jerry overhears Figg and Lickboot discussing a telegram that reveals that Robyn's father is alive and running his company in Tibet. Jerry tells Tom about this, and they attempt to tell Robyn about it, but Figg locks Robyn in her room and takes Tom and Jerry to Dr. Applecheeck, who is revealed to be a cruel animal kidnapper and the employer of the dogcatchers who captured Puggsy and Frankie. Tom and Jerry reunite with Puggsy and Frankie, who suggest using a nearby control panel to open the cages. Tom and Jerry free the captured animals and return to Robyn's home to inform her of her father's survival. Tom, Jerry and Robyn set out to find Robyn's father on a raft, but the raft is suddenly struck by a ship, and they end up separated. Meanwhile, in Tibet, Daddy Starling, father of Robyn, is aware of Robyn's situation, and decides to leave Tibet for America.
The next day, Figg and Lickboot decide to put a $1 million bounty on Robyn to anyone who can find her, with no promise on paying. Robyn is found and hosted by amusement park manager Captain Kiddie and his first mate Squawk, a parrot puppet. Kiddie is initially friendly with Robyn until he sees Figg's bounty on a milk carton. He traps Robyn on a Ferris wheel and contacts Figg, who leaves with Lickboot and Ferdinand while Applecheeck and the dogcatchers try to beat them there in order to collect the bounty. Tom and Jerry find and free Robyn and trap the dogcatchers on the Ferris wheel right when Figg and Lickboot arrive. They escape in a paddle steamer while Figg, Lickboot, Kiddie and Applecheeck give chase. In the ensuing chase, Applecheeck falls from a bridge and sinks Kiddie's dinghy, while Figg and Lickboot head to the "Robyn's Nest" – a small cabin where Robyn and her father spent their holidays – predicting she will be there.
Tom, Jerry and Robyn arrive at the cabin, but Robyn is apprehended by Figg and Lickboot, who lock Tom and Jerry outside with Ferdinand. During a tussle, an oil lamp is knocked over and starts a fire. While Figg and Lickboot attempt to escape, Tom and Jerry manage to get Robyn safely on the roof. Figg and Lickboot manage to vacate the burning cabin, but stumble on Ferdinand's skateboard and crash onto the paddle steamer, which sails out of control and sends them away. Robyn's father arrives by helicopter and rescues her, but fail to rescue Tom and Jerry right before the cabin collapses by the fire and gray smoke, and they barely survive. Robyn's father promises to never leave her alone again and Tom and Jerry's heroics make the paper. The pair begin a new life in Robyn's luxurious villa and return to their old habits.
Voice cast[]
- Richard Kind as Tom Cat
- Dana Hill as Jerry Mouse
- Anndi McAfee as Robyn Starling
- Charlotte Rae as Aunt Pristine Figg
- Tony Jay as Lickboot
- Michael Bell as Ferdinand and Straycatcher #1
- Henry Gibson as Dr. Applecheek
- Ed Gilbert as Puggsy, Mr. Starling
- David L. Lander as Frankie da Flea
- Rip Taylor as Captain Kiddie
- Howard Morris as Squawk
- Sydney Lassick as Straycatcher #2
- Don Messick as Droopy Dog
- Tino Insana as Police Officer
- B. J. Ward as Tom's Owner
- Greg Burson as Moving Man
- Raymond McLeod as Bulldog
- Raymond McLeod, Mitchell D. Moore, Scott Wojahn as Alleycats
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Transcript[]
Tom and Jerry: The Movie/Transcript
Followed up[]
- Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring, released in 2001.