I found the OLC on grooveshark.com and youtube, be warned it takes some dedication to dig them out of hiding.
I'm pretty sure that nothing new was added to the film version. They did however get a complete orchestra for the recording and they cut the dance instrumentals on a bunch of songs (but I'm pretty sure the instrumentals were cut on the stage recordings as well, so nothing really too different).
I believe they cut out Growltiger's Last Stand for two reasons. In the film the actor they hired to play Gus, John Mills I believe was his name, was too old to do the actual Growltiger part (but I argue that they could have just gotten another actor for the actual song). Also, I think they gave themselves a maximum limit on the length of the film, which is why other dance numbers are shortened along with the cutting of Growltiger's Last Stand.
It's a shame they cut it because the only memory I have from seeing the musical on B'way is a pirate ship against the Jellicle moon, so when the film came out I thought I was insane and imagined that memory (I was really young when I saw CATS live). Until I researched it, I had no idea that the pirate ship came from the Growltiger scene.
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Date: 2010-08-15 05:38 am (UTC)I'm pretty sure that nothing new was added to the film version. They did however get a complete orchestra for the recording and they cut the dance instrumentals on a bunch of songs (but I'm pretty sure the instrumentals were cut on the stage recordings as well, so nothing really too different).
I believe they cut out Growltiger's Last Stand for two reasons. In the film the actor they hired to play Gus, John Mills I believe was his name, was too old to do the actual Growltiger part (but I argue that they could have just gotten another actor for the actual song). Also, I think they gave themselves a maximum limit on the length of the film, which is why other dance numbers are shortened along with the cutting of Growltiger's Last Stand.
It's a shame they cut it because the only memory I have from seeing the musical on B'way is a pirate ship against the Jellicle moon, so when the film came out I thought I was insane and imagined that memory (I was really young when I saw CATS live). Until I researched it, I had no idea that the pirate ship came from the Growltiger scene.