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| Music by | Richard Gibbs |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Home Entertainment[a] |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United States[1] |
| Language | English |
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure is a 2003 American animateddirect-to-videoadventure comedy film produced byWalt Disney Television Animation with distribution byWalt Disney Home Entertainment. It serves as the sequel to Disney's 1961 animated feature filmOne Hundred and One Dalmatians. It was directed byJim Kammerud and Brian Smith, with them also writing the screenplay from a story by Kammerud, Dan Root, Garrett K. Schiff, Smith and Temple Mathews and produced by Carolyn Bates and Leslie Hough. It was released onVHS andDVD on January 21, 2003, and features the voices ofBobby Lockwood,Barry Bostwick,Martin Short,Jason Alexander,Susanne Blakeslee,Kath Soucie,Jeff Bennett, andJim Cummings. The main focus of the sequel is Patch, the loneliest of puppies, feeling "lost in a sea of spots". After he gets left behind during the Radcliffe family's moving day, he encounters his TV hero, Thunderbolt, who enlists him on a publicity campaign. Critical reception was positive.
Some time after theevents of the first film, the Radcliffe family and their 101Dalmatians are preparing to move to their "Dalmatian Plantation", a home in the countryside with plenty of room for all of them. However, one of the puppies, Patch, feels ignored and wishes to be unique like his television hero, Thunderbolt. While watchingThe Thunderbolt Adventure Hour, Patch hears about a chance to appear on the show. Patch is accidentally left behind when his family leaves for the plantation, so he decides to head for the audition to meet his hero and win a guest spot on the show, but fails to impress the producers. Meanwhile, Thunderbolt's sidekick Lil' Lightning is mistreated and underappreciated and tricks Thunderbolt into believing that he would be replaced and convinces him to go make "real-life heroic deeds" so he would trick the producers into making himself the hero of his own show. Seeing how much Patch knows about his adventures, Thunderbolt decides to ask him for help.
Elsewhere inLondon,Cruella de Vil, unable to purchase furs due to being onprobation and arestraining order after being exposed and arrested for stealing the Radcliffes' original 15 puppies, attempts to soothe her fixation on spots with the help of Lars, a Frenchbeatnik artist. In order to inspire him, she restarts her hunt for the Dalmatians, using a newspaper picture of Patch to find their new address. Patch's family finally becomes aware that he is missing and returns to London to search for him. Cruella bails her former henchmen, Horace and Jasper Badun, out of prison. She sends them in a stolendog food truck to steal the remaining puppies. The Baduns succeed after dealing with Nanny, and they take the puppies to Lars. When Cruella requests she be made a masterpiece from the puppies' fur, Lars refuses, not wanting to harm the puppies. Enraged, Cruella has him bound and gagged and returns to her original evil plan of making a Dalmatianfur coat.
The imprisoned puppies use theTwilight Bark to send a distress signal, which is picked up by Patch and Thunderbolt, and they set out to save Patch's family. Lil' Lightning follows them and convinces Thunderbolt not to use Patch's stealth plan, but to openly attack. Cruella knocks Thunderbolt unconscious and has the Baduns lock Patch and Thunderbolt in a cage. Lil' Lightning then tells Patch that Thunderbolt is just an actor. Patch falls into despair, but Lucky reminds him that Thunderbolt escaped a similar predicament in one of the TV episodes. Patch breaks out and releases his siblings, but Thunderbolt remains behind, ashamed of himself for disappointing Patch. The Dalmatians escape through the building's roof to adouble-decker bus. Meanwhile, Thunderbolt escapes from his cage and frees Lars.
Cruella and the Baduns discover the escape, and a chase ensues through the streets of London, crashing through the filming of Lil' Lightning's new show in the process. Cruella and the Baduns finally corner the puppies in an alley. Patch tries to hold them off while the others escape, but they are undaunted. Luckily, Thunderbolt arrives, having been driven to the scene by Lars, and fakes a heart attack, distracting Cruella and causing her to knock out Jasper and Horace and incapacitate herself. Patch puts the bus into reverse, sending Cruella, the Baduns, their stolen truck, and Lil' Lightning scrambling into theRiver Thames. The police arrest the Baduns and have twoboxers arrest Lil' Lightning, while Cruella, now driven completely insane, is sent to amental institution. The Radcliffes and Nanny arrive along with Patch's parents, Pongo and Perdita, who thank Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt dismisses himself as just an actor, but says that Patch is "a real, one of a kind wonder-dog".
In apost-credits scene, Patch, along with his 98 siblings, finally fulfills his dream to star in another episode ofThe Thunderbolt Adventure Hour.
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure was released direct-to-video on January 21, 2003, 42 years after its predecessor. Bonus features on the DVD include the behind-the-scenes footage "Making of Dog-umentary", music videos "Try Again" byWill Young and "You're the One" byLMNT, and some games. The film was re-released on DVD on September 16, 2008.[2] It was released onBlu-ray on September 3, 2012 in the United Kingdom, along with the UK Blu-ray release of the original film. Finally, the film was released on Blu-ray on June 9, 2015 in the United States, following the first HD Blu-ray release of its predecessor.
Unlike most of Disney's direct-to-video sequels, the film received positive reviews from critics. On thereview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, it currently holds a 67% "fresh" rating based on 6 reviews, with an average rating of 5/10.[3]
Almar Haflidason ofBBC.com gave the film 3 out of 5, calling it the "best Disney direct-to-video sequel so far."[4]
All tracks are written byRichard Gibbs.
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I See Spots" | Tim Bentinck | |
| 2. | "Dalmatian Plantation" | Tim Bentinck | |
| 3. | "The Thunderbolt Adventure Hour" | Chorus | |
| 4. | "Kanine Krunchies" | Lucille Bliss | |
| 5. | "Cruella de Vil" | Bill Lee | |
| 6. | "Try Again" | Will Young |
Avideo game based on the film was released exclusively onPlayStation on November 20, 2003.
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