The Adventures of Milo and Otis on VHS. Movie starring the voices of Kyôko Koizumi, Dudley Moore, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Shigeru Tsuyuki. Directed by Masanori Hata. 1986.
A curious kitten named Milo and his inseparable friend. a pug-nosed puppy named Otis, tumble through one exciting escapade after another in The Adventures of Milo and Otis, a heartwarming live-action film.
Milo and Otis start life together on a farm ad spend their days exploring the barnyard and the surrounding countryside. One day, the little feline is swept down a rushing river and Otis takes off in pursuit to rescue his friend, thus beginning a series of adventures.
Important to note:
This film has been the center of controversy since its release, due to many allegations of animal abuse and cruelty during production. This included allegations that a number of kittens had been killed during filming due to dangerous filming conditions. Due to the film not being supervised by any animal advocacy groups during production, these reports cannot be confirmed. However, many have noted that the extreme and often dangerous conditions the animals were placed in (including footage of a cat falling off of a cliff) were likely due to the filmmakers intentionally putting the animals into these situations.
From imbd.
From an Amazon review.
5.0 out of 5 starsI love this movie!
But I mean come on, animals were hurt and probably slain by bears during the making of this film. Also dropped off cliffs. It’s still a great movie though! And if you consider how this whole movie is a life lesson of sorts, the animal cruelty going on during the making of it teaches another lesson in and of itself: that you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet! I mean come on, lots of human beings are hurled to their deaths everyday in the name of dumber crap than a movie. Its a violent effin world! The animals died for a good cause though. What a great movie…