In the stage version, Grizabella and Old Deuteronomy ride a flying car tire to the heavens, where she makes her exit into the sky.
#Cats coming back to life movie#
In the Cats movie she rides an old chandelier, a la another musical, Phantom of the Opera. But the way she ascends to the Heaviside Layer is a bit different. Grizabella is the one chosen in both the Cats movie and musical, as Jennifer Hudson's character is given a new life after her years of suffering and isolation. Mistoffelee uses his magic to return Old Deuteronomy in time for the Jellicle Choice- just like Tom Hooper presented in the movie. But he's found out, and is forced to flee the stage. in an attempt to crown himself the winner. Once he kidnaps that powerful cat, Macavity returns disguised as O.D.
He doesn't spend the Cats musical slowly kidnapping the Jellicles, but instead focuses solely on Old Deuteronomy. Regarding Cats' ending itself, it pretty closely follows the musical, although Macavity's plot to become the winner goes by a little differently. She has the necessary gravitas and wisdom for the role, and has had a long tenure in the theater. If you didn't already know Cats, you wouldn't know any change was made. Dench's songs were adjusted to fit her voice, and she sounded killer in the role. Old Deuteronomy is usually played by a man, with a high baritone voice. It was a moment that got an audible reaction from the audience during my Cats screening.Īs for for Judi Dench, her role is actually gender-swapped from the usual casting of Cats the musical. This choice makes sense to give Cats a more film feel, although it is startling when Judi Dench finally addresses the audience in the closing number. The cats no longer break the fourth wall, with their stories all told through Victoria's eyes. The most obvious is that the director attempted to give the film adaptation more of a linear narrative than the musical. Yet, there are a few changes made to the source material. How Is Cats' Ending Different From The Musical?Ĭats director Tom Hooper clearly has love for the original musical, as his movie is a fairly accurate adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's record-breaking show. We last see him stranded on top of a statue, and seemingly without the powers he used to teleport around for the entirety of the movie. He uses his magic and nearly manages to get aboard the chandelier, but comes up short. Of course, Idris Elba's Macavity can't help making one last ditch effort to steal the spot from Grizabella in the final moments of the Cats movie. Jennifer Hudson jumps into a chandelier, and flies out of the Jellicle Ball and into the sky to her destiny, bringing an end to the main story of Cats. And as such she gets the honor of ascending the Heaviside Layer. Judi Dench's Old Deuteronomy decides that Grizabella is the one who deserves a new life the most, with the ensemble cats all moved by her life story. The quirky characters of Cats make it back to the Jellicle Ball just in time. (They're talking cats, it's best not to think too hard about it.) Macavity spends most of the movie lurking around, and kidnapping (catnapping?) the starring cast after each actor finishes their big number.Įventually the kidnapped cats (including Judi Dench) manage to escape in the Cats movie's third act, through some magic by Laurie Davidson's Mr. That's Idris Elba's villainous Macavity, who somehow has magical abilities the other cats do not. While plenty of cats appear to sing their songs and compete for the Jellicle Choice, there's one cat who seems to want the victory at all costs. Since Cats is all about the Jellicle Ball, Tom Hooper's movie ends the same time as that mythical kitty event.
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