101 Dalmatians Trivias

To get the dogs to lick the humans, they had steak juice daubed on their skin.

The car that Cruella de Vil drives is a Panther De Ville.

217 dalmatians were used in the movie.

The UK release on VHS in 1997 came with the tape in a limited edition white casing covered in large black splodges to signify a dalmatian effect.

The video game at the end in which two pups escape being pursed by Cruella de Vill in a railway mine is reminiscent of the railway mine pursuit in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Scenes of Horrace and Jasper being electrocuted by an electric fence are removed from many television showings in the UK to reduce the risk of younger viewers being scared or upset by the scene.

Both raccoons and skunks are shown in this film. However, neither creature lives naturally in the UK.

Escaped raccoons have sometimes established small populations in England, including Suffolk, where the climax of the film is set. However, no skunks have ever been recorded out of captivity in the British Isles.The amount of ash that Cruella drops off her cigarette.Roger and Anita's house is located in South Kensington, as can be seen on the street sign outside their house several times. This is north of the River Thames. In one of the later scenes the view from their rear window shows the River Thames, London Bridge and the Big Ben as seen from the south bank.

When Cruella gets thrown in the air in the barn, the glass breaks before she hits it.When Horace and Jasper are arrested after a long night chasing the puppies, day has begun to break. Then the film cuts back to show Cruella being defeated by the barn animals and eventually arrested, it is nighttime again.

When Perdy is taken to be checked by a vet because of her pregnancy, the window says "Veterinarian". This is the North American term - in London (as in the rest of the UK) vets are called "veterinary surgeons".Tube providing fluid clearly visible when Whizzer is urinating on floor.

Jasper asks Horace to check the "tail pipe" of the van, near the end of the movie. The term that would have been used in the UK would have been "exhaust pipe".Near the end of the movie, Cruella tell the animal in the barn that they will end up on a plastic plates with fries on the side. British people call them chips.

To get the dogs to lick the humans, they had steak juice daubed on their skin.The car that Cruella DeVil drives is a Panther DeVille.Hugh Grant was offered the Jeff Daniels part.They used 217 Dalmatians.

A major task for the film was finding and training more than 200 Dalmatian puppies.When Glenn Close appeared on the set as Cruella in full fright wig, makeup, and costume, one of the dogs playing Perdy repeatedly tried to slink away.

Jeff Daniels (Roger) says that on more than one occasion, he heard an authoritative voice on the dog-strewn set shout "Sit!" and immediately plopped himself into a chair only to be told, "Not you, Jeff.".Filmmakers rubbed Jeff Daniels's face with raw hot dogs in order to get the pups to lick him on cue.