Lorenzo (2004) on Netflix

G20045mAnimation Comedy Family Fantasy Horror

Lorenzo, an arrogant tomcat, lounges on a cushion and flaunts his bushy tail at the alley cats outside. A tailless black stray passes, and her hex brings his tail to life.

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Netflix3.3/5
IMDb6.5/102,342 votes
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Plot summary

Lorenzo is an arrogant tomcat who lives in luxury, lounging on a satin-covered cushion and flaunting his abundance and his magnificent bushy tail at the needy alley cats who pass by his spot. One of them is a mysterious black stray, and she has no tail at all. Lorenzo cannot contain his glee at her loss, and he goads her with long displays of his own tail. The stray answers with a hex. Lorenzo's tail springs to life with a personality of its own, and the pampered cat, who only meant to show off, now has to reckon with a body part that will not do as it is told.

Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Lorenzo (2004)

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Joe Grant started working on Lorenzo in 1949, but the film was eventually shelved; it was later found again along with Destino, another abandoned Disney project.
Joe Grant came up with Lorenzo after he watched his own cat dive into the middle of a fight between his two poodles, and wondered what would happen if that cat lost its tail.
Gabriel, the film's director, spent $346 of his own money buying 40 tango CDs at a Virgin Megastore; the first song he listened to, "Bordoneo y 900" by Juan José Mosalini and his Big Tango Orchestra, became the song he chose for the production.
Lorenzo was made as a potential segment for Fantasia 2006, but after funding and staff cutbacks at Walt Disney Feature Animation the project was shelved in November 2003; two other shorts completed for it, Destino and One by One, were released on their own.
Gabriel hand-painted all of the short's backgrounds with tempera paint on black construction paper, and a painterly renderer called Sable, created by Daniel Teece, was used to add 3D brush strokes to those backgrounds.