Cat City Collection

Limited Edition

The CAT CITY Collection:  CAT CITY and CATCHER: CAT CITY 2

This deluxe 2-disc edition features the original Hungarian animated sci-fi classic CAT CITY (1986) paired for the first time with its sequel CATCHER: CAT CITY 2 (2007) making its U.S. Blu-ray debut!

Disc One:

CAT CITY (MACSKAFOGÓ), 1986, Hungary, 96 min.  Unflappable mouse secret agent Nick Grabovsky (László Sinkó) goes up against the criminal cat gang run by sinister, metal-pawed Mr. Teufel (Miklós Benedek), in director Béla Ternovszky’s surreal animated sci-fi treasure.  Set in the year 80 AMM (“After Mickey Mouse”) on Planet X where cats and rats have banded together to eliminate mice, the film features a show-stopping series of musical numbers including a bizarre chorus of Mexican vampire bats who inhabit an ancient Mayan temple.   A cross between 1980s Don Bluth-style animation (THE SECRET OF NIMH) and the British TV series “Danger Mouse”, CAT CITY has long been a beloved cult favorite in Eastern Europe – recently restored by the National Film Institute in Budapest.  In Hungarian with English subtitles.

Bonus Features:

• 3 rare Béla Ternovszky animated shorts: “Modern Training Methods (Modern edzésmódszerek)” - 1970, 7 min.  + “Let Us Keep A Dog (Tartsunk kutyát)” – 1974, 6 min. + “Where Is The Limit? (Mindennek van határa)” – 1975, 7 min.  

• Video interview with György Ráduly, Director of the National Film Institute-Film Archive on Hungarian animation and CAT CITY.

• Commentary track by film historian Samm Deighan.

• "The Director Answers: Béla Ternovsky" - 2023, 23 min.  Dir. Yvonne Kerékgyártó – interview with Béla Ternovszky.

• “Ahead Of Its Time (Megelőzte a maga korát)” – 2020, 25 min.  Dir. Péter Szalay.  Fascinating video essay produced by the National Film Institute of Hungary on the creative genesis of CAT CITY.

• “We Just Made It For The Fun Of It (Jókedvünkben készítettük)” – 2020, 30 min.  Dir. Péter Szalay.  Béla Ternovszky discusses his long career at Pannonia Studio.

Disc Two:

CATCHER: CAT CITY 2 (MACSKAFOGÓ 2 - A SÁTÁN MACSKÁJA) – 2007, Hungary, 90 min.  It’s 20 years after the epochal battle between cats, rats and mice in the beloved original CAT CITY.  Planet X is now peacefully run by rodents, and former secret agent Nick Grabovsky has an organic spinach farm – until an African explorer discovers the last untamed tribe of cats in the jungle, who call up the ancient feline demon Moloch to help reclaim their place atop the food chain.  Hungarian director Béla Ternovszky’s delightfully quirky sequel brings back familiar characters from the first film (yes, iron-pawed Mr. Teufel returns!) with the same mix of bizarre sight gags, political satire and “Danger Mouse”-style animated fantasy / sci-fi.  And the Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla-like battle between Moloch and the giant Robot Dog is something to see … In Hungarian with English subtitles.

Bonus Features:

• New video interview with director Béla Ternovszky, moderated by Dennis Bartok and translated by Anna Klaniczay.

• 48-page booklet featuring new essays by film critics Dan Schindel and Walter Chaw.

• New audio commentary by filmmaker & animator Dorian Saisse.

• New visual essay by film historian Evan Chester.

• New artwork by Beth Morris.

• Blu-ray authoring by Vital Passenger.