102 Dalmatians

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102 Dalmatians
102 Dalmatians DVD cover
Directed by	Kevin Lima
Produced by	Edward S. Feldman
Written by	Dodie Smith (novel) Kristen Buckley Brian Regan
Starring	Glenn Close Gérard Depardieu Ioan Gruffudd
Music by	David Newman
Cinematography	Adrian Biddle Roger Pratt
Editing by	Gregory Perler Sophie Sorensen
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date(s)	November 22, 2000
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	US$85,000,000 (estimated)
Preceded by	101 Dalmatians
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102 Dalmatians is a 2000 live-action film, produced by The Walt Disney Company and starring Glenn Close as the villainous Cruella de Vil. It is a sequel to the 1996 film 101 Dalmatians, itself a live-action remake of the 1961 Disney animated feature One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

In the film, Cruella de Vil attempts to steal puppies for her "grandest" fur coat yet.

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After three years in prison, Cruella de Vil is appeared to have paid her debt to society and is set free, as she pledges to have nothing to do with animal fur (especially dogs) ever again. Meanwhile, Kevin operates an animal shelter that has fallen on hard times; unless he is caring for will have nowhere to go. Kevin gets the idea of bringing his plight to the people through the press, but media reports of the shelter's problems were attracted by an unlikely benefactor — Cruella, who learns about the shelter thanks to Ewan, shelter employee who lets a picture of it at the office of Chloe, who happens to be both Cruella and Ewan's probation officer. Chloe is the owner of Dipstick and Dotty. Dipstick was one of the dog-napped pups from the 101 Live Action film.

In the time since 101 ended with Cruella going to prison, Dipstick has become a father to Domino, Little Dipper, and Oddball. While Ms. de Vil claims the purest of intentions,the sound from the Big Ben clock reverts Cruella back to her old ways. After her return to her old evil self, Cruella formulates a plan to once again create her coat, this time using the second generation to do it. Oddball, the spotless pup, has to try and stop Cruella from using her brothers as well as her own hide. It seems Kevin could be the perfect scape goat for Cruella to go back into dognapping, and in cahoots with mad fashion designer Monsieur Jean Pierre Le Pelt, she plans to turn 102 puppies into haute couture.

The pups escape with the help of their sister, Oddball, who has no spots from her birth. At the end of the movie, Oddball gets soot on her fur in a desperate attempt to get spots. Under the soot, her real spots are starting to grow.