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The Cat's Meow

2002 114 min English PG-13

“Some secrets won't stay buried.”

Semi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924.

Cast

26 people

Peter Bogdanovich Director · Steven Peros Screenplay

Worldwide gross $3.6M · Budget $7M · United States release April 12, 2002

Box office

Budget

$7,000,000

Worldwide gross

$3,646,994

Gross vs. budget

0.5×

Production

L

Lionsgate

Production

C

CP Medien

Production

B

Bieber+Lewis Productions

Production

L

Lions Gate Films

Studio · Production

C

CP Medien AG

Production

D

Dan Films

Production

Germany · United Kingdom · United States · Canada

Produced in

Languages

Original language

English

Spoken on screen

English

Release dates

Switzerland · August 3, 2001

Premiere · Locarno Film Festival

United States · April 12, 2002

Limited theatrical · New York, NY / Los Angeles, CA

United States

January 18, 2002 · Premiere · Sundance Film Festival

May 3, 2002 · Theatrical

Argentina

March 11, 2002 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival

Belgium

October 9, 2001 · Premiere · Flanders International Film Festival

Canada

September 9, 2001 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival

France

November 9, 2005 · Physical · DVD

Germany

February 14, 2011 · Physical · DVD

Ireland

February 13, 2004 · Digital

Japan

June 14, 2003 · Theatrical

Netherlands

January 25, 2002 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam

Russia

June 22, 2002 · Premiere · Moscow Film Festival

Sweden

October 10, 2004 · Physical · DVD

United Kingdom

July 6, 2002 · Premiere · Commonwealth Film Festival)

November 14, 2002 · Premiere · London Film Festival

May 6, 2003 · TV

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