101 Dalmatians is a 1996 live-action family comedy film based on Walt Disney's 1961 animation adaptation of Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians. Directed by Stephen Herek and co-produced by John Hughes and Ricardo Mestres. It stars Glenn Close as the iconic villainess Cruella de Vil who tries to capture dalmatian puppies and use their pelts for her latest fashion, Hugh Laurie and Mark Williams as Jaspar and Horace, Cruella's henchmen, Tim McInnerny as Alonzo, Cruella's assistant, and Jeff Daniels as Roger and Joely Richardson as Anita, the owners of the initial family of 17 dalmatians, and subsequently of the other 84 dalmatians in the film. In contrast with the 1961 animation version, none of the animals talk in this film.
