Cats | Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat in 4K HDR

♪ ♫ Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat, the cat of the railway train! ♫ ♪
Once you listen to this song, we challenge you to get it out of your head. You can't, can you? Well, might as well watch it again and again in glorious Fur-K!

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Oscar®-winning director Tom Hooper reimagines Andrew Lloyd Webber's record-shattering musical. Starring James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson and introducing Royal Ballet principal Francesca Hayward. With a world-class cast of dancers showcasing styles from classical ballet to contemporary, hip-hop to jazz, street dance to tap, this film reimagines the stage musical for a new generation. You will believe in the fun and magic of Cats.

© 2019 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Cast: James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, Francesca Hayward
Produced By: Debra Hayward, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Tom Hooper
Directed by: Tom Hooper

[angieliang]

The fact that Steven McRae who isn’t trained in singing managed to make this the best part of the whole movie is amazing

[hannahedmond]

If you listen carefully you can hear the orchestra sighing in relief because they can actually play the music correctly with the actually click track and sheet music.

[AdNC]

Funny how the best scene in the entire movie is purely done by performers and not just celebrities used to put in the marketing. Funny that.

[LastGleaming]

You know why this is the best part of the movie? Because Skimble is a professional dancer/singer and he chose to use the proper backing track. Also it's the only song in the film that is staged and performed in a similar manner to the stage show.

[rowybowie]

One thing that I find really cute about the lyrics and the performance is that it's so clear that this is from the perspective of a cat. Skimble is there to hunt mice, but he knows that the train can't leave without him, so he thinks that it literally can't leave the station without him. He follows the guard around to make sure that he doesn't forget to ask about the tea, when from a human's perspective, he's just a cat following a human around. He thinks that he has such an important role and it's the cutest thing ever

[matildachalmers]

this movie is unbelievably cursed but by god is steven mcrae an unbelievably talented man

[ellag]

This clip really shows the two things that could have been done to improve cats immensely:
- Keep the beat in the songs
- Give the cats pants

[brettmedley]

Steven McRae being an Australian dancer with no previous film work and making this the only song in the film worthy of the original musical says everything about what this movie is like. Also, tap dancing in 13/8, absolute madlad

[alucardthespy]

When the song forces them to keep to a steady beat.
The Orchestra: Oh thank god

[angorianka]

"For, Skimble won't let anything go wrong".
Not even the rhythm for the poor orchestra, in his number.

[AnonYmous-vrln]

Am I the only one that finds it funny that the only part of this movie that isn't a complete trainwreck is the part that has to do with a train?

[sophieplace]

The fact that the soundtrack left out the sounds of the taps is a crime, it just elevates the music and its such a shame its not present.

[hollum]

The only thing lovers and haters of this movie can agree on is that Skimbleshanks slaps

[reginalima]

I'm pretty sure that Skimbleshanks didn't want to be the jellicle choice, he just wanted to flex 😂

[enbyennui]

you can see it in his face, steven mcrae KNOWS during this number that he's carrying the whole film

[LorcanaPandemonium]

A lot of people coming here after that Sideways essay.

[NinaChan]

This number is proof that *IF* the movie had just stick with the actuall rhythm of the songs, we could even look past the weird looks of the cats to apreciate the great musical this should and could have been

[BirdPeopleArentReal]

Sideways once said that the best scenes in this movie were the ones performed by actual dancers like this one because they know how to stay on beat and don’t try to mess with the tempo of the original songs, and after seeing this I have to agree.

[TurtleofDeath]

this guy isnt even a singer but he managed to steal the whole movie, now that's talent

[justanotherredheadattheend]

Honestly, the idea to have this be a tap number to evoke the sound of a train, is so good I think it’s where all the good-idea power of the movie got spent. I’m kind of stunned it was THIS of all things that thought of it.



....I actually think this version is better than the stage musical DONT KILL ME.