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The Little Mermaid (Walt Disney)

 

Directed by
Ron Clements
John Musker

Writing credits
Roger Allers (story)
Hans Christian Andersen (fairy tale)
 

 


 

U.S. Region 1
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Genre: Family / Animation / Comedy / Musical / Romance / Fantasy

Tagline:   Somewhere under the sea and beyond your imagination is an adventure in fantasy.

Plot Outline:  A mermaid princess makes a faustian bargain with an unscrupulous seahag in order to meet a human prince on land. Loosely based upon the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Ariel, youngest daughter of King Triton, is dissatisfied with life in the sea. She longs to be with the humans above the surface, and is often caught in arguments with her father over those "barbaric fish-eaters". She goes to meet Ursula, the Sea Witch, to strike a deal, but Ursula has bigger plans for this mermaid and her father.

User Comments: This is my favourite movie of all time...

User Rating: 7.3/10 (16,611 votes)

Credited cast:
  Rene Auberjonois .... Louis (voice)
  Christopher Daniel Barnes .... Prince Eric (voice)
  Jodi Benson .... Ariel (voice)
  Pat Carroll .... Ursula (voice)
  Paddi Edwards .... Flotsam & Jetsam (voice)
  Buddy Hackett .... Scuttle (voice)
  Jason Marin .... Flounder (voice)
  Kenneth Mars .... King Triton (voice)
  Edie McClurg .... Carlotta (voice)
  Will Ryan .... Seahorse (voice)
  Ben Wright .... Grimsby (voice)
  Samuel E. Wright .... Sebastian (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
  Charles Adler .... Additional Voices (voice)
  Jack Angel .... Additional Voices (voice)
  Hamilton Camp .... Additional Voices (voice)
  Nancy Cartwright .... Additional Voices (voice)
  Violette Chauveau .... Ariel (French version) (voice)
  Jim Cummings .... Additional Voices (voice)
  J.D. Daniels .... Additional Voices (voice)
  Jennifer Darling .... Additional Voices (voice)
  Micheline Dax .... Ursula (French version) (voice)
  Gail Farrell .... Additional Vocalist (voice)
  Ed Gilbert .... Additional Voices (voice)
  Gerrit Graham .... Additional Voices (voice)
  Mark Hamill .... Additional Voices (voice)
  Beate Hasenau .... Ursula (voice: German version)
  Anne Lockhart .... Additional Voices (voice)
  Mickie McGowan .... Additional Voice (voice)
  Rod McKuen .... Additional Voices (voice)
  Malachi Pearson .... Additional Voices (voice)
  Kimmy Robertson .... Alana (voice)
  Lee Tockar .... Additional Voices (voice)
  Caroline Vasicek .... Arielle (voice)
  Robert Weil .... Additional Voices (voice)


Runtime: 83 min
Country: USA
Language: English / French
Color: Color (Technicolor)  Widescreen 1.66:1
Sound Mix: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (original release) / DTS (re-release) (1997) / Dolby Digital (re-release) (1997) / Dolby (35 mm prints) (original release) / SDDS (re-release) (1997)
Certification: West Germany:o.Al. / Iceland:L / Singapore:G / Argentina:Atp / Australia:G / Belgium:KT / Canada:G / Chile:TE / Finland:K-6/3 / France:U / Netherlands:AL / Peru:PT / Spain:T / Sweden:Btl / UK:U / USA:G / West Germany:0 (re-release) / Ireland:G / Brazil:Livre

Trivia: Jodi Bensen sang 'Part of Your World' in the dark to get that 'under the sea' feeling.

Goofs: Continuity: During the song "Under the sea" a flower in Arial's hair disappears (after the yellow fish whirl around her) and reappears later.

Quotes:
[first lines]
Prince Eric: Isn't this great? The salty sea air, the wind blowing in your face... aaah, the perfect day to be at sea!
Grimsby: [leaning over rail] Oh, yes... urp... delightful.

Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 6 nominations  

User Comments:
This is my favourite movie of all time..., 17 December 1998
10/10
Author: Richard Galloway (rg397@soton.ac.uk) from Southampton, England 

I probably never would have seen this movie if my mother hadn't persuaded me to take my little brother to see it. I enjoyed it a lot the first time, but it was only when I saw it again a couple of years later on video I realised just how superb a movie it is. It's not a clever or complex movie, it's not the kind of film which works on an adult level as well as on a children's one. However, three aspects of it make it truly great:

1: The music. 'Under The Sea' richly deserved its Oscar, but 'Part Of Your World' deserved it even more.

2. The animation. Quite simply, it's absolutely gorgeous. The underwater scenes in particular take your breath away.

3. The Story. How can you resist a love story that touching?

I urge anyone with even a touch of sentimentality about them to set their predjudices aside and see this movie.


UPC 786936284065