The Movie

 

 

       My opinion

 

         This movie marked my childhood in such a way that I grew up with the kingdom of Atlantica on my mind. Ariel's personality enchanted me so much that I think that's because of her that I am a persistent person : )

 

       I believe that among Aladdin and The Lion King, The Little Mermaid reigns in first place among the Disney classics, and it'll stay in my mind and in my heart forever!

 

 

 

 

     Information

 

  • It's the last Disney movie to be fully hand drawn, without computer efects. It won the Academy Award® Best Original Song for "Under the Sea" and "Kiss the Girl" was nominated too.

  • The Little Mermaid started Disney's golden age as it was after it that classics like Beauty and the Beast and Pocahontas came up.

  • Ariel stopped from being a helpless princess and sent the image of someone who would do everything to achieve her dreams. That makes her one of the dearest Disney Princesses and my favorite, of course ; )

  • The Little Mermaid is Disney's 28th animations classic. It was based upon Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale.

  • The movie was released on November 15 1989 by Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. The profit was over 111 millions of dollars at the USA and another 99 millions worldwide.

  • It's famous for re-introducting "life" back into animated movies.

  • With seven songs composed by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, the succes was so much that Menken is now writting new songs for the Broadway Musical with Glenn Slater, responsible for Pocahontas, and will be on Broadway on December 2007!

  • The releases:

  • November 17  1989(original theatrical release)

  • November 16  1997 (theatrical re-release)

  • 1990 in VHS

  • 1998 in VHS

  • 1999 in VHS and DVD

  • 3rd October 2006 it was released in DVD as a Platinum Edition with 2-discs on the USA.

  • Go to News to learn more about what's going on now.

  • To see the posters and covers, go to the Gallery.

  • Click here to the the Wikipedia's article.

 

Curious facts

 

 

* The actress Alyssa Milano was the face model for the artists to create Ariel's features and personality. The teenage actress was on the sitcom "Who's the Boss" at the time.

 

* The model Sherri Stoner was the inspiration for the artists to capture the body and hair movement underwater to show truth on the mermaids movements.

 

* Here's what The Blockbuster Movie Guide and Videos 1999 says about the movie:

"Sublime fairy tale with gorgeous animation, beautifully crafted story reminiscent of Disney`s Golden Age. Terrific Ashman/Menken songs include Oscar-winning UtS, PoYW and KtG. Pat Carroll is brilliant as the sea witch. 5 stars."

 

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