Word: mermaids
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...would also exact a little revenge on Disney, which is countering Anastasia with a 17-day rerelease of its 1989 hit The Little Mermaid as well as the kid-oriented Robin Williams comedy Flubber. "Disney is throwing the kitchen sink against Anastasia," says Daly. "They're doing everything to kill it. And I guess if you were in their shoes you'd do the same thing." One of the men in those shoes, Disney motion-pictures-group chairman Richard Cook, deems it business as usual. Disney has tried--and succeeded in--undercutting most of its rivals' big animated films...
...just amazing...Rosetta Patton was Jimbo's nanny, and she never saw any of the money Charlie made, so this album is kind of a tribute for her." The Zippers are also working on a rendition of "Under the Sea" for a re-release of Disney's The Little Mermaid, set to premiere sometime late next year...
...guys, welcome back. Hercules is a happy reminder that the genre was once called musical comedy. Directors John Musker and Ron Clements (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin) could have gone for a decorous retelling of Greek mythology, but a funny thing happened on the way to decorum. They decided to give the musical form what it has sorely lacked: pinwheeling, knockabout...
...look for this plot in Bulfinch. It's a shaggy-gods story with the requisite Disney theme of adolescent self-discovery: a cub becomes a lion; a mermaid becomes a maid; a geek kid becomes a Greek god. Hercules (voiced by Tate Donovan) is your basic mythic hybrid--half man, half deity--recast as a clumsy teen. Superman-strong and Bambi-naive, Herc is an ideal foil for wily Meg (a subtle siren, wonderfully voiced by Susan Egan). She plays Barbara Stanwyck to his Eddie Bracken, while a gruff satyr (Danny DeVito) acts as Herc's mentor and parries...
...Corsaire were stunning. The bazaar was brightly decorated, with a backdrop of towering mosques. The pale cream buildings matched the pomp and brilliance of the harem women's and merchants' attire. The pirates' lair was set in a misty blue lagoon: one almost expected to see a little mermaid appear out of the ocean. The scenes with the life-size ship moving across the stage were fun to watch although the men who pushed it across had the cameo appearance with their shoes peeking out from beneath...