Match the random fact to the disney movie oh my disney. The comedian voiced the sweet outcast in the 2012 movie, and shell reprise that role for the sequel this. Ironically gibson was the voice of john smith in pocahontas which was. Flickr via jennie park mydisneyadventure tiana was the first new disney princess in over a decade after mulan was released in 1998. Gibson played pocahontas sympathetic loveinterest john smith. The forbidden love story of pocahontas and john smith is, in many ways, disneys answer to romeo and juliet. The real pocahontas was about 12 when she met john smith. Last year, disney showcased ancient polynesian culture in moana, and this year, pixar will explore mexican culture with coco.
Mulan and aladdin are to date my favorite classic disney films. Pocahontas 1995 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors. All the news disney movie fans need to know, including walt disney studios, walt disney animation, pixar, marvel, and star wars. The voice cast stars irene bedard and mel gibson as pocahontas and smith, respectively, with david ogden stiers, russell means, christian bale, billy connolly and linda hunt. This is the disney animated tale of the romance between a young native american woman named pocahontas irene bedard and captain john smith mel gibson, who journeyed to the new world with other settlers to begin fresh lives.
The voice cast stars irene bedard and mel gibson as pocahontas and smith, respectively, with david ogden. Irene bedard set in the 17th century, the film is about the love story between pocahontas, the spirited and adventurous daughter of chief powhatan in virginia. In september 1992, disney began casting actors for pocahontas telling talent agents that. Pocahontas is a 1995 american animated musical romantic drama film loosely based on the life of the native american woman pocahontas.
Oct 23, 2016 pocahontas film the first disney animated feature based on historical fact, pocahontas tells the story of the meeting of the english settlers in jamestown with the local tribe of powhatan indians. She befriends john smith and later jumps onto him to stop her. So you should expect most of your loved ones and friends to have a special place in their hearts for the beloved characters and stories that disney has shared through its. A few years after his newsies debut, christian bale starred in his second disney film, pocahontas, as the voice of thomas. Irene bedard, who voiced pocahontas, also served as the physical model for the character. The film was produced by walt disney feature animation and released by walt disney pictures on june 16, 1995. Actors who voiced disney characters actors in animated roles. Journey to a new world, on bluray disc as a 2 movie collection on august 21, 2012. Mar 28, 2019 disneys pocahontas might have been a hit with the kids back in 1995, but to an adult it might just raise more questions than its able to answer. In honor of the 20th anniversary of the disney flick, composer jeanine tesori and star judy kuhn the original singing voice of pocahontas in the.
Pocahontas featured the first interracial romance seen in a disney film. An original walt disney records soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 1995 disney animated film, pocahontas. Their magical film and tv productions have made them a big part of countless generations and families. It is about real issues, even if it treats them with naive idealism.
Walt disney studios home entertainment released pocahontas, alongside its sequel pocahontas ii. Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. Disney spent the next four to five years trying to recreate the magic with films like hunchback, hercules, mulan, and tarzan. In 1998, disney released the directtovideo pocahontas ii.
Pocahontas premiered at central park in new york city attracting a crowd of. The singer who voiced pocahontas remixed colors of the. It inspired me to take a look at the history of cultural representation in disney movies. Pocahontas is a 1995 american animated musical romancedrama film and is the 33rd disney animated feature film. Smith is very loosely based on the actual historical figure of the same name. John smith voiced by mel gibson couldnt be funnier. As ardent disney fans, we all know elton john cowrote the soundtrack to the lion king, and most of us know snow white and the seven dwarfs was the first fulllength animated feature in addition to being the first walt disney animated feature film. The soundtrack contains songs from the film, including each instrumental song, written by alan menken and stephen schwartz, and conducted by david friedman. The 33rd disney animatit feature film, the film is part of the era kent as the disney renaissance which lasted frae 1989 tae 1999 directed bi mike gabriel an eric goldberg, the film is inspired bi the known history an folklore surrounding the. Pocahontas 1995 voice actors and characters youtube. May 11, 2018 30 actors you totally forgot voiced disney characters. Pocahontas is the bestlooking of the modern disney animated features, and one of the more thoughtful. Pumbaa is the first disney character to ever fart 19. While working on the movie, grant wrote to a specific story outline, and no scene.
Disney characters you didnt know were voiced by the same. British settlers arrive in the area, and pocahontas voiced by irene bedard falls for john smith mel gibson. The comedian lent his voice to the incan emporer turned llama in this highly underrated disney movie. This is possibly the disney movie with the greatest message for kids.
Remembering david ogden stiers best disney and dc comics. Pocahontas combined brilliant disney animation with the intrigue of a reallife princess. Disneys animated pocahontas centers on the titular daughter of algonquin chief powhatan, who isnt happy with her upcoming arranged marriage to kocoum. Test your knowledge of the film, and see what disney got right and wrong with our quiz. Its a far, far cry from disneys modern heyday of the little mermaid and beauty and the beast.
While many of the nonwhite disney princesses have drawn some backlash pocahontas, jasmine, and mulan, tiana is perhaps the most controversial because she is the first african american princess, which people had been waiting for for several decades. Top 10 actors who almost voiced disney animated characters. Jun 02, 2015 in honor of the 20th anniversary of the disney flick, composer jeanine tesori and star judy kuhn the original singing voice of pocahontas in the animated film recorded a video of them singing. A bunch in the older ones dont meet their end, but it seems disney is getting a little darker as the years go by. Searching for your calling in life doesnt just apply to humans. Some actors have voiced more than one iconic disney character. Hearing voices approaching, john tells thomas to run. Irene bedard voiced the legendary pocahontas in the 1995 animated movie of. Pocahontas is a 1995 american animatit epic muisical romanticdrama film produced bi walt disney feature animation an released bi walt disney pictures. Preproduction of pocahontas in a disney magazine promoting the movie showed there was a title card that featured an early version of the disney heroine who looked a lot like tiger lily from peter pan.
In a notable contrast to previous voice actors for disney animated features. Pocahontas 1995 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The score was written by alan menken, who also wrote the films songs with stephen schwartz. It portrays a fictionalized account of her historical encounter with englishman john smith and the jamestown settlers that arrived from the virginia company. This was actually the first disney movie in which consumer products had a say in the way that the film was made, and i mean that quite literally people from the merchandising department would sit in on the animators story meetings and throw out suggestions for scenes theres a bit in the film where meeko braids pocahontas. Painting a picture of a girl worthy of a nickname that translates into little mischief, disneys pocahontas voiced by irene bedard is a spirited young woman questioning convention and seeking to find her own path. Disney has been around for 96 years, and is considered a household name.
Maleficent and cinderellas evil stepmother were both voiced by eleanor audley. What the voice of every disney princess looks like irl. In her wanderings, she accidentally discovers a group of palefaced sailors, just setting ashore. The disney movie itself might have been okay, i guess, and the. Pocahontas as renee holtbird richard hoppe supervising character lead. But a few disney villains have been voiced by the same actors.
The faces behind disneys 11 princesses mental floss. It was released by walt disney records on june 1, 1995 on cd and audio cassette. Only real disney movie buffs will know who voiced these 20 popular characters. In the disney movie, the headstrong royal defies ageold customs and dreams of following her own path. Stiers also voiced the unseen narrator in several of disneys animated winnie the pooh productions between 2004 and 2006, including the straight. You might be interested to know that christian bale also voiced one of the jamestown settlers. Ranging from 19891995, this is the time that the objectively best disney princess classics beauty and the beast, the little mermaid, and pocahontas were made. The motherless another disney tradition pocahontas takes spiritual advice from a wise old willow voiced by linda hunt, and her constant companions are a raccoon and a hummingbird who are. She is based on the real historical figure and was born into a highly sophisticated native american culture that knew about europeans. A small role, youd probably miss this celebrity cameo if you werent paying attention. John smith is the deuteragonist of disney s 1995 animated feature film, pocahontas and a supporting character in its 1998 sequel. Pocahontas was being made at the same time as the lion king, but disney chose to put more time and effort into the former because they had higher hopes for the disney princess. In both films she is voiced by and physically modeled after native american actress irene bedard, and her singing.
It belongs to the era known as the disney renaissance, from 1989 to 1999. Judy kuhn as singing voice of pocahontas mel gibson as john smith, the love interest of pocahontas. She was later held captive by the colonists and converted to christianity. Aug 30, 2017 while we still remember every single word to colors of the wind, most fans probably dont know who voiced the original character. Potts from beauty and the beast, youre the real mvp. With mel gibson, linda hunt, christian bale, joe baker.
The voice cast for walt disney pictures pocahontas this year marks the 21st anniversary of the films release since 1995 to 2016 do you. Irene bedard and judy kuhn in pocahontas 1995 irene bedard in pocahontas 1995. The europeans, puffed up with their notions of civilization, did not realize how. He is a renowned english explorer that took part in governor ratcliffes expedition to virginia, where he would meet and fall in love with pocahontas. In 1995, hunt lent her unique voice to grandmother willow in pocahontas and again in 1998s pocahontas 2. Pocahontas is a 1995 american animated epic musical romanticdrama film produced by walt disney.
I love it when disney movies travel around the world. Top 10 actors who almost voiced disney animated characters humor movie about 7 years ago by zack parks before the advent of pixar, walt disney animation. Danny mann in pocahontas 1995 irene bedard and judy kuhn in pocahontas. According to james apaumut fall kocoum, the actors and actresses voicing the.
Only disney movie experts know who voiced these characters. In the ultimate test, pocahontas, which feels like a marketing campaign with pictures rather than a movie, will fade from collective public esteem faster than disney s better hits, such as the. At the beginning of the movie she is proven to be very brave, as she is taking a possibly fatal jump off a cliff. It was produced by walt disney animation studios and had a limited release to theaters on june 23, 1995 by walt disney pictures. She has two very loyal animal friends, meeko and flit. While we still remember every single word to colors of the wind, most fans probably dont know who voiced the original character. What is the name of the pop star idolized by max in a goofy movie. Weve got interviews with your favorite celebs, exclusive clips, and behindthescenes facts about the upcoming films. This sweetly ridiculous movie about a naive, ambitious rodent named remy charmingly voiced by patton oswalt, who longs to. Even if learning about the italian or french renaissance bored you to tears in high school, the disney renaissance is an era worth remembering. Journey to a new world, which has her sailing to england and falling in love with john rolfe voiced by billy zane.
They considered the lion king to be a b film at the time, so they assigned their best animators to pocahontas instead. Nov 12, 2017 pocahontas 1995 pocahontas rewrites history and kind of falls into the noble savage trope, wherein the good indigenous character has not yet been corrupted by the evil of civilization. Pocahontas is a semifictional character who is the title character of disneys 33rd animated feature film pocahontas 1995. Disneys 2010 movie tangled had a pretty starstudded voice cast including mandy moore as the lead. John smith is the deuteragonist of disneys 1995 animated feature film, pocahontas and a supporting character in its 1998 sequel. Getty images since serving as the speaking voice and physical model for pocahontas, irene bedard has been in a number of movie and television roles, both onscreen and as a voice actor. In its view, native americans lived in peaceful harmony with nature until european settlers came, bringing guns and ecological destruction. Christian bale voiced the character of thomas in pocahontas 20.
You may know that john ratzenberger has voiced a character in every pixar movie. If we give you a random film fact, will you be able to match it to the correct disney movie. Pocahontas voice actors from the world wikia fandom. An english soldier and the daughter of an algonquin chief share a romance when english colonists invade seventeenth century virginia. British settlers arrive in the area, and pocahontas voiced by irene bedard falls for john smith. But the record it still holds is that the pocahontas character remains, as of this writing, the first and only disney princess with a visible tattoo, a red armband around her right bicep. Her design was modeled after her voice actress, irene bedard, who happens to be native american herself. Pocahontas is the title character of disneys 33rd animated feature film pocahontas 1995, and its directtovideo sequel pocahontas ii. Not only did the native american actress voice pocahontas, but she was. One of the main characters in the hunchback of notre dame was esmeralda. A group of natives takes john prisoner, thinking he is the murderer and that john attacked kocoum instead.
Pocahontas was rereleased yet again in 2016 as a bluray, dvd and digital hd combo pack, available exclusively through the disney movie club. Clever mulan disguises herself as a male soldier named ping to bravely take her fathers place in the imperial army. Mel gibson provided the singing and speaking voices of john smith. Ghetto disney presents pocahontas voiced by keinon pierre. Disney s animated pocahontas centers on the titular daughter of algonquin chief powhatan, who isnt happy with her upcoming arranged marriage to kocoum. She is the daughter of the chief and cares about nature.
The singer who voiced pocahontas remixed colors of the wind. Pocahontas film the first disney animated feature based on historical fact, pocahontas tells the story of the meeting of the english settlers in jamestown with. Disney characters you probably didnt know were voiced by. Alexander voiced hugo two years after costarring in another disney animated movie the straighttovideo aladdin sequel return of jafar. The 1995 movie pocahontas has so many firsts, from the first disney movie to be inspired by a true story the second would be mulan to the first disney movie with an interracial relationship. The character and the events she goes through are loosely based on the actual historical figure pocahontas pocahontas, as the daughter of a native american paramount chief of the powhatan paramountcy, is the first american. Pocahontas voiced by irene bedard is, as i expected, animated to look like a twentysomething european supermodel, with skin tinged faintly brown and a slight asian cast to her features. Top 10 best celebrity voice actor performances in disney movies duration. Pocahontas and her friends find adventure at home and abroad in these sweeping stories from the earliest days of american history. While the film wasnt received well upon release, i think its aged held up nicely. Idina menzel the voice of elsa in frozen originally auditioned. Irene bedard, who voiced the character, later portrayed her mother in new line cinemas 2005 film the new world. The first and only disney song to do, a whole new world finds kanes place secure among the singers behind the best disney songs. Pocahontas is a 1995 american animated musical romancedrama film released.
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