Pocahontas (1995)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Directors:

Mike Gabriel
Eric Goldberg

Writers:

Carl Binder (screenplay)
Chris Buck (story)

Release Date:

23 June 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Drama | Family | History | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

An American legend comes to life

Plot:

The daughter of a Native American tribe chief and English soldier share a romance when English colonists invade 17th century Virginia.

Plot Keywords:

Pocahontas | John Smith | Ship | Love | Native American

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Irene Bedard	...	Pocahontas (voice)
Judy Kuhn	...	Pocahontas (singing voice)
Mel Gibson	...	John Smith (voice)
David Ogden Stiers	...	Governor Ratcliffe / Wiggins (voice)
John Kassir	...	Meeko (voice)
Russell Means	...	Powhatan (voice)
Christian Bale	...	Thomas (voice)
Linda Hunt	...	Grandmother Willow (voice)
Danny Mann	...	Percy (voice)
Billy Connolly	...	Ben (voice)
Joe Baker	...	Lon (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Flit (voice)
Michelle St. John	...	Nakoma (voice)
James Apaumut Fall	...	Kocoum (voice)
Gordon Tootoosis	...	Kekata (voice)

Runtime:

81 min | USA:84 min (10th Anniversary edition)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8/5 | Germany:o.Al. (w) | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:G | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:U | USA:G | Brazil:Livre

Company:

Walt Disney Feature Animation

Trivia:

The animation style is of a more flat and geometric appearance, first employed by the studio back in 1959 on Sleeping Beauty (1959) and in 1961 on One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961). It would be a style that was re-used on Hercules (1997) (1997) and, to a lesser extent, on Mulan (1998) (1998).

Goofs:

Factual errors: Indians didn't plant corn in rows.

Quotes:

John Smith: Come with me?
Powhatan: You must choose your own path.
Pocahontas: [pause] I'm needed here.

Movie Connections:

References Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Soundtrack:

Colors of the Wind

Mature love and great music

Well when I watched Pocahontas back in 1995 I was only 12 years old, and I thought it was a nice movie, a bit too serious, but all in all a good movie. But now, almost ten years later I saw it again, and wow what a surprise I got... The movie is probably the only Disney movie with a REAL love story, the sneak around and tries to hide their love, and in the incredibly sad ending, they choose life over love (or something like that), which makes the whole thing mature and realistic. And the music, that wonderful music. "Colors of the wind" (fantastic singing by musical star Judy Kuhn) is probably one of the best Disney songs of all time. The other songs are great too. The only thing the film lacks is "classic" animation, these new things like; not seeing Pocahontas nose from the front, I dunno, I can't help thinking of this film with the animators (and style) from "The beauty and the beast". The voice acting is top notch by the way! I don't care that the movie is historicly incorrect, its just a damn good Disney film, that has crawled up to the top 5 Disney classics of all time in my book.