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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
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Release Date:
21 June 1996 (USA)
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Plot:
A deformed bellringer must assert his independence from a vicious government minister in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancing girl. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 7 wins
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5 nominations
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(2 articles)
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(From t5m.com. 18 August 2008, 10:10 AM, PDT)
Disney Sells Animated Flicks To BBC
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 2 October 2001)
(From t5m.com. 18 August 2008, 10:10 AM, PDT)
Disney Sells Animated Flicks To BBC
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 2 October 2001)
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Deliciously Dark, and Touchingly Religious
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jason Alexander | ... | Hugo (voice) |
 | Mary Kay Bergman | ... | Quasimodo's Mother / Additional Voice (voice) |
 | Corey Burton | ... | Brutish Guard / Additional Voice (voice) |
| Jim Cummings | ... | Guards / Gypsies (voice) |
| Bill Fagerbakke | ... | Oafish Guard (voice) |
 | Tom Hulce | ... | Quasimodo (voice) |
 | Tony Jay | ... | Frollo (voice) |
| Paul Kandel | ... | Clopin (voice) |
| Charles Kimbrough | ... | Victor (voice) |
 | Kevin Kline | ... | Phoebus (voice) |
| Heidi Mollenhauer | ... | Esmeralda (singing voice) |
 | Demi Moore | ... | Esmeralda (voice) |
| Patrick Pinney | ... | Guards / Gypsies / Additional Voice (voice) |
| Gary Trousdale | ... | The Old Heretic (voice) |
 | David Ogden Stiers | ... | Archdeacon (voice) |
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Runtime:
91 min | Denmark:87 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
USA:G (certificate #34615) |
Australia:PG |
Brazil:10 (DVD rating) |
Brazil:Livre |
South Korea:All |
Sweden:7 |
New Zealand:G |
Argentina:Atp |
Chile:TE |
Denmark:7 |
Finland:K-8/5 |
Germany:6 (w) |
Norway:7 |
Peru:PT |
Portugal:M/6 |
Singapore:G |
Spain:T |
UK:U
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While Quasimodo is singing 'Out There', the camera pans over Paris and zooms in on a street. In this scene, Belle from 'Beauty and the Beast' is seen walking and reading her book (walks out the bottom of the screen, to the right of the well), Pumba from 'The Lion King' is being carried on a pole by two men (carried out of the bottom of the screen, but left of the well), and another man (in a gray blue tunic) is shaking out the Carpet from 'Aladdin'.
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Continuity: The surface of the table on which Quasimodo has built his model village continually changes from wood to a cloth to miniature cobbles.
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Frollo:
You, Gypsy girl. Get down at once!
Esmeralda: Yes, Your Honor. Just as soon as I free this poor creature.
Frollo: I forbid it!
[Esmeralda cuts the ropes tying Quasimodo to the wheel]
Frollo: How dare you defy me?
Esmeralda: You mistreat this poor boy the same way you mistreat my people. You speak of justice, yet you are cruel to those most in need of your help!
Frollo: Silence!
Esmeralda: Justice!
Frollo: Mark my words, Gypsy, you will pay for this insolence.
Esmeralda: Then it appears we've crowned the wrong fool. The only fool I see is you!
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Esmeralda: Yes, Your Honor. Just as soon as I free this poor creature.
Frollo: I forbid it!
[Esmeralda cuts the ropes tying Quasimodo to the wheel]
Frollo: How dare you defy me?
Esmeralda: You mistreat this poor boy the same way you mistreat my people. You speak of justice, yet you are cruel to those most in need of your help!
Frollo: Silence!
Esmeralda: Justice!
Frollo: Mark my words, Gypsy, you will pay for this insolence.
Esmeralda: Then it appears we've crowned the wrong fool. The only fool I see is you!
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Broadway: The American Musical" (2004)
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Soundtrack:
God Help the Outcasts
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I was so impressed by this movie. The animation is gorgeous and a lot of the subject matter profound. Many critics have complained about the talking gargoyles messing up the movie and taking it further away from Hugo's original novel, but the only problem I have with them is their song (A Guy Like You), which attempts "Be Our Guest" and "Under the Sea" status, but really does lack the melody. Other than that, they fit right in with Hugo, who told in his novel that Quasimodo would sit for hours holding solitary converse with the statues. Of course, this was all in his mind, but hello, so are the gargoyles in the movie. No one else ever sees them talking or moving (with the exception of Djali), and they are animated to give Quasimodo some friends, just as he did on his own in the book. Of course, there are many other parts of the movie that are WAY different from the book, but not as many people complain about them, so I won't mention them. The main reason I love this movie is the villain, Frollo, played to perfection by Tony Jay. His sinister atmosphere and lust for Esmerelda are elements of the like we have never seen in any other Disney movie, prior to or after Hunchback. The song "Hellfire" is the crown jewel of the movie, and makes the entire thing worth watching. I was so surprised by the graphic lyrics and animation of this scene, and could do nothing but yell "THIS IS Disney!!!!!!!!!!" But it was a good surprise, not a bad one. Frollo is decidedly the deepest, and most evil of all Disney villains, and is definitely my favorite.
The music in this movie is also the best that Disney has ever produced. Though the songs are not as catchy as those found in other memorable Disney movies, they are nonetheless the most powerful. In this movie, we find large-scale choral music in Latin, huge orchestral works, religious themes, and Broadway/Classical style arrangements that put most of the other Disney movies to shame. It truly is magnificent.
I definitely recommend this movie to all audiences, and I give it a 10/10. This is the Disney movie that deserved an Oscar nomination more than any other, and it is a shame that it has been so underplayed and all but disowned by Disney since its release. SEE THIS MOVIE.