Anastasia (1997)

Directors:

Don Bluth
Gary Goldman

Writers:

Susan Gauthier (screenplay) &
Bruce Graham (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

21 November 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Drama | Family | Musical

Tagline:

Discover the Adventure Behind the Greatest Mystery of Our Time

Plot:

The only surviving child of the Russian Royal Family hooks up with two con men while the undead Rasputin seeks her death.

Plot Keywords:

Czar | Granddaughter | Grandmother | Russia | Ball

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 15 nominations

Cast

Meg Ryan	...	Anastasia (voice)
John Cusack	...	Dimitri (voice)
Kelsey Grammer	...	Vladimir (voice)
Christopher Lloyd	...	Rasputin (voice)
Hank Azaria	...	Bartok (voice)
Bernadette Peters	...	Sophie (voice)
Kirsten Dunst	...	Young Anastasia (voice)
Angela Lansbury	...	The Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
Rick Jones	...	Czar Nicholas / Servant / Revolutionary Soldier / Ticket Agent (voice)
Andrea Martin	...	Phlegmenkoff / Old Woman (voice)
Glenn Walker Harris Jr.	...	Young Dimitri (voice) (as Glenn Walker Harris, Jr.)
Debra Mooney	...	Actress (voice)
Arthur Malet	...	Travelling Man / Major Domo (voice)
Charity James	...	Anastasia Impostor (voice)
Liz Callaway	...	Anastasia (singing voice)
Lacey Chabert	...	Young Anastasia (singing voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Rasputin (singing voice)
Jonathan Dokuchitz	...	Dimitri (singing voice)
Brooks Almy	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Ellen Bernfeld	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Judith Blazer	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Jeff Blumenkrantz	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Ted Brunetti	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Glen Burtnick	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Vivian Cherry	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Robin Clark	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Victoria Clark	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Madeline Doherty	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals (as Madeleine Doherty)
Robert DuSold	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Gregg Edelman	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Al Fritsch	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Kyle Gordon	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Darius de Haas	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Michael Louis Harvey	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Jan Horvath	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
John Jellison	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Kenny Karen	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Curtis King Jr.	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Joseph Kolinski	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Alix Korey	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
David Lowenstein	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Cindy Mizelle	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Bill Nolte	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Michele Pawk	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Billy Porter	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Patrick Quinn	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Karen Silver	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
J.K. Simmons	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Frank Simms	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Emily Skinner	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Ted Sperling	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
Vanéese Y. Thomas	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals (as Vaneese Y. Thomas)
Lillias White	...	Ensemble and Character Vocals
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Emma Blackwell	...	Additional Voices (uncredited)

Directed by
Don Bluth
Gary Goldman

Writing credits
Susan Gauthier		(screenplay) &
Bruce Graham		(screenplay) and
Bob Tzudiker		(screenplay) &
Noni White		(screenplay)
Eric Tuchman		(animation adaptation)
Guy Bolton		adaptation
Arthur Laurents		screenplay
Marcelle Maurette		play (as Marcel Maurette)

Produced by
Don Bluth	....	producer
Maureen Donley	....	executive producer
Gary Goldman	....	producer
Laura Jo 'L.J.' Wentworth	....	producer: live action reference

Original Music by
David Newman

Film Editing by
Bob Bender
Fiona Trayler

Casting by
Brian Chavanne

Production Design by
Michael Peraza Jr.		(as Mike Peraza)

Production Management
Gerry Carty	....	production supervisor
Ciaran Morris	....	production supervisor (as Ciarán Morris)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jason Ayon	....	assistant director

Art Department
James Bluth	....	prop master
Sean Hart	....	graphic designer
Jon Kerbaugh	....	storyboard assembler
John Lakey	....	pre-production designer
Larry Leker	....	storyboard artist
Joseph Orrantia	....	storyboard artist (as Joe Orrantia)
Chip Pace	....	storyboard artist
Jay Shultz	....	storyboard artist (as Jay Schultz)
Suzanne Lemieux Wilson	....	conceptual artist
Ferran Xalabarder	....	storyboard artist
Mat Nastos	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Richard L. Anderson	....	supervising sound editor
Bill W. Benton	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Bolt	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Jim Bolt)
Chris Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Dunn	....	sound effects editor
Julia Evershade	....	sound effects editor
Avram D. Gold	....	dialogue editor
Craig Heath	....	sound recordist
Hilda Hodges	....	foley artist
Ken J. Johnson	....	sound effects editor
Jason King	....	foley editor
Mary Jo Lang	....	foley mixer
Eric Lindemann	....	special sound designer
Rick Mitchell	....	foley editor
Daniel Mundhenk	....	sound editor: production editorial (as Danny Mundhenk)
Robert Renga	....	sound recordist
John Roesch	....	foley artist (as John B. Roesch)
Robert L. Sephton	....	supervising foley editor (as Rob Sephton)
Mark Server	....	supervising sound editor: production editorial
Scott Seymann	....	assistant sound editor: production editorial (as Scott B. Seymann)
Annette Stone	....	dialogue editor: production editorial
Ralph Stuart	....	assistant sound editor
F. Scott Taylor	....	foley assistant
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Oscar Mitt	....	sound (uncredited)
Elijah Schkeiban	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Scott Seymann	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)
Paul S. Shapiro	....	sound mixer (uncredited)
Carolyn Tapp	....	foley recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Leslie Aust	....	special effects animator
John Bermudes	....	special effects animator
Edwin Bocalan	....	special effects animator
Rich Contadino	....	special effects key assistant animator
John Costello	....	special effects animator
Martine Cunningham	....	special effects animator
Mark D'Arcy-Irvine	....	special effects assistant animator (as Mark Irvine)
Suzanne Darcy	....	special effects assistant animator (as Suzanne D'Arcy)
Stephen Deane	....	special effects assistant animator
Paul Fogarty	....	special effects assistant animator
Gary Ham	....	special effects trainee assistant animator
Greg Ham	....	special effects inbetweener
Karl Hayes	....	special effects trainee animator
Julian Hynes	....	special effects directing animator
Dean Kawada	....	special effects inbetweener
Noel P. Kiernan	....	special effects additional animator
Marek Kochout	....	special effects animator
Sonniel Lagonera	....	special effects animator
Peter Matheson	....	special effects animation supervisor
Tracey Meighan	....	special effects assistant animator
Adriano Mondala	....	special effects trainee assistant animator (as Adriano S. Mondala Jr.)
Paul Morris	....	special effects animator
Raquel Omana	....	special effects animator (as Raquel V. Omana)
Andee Ott	....	special effects inbetweener (as Andeé Ott)
Angelito Ramos	....	special effects assistant animator
Deirdre Reynolds	....	special effects animator (as Deirdre Reynolds-Behan)
Jane Smethurst	....	special effects additional animator
Stephen Smyth	....	special effects assistant animator
Gorio Vicuna	....	special effects trainee animator
Declan Walsh	....	special effects directing animator
Pete C. Newbauer	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)
Robert J. Reed	....	special effects animator (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Sharon Ann Addair	....	digital ink and painter
Jennifer Andras-Vallecorsa	....	digital ink and painter
Adrienne J. Augustain	....	digital ink and painter
Tracy A. Butenko	....	digital ink and painter
Kenneth J. Cioe	....	digital painting assistant supervisor
Mary Clarke-Miller	....	directing animator
Benjamin Cohen	....	digital ink and painter
Joseph Cop	....	digital scanning key processor
Jerry Crow	....	digital ink and painter
Cindy Dankworth-Kelsey	....	digital markup painter
Bruce Edwards	....	animator
Brad Gayo	....	digital compositor
Liam Hannan	....	digital paint supervisor (as Liam T. Hannan)
Mark Kauffman	....	animator
Linda Kaul	....	animation department coordinator
Karri Lindamood	....	animation department coordinator
Brett Long	....	digital scanner
Brien Manning	....	digital markup painter
Crystal C. Mathhews	....	digital markup painter
Thomas M. Miller	....	animation supervisor
David Munier	....	animator
Kelly Nelson	....	animator
John P. Rand	....	animator
Frank Richards	....	digital scanning supervisor
Olun Riley	....	animator: journeyman
Jason Salata	....	digital scanner
David Satchwell	....	animator: journeyman
Elaine Blea Starace	....	digital ink and painter (as Elaine Blea-Starace)
James Stoyanof	....	digital painting shift supervisor (as James J. Stoyanof)
Kenneth Vallee	....	digital scanner
Bil Van Ness	....	animator
Brandi Young	....	digital scanner
Diane Youngs	....	animation department coordinator
Neil Zawicki	....	digital scanner
Floyd Burks	....	digital imaging scanning and recording: Cinesite (uncredited)
Chris DeAngelis	....	visual effects editor: EFilm (uncredited)
Chris Kazmier	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Rob Meyers	....	effects animator (uncredited)
Amy Newman	....	assistant animator (uncredited)
Tod Price	....	visual effects animator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Dean Umfress	....	electrician

Animation Department
Rosie Ahern	....	key character clean-up artist
Ochie Atienza Alferez	....	character clean-up artist
Jane Anderson	....	assistant animator
Winston B. Aquino	....	background artist
Don Arado	....	character clean-up artist
Sarah Arado	....	character clean-up artist
Cesar Avalos	....	key character clean-up artist
Kelly Baigent	....	character animator
Adam Beck	....	additional character animator
Richard Bentham	....	color key stylist (as Richard C. Bentham)
Tom Bernardo	....	rough inbetween artist
Ian Blum	....	assistant animator
Colby Bluth	....	rough inbetween artist
Carol David Bocalan	....	character clean-up artist
Nelson 'Rey' Bohol	....	layout artist
Jason Boose	....	rough inbetween artist
Gary Busacca	....	background coordinating supervisor
Arnel Torres Cabanela	....	character clean-up artist (as Arnel Cabanela)
Jojie J. Calingo Imutan	....	character clean-up artist (as Jojie Calingo Imutan)
Rafael Diaz Canales	....	additional character animator (as Rafael Díaz Canales)
Troylan Caro	....	layout artist
Mick Cassidy	....	key character clean-up artist (as Mickie Cassidy)
Mick Cassidy	....	pre-production character clean-up artist (as Mickie Cassidy)
Paul Cheng	....	background artist (as Paul X.X. Cheng)
Jian Cheng Chen	....	character clean-up artist
Daniel Hung Yuan Ching	....	layout artist
Greg Chin	....	character clean-up artist
Jocelyn 'Joy' D. Clemente	....	background artist
Sandro Cleuzo	....	directing animator
Kevin Condron	....	key character clean-up artist
Eileen Conway	....	clean-up supervisor (as Eileen Conway Newberry)
Courtney Cook	....	clean-up animation department coordinator
Nancy Cox	....	rough inbetween artist
Phaedra Craig	....	background artist
Alan Cranny	....	layout artist
Philip A. Cruden	....	layout supervisor
Pearse Cullinane	....	character clean-up artist
Joel C. Cunanan	....	character clean-up artist
Teresa Cunniffe	....	key character clean-up artist
Steve Cunningham	....	assistant animator
Jason Deegan	....	rough inbetween artist
Manny A. DeGuzman	....	character clean-up artist
Narz Dela Rosa	....	character clean-up artist
Willie B. DeLeon	....	character clean-up artist (as Willie DeLeon)
Abraham 'Abe' De Ocampo	....	layout artist
John Devlin	....	background artist
Peter Donnelly	....	assistant clean-up supervisor
Renato Dos Anjos	....	assistant animator
Scott Douthitt	....	character clean-up artist
Jeff Edwards	....	character clean-up artist
Christopher Elsner	....	rough inbetween artist
Zoë J. Evamy	....	background artist
Martin Fagan	....	key character clean-up artist
Albert Pelayo Feliciano	....	character clean-up artist
Allan Fernando	....	character animator
Linda Fitzpatrick	....	digital animation checker
Alan Fleming	....	character animator
Nicola Flynn	....	key character clean-up artist
Victoria Belleza Fogerty	....	character clean-up artist (as Victoria Belleza)
Brian Forsythe	....	digital animation checker
Robert Fox	....	character animator
Donal Freeney	....	animation color styling assistant supervisor
Regner U. Frondozo	....	character clean-up artist (as Regner Frondozo)
Manuel Galiana	....	character animator
Shawn Gibson	....	key character clean-up artist
Vikki Pena Gibson	....	rough inbetween artist (as Vikki Pena)
Debbie J. Gold	....	breakdown artist
Edison Goncalves	....	character animator
Steven E. Gordon	....	additional character animator (as Steve Gordon)
Micah R. Gosney	....	background artist
Martin Hanley	....	layout artist
Carol Hannan	....	digital checking assistant supervisor
David J. Hardy	....	layout artist
Dick Heichberger	....	assistant background supervisor
Raúl Herrera Sibayan	....	character clean-up artist
John Hill	....	directing animator
John Hoffman	....	rough inbetween artist
Michael Hogue	....	rough inbetween artist (as Mike Hogue)
Derek Holmes	....	background artist
Stephen L. Holt	....	layout artist
Róisín Hunt	....	additional character animator
Cash B. Imutan	....	character clean-up artist
Juliet Indonila-Cabral	....	character clean-up artist
Barry Iremonger	....	assistant animator
Michael Isaak	....	layout artist
Roberto Islas	....	rough inbetween artist
Jack J. Joseph	....	character clean-up artist (as Jack Joseph)
Sandra Keely	....	additional character animator (as Sandra R. Keely)
Paul J. Kelly	....	character animator
Paul M. Kelly	....	background artist
Bernie Keogh	....	animation coordinating supervisor
Celine Kiernan	....	character animator
Adrian Kilkenny	....	rough inbetween artist
Frances Kumashiro	....	digital animation checker
Michael Lahay	....	rough inbetween artist
Siobhan Larkin	....	pre-production character clean-up artist
Niall Laverty	....	rough inbetween artist
Patrice Leech	....	character clean-up artist
Jhun B. Licas	....	character clean-up artist (as Jhun Licas)
F.Q. 'Jun' Lofamin	....	layout artist
Grant Lounsbury	....	assistant animator
Jeff Lujan	....	rough inbetween artist
Juan 'Jo' Luna	....	layout artist
David Lux	....	additional character animator
Caroline Lynch	....	layout design department coordinator
Stephen Lynes	....	key character clean-up artist
Dave MacDougall	....	character animator
Lisa Maher	....	digital animation checker
Will Makra	....	layout artist
Richard Manginsay	....	character clean-up artist
Joseph Manifold Jr.	....	assistant animator (as Joseph Manifold)
Manuelito G. Martin	....	character clean-up artist (as Manuelito Martin)
Ciara McCabe	....	key character clean-up artist
Jenni McCosker	....	key character clean-up artist (as Jennie McCosker)
Ryan McElhinney	....	rough inbetween artist
Henry McGrane	....	background artist
Glen McIntosh	....	character animator
James McLoughlin	....	key character clean-up artist
Mark McLoughlin	....	key character clean-up artist
Cesar S. Mondala	....	character clean-up artist
Kate Moo King-Curtis	....	layout artist
Sharon Morgan	....	rough inbetween artist
Fernando Moro	....	directing animator
John L. Morris Jr.	....	rough inbetween artist (as John L. Morris)
Anne Murray-O'Craobhach	....	rough inbetween supervisor
Rob Nason	....	background supervisor (as Robyn C. Nason)
Max Nepomuceno	....	character animator (as Maximillan Nepomuceno)
Paul Newberry	....	directing animator
Darren Nicoll	....	rough inbetween artist
David O'Brien	....	character clean-up artist
Dana O'Connor	....	assistant animator
Declan O'Connor	....	rough inbetween artist
Carmen Oliver	....	animation color styling supervisor
Terry O'Toole	....	key character clean-up artist (as Terry O'Toole Jr.)
Joey Paraiso	....	character animator
Enrico Dungao Paz	....	character clean-up artist
Shannon Penner	....	rough inbetween artist
Michael Pennington	....	rough inbetween artist
Alex Perez	....	character clean-up artist
Andrzej Piotrowski	....	character clean-up artist
Marco Plantilla	....	character animator
John Power	....	character animator
Vittoria Quane	....	clean-up artist
David M. Rabbitte	....	background artist
Pio Ravago	....	background artist (as Pio D. Ravago III)
Pio Ravago	....	background artist
Stephen Reid	....	rough inbetween artist
Fred Reilly	....	layout artist (as Fred A. Reilly)
John Rice	....	rough inbetween artist (as John B. Rice)
Michael Rider	....	character clean-up artist
Alberto M. Rodriguez	....	rough inbetween artist (as Alberto Rodriquez)
Owen Rohu	....	background artist
Ed Rooney	....	rough inbetween artist
Troy Saliba	....	directing animator
Joven Sampang	....	character clean-up artist
Chris Schouten	....	character designer
Chris Schouten	....	character layout artist
Toby Schwarz	....	additional character animator (as Tobias Schwarz)
Jim Seville	....	rough inbetween artist
Paul Shanahan	....	assistant animator
Melvin Silao	....	character animator
Richard Simms	....	character clean-up artist
Len Simon	....	directing animator
Colum Slevin	....	digital checking supervisor
Kenneth Valentine Slevin	....	color key stylist
Sinéad Somers	....	layout artist
Robert Sprathoff	....	character animator
Gail Springsteen-Fraizer	....	character clean-up artist (as Gail Springsteen)
Curt Spurging	....	key character clean-up artist
Gabor Tom Steisinger	....	character animator (as Gabor T. Steisinger)
Kenna Stevens	....	character clean-up artist
Joanne Sugrue	....	digital final check
Helio Takahashi	....	additional character animator
Hugo M. Takahashi	....	character animator
Joseph M. Tangonan	....	background artist
Danny Taverna	....	layout artist
Dimitri Tenev	....	additional character animator
Mark Thornton	....	assistant animator
Bruce Tinnin	....	rough inbetween artist
Danilo Tolentino	....	layout artist (as Danny I. Tolentino)
Imelda Tolledo-Mondala	....	character clean-up artist
Michael Tweedle	....	assistant animator
Jamie Vallee	....	digital animation check trainee
Wendo Van Essen	....	key character clean-up artist
Vic Villacorta	....	layout artist
George Villaflor	....	layout artist
John J. Walsh	....	key character clean-up artist
Todd Waterman	....	additional character animator
Cynthia Wells	....	additional character animator
Wendy Wilson	....	digital ink & paint
James Wood	....	rough inbetween artist
June Wright	....	rough inbetween artist
Jake Yago	....	character clean-up artist
Jojo Young	....	character animator
Rodrigo Q. Zafe Jr.	....	character clean-up artist
Noly Zamora	....	layout artist
Deborah Abbott	....	animator: Heart of Texas Productions (uncredited)
Geri Bertolo	....	animation clean-up artist: Canuck Creations (uncredited)
Silvia Hoefnagels	....	animator (uncredited)
Richard C. Trebus Jr.	....	inbetween artist (uncredited)
Kenna Diane Vaughn	....	2D final line animator (uncredited)
Melanie Walchek	....	2-D rough animator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Mary Hidalgo	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
James Bluth	....	wardrobe
Tanya Craven	....	costume maker
Daniel D. Hollingshead	....	costume maker
Barbara Peeples	....	costume maker
Pamela R. See	....	costume maker
Crel Vogel	....	costume maker

Editorial Department
Bob Bender	....	assistant film editor
Jay Chapman	....	editorial production assistant
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer (as Dale Grahn)
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Tom Wheeler	....	editorial assistant

Music Department
Larry Abel	....	music preparation
Doug Besterman	....	conductor: songs (as Douglas Besterman)
Doug Besterman	....	orchestrator: score and songs (as Douglas Besterman)
Brent Brooks	....	music editor
Emile Charlap	....	orchestra contractor (as Emil Charlap)
Richard De Armas	....	scoring crew: Sony (as Richard DeArmas)
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Greg Dennen	....	scoring crew: Sony
Mark Eshelman	....	scoring crew: Sony
Alan Filderman	....	vocal contractor
Stephen Flaherty	....	vocal arrangements
Marty Frasu	....	synthesizer programmer
Daniel Hamuy	....	orchestrator
Andy Hill	....	production supervisor: songs
Alexander Janko	....	orchestrator: score (as Xandy Janko)
Kenneth Karman	....	music editor (as Ken Karmen)
John Kurlander	....	music mixer
John Kurlander	....	music recordist
Susan McLean	....	scoring crew: Sony (as Sue McLean)
David Newman	....	conductor: score
David Newman	....	orchestrator: score
Krystyna Newman	....	scoring consultant
Bobbi Page	....	vocal contractor
Lucas Richman	....	conductor: songs
Maggie Rodford	....	music coordinator
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Theodore Sperling	....	conductor: songs
Eric Stern	....	conductor: songs
Tom Villano	....	music editor: underscore
Lev Volod	....	choral translation: Russian
Dan Wallin	....	additional recordist (as Danny Wallin)
Pat Weber	....	scoring crew: Sony
Jeanette Jurado	....	musician: shaker (uncredited)
Adam Kay	....	assistant music editor (uncredited)
Steve Lee	....	creature vocal effects (uncredited)
John Moses	....	musician (uncredited)
Jay B. Richardson	....	music editor (uncredited)
John Rodd	....	orchestral scoring recordist (uncredited)
John Rotondi	....	scoring engineer: Y4 (uncredited)

Other crew
Hal Adams	....	dancer: Phoenix
Lindsley Allen	....	dancer: Los Angeles
Jennifer Alton	....	continuity assistant
Paul Amorelli	....	crew: live action reference
Curt Anthon	....	dancer: Phoenix
Suzanne Bantit	....	crew: live action reference
Kevin Bender	....	dancer: Phoenix
Lon Boothe	....	crew: live action reference
Anna Braga	....	live action reference: Anya/Anastasia
Mary Busacca	....	licensing coordinator
Fiona Byrne-Morris	....	assistant: Gary Goldman
Shareena Carlson	....	sub-contracting coordinator
Aaron James Cash	....	dancer: Los Angeles
Vincent Clarke	....	scene planning supervisor
Tim Craskey	....	dancer: Los Angeles
Cody Dorkin	....	adr voice
Mathias Dougherty	....	production assistant (as Matt Dougherty)
Cathy Dresbach	....	live action reference: Sophie/Phlegmenkoff
Anne Fletcher	....	dancer: Los Angeles
Scott Fowler	....	dancer: Los Angeles
Cathy Goldman	....	continuity supervisor
Kip Goldman	....	scene planner
Karen Hall	....	crew: live action reference
Sarah Helm	....	live action reference: Young Anastasia
Camille Henderson	....	crew: live action reference
Mary Ann Hermansen	....	dancer: Los Angeles
Loretta James-Demasi	....	crew: live action reference
Jennifer Jeras	....	live action reference: Anya/Anastasia
Joung-Cheol 'Hodgie' Jo	....	dancer: Phoenix
Christie Klein	....	live action reference: Anya/Anastasia
Kelli Lorenat	....	dancer: Phoenix
Lance MacDonald	....	dancer: Los Angeles
Molly Mariani	....	crew: live action reference
Matt McDougal	....	dancer: Phoenix
Michael McNally	....	crew: live action reference
Sandy McNally	....	crew: live action reference
Bruce Miles	....	live action reference: Vladimir
Lisa Miller	....	crew: live action reference
Mark Misch	....	assistant: Maureen Donley
Hamilton Mitchell	....	live action reference: Rasputin
Lisa Molle	....	crew: live action reference
Cindy Nason	....	assistant continuity supervisor
Nicholas Nason	....	live action reference: Male Child
Guss Ness	....	live action reference: Alexi
Derek Nielsen	....	scene planner
Aran O'Reilly	....	scene planner
Spencer Pearce	....	live action reference: Young Dimitri
Carolyn Peterson	....	crew: live action reference
Robert Pflumm	....	crew: live action reference
Kim Pieper	....	crew: live action reference
Lisa Ratzin	....	dancer: Los Angeles
Kristianne Reed	....	dancer: Phoenix
Richard Reid	....	crew: live action reference
Martha Richter	....	pre-production coordinator
Mark Sanchez	....	crew: live action reference
Amy Savage	....	live action reference: Marie
Jon Schmitt	....	key copier operator
Lori Serpa	....	crew: live action reference
Adam Shankman	....	choreographer (as Adam M. Shankman)
Adam Shankman	....	dancer: Los Angeles (as Adam M. Shankman)
R. Charles 'Chaz' Smith	....	assistant: Don Bluth
Kathleen Stewart	....	crew: live action reference
Russ Symmes	....	crew: live action reference
Michael Tassoni	....	live action reference: Dimitri
Megan Thorson	....	live action reference: Female Child
Michelle Toeniskoetter	....	dancer: Phoenix
J. Michael Tofaute	....	crew: live action reference
Debbie Vercellino	....	production secretary
Dee Dee Weathers	....	dancer: Los Angeles
Stephen Brain	....	production executive (uncredited)
Aria Noelle Curzon	....	adr artist (uncredited)
Mauri Syd Gayton	....	production executive (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (as Twentieth Century Fox) (presents)
• Fox Animation Studios
• Fox Family Films
• Big Gun Project, The

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1997) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox Network (2000) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (1998) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (1998) (Finland) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (1998) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Egmont Film Distributors (1998) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Finnkino (1998) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Fox Filmes do Brasil (Brazil) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (VHS)
• 20th Century Fox (Far East)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (Argentina)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• FS Film Oy (2001) (Finland) (DVD)
• Filmes Castello Lopes (Portugal)
• Finn Innovation Products (1998) (Finland) (VHS)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (video)
• Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E. (Spain)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2003) (Finland) (TV)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (199?) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• 20th Century Fox Studios  sound post-production
• 20th Century Fox Studios  sound re-recording services
• Air-Edel Associates  music coordination
• American Federation of Musicians (AFM)  music performed by (as AFM Musicians)
• Atlantic Records  soundtrack
• Averkios Maltezos  animation
• Bardel Animation Colouring House Ltd.  animation
• Canuck Creations  animation
• Cel Animation Software  computer software
• Chanel  Chanel logo by permission of
• Chanel  used by permission of
• Character Builders  animation
• Cinesite  digital film recording services
• Ciprico  computer hardware
• Diann Landau  animation
• Dynomight Cartoons  animation
• Hit Factory, The  music recorded and mixed at
• Hollywood Film & Video  negative development
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation
• Leppi Publications  used by permission of
• Little Wolf Entertainment  animation
• M5 Studios  music recorded and mixed at
• Michael Mills Productions  animation
• Monster Productions  animation
• Phoenix Film Office  special thanks
• Signet Soundelux Studios  music recorded and mixed at
• Silicon Graphics  computer hardware
• Sony Pictures Studios  music recorded at
• Sony Scoring Stage  music recorded and mixed at
• Technicolor  color
• The Loop Group  crowd walla
• Uli Meyer Features  animation
• Village Recorder, The  music recorded and mixed at

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian | French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | South Korea:All | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | Malaysia:U | New Zealand:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8/5 | France:U | Germany:o.Al. (w) | Hong Kong:I | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Iceland:L (original rating) | Mexico:A | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:G | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | USA:G (certificate #35550)

Filming Locations:

Fox Animation Studios - 2747 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Liz Callaway was called at the last minute by Flaherty and Ahrens to substitute for a singer who couldn't make the recording session of the temp tracks for Fox. Her tracks of the songs were liked so much they led to her subsequent casting as the singing voice of Anastasia.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Dimitri leaps from the train car onto the coal car his shirt is untucked. As he climbs towards the front of the train and the scene continues, his shirt becomes tucked.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Dowager Empress Marie: There was a time, not very long ago, where we lived in an enchanted world of elegant palaces and grand parties. The year was 1916, and my son, Nicholas, was the czar of Imperial Russia.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1998) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Journey to the Past

Is Disney Overtaken by Ex-Members?

The story/legend of Princess Anastasia of Russia is an unlikely tale to be told in an animated musical. But it works, mainly because it doesn't confuse its main audience, children; but yet, at the same time, it provides enough entertainment for its older audience, adults.

"Anastasia" is based loosely on the same legendary tale as the 1956 motion picture starring Ingrid Bergman. Supposedly, as the legend goes, Russia's ruling Romanov family was murdered in the upheaval of revolution, and one child, Anastasia, escaped the carnage and survived to make a valid claim for the throne. Anastasia was the granddaughter of the Dowager Empress Marie (voiced, in this film, by Angela Lansbury), who herself escaped to Paris and now wearily rejects one imposter after another.

Meg Ryan provides the vocals for Anastasia. The film opens with her escaping from Rasputin (Christopher Lloyd); the only survivor is Anastasia and her grandmother. She spends years in a cruel orphanage, losing all memory of her earlier days. Then as a lithe and spirited teenager, she falls into the clutches of two con men named Dimitri (John Cusack) and Vladimir (Kelsey Grammer). They both worked in the royal court and have insider knowledge; their scheme is to tutor an imposter until she can fool the Dowager Empress. The irony, which the movie makes much of, is that this impostor is, in fact, the real thing.

The only minor problem with "Anastasia" is how it tries to fill in the story with an overly-evil (and truly unbelievable) villian. The ending is more than ridiculous. If the entire tale was a "Sleeping Beauty"-type-story, it might be more believable, but right as we are led to believe this story is BASED on something somewhat true and based on true events, they throw in a living-dead-monster, Rasputin, to try and kill Anastasia. Good if the movie was a fantasy set up from the beginning, but it wasn't. It was a more serious 'toon turned into a fantasy one by the end.

The film's directors and producers (and former Disney artists) Don Bluth and Gary Goldman put together this film. Their film credits include "An American Tail" and "All Dogs Go to Heaven." No surprise, because the film, "Anastasia," like the other films, is darker than most fairy-tale-Disney-movies. It's more graphic, gritty and real, which is why the end is so disappointing.

In a time when CGI seems to be taking over the animation world, "Anastasia" is a good reminder that cartoon films can still be made good. A "Monsters, Inc.," it isn't, but it is definitely good.

I would give "Anastasia" a solid "4," but the end was ridiculous and predictable, and way out of turn for a film of its nature. It set itself up as a serious animated film, but then dropped everything and switched to fantasy. Its only blunder is this.

3/5 stars -

John Ulmer