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The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008) -- The plot explores the story of Athena, Ariel's mother, through the narration of Ariel.
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008) -- The plot explores the story of Athena, Ariel's mother, through the narration of Ariel.
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008) -- The plot explores the story of Athena, Ariel's mother, through the narration of Ariel.

Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   733 votes
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Director:
Peggy Holmes
Writers:
Robert Reece (writer)
Evan Spiliotopoulos (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
26 August 2008 (USA) more
Tagline:
Every Story Has a Beginning, But Only One Begins Under the Sea
Plot:
The plot explores the story of Athena, Ariel's mother, through the narration of Ariel. | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(10 articles)
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User Comments:
Wonderful and beautiful animation, not so interesting story more

Cast

  (in credits order)
Jodi Benson ... Ariel (voice)
Samuel E. Wright ... Sebastian (voice)
Jim Cummings ... King Triton / Shelbow (voice)

Sally Field ... Marina Del Ray (voice)

Parker Goris ... Flounder (voice)

Tara Strong ... Adella / Andrina (voice)
Jennifer Hale ... Alana (voice)

Grey DeLisle ... Aquata / Arista (voice)
Jeff Bennett ... Benjamin / Guards (voice)
Kari Wahlgren ... Attina (voice)
Lorelei Hill Butters ... Queen Athena (voice)

Kevin Michael Richardson ... Cheeks / Ray Ray (voice)
Rob Paulsen ... Ink Spot / Swifty (voice)
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Directed by
Peggy Holmes 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Robert Reece  writer
Evan Spiliotopoulos  writer

Produced by
Kendra Halland .... producer
Mary Thorne .... unit producer
 
Original Music by
James Dooley 
 
Film Editing by
John Royer 
 
Art Direction by
Tony Pulham 
 
Production Management
Bill Bloom .... production manager
Peiyu H. Foley .... post-production supervisor
Kip Lewis .... production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pieter Lommerse .... unit director
 
Art Department
Peter J. DeLuca .... workbook artist
Nicholas Filippi .... storyboard artist
Holly Forsyth .... storyboard artist
Michael Gorospe .... background supervisor
Chris Hubbard .... storyboard artist
Dana Landsberg .... characters designer
Stephen G. Lumley .... workbook supervisor (as Stephen Lumley)
Tron Mai .... storyboard artist
Armen Melkonian .... workbook artist
David Prince .... storyboard artist
Donald Reich .... workbook artist
Tom Shannon .... workbook artist
Ray Shenusay .... storyboard artist
Robert Souza .... storyboard artist
Colette Van Mierlo .... location designer
Marty Warner .... prop designer
 
Sound Department
James Ashwill .... foley mixer
John T. Cucci .... foley artist
Mark D. Fleming .... sound re-recording mixer
Ryan Heiferman .... dialogue recordist
Nancy MacLeod .... foley editor
Donald J. Malouf .... supervising sound editor
Dan O'Connell .... foley artist
 
Visual Effects by
William Allen Blyth .... animator
Noe Garcia .... animator
Dan Lund .... effects designer
David 'Joey' Mildenberger .... animation supervisor
Mark Myer .... animator
Amanda Normington .... effects assistant (as Amanda J. Talbot)
Masa Oshiro .... animator
Marvin Petilla .... effects director
Philip Pignotti .... animator
Van Shirvanian .... effects assistant
Phillip Vigil .... animator
 
Animation Department
Carol Berke .... digital ink & paint
Jamie Kezlarian Bolio .... character design cleanup
Brook Bonus .... animator
Omar Cinco .... animator
Dan Haskett .... character designer
Cynthia Javier .... animator
Chris Keene .... cg modeler
Dana Landsberg .... character designer
Christina Long .... color stylist
Gabriel Mase .... animator
Armen Melkonian .... layout artist
Jenny North .... supervising color stylist
Scott T. Petersen .... animator
Donna Prince .... background artist
Eugene Salandra .... character designer
Steven K. Thompson .... character designer
Noel Villano .... animator
Andreas Wessel-Therhorn .... animation co-supervisor
Theresa Wiseman .... timing director
 
Casting Department
Jason Henkel .... manager of talent casting
Benjamin G. Malbrough .... casting assistant
Jamie Thomason .... voice casting
Ned Lott .... additional casting (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
John Currin .... assistant editor
Karen Hathaway .... second editor
Timothy Vila .... assistant editor (as Tim Vila)
Jim Passon .... color timer (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Kevin Babuder .... orchestrator
Dominick Certo .... music editor
Rossano Galante .... orchestrator
Steven Gizicki .... music supervisor
Kevin Globerman .... digital score recordist
Greg Hayes .... assistant music engineer
Andy Kay .... assistant to composer
Andrew Kinney .... orchestrator
Matthew Margeson .... additional music arranger
Matthew Margeson .... composer: additional music
Dana Niu .... supervising orchestrator
Jason Poss .... music transcription
Peter Rotter .... music contractor
Dennis S. Sands .... music scoring mixer
Brad Warnaar .... orchestrator
Nathan Whitehead .... assistant to composer
 
Other crew
Carla Arcuri .... production coordinator
Kirk Bailey .... adr loop group
Ranjani Brow .... adr loop group
Lorelei Hill Butters .... production secretary
Kristen Combs .... adr loop group
Jim Cotton .... production accountant
David Cowgill .... adr loop group (as Dave Cowgill)
Dee DeLeon .... production associate
Erin Donovan .... adr loop group
Kerris Dorsey .... adr loop group
Eddie Frierson .... adr loop group
Spencer Lacey Ganus .... adr loop group (as Spencer Ganus)
Jackie Gonneau .... adr loop group
Bridget Hoffman .... adr loop group
Wendy Hoffman .... adr loop group
Janette Hulett .... continuity checker
Charles Luce .... technical director
Asia Mechikoff .... production coordinator
Scott Menville .... adr loop group
Kristina Pace .... technical director
Sean Reed .... story coordinator
Cecilie Stuart .... choreographer
William Sy .... production assistant
Hans Tester .... adr loop group
Jamie Thomason .... dialogue director
Lenlen Tolentino .... production coordinator
Ariel Winter .... adr loop group
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Little Mermaid III (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
Argentina:70 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the scene where Swifty asks Triton to raise his right hand for the oath, Triton raises his left hand instead of his right. more
Quotes:
Marina Del Ray: Can you feel it, Benjamin? The sweet taste of power! Filling, yet oddly minty! more
Movie Connections:
References The Shawshank Redemption (1994) more
Soundtrack:
Part of Your World more

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14 out of 17 people found the following comment useful:-
Wonderful and beautiful animation, not so interesting story, 27 August 2008
7/10
Author: djepic1 from UK

Ever since Disney's "sequels" department has been under new management, there has been a HUGE upgrade in quality. There have only been two animated releases so far, Cinderella III and The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning. I am not sure if any more sequels are in production.

Consistent between both films is the very high quality animation. TLM:AB keeps CGI to a minimum and much effort has been made to keep the characters close to the original character models (and in many cases, character models have heavily improved over the original). This is probably as good as it will get without the original team of animators.

What saves this film is the fantastic hand-drawn animation in the age of ugly CGI and lazy flash-drawn cartoons. I would go as far as to say that the animation here is on-par or higher than the original 1989 release (the original was plagued with off-model animation). Unfortunately, the story is only so-so. The plot is very weak but effort has been made to develop all of the sisters' personalities, which I really appreciate (they are believable sister to sister relationships). I think Disney recognised that without Alan Menken, the music for TLM would not have charm or beauty. Disney did the right thing for this film by keeping songs short and to a minimum.

This film highly deserves a chance to be seen by many, unlike the rushed and horrible Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea.

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