Anastasia (1997)
Anastasia (1997)
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Cast & Crew.
Meg Ryan
Anastasia
John Cusack
Dimitri
Christopher Lloyd
Rasputin
Kelsey Grammer
Vladimir
Hank Azaria
Bartok
Bernadette Peters
Sophie
Kirsten Dunst
Young Anastasia
Angela Lansbury
The Dowager Empress Marie
Rick Jones
Czar Nicholas
Glenn Walker Harris Jr.
Young Dimitri (voice)
Debra Mooney
Actress (voice)
Andrea Martin
Phlegmenkoff
Arthur Malet
Travelling Man / Major Domo (voice)
Charity James
Anastasia Impostor (voice)
Don Bluth
Director
Liz Callaway
Anastasia (singing voice)
Lacey Chabert
Young Anastasia (singing voice)
Gary Goldman
Director
Susan Gauthier
Writer
Jim Cummings
Rasputin (singing voice)
Bruce Graham
Writer
Jonathan Dokuchitz
Dimitri (singing voice)
Bob Tzudiker
Writer
Jeff Blumenkrantz
Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
Noni White
Writer
Billy Porter
Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
J.K. Simmons
Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
David Newman
Composer
Bob Bender
Editor
Fiona Trayler
Editor
Brian Chavanne
CastingDirector
Michael Peraza Jr.
ProductionDesigner
Eric Tuchman
Adaptation
Laura Jo 'L.J.' Wentworth
Producer
Maureen Donley
Executive Producer
Joe Orrantia
Storyboard
George Villaflor
Layout
Mary Clarke-Miller
Animation Director
Bruce Edwards
Animation
Brad Gayo
Compositors
Mark Kauffman
Animation
Linda Kaul
Animation Department Coordinator
Karri Lindamood
Animation Department Coordinator
Thomas M. Miller
Animation Supervisor
David Munier
Animation
Kelly Nelson
Animation
John P. Rand
Animation
Olun Riley
Animation
Noly Zamora
Layout
Jojo Young
Animation
Vic Villacorta
Layout
Dimitri Tenev
Animation
Danny Taverna
Layout
Hugo M. Takahashi
Animation
Helio Takahashi
Animation
Robert Sprathoff
Animation
Jessica Wolff
Compositors
Elizabeth McClurg
Compositors
Nelson 'Rey' Bohol
Layout
Jun Lofamia
Layout
Troylan B. Caro
Layout
Juan 'Jo' Luna
Layout
Daniel Hung Yuan Chiang
Layout
Daniel Hung Yuan Chiang
Layout
Will Makra
Layout
Alan Cranny
Layout
Fred A. Reilly
Layout
Abraham DeOcampo
Layout
Sinead Somers
Layout
Martin Hanley
Layout
David J. Hardy
Layout
Danny I. Tolentino
Layout
Stephen L. Holt
Layout
Michael Isaak
Layout
Steven E. Gordon
Animation
Mary Hidalgo
Casting Associate
Chris Carpenter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
James Bolt
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Colum Slevin
Production Manager
Richard L. Anderson
Supervising Sound Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 20, 1997
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Content RatingG
Budget$53,000,000
Box Office$139,804,348
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This Movie Is About.
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Anastasia is a 1997 American animated musical historical fantasy film produced and directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman from a screenplay by Susan Gauthier, Bruce Graham, and the writing team of Bob Tzudiker and Noni White. The film stars the voices of Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd, Hank Azaria, Bernadette Peters, Kirsten Dunst, and Angela Lansbury. Based on the legend of the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, youngest daughter of the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II, and set in an alternate version of 1926, the film follows eighteen-year-old amnesiac orphan, Anya, who, hoping to find some trace of her past, sides with two con men who wish to pass her off as the Grand Duchess to Anastasia's paternal grandmother, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, amidst the rumors that the Grand Duchess had escaped the execution of the royal family. The film shares its plot with the 1956 film of the same name, which in turn was based on a play by Marcelle Maurette. Unlike those treatments, this version adds a magically empowered Grigori Rasputin as the antagonist.
Anastasia was the first 20th Century Fox animated feature to be produced by its own animation division, 20th Century Fox Animation, through the animation studio Fox Animation Studios. The film premiered at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City on November 14, 1997, and was released in the United States on November 21. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the animation, voice performances, and soundtrack, though it attracted criticism from some historians for its fantastical retelling of the Grand Duchess. Anastasia grossed $140 million worldwide, making it the most profitable film from Bluth and Fox Animation Studios. It received nominations for several awards, including for Best Original Song ("Journey to the Past") and Best Original Musical or Comedy Score at the 70th Academy Awards.
The success of Anastasia spawned various adaptations of the film into other media, including a direct-to-video spin-off film and a stage musical, which premiered in 2016.