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The Little Mermaid
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Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   34,375 votes
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Writers:
John Musker (written by) and
Ron Clements (written by) ...
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Release Date:
17 November 1989 (USA) more
Tagline:
Somewhere under the sea and beyond your imagination is an adventure in fantasy. more
Plot:
A mermaid princess makes a faustian bargain with an unscrupulous seahag in order to meet a human prince on land. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 6 nominations more
User Reviews:
Life must be great under the sea! more (152 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Rene Auberjonois ... Louis (voice)
Christopher Daniel Barnes ... Eric (voice)
Jodi Benson ... Ariel (voice)

Pat Carroll ... Ursula (voice)
Paddi Edwards ... Flotsam & Jetsam (voice)

Buddy Hackett ... Scuttle (voice)
Jason Marin ... Flounder (voice)
Kenneth Mars ... Triton (voice)

Edie McClurg ... Carlotta (voice)
Will Ryan ... Seahorse (voice)
Ben Wright ... Grimsby (voice)
Samuel E. Wright ... Sebastian (voice)
Hamilton Camp ... Additional Voices (voice)
Debbie Shapiro Gravitte ... Additional Voices (voice) (as Debbie Shapiro)
Robert Weil ... Additional Voices (voice)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
83 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (original release) | DTS (re-release) (1997) | Dolby Digital (re-release) (1997) | Dolby (35 mm prints) (original release) | SDDS (re-release) (1997)

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Trivia:
Before recording "Poor Unfortunate Souls", Pat Carroll asked Howard Ashman to sing the song one more time to get it right. He obliged, and as he sang he added little spoken ad-libs that Carroll then incorporated into her performance. These included Ursula saying "Pathetic" at the mer couple she conjures up as an example, and the line "Life's full of tough choices, innit?" more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During a carriage ride, Ariel makes the carriage jump a small ravine. When it hits the other side, it stops briefly, and then begins to move. As it does, the wheels do not move at all, but remain motionless. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Prince Eric: Isn't this great? The salty sea air, the wind blowing in your face... aaah, the perfect day to be at sea!
Grimsby: [leaning over rail] Oh, yes... urp... delightful.
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Soundtrack:
Part of Your World more

FAQ

How does it end?
Where can I read the original fairytale online?
When Ursula turns Ariel into a human, isn't she naked?
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45 out of 48 people found the following review useful.
Life must be great under the sea!, 20 January 2004
10/10
Author: Kristine (kristinedrama14@msn.com) from Chicago, Illinois

The Little Mermaid is one of the best Disney films of the 80's! It's such a wonderful film and is such a tear jerker, lol. The songs, the story, the animation, the voices, were just so wonderful and perfect. This is the film that I'm sure will go on for generations to come, I just showed it to my cousin recently, he's 6, and he just loves it as well. I remember watching this movie when I was a little girl and I just wanted a friend like Sebastian, he was so much fun, even though he's somewhat of a buzz kill, he can really get the party going. Just the whole story is a blast to watch and is so beautiful.

Ariel is one of the many princesses of King Triton's mighty kingdom under the sea, but she has a different dream. She goes up constantly to the shore to collect human items and wonders what it would be like to be a human instead of a mermaid. One day when she gets into a nasty fight with her father, Ursella, an evil octopus woman who wants to take over King Triton's kingdom, grants Ariel's wish, but she can only stay human if she can get her crush, Eric, to say her name, sounds easy, right? Well, Ursella takes her voice away, but her intentions are for Ariel to fail and make sure that she takes over the kingdom.

The Little Mermaid is such a fun Disney film and is a great treasure of our time. I just love the song "Under the sea", it's so much fun to sing and dance too, I admit it, I'm a dork, I still sing and dance to it when I see it. I highly recommend this movie for anyone, it's a true Disney classic that is so much fun, I guarantee you that you might shed a tear when Ariel says "Daddy", you'll see what I mean when you watch it.

10/10

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