Rothbart, voiced by Jack Palance, does a one-armed push-up during a song, just as Palance famously did during his acceptance speech for at the Academy Awards, when he won Best Supporting Actor for his role in City Slickers (1991).
Adapted from the famous ballet "Swan Lake".
This was the last major feature film to use traditional ink-and-paint animation.
John Cleese had a choice of playing Zazu in the Lion King (1994) or Jean-Bob in this film. He chose to play Jean-Bob because he felt he was more interesting.
Richard Rich originally pitched the idea at the Walt Disney studio while he is working there, but the idea was rejected.