The Emperor's New Groove (2000)

Director:

Mark Dindal

Writers:

Chris Williams (story) &
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Release Date:

15 December 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

It's All About... ME

Plot:

Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by his ex-administrator Yzma, and must now regain his throne with the help of Pacha, the gentle llama herder.

Plot Keywords:

Llama | Emperor | Potion | Jumprope | Old Man

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 24 nominations

Cast

David Spade	...	Emperor Kuzco / Narrator (voice)
John Goodman	...	Pacha (voice)
Eartha Kitt	...	Yzma (voice)
Patrick Warburton	...	Kronk, Yzma's Sidekick (voice)
Wendie Malick	...	Chicha, Pacha's Wife (voice)
Kellyann Kelso	...	Chaca, Pacha's Daughter (voice)
Stephen J. Anderson	...	(voice)
Eli Russell Linnetz	...	Tipo, Pacha's Son (voice)
Bob Bergen	...	Bucky the Squirrel (voice)
Rodger Bumpass	...	(voice)
Tom Jones	...	Theme Song Guy (voice)
Robert Clotworthy	...	(voice)
Jennifer Darling	...	(voice)
Patti Deutsch	...	Waitress (voice)
John Fiedler	...	Old Man (voice)
Miriam Flynn	...	(voice)
Geri Lee Gorowski	...	(voice)
Jess Harnell	...	(voice)
Sherry Lynn	...	(voice)
Danny Mann	...	(voice)
Mickie McGowan	...	(voice)
D.F. Reynolds	...	(voice)
Andre Stojka	...	(voice)
Steve Susskind	...	(voice)
Joe Whyte	...	Official (voice)

Directed by
Mark Dindal

Writing credits
Chris Williams		(story) &
Mark Dindal		(story)
David Reynolds		(screenplay)
Stephen J. Anderson		(story supervisor) (as Stephen Anderson)
Stephen J. Anderson		(additional story material) (as Stephen Anderson) &
Don Hall		(additional story material) &
John Norton		(additional story material)
Roger Allers		(original story) &
Matthew Jacobs		(original story)

Produced by
Prudence Fenton	....	development producer
Randy Fullmer	....	producer
Don Hahn	....	executive producer
Patricia Hicks	....	associate producer

Original Music by
John Debney

Cinematography by
Thomas Baker

Film Editing by
Tom Finan
Pam Ziegenhagen		(as Pamela Ziegenhagen-Shefland)

Casting by
Matthew Jon Beck
Mary Hidalgo
Ruth Lambert

Production Design by
Paul A. Felix		(as Paul Felix)

Art Direction by
Thomas Cardone		(co-art director)
Colin Stimpson

Production Management
Monica Lago-Kaytis	....	assistant production manager: layout
Berenice Le Maitre	....	post-production supervisor
Cathy McGowan Leahy	....	production manager
Tod C. Marsden	....	production manager

Art Department
John Alvin	....	poster artist
David Blum	....	assistant artistic coordinator
Ricardo F. Delgado	....	visual development artist
Craig Elliott	....	visual development artist
Billy George	....	senior layout artist
Dan Hansen	....	artistic coordinator
Rick Moore	....	art layout
Sue C. Nichols	....	visual development artist
Marcelo Vignali	....	art department
Nathan Warner	....	visual development artist
Andrew Hickson	....	layout artist: journeyman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Carmen Baker	....	assistant sound editor
Vince Caro	....	additional dialogue recordist
Jim Caruana	....	audio engineer
Tim Chau	....	sound designer
Tim Chau	....	supervising sound editor
Mathieu Cox	....	Flemish dubbing recordist
Albert Gasser	....	sound editor
Bill Higley	....	additional dialogue recordist (as Bill Higgley)
Nils C. Jensen	....	sound editor
Doc Kane	....	original dialogue recordist
David Kern	....	sound editor
Mel Metcalfe	....	sound re-recording mixer
Douglas Parker	....	assistant sound editor
Terry Porter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dave Rideau	....	soundtrack (as David Rideau)
Donald Sylvester	....	sound editor
Thomas Whiting	....	adr supervisor (as Thomas G. Whiting)
Dean A. Zupancic	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Roesch	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Carolyn Tapp	....	foley recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Dorse A. Lanpher	....	special effects animator
Joseph C. Pepe	....	effects key assistant
Phillip Vigil	....	effects animator

Visual Effects by
Sean Applegate	....	animator: visual effects
Virgilio John Aquino	....	visual effects
Gordon Baker	....	animator: visual effects
Jay Baker	....	visual effects
Diana Blazer	....	assistant production manager: Sweatbox
Jason Buske	....	digital compositor
Earl Coffman	....	compositor
Ian J. Coony	....	technical director: 3D Effects
Aliza Corson Chameides	....	animator: visual effects
Chris Darroca	....	visual effects
Angela Diamos	....	key assistant visual effects (as Angela Anastasia Diamos)
Colbert Fennelly	....	animator: special effects
Kristin K. Fong-Lukavsky	....	visual effects
Jazno Francoeur	....	animator: visual effects
Mabel Gesner	....	key assistant visual effects (as Mabel L. Gesner)
Kim Gray	....	assistant production manager: visual effects
Doeri Welch Greiner	....	assistant production manager: animation
Michael Cadwallader Jones	....	animator: visual effects
Dorse A. Lanpher	....	visual effects animation supervisor
Sean Locke	....	technical director
Dan Lund	....	animator: visual effects
Mauro Maressa	....	visual effects supervisor
Stephen McDermott	....	animator: visual effects
Thomas C. Meyer	....	technical director: production support
David 'Joey' Mildenberger	....	visual effects animation supervisor
Michael Todd Montgomery	....	assistant visual effects
Christopher R. Page	....	visual effects
Peter Pepe Jr.	....	effects key assistant (as Pete Pepe)
Frederika Pepping	....	assistant production manager: animation: Paris
Philip Pignotti	....	visual effects
Sean Simon Ramirez	....	visual effects
Paitoon Ratanasirintrawoot	....	key assistant visual effects
Samuel E. Recinos	....	assistant visual effects (as Sam Recinos)
Gary Schumer	....	assistant visual effects
Brad Smith	....	render I/O administrator
Stephanie Green Spahn	....	assistant production manager: visual effects: Florida (as Stephanie M. Spahn)
Dennis Spicer	....	assistant visual effects
Marie St. Clair	....	color stylist
Steve Starr	....	key assistant visual effects
Kip Lanai Stone	....	visual effects: data entry
John Tucker	....	key assistant visual effects
Phillip Vigil	....	animator: visual effects
Melinda Wang	....	visual effects
Marlon West	....	additional effects animator
Tony West	....	visual effects animator
Nicole Alene Zamora	....	visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Jeanne E. Leone-Sterwerf	....	assistant manager camera
David J. Rowe	....	camera operator: digital camera

Animation Department
Olivier Adam	....	layout supervisor: overseas
Laurence Adam-Bessière	....	assistant animator: miscellaneous
Kevin R. Adams	....	layout artist
Cent Alantar	....	layout artist: Paris
Pierre Alary	....	animator: Paris
Tim Allen	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Tony Anselmo	....	key clean-up artist: "Pacha"
Sunny Apinchapong	....	background artist: journeyman
Debra Armstrong	....	supervising character lead: "Kronk"
Rasoul Azadani	....	additional layout supervisor
Dale Baer	....	supervising animator: "Yzma" and "Yzma Kitten"
James Baker	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Tony Bancroft	....	supervising animator: "Kronk"
Javier Espinosa Bañuelos	....	key assistant animator: miscellaneous
Jared Beckstrand	....	animator: "Pacha"
Janelle C. Bell-Martin	....	assistant animator
George Benavides	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris
David Block	....	animator: "Kronk"
Nicolette Bonnell	....	animation checker
Claire Bourdin	....	assistant animator: "Yzma"
Justin Brandstater	....	background artist: journeyman
Max Braslavsky	....	key layout assistant: Paris
Valerie Braun	....	blue sketch artist: Paris
Philippe Briones	....	key assistant animator: "Kronk"
Jennifer Cardon Klein	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Christophe Charbonnel	....	clean-up supervisor: Paris
Farouk Cherfi	....	key assistant animator: "Kuzco" and "Tipo"
Jerry Yu Ching	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Chang Yei Cho	....	breakdown animator
Sandro Cleuzo	....	lead animator: "Theme Song Guy/Waitress/Old Man/Official/Maidens"
Shawn Colbeck	....	layout artist
Regina Conroy	....	breakdown artist
Trish Coveney-Rees	....	layout artist
Fred Craig	....	layout artist
Bob Davies	....	animator: "Kronk"
Nicole de Bellefroid	....	breakdown artist: "Yzma"
Antony De Fato	....	assistant animator
Thomas Debitus	....	layout artist
Jeroen Dejonckheere	....	key assistant animator: "Yzma"
Patrick Delage	....	animator: Paris
Eric Delbecq	....	animator: Paris
Roberto Espanto Domingo	....	animator: "Yzma"
Bernard Dourdent	....	breakdown artist: "Yzma"
Donna Dubuc-Curtis	....	inbetween artist: feature characters
James W. Elston	....	inbetween artist
Marc Eoche-Duval	....	animator: Paris
Thomas Estrada	....	clean-up artist
Perry Farinola	....	breakdown artist: "Kuzco Llama"
Brian Ferguson	....	lead animator: "Chaco" and "Bucky"
Larry R. Flores	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris
Doug Frankel	....	lead animator: "Chicha"
Natalie Franscioni-Karp	....	background supervisor
Maria Angela Iturriza Freire	....	assistant animator: "Kronk"
Marec Fritzinger	....	key layout assistant: Paris
Edmund Gabriel	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris
Graham Gallagher	....	breakdown artist
Tom Gately	....	animator: "Pacha"
Billy George	....	layout artist
Miguel Gil	....	background artist: journeyman
Pierre Girault	....	assistant animator: "Kronk"
Ben Gluck	....	story artist
Neal Goldstein	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris (as Neal Stanley Goldstein)
Matthieu Gosselin	....	layout assistant: Paris
Thierry Goulard	....	animator: Paris
Gizella Gregán	....	assistant animator: "Kuzco" and "Tipo" (as Gizella Maros Gregan)
Don Hall	....	story artist
David Hancock	....	animator: "Pacha"
Brad Hicks	....	background artist: journeyman
Gontran Hoarau	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris
Donivan W. Howard	....	layout artist
Chris Hubbard	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris (as Christopher Hubbard)
Dietz Toshio Ichishita	....	assistant animator
Carl Jones	....	background artist: journeyman
David Karp	....	painter
Clay Kaytis	....	animator: "Pacha"
Karen A. Keller	....	key layout artist
Nicolas Keramidas	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris
Sang-Jin Kim	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Bert Klein	....	animator: "Pacha"
Jody Kooistra	....	breakdown artist
Calvin Le Duc	....	key assistant animator: "Yzma"
Ludovic Letrun	....	assistant animator: miscellaneous
Buck Lewis	....	character designer (as H.B. 'Buck' Lewis)
James Lopez	....	lead animator: "Tipo"
William Lorencz	....	background artist: journeyman
Jerry Loveland	....	background artist: journeyman
Brian Mainolfi	....	clean-up animator
Philippe Malka	....	breakdown artist: "Kronk"
Patricia Ann Billings Malone	....	assistant animator
Vincent Massy	....	layout artist: Paris (as Vincent Massy de la Chesneraye)
Joseph Mateo	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris
Kelly McGraw	....	background artist: journeyman
Sarah Mercey-Boose	....	inbetween artist
Benoit Meurzec	....	assistant animator: "Kuzco" and "Tipo"
Lieve Miessen	....	lead key clean-up animator: miscellaneous
Gregory C. Miller	....	background artist: journeyman
Mark Mitchell	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Dominique Monfery	....	supervising animator: Paris
Borja Montoro	....	animator: Paris (as Borja Montoro Cavero)
Rick Moore	....	layout artist
Joseph C. Moshier	....	character designer
Dave Mullins	....	assistant animator
Antonio Navarro	....	layout artist
Jan Naylor	....	key assistant animator: "Yzma"
Kevin Nelson	....	layout stylist
John Norton	....	story artist
Joe Oh	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Jamie Oliff	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Vera Pacheco	....	clean-up supervisor
Anne Pellerin	....	breakdown artist: "Kronk"
Bob Persichetti	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris
Jason Pichon	....	uncredited training
Eddie Pittman	....	inbetween artist
Catherine Poulain	....	animator: Paris
Jean-Christophe Poulain	....	layout supervisor
Mark Pudleiner	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Jeff Purves	....	layout artist
Nik Ranieri	....	supervising animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Jeff Ranjo	....	story artist (as Jeff R. Ranjo)
Loïc Rastout	....	layout artist: Paris
Peter Raymundo	....	breakdown artist: "Kuzco Llama"
Dan Read	....	background artist: journeyman
Robyn Roberts	....	caps supervisor: 2-D animation processing (as Robyn L. Roberts)
Leonard Robledo	....	background artist: journeyman
Bobby Rubio	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris (as Bobby Alcid Rubio)
Nicolas Ruedy	....	breakdown artist: "Kuzco" and "Tipo"
Robh Ruppel	....	layout stylist
Tony Santo	....	inbetween artist
Pierre Seurin	....	assistant animator: "Kronk"
Lon Smart	....	key assistant animator: "Patcha"
Bruce W. Smith	....	supervising animator: "Pacha"
Marc Smith	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Joey So	....	assistant animator (as Chun Yin Joey So)
Chris Sonnenberg	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris (as Chris Sonnenburg)
Phirum Sou	....	assistant animator: "Kuzco" and "Tipo"
Chad Stewart	....	animator: "Yzma"
Michael Stocker	....	animator: "Kronk"
George D. Sukara	....	assistant clean-up animator: "Kuzco Llama" (as George Sukara)
Trevor Tamboline	....	key clean-up artist
Sylvaine Terriou	....	assistant animator: "Yzma"
Steven K. Thompson	....	assistant animator: "Kronk"
Kathleen Thorson Good	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris (as Kathleen Thorson)
Marc Tosolini	....	assistant animator: miscellaneous
JC Tran-Quang-Thieu	....	animator: Paris
Xavier Villez	....	assistant animator: "Yzma"
Stevan Wahl	....	animator: "Yzma"
Doug Walker	....	layout artist
John R. Walsh	....	key assistant animator
Elizabeth S. Watasin	....	key assistant animator
Stevie Wermers	....	story artist
Andreas Wessel-Therhorn	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Matt Whitlock	....	inbetween artist
Kelly Wightman	....	story artist
Barbara Wiles	....	caps supervisor: animation check
Chris Williams	....	story artist
Theresa Wiseman	....	animator: "Pacha"
Anthony Ho Wong	....	animator: "Pacha"
Thomas Woodington	....	background artist: journeyman
Phillip Young	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama" (as Phil Young)
James Young Jackson	....	animator: "Pacha" (uncredited)
David Pruiksma	....	character designer (uncredited)
Michael Show	....	animator: "Nina" (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Robert Bagley	....	post-production coordinator
Paul Carrera	....	first assistant editor
Terry Claborn	....	color timer
Robert J. Hansen	....	telecine operator
Lisa Linder	....	associate editor
Rich Mackay	....	negative cutter (as Rick Mackay)
Mary Beth Smith	....	negative cutter
Valerie Flueger Veras	....	post-production coordinator (as Valerie Flueger)
Patrick J. Voetberg	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Wolfgang Amadeus	....	electronic scoring mixer
Frank Bennett	....	orchestrator
Joel Berke	....	music production assistant
Marc Bonilla	....	composer: additional music
John Debney	....	conductor
John Debney	....	score producer
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor
George Doering	....	musician
Dave Hartley	....	vocal arranger (as David Hartley)
Leyla Hoyle	....	background vocals
Christopher Klatman	....	orchestrator (as Chris Klatman)
Deniece LaRocca	....	music production coordinator (as Deniece Larocca-Hall)
Edie Lehmann	....	vocal contractor (as Edie Lehmann Boddicker)
Frank Macchia	....	music preparation
Tom MacDougall	....	music production manager
Michael Mason	....	score co-producer
Chris Montan	....	executive music producer
Shawn Murphy	....	score recordist
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
Don Nemitz	....	orchestrator
Maria Newman	....	musician
Paul Silver	....	music editor
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Sting	....	songs: music and lyrics by
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn
Mark Tucker	....	music producer
Nick Vidar	....	music programmer
Booker White	....	music preparation
Reggie Wilson	....	music contractor
David Wolowic	....	assistant music editor
Marc Bonilla	....	musician: electric guitar (uncredited)
Dan Navarro	....	singer (uncredited)
Walterio Pesqueira	....	lyrics: Spanish version (uncredited)

Other crew
Lia Abbate	....	administrative assistant
Graham S. Allan	....	manager: systems software development
Ross Allard	....	technology crew
Thomas Baker	....	caps supervisor: scene planning
Richard M. Barnes	....	technology supporter
Dale R. Beck	....	technology supporter
Glenn Bell	....	technology supporter
Jawad Benchikhi	....	technology supporter
Janet E. Berlin	....	technology supporter
Ron Betta	....	assistant production manager: clean-up, Florida
David Biello	....	assistant production manager: story/visual development
Derek M.C. Billings	....	production assistant
Cathy E. Blanco	....	software engineer
Mike Blum	....	software developer (as Michael S. Blum)
Robert Boas	....	technical supporter
Froydis Boe	....	production assistant
Michael C. Bolds	....	technology supporter
Susan Bradley	....	title designer
Liza Breuninger	....	production accountant
Aileen Brimecombe	....	technology supporter
Brad Brooks	....	technology supporter
John Henry Brooks	....	manager: applications software development
Tara Joan Brown	....	production assistant
Steve Buddie	....	additional production supporter
Kirsten Bulmer	....	production coordinator
Letha L. Burchard	....	technology supporter
Brent Burley	....	technology supporter
Scott L. Burris	....	systems engineer
Scott L. Burris	....	technology supporter
Rudy Cardenas-Rios	....	production assistant
Judith A. Cardinale	....	technology supporter
Steve Carpenter	....	systems administrator
Steve Carpenter	....	technology supporter
John Cejka	....	technology supporter
Lawrence Chai	....	technology supporter
Loren Chun	....	technology supporter
Peter Chun	....	technology supporter
Michael Clay	....	systems administrator
Michael Clay	....	technology supporter
Philip M. Cohen	....	production assistant
Ray C. Coleman	....	technology supporter: hardware
Karen Comella	....	caps supervisor: color models
Tony Cosanella	....	production assistant: "Kingdom of the Sun"
Jefferson Crutchfield	....	technical supporter
Patrick Dalton	....	software developer
Tim David	....	technical supporter
Maureen Mo O'Hare Davis	....	additional production supporter
Nolan R. Davis	....	technology supporter
Mark Dawson	....	manager
Mark Dawson	....	technical supporter
Michael De La Cruz	....	assistant production manager: layout, Paris
Joshua P. Edwards	....	production assistant
Christian M. Elsensohn	....	render i/o
Norbert Faerstain	....	technology crew
Patricia Feldstein-Reed	....	assistant production manager: clean-up
Thomas J. Fico	....	technology supporter
Marc Fleury	....	systems engineer
Marc Fleury	....	technology supporter
David Patrick Flynn	....	systems engineer
David Patrick Flynn	....	technology supporter
Kevin G.J. Freels	....	systems administrator
Kevin G.J. Freels	....	technology supporter
Lynne Freels	....	technology assistant: software
Bérangère Frésard	....	production assistant
Scott Garrett	....	hardware lead
Scott Garrett	....	technology supporter
Massimiliano Gasparri	....	technology crew
Jefry G. Georgianni	....	production assistant
Eric Gervais-Despres	....	scene planner
Sean Goldman	....	technology crew
Patrick Golier	....	additional production supporter
Thomas Grealy	....	production coordinator: layout
Thomas Greer	....	systems engineer
Thomas Greer	....	technology supporter
Steven L. Groom	....	manager: systems
Gregory Gunter	....	creative development
Mark Henley	....	scene planner
Brandy Hill	....	caps supervisor: digital film print
Greg Hill	....	production assistant
John D. Hoffman	....	technology supporter
Suzanne Henderson Holmes	....	assistant production manager: backgrounds
Kevin J. Hussey	....	manager: management applications development
Allana Michelle James	....	technology supporter (as Michelle 'Buggy' James)
Darrian M. James	....	avid technical support
Danny Jewell	....	technology supporter
Marc Jordan	....	technology supporter
Marc Jordan	....	technology supporter: network administration
Dave Kagels	....	technology supporter
Christelle Kam	....	production assistant
Kevin E. Keech	....	technology supporter
Kimberly W. Keech	....	technology supporter
Daniel C. Kim	....	technology supporter
Michael D. Kliewer	....	technology supporter
Frank William Knittel	....	assistant production accountant
Hans Ku	....	technology crew
Tim Kwan	....	production assistant
Renato Lattanzi	....	production assistant
Gay Lawrence	....	key visual development
Nicholas Lefebvre	....	production assistant
Etienne Longa	....	assistant production manager: clean-up, Paris
John Edward Lopez	....	technology supporter
Kimberly Lorang	....	digital trainer
James MacBurney	....	technology supporter: network administration
Jenni Magee-Cook	....	assistant production manager: editorial/recording
Jean Mandonnet	....	technology supporter
Nathan Massmann	....	production assistant
Michael McClure	....	technology crew
Teri McDonald	....	assistant final check supervisor
Kevin A. McGuire	....	technology crew
Kevin A. McGuire	....	technology supporter
Dayna B. Meltzer	....	technology supporter
Christophe Meslin	....	technology production supporter
Christophe Meslin	....	technology supervisor
Thaddeus P. Miller	....	technology supporter
Tracey Miller-Zarneke	....	assistant production manager: story/publicity
Allyson Mitchell	....	production assistant
Charlene Moncrief	....	production assistant
Thomas Moore Jr.	....	manager: media group
Ninka Katarina Mortensen	....	production assistant
Jack Muleady	....	technology supporter: hardware
Jeff Nash	....	technology crew
Tom Naylor	....	technology supporter: hardware
Leigh Nelson	....	production assistant
Alexander Nicolas	....	marketing
Troy R. Norin	....	technology supporter
Aisling O'Gorman	....	production assistant
Madlyn O'Neill	....	senior blue sketch artist
David Oguri	....	technology supporter
David E. Ortega	....	technology supporter: hardware
Vera Pacheco	....	clean-up supervisor
Dominique Patard	....	technology supporter
Tim Pauer	....	production assistant
Tina M. Pedigo	....	production assistant
Daniel Pickett	....	operations manager
Elkeer Zaldumbide Pratt	....	technology supporter
Ron L. Purdy	....	technology supporter
Clint G. Reagan	....	production assistant
Nathalie Antoniolli Roca Ripoll	....	technology supporter
Jeff Rochlin	....	manager: systems support
Kai-Zhen Ruan	....	technology supporter
James 'J.R.' Russell	....	caps supervisor: compositing (as James 'JR' Russell)
James 'J.R.' Russell	....	caps supervisor: digital file services (as James 'JR' Russell)
Michael Saitta	....	technology supporter
Atiq Sajawal	....	systems administrator
Nasser B. Salomon	....	lead technical administrator
Nasser B. Salomon	....	technology supporter
James A. Sandweiss	....	technology crew
Melissa K. Schilder	....	production assistant
Matthew F. Schnittker	....	software engineer
Matthew F. Schnittker	....	technology supporter
Craig Sost	....	digital production manager
Jack Dean Stauss	....	technology crew
John Stimson	....	technology supporter: network administration
Chuck Stoner	....	technology supporter
Jason I. Strahs	....	production assistant
Yun-Chen Sung	....	technology supporter
Sandy Sunseri	....	technology supporter: network administration
Joe Suzow	....	technology supporter
Mark M. Tokunaga	....	render i/o technical lead
Mark M. Tokunaga	....	technology supporter
Ann Tucker	....	caps supervisor: technical coordinator
Roy Turner	....	technology supporter
Valerio Ventura	....	key visual development
Eric Vignola	....	motion technical director
Kevin Waldvogel	....	human resources coordinator
Kevin Waldvogel	....	human resources: director
Sabrina Waterman	....	production assistant
Dawn Watson	....	production assistant
Sahara Elizabeth Ford Wernick	....	technology supporter
Doug White	....	technology supporter: network administration
Fran R. Zandonella	....	technology crew
Michael Zarembski	....	technology crew
Suzy Zeffren	....	production assistant
Lisa Fisher	....	digital trainer (uncredited)
Susan Hegarty	....	dialect consultant (uncredited)
Pixote Hunt	....	development artist (uncredited)
John Damien Ryan	....	foley/live action reference for guards (uncredited)

Thanks
Gina Aarniokoski	....	special thanks
Meabh Agnew	....	special thanks
Eileen Aguirre	....	special thanks
Jenny Aleman	....	special thanks
Kathy Alexander	....	special thanks
Alexandrea Andrews	....	special thanks
Marcia Arreola	....	special thanks
Karen Bailey	....	special thanks
Marie-Claude Banville	....	special thanks
Barbara Bele	....	special thanks
Charline F. Boyer	....	special thanks
Barri Brennan	....	special thanks
Sheila Brown	....	special thanks
Lisa Buch	....	special thanks
Herb Burd	....	special thanks
Fox Carney	....	special thanks
Sally Catic	....	special thanks
Tenny Chonin	....	special thanks
Brandy Contreras	....	special thanks
Fred Cox	....	special thanks
Sarah Ann Crawford	....	special thanks
Sophie Decoopman	....	special thanks
Stephanie Dees	....	special thanks
Véronique Delion	....	special thanks
Elihane Martinez Disquin	....	special thanks
Pamela Dugan	....	special thanks
Doug Engalla	....	special thanks
Erika Erickson	....	special thanks
Matt Foyer	....	special thanks
Lynne Freels	....	special thanks
Chad Frye	....	special thanks
Randy Fukuda	....	special thanks
Dolorès Gaiffe	....	special thanks
Bruno Gaumétou	....	special thanks
Donald Glenn	....	special thanks
Ramiro Camilo Gomez	....	special thanks
Caleb Gonzalez	....	special thanks
Gregory Gunter	....	special thanks
Nancy Guo-Gustafsson	....	special thanks
Harold Gutierrez	....	special thanks
Debbie Hagman	....	special thanks
Kirsten Taylor Hall	....	special thanks
Ann Hansen	....	special thanks
Astrid Hansen	....	thanks
Jackie Hardaway	....	special thanks
Bonnie Holmoe Hays	....	special thanks
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Stacey Manfull	....	special thanks
Greg Martin	....	thanks
Diane Mellen	....	special thanks
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Production Companies

• Walt Disney Feature Animation
• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (2000) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2001) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2001) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Buena Vista International Finland (2001) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (2001) (France) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Spain (2001) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Filmes Lusomundo (2001) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Gativideo (2001) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2001) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Walt Disney Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Buena Vista Imaging  titles and opticals
• Buena Vista Sound  sound effects (as Buena Vista Sound Services)
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  MIDI file transcriptions (as Jo Ann Kane Music Service)
• Susan Bradley Film Design  title design
• Technicolor  prints
• Walt Disney Music Library, The  music preparation
• Walt Disney Pictures and Television  for purposes of copyright law in the United Kingdom this picture was created by
• Walt Disney Records  soundtrack
• Warner Bros. Studio Facilities  foley (as Warner Bros. Hollywood)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Denmark:7 | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Hong Kong:I | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:G | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:sans limite d'âge (canton of Geneva) | UK:U | South Korea:All | Canada:G | Singapore:G | Greece:K | USA:G (certificate #37796) | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U

Company:

Walt Disney Feature Animation

Trivia:

When Tipo says, "You know, I really don't believe you're my great aunt, you're more like my...", he says great 23 times (that we hear, before and after the break to Kuzco and Pacha).

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Yzma gets stuck being a piñata, 4 children in blindfolds beat her with sticks. For obvious reasons piñata is never played with four blindfolded stick-swinging individuals.

Quotes:

Yzma:Take him out of town and finish the job now!
Kronk:What about dinner?
Yzma:Kronk, this is kind of important.
Kronk:How about dessert?
Yzma:Well, I suppose there's time for dessert.
Kronk:And coffee?
Yzma:All right. A quick cup of coffee. Then take him out of town and finish the job!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Disney Through the Decades (2001) (V)

Soundtrack:

My Funny Friend and Me

Hurrah! Perfection.

Hard to see why it wasn't a wildly popular mega-hit - I have two theories, one charitable, one not. The charitable theory is that people were put off by the title. MY heart certainly sank when I heard it. I mean, just say it out loud - "The Emperor's New Groove" - now how could a good movie POSSIBLY have a title like that?

Yet now, I rather like the title. It fits the story; it doesn't care if it's fashionable or not; it's just so pleasingly RIGHT - but in an almost indescribable way you'll have to watch the film to find out. Maybe it WAS a marketing mistake. Who cares? I never took seriously the charge that Disney's artistic decisions were made by its marketing department, anyway.

That was the charitable explanation for why it made considerably less, inflation adjusted, than every other one of Disney's animated features from "Beauty and the Beast" on, and failed to even get nominated for a "Best Picture" Oscar in a year in which they had difficulty coming up with half-plausible candidates. The uncharitable explanation is probably closer to the truth. People are idiots. This is a classic - but it's also animated - by pencil on paper rather than finger on keyboard - so who will ever notice?

Doubt me? You won't once you've seen it. Everyone to speak of who did reports that it's very, very funny, and they're right - and trust me, nothing is ever THIS funny unless it's clever and witty as well. It goes without saying that their character animation is unmatched in its brilliance and ... I've already used the words "humour" and "wit"? Well, I'll use them again. In addition there's a charming dottiness that a merely hip film could never quite capture. Art direction is perfectly judged and consistent throughout, with a pleasing absence of because-we-can computer effects.

Here's just ONE example of what I'm talking about. One side of the emperor's palace consists of this HUGE golden face, and we find out in a funny scene (but they're all funny) that all excess water is drained out through the nostrils. But that's not all we see. We see characters crawling out of the nostrils, we see someone dangling like a big booger on a rope out of one of the nostrils - one snot gag after another - yet no explicit camerawork ever draws our attention to them. Not only do the characters deliver their lines perfectly deadpan, the camera delivers its images perfectly deadpan. It's just perfect.

Two more things I should mention. Unlike Disney's other recent features, it never, not even for a second, feels as though the story has been unduly compressed - and at 78 minutes it's a trifle shorter than most.

Also, despite the constant hilarity, it's rather touching.

No movie I've seen in the past six months has filled me with such joy. Well, perhaps there have been a few others, but they were all made long ago.