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Title: The Little Mermaid (1989)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Rene Auberjonois | ... | Louis (voice) (as René Auberjonois) | |
| Christopher Daniel Barnes | ... | Eric (voice) | |
| Jodi Benson | ... | Ariel (voice) | |
| Pat Carroll | ... | Ursula (voice) | |
| Paddi Edwards | ... | Flotsam / Jetsam (voice) | |
| Buddy Hackett | ... | Scuttle (voice) | |
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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) | |
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Debbie Shapiro Gravitte | ... | Additional Voices (voice) (as Debbie Shapiro) |
| Robert Weil | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
In Disney's beguiling animated romp, rebellious 16-year-old mermaid Ariel is fascinated with life on land. On one of her visits to the surface, which are forbidden by her controlling father, King Triton, she falls for a human prince. Determined to be with her new love, Ariel makes a dangerous deal with the sea witch Ursula to become human for three days. But when plans go awry for the star-crossed lovers, the king must make the ultimate sacrifice for his daughter. Written by Jwelch5742
The Little Mermaid is one of those films I grew up with when I was a kid - something that the whole family can watch and never really get sick of. The imagination brought into this fairy tale (despite the fact that the ending is vastly changed from the original to please the kids) is simply superb. Songs, music, characters are all terrific.
While I think Beauty and the Beast stands as Disney's best animated film, The Little Mermaid is still one of the top ones to check out. A story about Aeriel - the young mermaid curious about the human world who ends up falling for Prince Eric of the human race.
And all the other cute characters such as Sebastian, Flounder, not to mention a very sinister villain with the Sea Witch. It all makes for a great time and has a good deal of emotion in it too.
I really miss Disney films made in this era - they were done so well and I will always be a huge fan of them. The ones nowadays - while they aren't horrible, just seem to be a bit too modern and hence don't have that magic as the old ones - probably because they focus more on doing references to other things rather than coming up with original ideas that felt fresh.