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The Emperor's New Groove

  • 20002000
  • GG
  • 1h 18m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
208K
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John Goodman, David Spade, Eartha Kitt, and Patrick Warburton in The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
208K
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POPULARITY
1,967
84
    • Mark Dindal
  • Writers
    • Chris Williams(story by)
    • Mark Dindal(story by)
    • David Reynolds(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • David Spade(voice)
    • John Goodman(voice)
    • Eartha Kitt(voice)
    • Mark Dindal
  • Writers
    • Chris Williams(story by)
    • Mark Dindal(story by)
    • David Reynolds(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • David Spade(voice)
    • John Goodman(voice)
    • Eartha Kitt(voice)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 365User reviews
    • 140Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    John Goodman and David Spade in The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
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    David Spade, Eartha Kitt, and Patrick Warburton in The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
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    Emperor Kuzco stamps kiss marks on babies instead of kissing them

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    David Spade
    David Spade
    • Kuzco
    • (voice)
    John Goodman
    John Goodman
    • Pacha
    • (voice)
    Eartha Kitt
    Eartha Kitt
    • Yzma
    • (voice)
    Patrick Warburton
    Patrick Warburton
    • Kronk
    • (voice)
    Wendie Malick
    Wendie Malick
    • Chicha
    • (voice)
    Kellyann Kelso
    • Chaca
    • (voice)
    Eli Russell Linnetz
    Eli Russell Linnetz
    • Tipo
    • (voice)
    Stephen J. Anderson
    Stephen J. Anderson
    • Ipi
    • (voice)
    • (as Stephen Anderson)
    Bob Bergen
    Bob Bergen
    • Bucky
    • (voice)
    • …
    Rodger Bumpass
    Rodger Bumpass
    • Townspeople
    • (voice)
    Robert Clotworthy
    Robert Clotworthy
    • Guards
    • (voice)
    • (as Rob Clotworthy)
    Jennifer Darling
    Jennifer Darling
    • Female Villager #1
    • (voice)
    Patti Deutsch
    Patti Deutsch
    • Waitress
    • (voice)
    John Fiedler
    John Fiedler
    • Old Man
    • (voice)
    Miriam Flynn
    Miriam Flynn
    • The Piñata Lady
    • (voice)
    Geri Lee Gorowski
      Jess Harnell
      Jess Harnell
      • Guard
      • (voice)
      Sherry Lynn
      Sherry Lynn
      • Woman #2
      • (voice)
        • Mark Dindal
      • Writers
        • Chris Williams(story by)
        • Mark Dindal(story by)
        • David Reynolds(screenplay by)
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      • Trivia
        Patrick Warburton improvised when Kronk hummed his own theme song when he was carrying Kuzco (David Spade) in the bag to the waterfall. Disney's legal department had Warburton sign all rights to the humming composition over to them.
      • Goofs
        The theme song describes Kuzco as an icon in "Mesoamerican history". Mesoamerica stretched from Mexico to Central America, not Peru where the story takes place.
      • Quotes

        [plotting ways to kill Kuzco]

        Yzma: Ah, how shall I do it? Oh, I know. I'll turn him into a flea, a harmless, little flea, and then I'll put that flea in a box, and then I'll put that box inside of another box, and then I'll mail that box to myself, and when it arrives...

        [laughs]

        Yzma: ...I'll smash it with a hammer! It's brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, I tell you! Genius, I say!

        [knocks over bottle of poison on flower, which shrivels up and dies]

        Yzma: Or, to save on postage, I'll just poison him with this!

      • Crazy credits
        In the closing Walt Disney Pictures logo, after the arc is drawn over the castle, it disappears.
      • Alternate versions
        In the original version, Kuzco throws a rock at Pacha. On Disney+ and future releases, that rock has turned into an acorn.
      • Connections
        Edited into Zenimation: Water Realms (2020)
      • Soundtracks
        My Funny Friend and Me
        Lyrics by Sting

        Music by Sting and Dave Hartley

        Performed by Sting

        Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for Flyle Tyme Productions,

        Inc.

        Co-Produced by Big Jim Wright (as "Big Jim" Wright) for Flyle Tyme Productions, Inc.

        Recorded by Dave Rideau and Steve Hodge

        Mixed by Steve Hodge

        Sting appears courtesy of A&M Records

      User reviews365

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      Featured review
      10/10
      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.
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      • Spleen
      • Mar 29, 2001

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      • Release date
        • December 15, 2000 (United States)
        • United States
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        • English
      • Also known as
        • Walt Disney Feature Animation - 500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA
      • Production companies
        • Walt Disney Animation Studios
        • Walt Disney Pictures
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      • 1 hour 18 minutes
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