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Quasimodo goes into action when a magician seeks to steal one of the bells of Notre Dame.Quasimodo goes into action when a magician seeks to steal one of the bells of Notre Dame.Quasimodo goes into action when a magician seeks to steal one of the bells of Notre Dame.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 12 nominations
Jason Alexander
- Hugo
- (voice)
Paul Kandel
- Clopin
- (voice)
Charles Kimbrough
- Victor
- (voice)
Kevin Kline
- Phoebus
- (voice)
Michael McKean
- Sarousch
- (voice)
Demi Moore
- Esmeralda
- (voice)
Haley Joel Osment
- Zephyr
- (voice)
Jane Withers
- Laverne
- (voice)
Jim Cummings
- Archdeacon
- (voice)
Frank Welker
- Achilles
- (voice)
- …
April Winchell
- Lady DeBurne
- (voice)
Nicholas Guest
- Villager
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
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- TriviaThis film boasts an unusually star-filled cast for a low-budget direct-to-video cartoon. In fact, all of the characters who reprise in this sequel are played by the same actors except for Laverne, Djali, and Achilles. Laverne actress Mary Wickes passed away in 1995 shortly before completing her work in the original. Jane Withers, who finished Wickes' work on that film (uncredited), voices the character in this one. Mary Kay Bergman committed suicide in 1999 so Djali was voiced by Frank Welker, who played the baby bird in the first film, while also taking over for Achilles. Bob Bergen, the original voice of Achilles, is the only living actor to not return for the sequel for a character that returned.
- GoofsWhile working as a metaphor for the movie's "beauty is within" message, La Fidele bell is an impossible object: with the interior covered in gold and jewels, it would be both impractical (nobody would see it, and church decorations are meant to be seen) and useless, since the acoustics would be terrible, not to mention the clanger of the bell would damage the decoration every time it rang.
- Quotes
Madellaine: [seeing La Fidele for the first time] Oh, it's beautiful.
Quasimodo: Yes, you are. I-I mean, yes, she is! La Fidele, that is. That's her name, La Fidele. "The Faithful One."
[lifting La Fidele up to reveal the inside to Madellaine]
Quasimodo: But she's even more beautiful on the inside.
[Madellaine gazes eagerly]
Quasimodo: I'll-I'll show you.
- Crazy creditsAs with the original first film, no opening credits aside from the film's title are shown.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Troldspejlet: Episode #26.8 (2002)
- SoundtracksLe Jour D'Amour
Written by Randy Petersen and Kevin Quinn
Arranged by Carl Johnson
Performed by Jason Alexander, Tom Hulce, Paul Kandel, Charles Kimbrough, and Jane Withers
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Of course there are things wrong with it, but it is not unbearable, no way it isn't. I absolutely love the original, (dark, powerful, poignant and chilling)which is THEME driven not plot driven, and the music overall made a suitably poignant film, based on a disturbing story by Victor Hugo, who seems to have a relationship with sad endings.
One thing I didn't like about the sequel was the change to Esmeralda. She was my favourite character in the original, however you don't see much of her, and when you do, you don't empathise with her as much, if at all. And there were some early scenes when they animated her with no nose. Pheobus is basically a jerk here with some awful dialogue mostly. The songs were not brilliant to be perfectly honest with you, but they could have been worse, although the one over the end credits was lovely. So was Ordinary Miracles, even if it was a clone of Out There. Likewise with the animation, very Saturday morning standard, and often horrible to look at. The rather pantomime villain was neither sinister or frightening, a complete contrast to the legendary Frollo in every aspect, but Michael McKean did a serviceable job with the voicing, so I'll give the character some credit. I didn't think much of the overall plot, as it was very predictable, like most DTV sequels. The studio should have made this theme driven too. A major reason why the plot and characters weren't as good this time around is because the short is far too short at a meagre 63 minutes.
On the other hand, the main positive was a surprisingly good performance from Jennifer Love-Hewitt, as Quasimodo's love interest, Madelleine, I just loved her personality. Zephyr was a spirited boy also, and his well-developed relationship with Quasimodo, was a delight to see, and very sweet. The film was a little short, but moved along at a reasonable pace. You really feel for Quasimodo here like the original., and the gargoyles are marginally better than they were in the original, where their song was very good but misplaced(the only criticism of the original). I just want to clear up one thing. The gargoyles as explained in the book, are made of stone, and are part of Quasimodo's imagination. Also, there are parts of the book, that just wouldn't work for animation, so please stop criticising the original for its unfaithfulness to the book, because there was a reason for that.
All in all, a short and sweet, if flawed sequel, that isn't as awful as many infer. 5/10 Bethany Cox
One thing I didn't like about the sequel was the change to Esmeralda. She was my favourite character in the original, however you don't see much of her, and when you do, you don't empathise with her as much, if at all. And there were some early scenes when they animated her with no nose. Pheobus is basically a jerk here with some awful dialogue mostly. The songs were not brilliant to be perfectly honest with you, but they could have been worse, although the one over the end credits was lovely. So was Ordinary Miracles, even if it was a clone of Out There. Likewise with the animation, very Saturday morning standard, and often horrible to look at. The rather pantomime villain was neither sinister or frightening, a complete contrast to the legendary Frollo in every aspect, but Michael McKean did a serviceable job with the voicing, so I'll give the character some credit. I didn't think much of the overall plot, as it was very predictable, like most DTV sequels. The studio should have made this theme driven too. A major reason why the plot and characters weren't as good this time around is because the short is far too short at a meagre 63 minutes.
On the other hand, the main positive was a surprisingly good performance from Jennifer Love-Hewitt, as Quasimodo's love interest, Madelleine, I just loved her personality. Zephyr was a spirited boy also, and his well-developed relationship with Quasimodo, was a delight to see, and very sweet. The film was a little short, but moved along at a reasonable pace. You really feel for Quasimodo here like the original., and the gargoyles are marginally better than they were in the original, where their song was very good but misplaced(the only criticism of the original). I just want to clear up one thing. The gargoyles as explained in the book, are made of stone, and are part of Quasimodo's imagination. Also, there are parts of the book, that just wouldn't work for animation, so please stop criticising the original for its unfaithfulness to the book, because there was a reason for that.
All in all, a short and sweet, if flawed sequel, that isn't as awful as many infer. 5/10 Bethany Cox
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- Mar 10, 2009
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