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Tangled
''Tangled'' is a 2010 American animated musical film, musical Adventure film, adventure fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Loosely based on the German fairy tale "Rapunzel" in the Grimms' Fairy Tales, collection of folktales published by the Brothers Grimm, the film was directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard, and produced by Roy Conli, from a screenplay written by Dan Fogelman. Featuring the voices of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, and Donna Murphy, ''Tangled'' tells the story of Rapunzel (Tangled), Rapunzel, a lost young princess with magical long blonde hair who yearns to leave her secluded tower. She accepts the aid of an intruder, the outlaw Flynn Rider, to take her out into the world which she has never seen. Originally conceived and proposed by Disney animator Glen Keane in 2001, ''Tangled'' spent six years in production at a cost that has been estimated at $260 million, which, if accurate, would make it the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flynn Rider
Eugene Fitzherbert, born Horace and known by the alias Flynn Rider, is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Animation Studios' animated film ''Tangled'' (2010), its short 2012 film '' Tangled Ever After'', and the 2017 television series '' Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure'' (previously titled ''Tangled: The Series''). The character is voiced by American actor Zachary Levi, who decided to audition for the role upon learning that he would also be providing the character's singing voice. Levi's duet with singer and co-star Mandy Moore, " I See the Light", would go on to become the actor's first professionally recorded song and musical debut. Loosely based on the prince in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Rapunzel", Flynn is a wanted thief who seeks refuge in Rapunzel's tower after stealing a crown. Blackmailed by Rapunzel into taking her to see the kingdom's floating lanterns in time for her eighteenth birthday, Flynn undergoes a change of heart as he gradually begins to fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapunzel (Tangled)
Rapunzel is a fictional character in Disney's animated film ''Tangled'' (2010). Based on the title character from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name, Rapunzel is a young princess kept unaware of her royal lineage by Mother Gothel, a vain woman who kidnaps her as a baby to hoard her hair's healing powers and remain young forever. Raised in a secluded tower, Rapunzel escapes with a wanted thief who promises to help her see the elusive floating lights in time for her 18th birthday, in exchange for a crown she has hidden from him. She is voiced by actress and singer Mandy Moore. Created and animated by supervising animator Glen Keane, the character was adapted into a less passive heroine for the film by removing her from the confines of the tower. The character was originally to have been voiced by actresses Kristen Chenoweth and Reese Witherspoon, who eventually left the project and were replaced by Moore. Keane based her personality and interests on those of his own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She rose to fame with her 1999 debut single "Candy (Mandy Moore song), Candy", which peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Her debut studio album, ''So Real (album), So Real'' (1999), received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The I Wanna Be with You (Mandy Moore song), title track from her reissue of ''So Real'', ''I Wanna Be with You (album), I Wanna Be With You'' (2000), became Moore's first top 40 single, peaking at 24 on the chart. Moore then released the studio albums ''Mandy Moore (album), Mandy Moore'' (2001), ''Coverage (album), Coverage'' (2003), ''Wild Hope'' (2007), ''Amanda Leigh'' (2009), ''Silver Landings'' (2020), and ''In Real Life (album), In Real Life'' (2022). She has sold ten million albums worldwide. Moore made her feature film debut in 2001 with a minor voice role in ''Dr. Dolittle 2'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zachary Levi
Zachary Levi Pugh ( ; born September 29, 1980) is an American actor. He starred as Chuck Bartowski in the action comedy series ''Chuck (TV series), Chuck'' (2007–2012), and as Captain Marvel (DC Comics), the titular character in the superhero film ''Shazam! (film), Shazam!'' (2019) and its Shazam! Fury of the Gods, 2023 sequel. He voiced Flynn Rider in the 2010 Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney animated musical fantasy film ''Tangled'', in which he performed "I See the Light" with Mandy Moore. The song won a Grammy Award for Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, Best Song Written for Visual Media. He reprised the voice role in the 2012 short film ''Tangled Ever After'' and in the 2017 television series ''Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure''. He also appeared as Fandral in the superhero films ''Thor: The Dark World'' (2013) and ''Thor: Ragnarok'' (2017). Levi starred as Georg Nowack in the 2016 Broadway theatre, Broadway revival of ''She Loves Me'', for which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS), sometimes shortened to Disney Animation, is an American animation studio that produces animated feature films and short films for the Walt Disney Company. The studio's current production logo features a scene from its first synchronized sound cartoon, ''Steamboat Willie'' (1928). Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney after the closure of Laugh-O-Gram Studio, it is the List of animation studios, longest-running animation studio in the world. It is currently organized as a division of Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios and is headquartered at the Roy E. Disney Animation Building at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, California. Since its foundation, the studio has produced List of Walt Disney Animation Studios films, 63 feature films, from ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (1937), which is also the first hand dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Menken
Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer and conductor. Over his career he has received List of awards and nominations received by Alan Menken, numerous accolades including winning eight Academy Awards, a Tony Awards, Tony Award, eleven Grammy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and a Daytime Emmy Awards, Daytime Emmy Award. He is one of 21 recipients to have won the competitive EGOT, EGOT (Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony). He is best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Menken's contributions to ''The Little Mermaid (1989 film), The Little Mermaid'' (1989), ''Beauty and the Beast (1991 film), Beauty and the Beast'' (1991), ''Aladdin (1992 Disney film), Aladdin'' (1992), and ''Pocahontas (1995 film), Pocahontas'' (1995) won him two Academy Awards for each film. He also composed the scores and songs for ''Little Shop of Horrors (film), Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986), ''Newsies'' (1992), ''The Hunchback of Not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapunzel
"Rapunzel" ( ; ; or ) is a German fairy tale most notably recorded by the Brothers Grimm and it was published in 1812 as part of '' Children's and Household Tales'' (KHM 12). The Grimms' story was developed from the French literary fairy tale of '' Persinette'' by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force (1698), which itself is an alternative version of the Italian fairy tale '' Petrosinella'' by Giambattista Basile (1634). The tale is classified as Aarne–Thompson type 310 ("The Maiden in The Tower"). Its plot has been used and parodied in various media. Its best known line is, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair." Plot After years of wishing for an offspring, a couple is expecting their first baby. The husband and wife live next to a large, extensive, high-walled flower and herb garden belonging to a sorceress. The wife craves for the rapunzel (which is either cornsalad or rampion) that she sees growing in the garden. She refuses to eat anything else and begins to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Howard
Byron P. Howard (born December 26, 1968) is an American animator, character designer, story artist, film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known as one of the directors of the Walt Disney Animation Studios films '' Bolt'' (2008), ''Tangled'' (2010), ''Zootopia'' (2016), ''Encanto'' (2021), and the upcoming '' Zootopia 2'' (2025). He is the first LGBT director to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature twice for his work on ''Zootopia'' and ''Encanto''. Early life and education Howard was born in Misawa, Japan, and raised in both the outskirts of Philadelphia and Issaquah, Washington, United States, in a middle-class family. He attended Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.Ally Sikora"A long, drawn-out process,"'' St. Petersburg Times'', September 15, 2003. Career Howard began his career at Disney as a tour guide at Disney MGM Studios. Howard had dreamed of working for Disney, and had written to Master Animator Frank Thomas, one of Disney's Nine Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Greno
Nathan Greno (born March 22, 1975) is an American film director, story artist, and writer best known as the co-director of Walt Disney Animation Studios' film, ''Tangled'' (2010). Inspired by Disney films since the first grade, Greno started as a young boy writing and drawing comic books and strips. In 1996, during his junior year at Columbus College of Art and Design, he was hired by Walt Disney Feature Animation. He started there as an animation clean-up artist on ''Mulan'' (1998). Being creatively unfulfilled, he switched to story development. He then contributed as a story artist on ''Brother Bear'' (2003), wrote a screenplay and worked as a story artist on ''Meet the Robinsons'' (2007), and supervised the story on '' Bolt'' (2008). With the short film '' Super Rhino'' (2009), he made his directorial debut. In 2006, he took over a long-in-development project ''Tangled'', based on the fairy tale ''Rapunzel'' and chose Byron Howard, with whom he had collaborated on ''Bolt'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Keane
Glen Keane (born April 13, 1954) is an American animator, director, author and illustrator. As a character animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios for 38 years (1974–2012), he worked on feature films including ''The Little Mermaid'', ''Beauty and the Beast'', ''Aladdin'', ''Pocahontas'', ''Tarzan'' and ''Tangled''. He received the 1992 Annie Award for character animation and the 2007 Winsor McCay Award for lifetime contribution to the field of animation. He was named a Disney Legend in 2013, a year after retiring from the studio. In 2017, Keane directed ''Dear Basketball'', an animated short film based on Kobe Bryant's retirement poem in ''The Players' Tribune'', for which Keane and Bryant received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards''.'' Early life Keane was born in Philadelphia, the son of cartoonist Bil Keane, creator of '' The Family Circus'', and Australian-born Thelma Keane (née Carne). He grew up in Paradise Valley, Arizona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Murphy
Donna Murphy (born March 7, 1959) is an American actress, best known for her work in musical theater. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she has twice won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical: for her role as Fosca in '' Passion'' (1994–1995) and as Anna Leonowens'' in The King and I'' (1996–1997). She was also nominated for her roles as Ruth Sherwood in '' Wonderful Town'' (2003), Lotte Lenya in '' LoveMusik'' (2007), and Bubbie/Raisel in '' The People in the Picture'' (2011). Murphy made her Broadway debut as a replacement in the 1979 musical '' They're Playing Our Song''. Her other stage credits include the original Off-Broadway productions of ''Song of Singapore'' (1991) and '' Hello Again'' (1993), as well as the alternate to Bette Midler as the title character of Dolly Gallagher Levi in a Broadway revival of '' Hello, Dolly!'' (2017–2018). In 1997, she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special for her role in "Someone Had to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Most Expensive Animated Films
The following are lists of animated feature films that were the most expensive to make. Definition For purposes of awarding Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines an animated film as Further, at least 75 percent of the film's running time must contain animation. Narrative animated films must also include a significant number of animated major characters. The Academy defines a feature film as one with a running time of more than 40 minutes. Most expensive animated feature films The years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2016 are the most represented, with three films each. Pixar is the most represented studio with fourteen films. ''Shrek'' is the most represented franchise with three of its four main films on the list, followed by ''Cars'' with two of its three main films. Traditional animation Disney is the most represented studio with 14 films on the list. Winnie the Pooh is the most represented franchise with four films on the list. 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
