The little mermaid is my favorite film. It is actually based on a Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson.
Wow, I've heard that a lot of the older Disney films are based on fairy tales or old classic books. Do you know of any exceptions?
No I don't, they probably all originated some place. This film started the whole Disney Renaissance.
Really? It's crazy to think that there was a time that Disney wasn't around, isn't it? They are so prevalent today that it's hard to imagine for me!
its initial release, and in total lifetime gross worldwide. After the success of the 1988 Disney/Amblin film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", "The Little Mermaid" is given credit for breathing life back into the art of Disney animated feature films after a string of critical or commercial failures produced by Disney that dated back to the early 1970s. It also marked the start of the era known as the Disney Renaissance. The film won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song (“Under the Sea
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Production Inspirations.
The story was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale of "The Little Mermaid" in which a mermaid loves a human, but Chow wanted to make it a modern interpretation: "I saw great creative space and development potential from the story". In another interview, Chow said: "I'm actually a big fairy-tale fan. All my previous titles can be understood as fairy tales. In the world of fairy tales, the evil are punished and the