Anastasia
Original theatrical poster for Anastasia
Directed by	Don Bluth Gary Goldman
Produced by	Don Bluth Gary Goldman
Written by	Susan Gauthier Bruce Graham Bob Tzudiker Noni White Eric Tuchman
Starring	Meg Ryan John Cusack Kelsey Grammer Christopher Lloyd
Music by	David Newman
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	November 14, 1997 (US release)
Running time	94 min.
Country	United States
Language	English/Russian/French
Budget	$50,000,000
Followed by	Bartok the Magnificent (1999)
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Anastasia is an American Academy Award-nominated animated feature film produced and directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman at Fox Animation Studios, and was released on November 14, 1997 by Twentieth Century Fox. Don Bluths Anastasia. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Gary Goldman (born November 17, 1944 in Oakland, California) is American animator, director, and producer. ... Meg Ryan (born November 19, 1961) is an American actress who specializes in romantic comedies but has also worked in other film genres. ... This article is about the actor. ... Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955 in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is a six-time Emmy and a two-time Golden Globe-winning American actor who is best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane, whom he played for nine years on Cheers... For other persons named Christopher Lloyd, see Christopher Lloyd (disambiguation). ... David Newman (b. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Bartok the Magnificent is a direct-to-video sequel to the 1997 film Anastasia, which features Hank Azaria as the voice of Bartok. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Gary Goldman (born November 17, 1944 in Oakland, California) is American animator, director, and producer. ... Fox Animation Studios was a short-lived traditional animation studio, a division of 20th Century Fox, headed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. ... is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Related articles FOX Television Network Fox Searchlight Pictures Fox Entertainment Group List of Hollywood movie studios List of movies Variant of current 20th Century Fox logo External links 20th Century Fox Movies official site Twentieth Century Fox is also the punning title of a song by The Doors on their...

The idea for the film originates from Fox's 1956 live-action film version of Anastasia. Executives at Fox gave Bluth and Goldman the choice of creating an animated adaptation of either the 1956 film or the musical My Fair Lady. Anastasia is a 1956 film which tells the true story of a young, confused woman in France after the Russian Revolution who, backed by the Russian emigre community, attempts to pass herself off as Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova, the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... My Fair Lady is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, based on George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion. ...

The film was one of the most critically acclaimed since Disney's Beauty and the Beast for making historical topics appealing to families all over the world. It became famous for its score and songs such as "Journey to the Past" and "Once Upon a December". For other uses, see Beauty and the Beast (disambiguation). ...

Plot

The film opens in 1916, in Petrograd. Czar Nicholas II is throwing a grand ball in honour of the 300th year of Romanov family rule. His mother, the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna (Angela Lansbury) gives her favorite granddaughter, 8-year-old Grand Duchess Anastasia (Kirsten Dunst), a music box and a necklace reading "Together in Paris" which serves as its key. The ball is interrupted by the arrival of the mad monk Grigori Rasputin (Christopher Lloyd), once trusted by the Russian Imperial Family but now loathed and feared by all. On his shoulder is his comical sidekick Bartok (Hank Azaria), an albino bat, and on his arm swings a green phial, a reliquary filled with pure evil that he received as a gift when he sold his soul to the darkness for more power. The czar angrily orders him to leave at once. Enraged by this perceived insult, Rasputin summons a curse that sparks the Russian Revolution. During the storming of the Winter Palace by the Bolshevik troops, Anastasia runs back to get her music box. Marie chases after her and locks themselves in a room. At this point they are separated from the rest of the royal family. Then the servant boy Dimitri rushes them out of the palace, though Anastasia drops her music box. As they are running across a frozen river, Rasputin attempts to catch Anastasia when the thin ice breaks under him and he supposedly drowns in the River Neva. As they are running up to the train station, Anastasia is unable to catch up with Marie and in the process, knocks her head on the ground, causing her to suffer from amnesia and becomes separated from her grandmother. Saint Petersburg  listen (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991... Nicholas II redirects here. ... Maria Feodorovna, born Princess Dagmar of Denmark (November 26, 1847–October 13, 1928) was Empress Consort of Russia. ... Angela Lansbury CBE (born October 16, 1925) is a four-time Tony-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, three-time Oscar-nominated, and eighteen-time Emmy-nominated English actress. ... Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, (Russian: (June 18 [O.S. June 5] 1901 — July 17, 1918), was the youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna. ... Kirsten[1] Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American actress, known for her roles in Interview with the Vampire (for which she received a Golden Globe nomination), The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, and Bring It On, as well as for her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in the... Rasputin redirects here. ... For other persons named Christopher Lloyd, see Christopher Lloyd (disambiguation). ... Hank Albert Azaria (born April 25, 1964 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, United States) is an American actor, director, comedian and voice artist. ... Albinism is a genetic condition resulting in a lack of pigmentation in the eyes, skin and hair. ... A phial is a small cylindrical container usually used for the storage of medicines. ... For the band Reliquary, click here. ... For other uses, see Soul (disambiguation). ... Grigori Rasputin Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (Russian: ) (22 January [O.S. 10 January] 1869 – 29 December [O.S. 16 December] 1916) was a Russian mystic with an influence in the later days of Russias Romanov dynasty. ... The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political and social upheavals in Russia, involving first the overthrow of the tsarist autocracy, and then the overthrow of the liberal and moderate-socialist Provisional Government, resulting in the establishment of Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party. ... For other uses, see Bolshevik (disambiguation). ... River Neva (Нева́) is a 74 km long Russian river flowing from the Lake Ladoga (Ладожское Озеро - Ladozhskoye Ozero) through the Carelian Isthmus (Карельский &#1055... For other uses, see Amnesia (disambiguation). ...

Ten years later, Russia is under Communist rule of the dictator Joseph Stalin. Marie, now residing in Paris, has offered a reward for anyone who can restore her granddaughter to her. Two Russian con men living in St. Petersburg, Dimitri (John Cusack), who was a kitchen servant when Anastasia was little, and Vladimir (Kelsey Grammer), a former aristocrat and member of the Imperial Court, decide to find a young girl to pass off as Anastasia and obtain the money. Meanwhile, a young woman named Anya (Meg Ryan), who owns the "Together in Paris" necklace, is heading towards St. Petersburg. She has no recollection of the first eight years of her life. She encounters Dimitri and Vladimir, who are struck by her resemblance to the young Grand Duchess and recruit her as their "fake" Anastasia. Dimitri and Vlad teach her everything she will need to know to portray Anastasia. During the journey to Paris, Anya and Dimitri realize a mutual attraction. Unknown to her, Dimitri also has Anastasia's music box in his suitcase. This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Georgian: , Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jughashvili; Russian: , Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili) (December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878[1] – March 5, 1953), better known by his adopted name, Joseph Stalin (alternatively transliterated Josef Stalin), was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Unions Central Committee from... This article is about the capital of France. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... This article is about the actor. ... Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955 in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is a six-time Emmy and a two-time Golden Globe-winning American actor who is best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane, whom he played for nine years on Cheers... Meg Ryan (born November 19, 1961) is an American actress who specializes in romantic comedies but has also worked in other film genres. ...

Rasputin is not dead, but rather in limbo, unable to die because Anastasia is still alive. Bartok unwittingly brings him his magical reliquary after his supposed "death" ten years previously, thus restoring his old powers. He summons a legion of demons to kill Anya and complete his revenge. Two attempts are made on her life, but, both times, Dimitri manages to save her. Rasputin realizes that the only way to kill Anya is to do it in person. Anya, along with Dimitri and Vladimir, arrive in Paris, just as the former Dowager Empress declares that she will see no more girls claiming to be Anastasia. However, Sophie, the Dowager Empress' cousin, interviews Anya as a favor to her old flame Vladimir. Anya plays her part well, but when Sophie asks how she escaped the palace, Vlad and Dimitri become nervous, since they did not teach Anya an answer to that question. However, Anya dimly recalls a servant boy opening a secret door; she believes this memory to be nonsense, but Dimitri is shocked by what this signifies. He tells Vladimir that he was in fact the servant boy, meaning that Anya is the real Anastasia; however, he is sad that this is true, because "princesses don't marry kitchen boys." For the band Reliquary, click here. ... In the contexts of sociology and of popular culture, the concept of interpersonal relationships involves social associations, connections, or affiliations between two or more people. ...

Sophie arranges for Anya to encounter Marie at the Russian ballet. Anya overhears that Dimitri was only using her in a con to get Marie's money, and storms off in anger. Desperate, Dimitri kidnaps the Dowager Empress. He shows the music box to the Empress and begs her to talk to Anastasia. She reluctantly agrees, and they soon discover the truth; Anya recognizes her grandmother, and that she truly is the long lost Grand Duchess Anastasia and the last of the Romanovs. Dimitri declines the reward money, and, much to her surprise, Marie recognizes him as the servant boy who saved them. But because Dimitri does not tell Anya that he refused the money, she holds the belief that he is nothing more than a heartless con man. He leaves, determined not to interfere with Anya's destiny as a princess. Marie finally tells Anya that Dimitri refused the money. Realizing her error, Anya goes to search for Dimitri, but when Pooka is led by Rasputin, Anya runs after him and she is trapped in a complex garden labyrinth. After terrorizing her, Rasputin finally then reveals himself to Anya and tries to kill her on the Alexander Bridge over an icy Seine. Dimitri returns to save Anya. In the ensuing fight, Anya manages to destroy Rasputin's reliquary by crushing it under her shoe. With the reliquary destroyed, Rasputin disintegrates into dust, his soul banished to Hell as part of the pact he made with the darkness. Dimitri and Anya reconcile and elope, sending a farewell letter to Marie and Sophie. The film ends with Anya and Dimitri finally sharing a kiss together. Russian ballet is a method of ballet technique that originated in Russia. ... This article is about the mazelike structure from Greek mythology. ... Pont Alexandre III in Paris, the eiffel tower can be seen in the background Pont Alexandre III, the Grand Palais can be seen in the background Pont Alexandre III is an arch bridge that spans the Seine, connecting the Champs-Élysées quarter and the Invalides and Eiffel Tower Quarter... This article is about the river in France. ... To elope, most literally, merely means to run away. ...

Cast

Voice Cast

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Release and Reception

The film opened in New York City on November 14, 1997 and across the world from November 21, 1997 (US release) to September 5, 1998 (Japanese release). It debuted and peaked at number two at the North American box office and grossed over US$58,403,000 dollars; the worldwide gross totalled $139,801,000, making it Don Bluth's most successful film to date. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The term box office can refer to either: A place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue The amount of business a particular production, such as a movie or theatre show, does. ... USD redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

As a musical in the vein of Disney animated features, the film is notable for being one of Bluth's most critically acclaimed works, and for being one of the few animated features produced in the 2.35:1 widescreen aspect ratio. (The film is officially credited as using CinemaScope per Bluth's wishes, but the format is actually a regular anamorphic film and did not use CinemaScope optics, which had been retired for 30 years by the release of Anastasia. ^{[citation needed]}) This is a list of theatrical animated feature films produced and/or released by Walt Disney Productions/The Walt Disney Company: // Official canon (Walt Disney Animated Classics) The following is a list of the forty-eight feature films part of the Walt Disney Feature Animation (WDFA) canon, also known as... A Fox logo used to promote the CinemaScope process. ...

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Fictionalization of historic events

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As a fairy-tale style adaptation of the legend of the Russian grand duchess Anastasia, the film imagines that Anastasia, daughter of Nicholas II of Russia, escapes the Imperial Palace during the October Revolution and survives the execution of the Imperial family. The film took several liberties with the details of historical events, and some Orthodox Christians were offended due to the historical Anastasia's sainthood, which was declared formally the following year. Some of the differences with actual history include: Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Nicholas II redirects here. ... For other uses, see October Revolution (disambiguation). ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Coptic Orthodox Pope · Roman Catholic Pope Archbishop of Canterbury · Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      Faith...

• Though the body of two members of the Russian Imperial Family, including one of the daughters, have not been found, there is no evidence that any family members, including Anastasia, survived, although there have been many claims to survival. The most famous of these was Anna Anderson, whose story inspired the original 1956 Anastasia film on which this film is based, although this film doesn't actually deal with Anderson directly.

• In the film, Rasputin curses the Royal Family, bringing about the Russian Revolution. The real leaders of the Revolution (first Alexander Kerensky, then Vladimir Lenin) are not portrayed. Grigori Rasputin was a religious mystic, who washed infrequently and was often drunk. Nevertheless, he gained the trust of the Czarina Alexandra when he seemed to alleviate the symptoms of hemophilia from which her son Alexei suffered. All the evidence points to Rasputin's support of the royal family, though (as many have argued) with the intent being to gain power for himself. However, in a letter written just before his death, he predicted the Russian Revolution and his assassination, based not on any mystical powers, but on simple observation of political facts.

• The storming of the Winter Palace during the October Revolution of 1917 was not directed against the Czar but against the Provisional Government of Alexander Kerensky. The Czar had been deposed during the February Revolution of the same year.

• Judging by his letters and those of the Czarina, Rasputin was always careful to be polite and even affectionate to the members of the royal family, although by other accounts he spoke disparagingly of them to others and made lewd remarks about the Grand Duchesses. In any event, the family was deeply saddened by his death. By the account of one of the assassins at Yekaterinburg, the Empress and the Grand Duchesses were wearing little pins with an iconic portrait of Rasputin at the time of their death, showing they believed he would be a saint.

• Rasputin's death was a result of being frozen in ice; this allegedly followed an overdose of poison, several knife and gun wounds, and being thrown several stories onto the ice. A group of nobles plotted to kill him due to his growing influence over the Czar and, particularly, the Czarina. It is entirely likely Rasputin's film death was shown intentionally as drowning was the least violent of the above mentioned methods of death and the studio was attempting to downplay the violence in order to be as family-oriented as such film would allow. Also, the film shows Rasputin as trying to capture the Empress Dowager and Anastasia near the frozen river Neva, but the ice is too thin to support his weight.

• The palace depicted in the movie is the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoe Selo (Nicholas II and his family actually lived in the neighboring Alexander Palace). The staircase which Anastasia originally enters through is almost exactly like the actual grand staircase of the Catherine Palace.

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, 1926

• The film depicts Anastasia as escaping from the Imperial Palace during the Revolution, when in fact she stayed with her family, living at first in Tsarskoe Selo and later in Tobolsk in Siberia until they were executed by a squad of Bolshevik secret police under Yakov Yurovsky in Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg in a period from July 16 to July 17, 1918.

• In the film, Anastasia is only a young child (the film states she is eight) at the time of the Revolution, when in fact, she was four months shy of 16 years old. Anastasia was born on June 18, 1901.

• The Dowager Empress Maria Fyodorovna did not live in Paris, either before or after the Revolution. She lived in Russia until 1920, when she evacuated the Crimea with White forces, and thereafter in her native Denmark. She was a daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and his Queen consort, Louise of Hesse.

• At the times the story takes place, Saint Petersburg was known as Petrograd or Leningrad, not Saint Petersburg, as it is called in the movie.

• At the beginning of the film - 1916, the hanging ornament marked "300" in the ball room implies it is the celebration of the Romanov tercentenary, when the tercentenary was in 1913.

Bluth and Goldman, who did extensive historical research on the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia and the Russian Revolution for the film, never intended for their film to be scrupulously analyzed for historical accuracy; their film is based upon the legend of Anastasia having survived the slaughter of the family. A disclaimer can be found at the end of the credits for the film. It reads as follows: Anastasia Manahan, usually known as Anna Anderson [1] (c. ... Anastasia is a 1956 film which tells the true story of a young, confused woman in France after the Russian Revolution who, backed by the Russian emigre community, attempts to pass herself off as Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova, the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. ... 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"While some of the characters and events depicted in this film were inspired by well-known historical figures and events, the portrayal of such characters and the depiction of such events are fictional. All other characters and incidents portrayed and names used were created for the purpose of fictitious dramatization and any similarity to the names, characters, and history of actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and unintentional."

Coincidentally, this now-standard disclaimer was created in the aftermath of a scandal and lawsuit brought by Prince Felix Yusupov -- the man who is most often credited with the murder of Rasputin -- in 1932, against MGM for their film Rasputin and the Empress, which took enormous artistic liberties with the available facts. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ...

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• It has been noted that Anastasia and her grandmother are the only members of the Romanov family who are prominently featured in the film. The Dowager Empress in the film spoke fondly of Alexandra, although in reality the two disliked each other. However, it is also possible that the Dowager Empress, who outlived Nicholas II by ten years, was despondent over the murder of both of her son and his bride together, and may have remembered Alexandra more fondly. Anastasia's sisters Olga Nikolaevna, Tatiana Nikolaevna, Maria Nikolaevna, and Alexei Nikolaevich, her brother, makes their cameos in the musical number "Once Upon A December" when they are seen dancing around as Anya sings in her imagery, in the family portrait that displays the last Romanovs on the wall in the abdanoned palace, and in her dream, jumping around on a warm summer day, inviting Anya in for fun and swimming in a pond.
• The musical number Paris Holds the Key (To Your Heart) includes cameos by various historical figures from the time, including Maurice Chevalier, Sigmund Freud, Charles Lindbergh, Josephine Baker, Claude Monet, Isadora Duncan, Auguste Rodin, and Gertude Stein.
• As with many Don Bluth films, the characters carry some of their voice actors' physical and personality traits. It was stated in The Art of Anastasia that one half of Anya's face is made to look like Meg Ryan and the other half like Audrey Hepburn.
• The Parisian bridge on which the confrontation between Rasputin, Dimitri, and Anya occurs is the Alexander III bridge, named after the real Anastasia Romanov's grandfather on the occasion of his state visit to France in the 1870s.
• When Anya goes to Sophie's house in Paris, some of the photographs in the background are actual photos of different members of the Imperial family.
• Rasputin is depicted as a Lich.
• The gown Anastasia wears to the coronation ball is based on an actual dress that the sisters wore for a photograph.
• The only Russian spoken in this film was the phrase "До Свидания" (Da svidaniya), which means good bye, was spoken by both Anastasia and Rasputin.

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External links

• Anastasia at the Internet Movie Database
• Anastasia at All Movie Guide
• Anastasia at Rotten Tomatoes
• Anastasia at Metacritic

• Anastasia at Box Office Mojo
• Official Website of Anastasia (1997 film)
• Fansite for the animated movie Anastasia (1997)