New Movie Release : Disney’s The Princess and the Frog
November 27th, 2009
Release Dates: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 (Limited); Friday, December 11, 2009 (Nationwide)
From the creators of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin comes a modern twist on a classic tale, The Princess and the Frog, a joyous gumbo of adventurous storytelling, captivating characters, offbeat comedy and memorable music. The Princess and the Frog marks Walt Disney Animation Studios’ return to hand-drawn animation, a return to the classic fairy tale and a return to the musical.
In the all-new feature The Princess and the Frog, Walt Disney Animation Studios serves up a an animated comedy set in the great city of New Orleans, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana, a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.
Everyone knows the story in which a princess finds true love by kissing a frog that magically turns into her handsome prince. In this telling of the story, the girl still kisses a frog, but the result is quite different; it’s only one of dozens of surprises in this mix of wacky humor, thrills, melody and emotion. Love eventually finds a way – between a prince and a princess…between frogs, perhaps…or maybe between a firefly and the object of his affection. But it’s clear that the most important details lie well beneath the skin. The film features Disney’s newest princess, its next great fairy tale and the Studio’s return to the Disney musical, reminiscent of classics like Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King and Aladdin.
The Princess and the Frog marks the return to hand-drawn animation from the revered team of John Musker and Ron Clements, with music by Oscar-winning composer Randy Newman. Presented by Walt Disney Pictures, The Princess and the Frog is the 49th animated feature film from Disney, a tradition established nearly 75 years ago with the release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The Princess and the Frog hops into to movie theaters nationwide on Friday, December 11, 2009.
The Princess and the Frog – The Story
A New Twist on an Old Tale - The Princess and the Frog is, of course, inspired by the fairy tale The Frog Prince from the Brothers Grimm. But the filmmakers had to put their own spin on the story. On the bend of the Big River, New Orleans sparkles with opulence, adventure, romance, music and magic. Here in the “once upon a time” of the 1920s Jazz Age, among the wrought iron balconies and beckoning alleyways of the French Quarter and environs, a most unusual tale unfolds.
Tiana is an attractive, independent, hardworking young woman. She has no time for romance and the dalliance of dreams; she has a love of cooking, and plans to be a successful restaurateur, fulfilling the love of food that is her father’s legacy. But in spite of her hard work and diligence, obstacles keep Tiana’s goals out of reach.
Down on the Mississippi riverfront, a handsome and gregarious jazz fanatic has arrived in the Crescent City: the royal outcast Prince Naveen from far-off Maldonia. A little spoiled, irresponsible and indolent, perhaps, Naveen has made his way through life on his good looks and undeniable charm. His position attracts the evil Dr. Facilier, a practitioner of dark magic, whose effort to steal Naveen’s royal privilege results in the handsome prince’s transformation into a frog.
Naveen’s attempt to use the old fairy-tale standby of a kiss to return him to human form only results in Tiana being transformed, too, and the amphibious twosome find themselves cast adrift in the Louisiana bayou, pursued by frog hunters and seeking the good magic of a mysterious 197-year-old priestess named Mama Odie. Helping them along in their precarious, awkward, but truly laughable journey are a lovesick Cajun firefly named Ray and a Jazz-playing alligator named Louis; and although their way is fraught with peril, the contrary pair bring out each other’s better selves, overcome their differences and their obstacles, and discover that dreams do come true – but never in the way one might expect.
In the end, love wins out, and the differences that seemed so very important before seem to fade away into the bayou.
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