Great Film: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Wow. . .I mean, Wow
Disney's THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME is an inspired piece of filmmaking.
After POCAHONTAS, many of my friends were disillusioned with Disney films,
so I went to see it with just one other person (usually we go in groups of
at least 4). I was awestruck. The movie is a perfect blend of all the things
that make Disney such a respected name: beautiful music, breathtaking
animation (a perfect blend of hand drawn and computer), entertaining for
adults and kids alike (though this may not be a movie for the youngest of
the young), and an intelligent and well-executed script. Paying proper
respect to the story as written yet making the necessary refinements to make
it a children's movie, this script (note how I carefully avoided a dangling
participle), is one of the finest adaptations of a novel for the screen I
have ever seen. And for those who thought the ending lost all of its tragic
bite, I have one serious question for you: Why exactly DID Esmerelda choose
Phoebus over Quasimodo? Think about it.
Andrew Dixon
Cast
- Guards And Gypsies (voice) played by Jim Cummings
- Brutish Guard / Additional Voice (voice) played by Corey Burton
- Archdeacon played by David Ogden Stiers
- Quasimodo's Mother played by Mary Kay Bergman
- Frollo played by Tony Jay
- Esmeralda played by Demi Moore
- Phoebus played by Kevin Kline
