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The Little Mermaid

1989 animated film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements
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Summary

The Little Mermaid is an animated film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of animated film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,653 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Original Score[3], Academy Award for Best Original Song[4]
  • Director: John Musker[5], Ron Clements[6]
  • Screenwriter: John Musker[7], Ron Clements[8]
  • Composer: Alan Menken[9], Howard Ashman[10]
  • Genre: romance film[11], musical film[12], fantasy film[13], children's film[14], melodrama[15], cinematic fairy tale[16]
  • Based on: The Little Mermaid[17]
  • Followed by: The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea[18]
  • Producer: Howard Ashman[19], John Musker[20]
  • Part of the series: Walt Disney Animation Studios feature film[21], Disney Renaissance[22]
  • Production company: Walt Disney Pictures[23], Silver Screen Partners IV[24]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[25]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[26]
  • Commons category: The Little Mermaid (1989 film)[27]
  • Soundtrack release: The Little Mermaid: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[28], La Petite Sirène – Version française originale – Chansons et musique du Film[29], La Petite Sirène – Bande Originale du Film Version Française[30], Chansons de La Petite Sirène et La Petite Sirène 2 – Retour à L'ocean[31], Part of Your World / Kiss the Girl[32], La Sirenita – Banda Sonora en Castellano[33]
  • Distribution format: theatrical release[34]
  • Review score: 8.2/10[35], 88/100[36], 92%[37]
  • Color: color[38]
  • Country of origin: United States[39]
  • Publication date: November 17, 1989[40], November 30, 1990[41], November 29, 1990[42], December 5, 1990[43], 1989[44]
  • Characters: Ariel[45], Ursula[46], Prince Eric[47], King Triton[48], Sebastian[49], Flounder[50], Scuttle[51], Flotsam and Jetsam[52], Grimsby[53], Chef Louis[54], Carlotta[55], Max[56], Seahorse[57]
  • Voice actor: Jodi Benson[58], Christopher Daniel Barnes[59], Pat Carroll[60], Samuel E. Wright[61], Jason Marin[62], Kenneth Mars[63], Buddy Hackett[64], Ben Wright[65], Paddi Edwards[66], René Auberjonois[67], Frank Welker[68], Edie McClurg[69], Kimmy Robertson[70], Caroline Vasicek[71]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[72]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 43d1d9bb-7d87-4d50-abb3-802ec29eb241[73]

Why It Matters

The Little Mermaid has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[74] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[75]

FAQs

What awards did The Little Mermaid receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Original Score[3] and Academy Award for Best Original Song[4].

Related Entities

Alan Menken Buddy Hackett Edie McClurg Frank Welker Hans Christian Andersen Jim Cummings Jodi Benson Nancy Cartwright Pat Carroll The Little Mermaid The Little Mermaid The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning United States Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . The Little Mermaid. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . The Little Mermaid. wikidata.org.
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  68. [70] ↑ . Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  69. [71] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [72] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [73] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [74] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [75] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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