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The Princess & the Frog
Release Date December
11th, 2009
SYNOPSIS:
Tiana might be the hardest-working waitress in New
Orleans - she's juggling three jobs to save the money to buy a restaurant of
her own. Her life changes one night when she meets a talking frog. Prince
Naveen of Moldavia has been transformed by dastardly fortune-teller/magician
Dr. Facilier, who hopes to rule New Orleans through his wicked trickery. Naveen
is convinced that Tiana, dressed in ball gown and tiara, is a real princess -
and that if she kisses him, he will be restored to his proper form. Instead,
the waitress becomes a frog herself, and the two amphibians embark on a
desperate journey through the bayous of Louisiana to escape Dr. Facilier and
regain their proper forms.
FUN FACTS:
The Princess and the Frog is a 2009 American animated musical
family film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, inspired in part by E.
D. Baker's novel The Frog Princess, which was in turn inspired by the Grimm brothers’
fairy tale "The Frog Prince". The film opened in limited release in
New York and Los Angeles on November 25, 2009, and in wide release by Walt
Disney Pictures on December 11, 2009. It is the 49th animated feature in the Walt
Disney Animated Classics line and the first of these films to be traditionally
animated since 2004's Home on the Range. The film was directed by John Musker
and Ron Clements, directors of The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid,
Aladdin, Hercules and Treasrue Planetwith songs and score composed by Randy
Newman and featuring the voices of Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David,
Michael-Leon Wooley, Jennifer Cody, Jim Cummings, Peter Bartlett, Jenifer
Lewis, Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard, and John Goodman. Composer Newman
himself voices "Cousin Randy". Tiana, the main character, is Disney's
first black princess.
The Princess and the Frog, which began production under the
working title The Frog Princess, is an American fairy tale, a Broadway-style
musical set in, and around New Orleans, Louisiana at the height of the Roaring
Twenties. The film received three Academy Award nominations at the 82nd
Academy Awards: one for Best Animated Feature and two for Best Original Song.
It lost to Up and Crazy Heart, respectively.
Plot
Tiana is
a young inhabitant of 1926 New Orleans. She has held a passion for the culinary
arts since childhood, and works two jobs in order to save money and eventually
open her own restaurant. Charlotte La Bouff, a debutante and childhood friend
of Tiana, hires her to provide refreshments for the Mardi Gras masquerade ball
being thrown by her rich father, Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff. Eli, the
perennial King of the Mardi Gras, seeks to welcome Prince Naveen of Maldonia,
who has recently arrived, as an eligible suitor to his pampered daughter. Tiana
is thrilled to finally have enough to purchase and renovate an old sugar mill
into her restaurant.
The disinherited Prince Naveen, penniless and unskilled, is nevertheless intent on marrying a wealthy woman, rather than learning a trade. He and his valet Lawrence encounter Dr. Facilier, a voodoo witch doctor of Haitian heritage who convinces the pair that he can improve both their lives. Instead, Facilier transforms Naveen into a frog and gives Lawrence a voodoo charm, filled with Naveen's blood, which when worn transforms his appearance to that of Naveen's. Facilier intends for Lawrence, under the guise of Naveen, to marry Charlotte in order to gain access to her father’s fortune.
At the
ball, Charlotte flirts with Lawrence as Tiana discovers she may lose the mill
to a higher bidder. Tiana then meets Naveen, who, believing her to be a
princess because of her costume, asks her to kiss him and break Facilier's
curse. Tiana reluctantly agrees, in exchange for the money needed to outbid the
other buyer. However, instead of Naveen turning into a human, Tiana is turned
into a frog herself. A chase ensues, and Naveen and Tiana escape to a bayou.
Lawrence later proposes to Charlotte, who happily agrees, but soon the magic in Facilier's charm wears off and Lawrence reverts to his original form. Facilier tells Lawrence they need another sample of the prince's blood in order to prolong the spell, but discovers that Lawrence had foolishly released him. Facilier turns to the voodoo spirits for help, with the promise that once Lawrence marries Charlotte, he will have total control over New Orleans and will be able to offer the citizens' souls as payment. The voodoo spirits give Facilier shadow demons, who are then dispatched to locate Naveen.
At the
bayou, Tiana and Naveen meet Louis, a trumpet-playing alligator, and Ray, a Cajun
firefly. Louis and Ray offer to lead them to the good voodoo priestess Mama
Odie, who they believe can undo the curse. Mama Odie tells the frogs that
Naveen must kiss a true princess for them to become human, and that since Eli
La Bouff is King of Mardi Gras, Charlotte is a princess, but only until the
stroke of midnight, when Mardi Gras is over. Naveen soon realizes that he loves
Tiana, but before he can admit his feelings, he is captured and brought to
Facilier.
Before Lawrence (disguised as Naveen) and Charlotte can marry, Ray helps Naveen escape and steals the charm. Ray gives the charm to Tiana in order to hold back Facilier's minions, but is killed by Facilier. Facilier then confronts Tiana and offers to make her restaurant dream come true in exchange for the charm, but she refuses upon realizing that true love is more important and destroys it. The angered voodoo spirits claim Facilier himself as payment for his debts and drag him into the underworld.
Tiana
and Naveen reveal their love to each other and explain the situation to
Charlotte, who agrees to kiss Naveen so he and Tiana can be together. The clock
strikes midnight before she can kiss him, but the two decide they are content
to live together as frogs. After a funeral is held for Ray, Tiana and Naveen
are married by Mama Odie. Because of Tiana's new status as princess, they are
restored back to human form after their kiss. The couple return to New Orleans
to celebrate and, with Louis' help, finally buy and open the new restaurant.
Cast and
characters
- Anika Noni rose as Tiana/"Tia",
a 19 year old waitress and aspiring chef/restaurateur. She is a smart,
hard working, and independent young woman, but one who works so hard that
she often forgets important things such as love, fun, and family. Originally, Tiana was supposed to be
known as "Maddy." Mark Henn served as the supervising
animator for Tiana in both human and frog form, making her one of several
Disney lead female characters he has animated.
- Elizabeth Dampier voices Tiana as a
child.
- Bruno Campos as Prince Naveen, the
20-year-old prince of Maldonia. Naveen is a ne'er-do-well and playboy who
has been cut off from his family's riches until he learns the value of
responsibility. Randy Haycock served as the supervising animator of Naveen
in both human and frog form.
- Michael-Leon Wooley as Louis, a
friendly, neurotic, trumpet-playing alligator whose dream is to become
human so he can join a jazz band. Eric Goldberg, the supervising animator
of Louis and other miscellaneous characters, won the Annie Award for
Character Animation in a Feature Production for his work on the film.
- Jim Cummings as Ray, a Cajun firefly
who knows Mama Odie and offers to help the frogs get to her. Ray has an
unrequited love for the Evening Star, which he believes is another firefly
named "Evangeline" (a reference to the 19th century Longfellow
poem). Mike Surrey was the supervising animator for Ray.
- Keith David as Doctor Facilier,
"The Shadow Man." Bruce W. Smith, supervising animator of Doctor
Facilier, referred to the character as the "lovechild" of his
two favorite Disney Villains: Captain Hook from Peter Pan (1953), and Cruella
de Vil from One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961). Smith was nominated for
the Annie Award for Character Animation in a Feature Production for his work.
- Jennifer Cody as Charlotte
"Lottie" La Bouff, a wealthy Southern debutante and Tiana's
childhood friend. Nik Ranieri served as the supervising animator of
Charlotte as an adult and child. Jennifer Cody won the Annie Award for
Voice Acting in a Feature Production for her performance.
- Breanna Brooks voices Charlotte as a
child.
- Jenifer Lewis as Mama Odie, a blind voodoo
priestess who serves as the film's Fairy Godmother. Andreas Deja was the
supervising animator for both Mama Odie and her pet snake, Juju and was
nominated for the Annie Award for Character Animation in a Feature
Production.
- Peter Bartlett as Lawrence, Prince
Naveen's valet, whom Dr. Facilier recruits as a partner in his scheme by
transforming him to look like Naveen using a blood charm. Anthony De Rosa
was the supervising animator for the Lawrence character, whose design was
informed by the Mr. Smee character from Peter Pan.
- John Goodman as Eli "Big
Daddy" La Bouff, a wealthy Southern sugar mill owner and father of
Charlotte La Bouff. Duncan Marjoribanks was the supervising animator for
"Big Daddy" La Bouff.
- Oprah Winfrey as Eudora, Tiana's
mother. Ruben Aquino animated both Eudora and her husband, James.
- Terrence Howard as James, Tiana's
father, who helped instill a strong work ethic in Tiana. He was killed in World War I.
Production
Early
development
Disney
had once announced that 2004's Home on the Range would be their feature
animation studio's last traditionally animated production. After the company's
acquisition of Pixar in early 2006, Ed Catmull and John Lasseter, the new
president and chief creative officer of Disney Animation Studios, reversed this
decision and reinstated hand-drawn animation at the studio. Many animators who
had either been laid off or had left the studio when the traditional animation
units were dissolved in 2003 were located and re-hired for the project.
The
Princess and the Frog was
originally announced as The Frog Princess in July 2006, and early
concepts and songs were presented to the public at the Walt Disney Company's
annual shareholders' meeting in March 2007. These announcements drew criticism
from African-American media outlets, due to elements of the Frog Princess
story, characters, and settings considered distasteful. African-American
critics disapproved of the original name for the heroine, "Maddy",
feeling it sounded too close to the derogatory term "mammy". Also
protested were Maddy's original career as a chambermaid, the choice to have the
black heroine's love interest be a non-black prince, and the use of a black male voodoo
witchdoctor as the film's villain. The Frog Princess title was also
thought by critics to be a slur on French people.
Also
questioned was the film's setting of New Orleans, which had been heavily
damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, resulting in the expulsion of a large
number of mostly black residents. Critics claimed the choice of New Orleans as
the setting for a Disney film with a black heroine was an affront to the
Katrina victims' plight; Clements and Musker stated that they chose New Orleans
as a tribute to the history of the city, for its "magical" qualities,
and because it was executive producer John Lasseter's favorite city.
In
response to these early criticisms, the film's title was changed in May 2007
from The Frog Princess to The Princess and the Frog. The name
"Maddy" was changed to "Tiana", and the character's
occupation was altered from chambermaid to waitress. Popular talk show host Oprah
Winfrey was hired as a technical consultant for the film, leading to her taking
a voice acting role in the film as Tiana's mother Eudora.
The
Princess and the Frog was
directed and co-written by Ron Clements and John Musker, whose earlier works
included The Great Mouse Detective (1986) The Little Mermaid (1989), Aladdin
(1992), Hercules (1997), and Treasure Planet (2002). The story for the film
began development by merging two separate projects in development at Disney and
Pixar at the time, both based around the "Frog Prince" fairy tale.
One of the projects was based on E. D. Baker's The Frog Princess, in
which the story's heroine (Princess Emma) kisses a prince turned frog (Prince
Eadric), only to become a frog herself. The Princess and the Frog
returns to the musical film format used in many of the previously successful
Disney animated films. John Lasseter personally asked Clements and Musker, who
had left the company in 2005, to return to Disney to direct and write the film,
and had let them choose the style of animation (traditional or CGI) they wanted
to use.
Voice
cast
On
December 1, 2006, a detailed casting call was announced for the film at the Manhattan
Theatre Source forum. The casting call states the film as being an American
fairy tale musical set in New Orleans during the 1920s Jazz Age, and provides a
detailed list of the film's major characters.
In
February 2007, it was reported that Dreamgirls actresses Jennifer Hudson and Anika
Noni Rose were top contenders for the voice of Tiana, and that Alicia Keys
directly contacted Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook about voicing the
role. It was later reported that Tyra Banks was considered for the role as
well. By April 2007, it was confirmed that Rose would be voicing Tiana. Three
months later, it was reported that Keith David would be doing the voice of Dr.
Facilier, the villain of the film.
Animation
Toon
Boom Animation's Toon Boom Harmony software was used as the main software
package for the production of the film, as the CAPS (Computer Animation
Production System) system Disney developed with Pixar in the 1980s for use on
their previous traditionally animated films had become outdated. The Harmony
software was augmented with a number of plug-ins to provide CAPS-like effects
such as shading on cheeks and smoke effects. The reinstated traditional unit's
first production, a 2007 Goofy cartoon short entitled How to Hook Up Your Home
Theater, was partly animated without paper by using Harmony and Wacam Cintiq
pressure-sensitive tablets. The character animators found some difficulty with
this approach, and decided to use traditional paper and pencil drawings, which
were then scanned into the computer systems, for The Princess and the Frog.
The one
exception to the new Toon Boom Harmony pipeline was the "Almost
There" dream sequence, which utilized an Art Deco graphic style based on
the art of Harlem Renaissance painter Aaron Douglas. Supervised by Eric
Goldberg and designed by Sue Nichols, the "Almost There" sequence's
character animation was done on paper without going through the clean-up
animation department, and scanned directly into Photoshop. The artwork was then
enhanced to affect the appearance of painted strokes and fills, and combined
with backgrounds, using Adobe After Effects.
The visual
effects and backgrounds for the film were created digitally using Cintiq tablet
displays. Marlon West, one of Disney's veteran animation visual effects
supervisors, says about the production; "Those guys had this bright idea
to bring back hand-drawn animation, but everything had to be started again from
the ground up. One of the first things we did was focus on producing shorts, to
help us re-introduce the 2D pipeline. I worked as vfx supervisor on the Goofy
short, How to Hook Up Your Home Theater. It was a real plus for the
effects department, so we went paperless for The Princess and the Frog."
The backgrounds were painted digitally using Adobe Photoshop, and many of the
architectural elements were based upon 3D models built in Autodesk Maya.
The
former trend in Disney's hand-drawn features where the characters and
cinematography were influenced by a CGI-look has been abandoned. Andreas Deja,
a veteran Disney animator who supervised the character of Mama Odie in Princess
and the Frog, says "I always thought that maybe we should distinguish
ourselves to go back to what 2D is good at, which is focusing on what the line
can do rather than volume, which is a CG kind of thing. So we are doing less
extravagant Treasure Planet kind of treatments. You have to create a world but
[we're doing it more simply]. What we're trying to do with Princess and the
Frog is hook up with things that the old guys did earlier. It's not going
to be graphic...". Deja also mentions that Lasseter was aiming for the Disney
sculptural and dimensional look of the 1950s: "All those things that were
non-graphic, which means go easy on the straight lines and have one volume flow
into the other – an organic feel to the drawing." Lasseter also felt that traditional
animation created more character believability. For example, with Louis the
alligator, created by Eric Goldberg, Lasseter said: "It's the believability
of this large character being able to move around quite like that."
Clements
and Musker had agreed from very early on that the style they were aiming for
was primarily that of Disney's Lady and the Tramp (1955), a film which they and
John Lasseter feel represents "the pinnacle of Disney's style".
"After that, everything started becoming more stylized, like 'Sleeping
Beauty,' '101 Dalmations' – which are fantastic films as well, but there's a
particular style (to 'Lady and the Tramp') that's so classically Disney." Lady
and the Tramp also heavily informed the style of the New Orleans scenes, while Disney's
Bambi (1942) served as the template for the bayou scenes. Much of the clean-up
animation, digital ink-and-paint, and compositing were outsourced to third
party companies in Orlando, Florida (Premise Entertainment), Toronto, Ontario,
Canada (Yowza! Animation), and Brooklin, Sao Paulo, Brazil (HGN Produções).
Music
During
Disney's 2007 shareholder meeting, Randy Newman and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band
performed the film's opening number, "Down in New Orleans", with
famous New Orleans singer Dr. John singing, while slides of pre-production art
from the film played on a screen. Other songs in the film include "Almost
There" (a solo for Tiana), "Dig a Little Deeper" (a song for
Mama Odie), "When We're Human" (a song for Louis, Tiana and Naveen
[as frogs]), "Friends on the Other Side" (a solo for Doctor
Facilier), and "Gonna Take You There" and "Ma Belle
Evangeline" (two solos for Ray). Newman composed, arranged, and conducted
the music for the film, a mixture of jazz, zydeco, blues, and gospel styles
performed by the voice cast members for the respective characters while R&B
singer/songwriter Ne-Yo wrote and performed the end title song "Never Knew
I Needed", an R&B love song referring to the romance between the
film's two main characters, Tiana and Naveen. Supported by a music video by Melina,
"Never Knew I Needed" was issued to radio outlets as a commercial
single from the Princess and the Frog soundtrack.
The film's
soundtrack album, The Princess and the Frog: Original Songs and Score, contains
the ten original songs from the film and seven instrumental pieces. The
soundtrack was released on November 23, 2009, the day before the limited
release of the film in New York and Los Angeles.
Release
Marketing
The
Princess and the Frog was
supported by a wide array of merchandise leading up to and following the film's
release. Although Disney's main marketing push was not set to begin until
November 2009, positive word-of-mouth promotion created demand for merchandise
well in advance of the film. Princess Tiana costumes were selling out prior to Halloween
2009, and a gift set of Tiana-themed hair care products from Carol's Daughter
sold out in seven hours on the company's website. Other planned merchandise
includes a cookbook for children and even a wedding gown. Princess Tiana was
also featured a few months before the release in the Disney on Ice: Let's
Celebrate! show. The film itself was promoted through
advertisements, including one from GEICO where Naveen, as a frog, converses
with the company's gecko mascot.
A live
parade and show called Tiana's Showboat Jubilee! premiered on October
26, 2009 at the Magic Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in
Florida, and on November 5 at Disneyland Park. In Disneyland Park, actors in New
Orleans Square parading to the Rivers of America and boarding the park's
steamboat. From there, the cast, starring Princess Tiana, Prince Naveen, Louis
the alligator, and Doctor Facilier, would sing songs from the movie, following
a short storyline taking place after the events of the film. The Disneyland
version's actors actually partook in singing, while the Walt Disney World
rendition incorporated lip-syncing.
Tiana's
Showboat Jubilee! ran at
both parks until January 3, 2010. At Disneyland Park, the show was replaced by
a land-based event called Princess Tiana's Mardi Gras Celebration, which
features Princess Tiana along with five of the original presentation's
"Mardi Gras dancers" and the park's "Jambalaya Jazz Band"
as they perform songs from the movie. "Tiana's Mardi Gras
Celebration" officially ended on October 3, 2010. Tiana also appears in Disneyland
Paris' New Generation Festival. Some of the characters appear frequently during
World of Color, the nightly fountain and projection show presented at Disney
California Adventure Park. Disney announced on June 4, 2009, that they would
release a video game inspired by the film and it was released on November 2009
exclusively for Wii and Nintendo DS platforms. It has been officially described
an "adventure through the exciting world of New Orleans in a
family-oriented video game," featuring events from the film and challenges
for Princess Tiana.
Theatrical
run
The film
premiered in theaters with a limited run in New York and Los Angeles beginning
on November 25, 2009, followed by wide release on December 11, 2009. The film
was originally set for release on Christmas Day 2009, but its release date was
changed due to a competing family film, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The
Squeakquel, scheduled for release the same day.
On its
limited day release, the film grossed $263,890 at two theaters and grossed
$786,190 its opening weekend. On its opening day in wide release, the film
grossed $7,020,000 at 3,434 theaters. It went on to gross $24,208,916 over the
opening weekend averaging $7,050 per theater, marking it the highest-grossing
start to date for an animated movie in December. The film went on to gross
$104,400,899 (in the United States and Canada) and $267,045,756 (worldwide).
While the film did out-gross Disney's more recent hand-drawn films such as Brother
Bear, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and Home on the Range, it
was less auspicious than the animated movies from Walt Disney Animation
Studios' 1990s heyday.
Home
media
The
Princess and the Frog was
released in North America on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on March 16, 2010. The film
is available in DVD, Blu-ray Disc and Blu-ray Disc combo-pack editions; the
combo pack includes DVD and digital copies of the film, along with the Blu-ray
Disc version. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in Australia on
June 2, 2010 and on June 21, 2010 in the United Kingdom. As of December 2010
the movie has sold 4,475,227 copies and has made $71,327,491 in DVD sales,
making it the eighth best-selling DVD of 2010.
Reception
The film
has received largely positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten
Tomatoes reports that 84% of 152 critics have given the film a positive review,
with a rating average of 7.3 out of 10. Among Rotten Tomatoes' "Top
Critics", which consists of popular and notable critics from the top
newspapers, websites, television and radio programs, the film holds an overall
approval rating of 81%, based on a sample of 32 reviews. The site's general consensus
is that "The warmth of traditional Disney animation makes this
occasionally lightweight fairy-tale update a lively and captivating confection
for the holidays." Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out
of 0–100 from film critics, has a rating score of 73 based on 29 reviews.
Lisa
Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an "A" and
wrote in her review that "the creative team behind The Princess and the
Frog upholds the great tradition of classic Disney animation." Kirk
Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter wrote in his review that "The
narrative behind The Princess and the Frog is that Walt Disney Animation
has rediscovered its traditional hand-drawn animation, which has been
supplanted by computer-generated cartoons." Honeycutt also praised the
film for "a thing called story." David Germain of the Associated
Press wrote that "Princess and the Frog isn't the second coming
of Beauty and the Beast or The Lion King. It's just plain
pleasant, an old-fashioned little charmer that's not straining to be the next
glib animated compendium of pop-culture flotsam." Justin Chang of Variety
being less receptive of the film stating "this long-anticipated throwback
to a venerable house style never comes within kissing distance of the studio's
former glory." Joe Neumaier of the New York Daily News gave the film 3/5
stars while saying "The Princess and the Frog breaks the color
barrier for Disney princesses, but is a throwback to traditional animation and
her story is a retread." Village Voice’s Scott Foundas's response toward
the film is that "the movie as a whole never approaches the wit,
cleverness, and storytelling brio of the studio's early-1990s animation
renaissance (Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King) or pretty much
anything by Pixar." Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times gave the
film a positive review claiming that "With The Princess and the Frog
they've gotten just about everything right. The dialogue is fresh-prince
clever, the themes are ageless, the rhythms are riotous and the return to a
primal animation style is beautifully executed." Chicago Sun-Times
film critic Roger Ebert, gave the film three out of four stars, admiring
Disney's step back to traditional animation writing, "No 3-D! No glasses!
No extra ticket charge! No frantic frenzies of meaningless action! And...good
gravy! A story! Characters! A plot! This is what classic animation once was
like!", but stated that the film "inspires memories of Disney's
Golden Age it doesn't quite live up to, as I've said, but it's spritely and
high-spirited, and will allow kids to enjoy it without visually assaulting
them."
S. Jhoanna Robledo of Common Sense Media gave the film three out of five stars, writing, "First African-American Disney princess is a good role model".
The
financial and critical success of The Princess and the Frog has
persuaded Disney to greenlight at least one new hand-drawn animated feature to
be released every two years.
Upon its release, the film created controversy amongst some Christians over its use of Louisiana Voodoo as a plot device. In Christianity Today's review of the film they criticized its sexual undertones; however, they said that, "it's the use of voodoo that ultimately reveals the movie's hollow, thoughtless core." They argued that the scenes with Dr. Facilier and his "friends on the other side" contain many horror elements and that young children might be frightened by the film. The film's treatment of Louisiana voodoo as a type of magic instead of a religion also drew criticism from non-Christian factions.
Awards
and nominations
The film
was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Academy Award
for Best Original Song, but lost to Up and Crazy Heart,
respectively. It was also nominated for eight Annie Awards and, at the 37th
Annie Awards Ceremony on February 6, 2010, won three.
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Award
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Category
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Nominee
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Result
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2009 Satellite Awards
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Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
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The Princess and the Frog
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Nominated
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Best Original Song
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Randy Newman
("Almost There") |
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Randy Newman
("Down in New Orleans") |
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2009 Producers Guild of America Awards
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Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
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Peter Del Vecho
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2009 Online Film Critics Society Awards
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Best Animated Feature
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The Princess and the Frog
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67th Golden Globe Awards
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Best Animated Feature Film
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2009 Chicago Film Critics Association
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Best Animated Feature
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2009 Critics Choice Awards
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Best Picture
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Best Animated Feature
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Best Score
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Randy Newman
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Best Song
("Almost There") |
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2009 Black Reel Awards
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Best Film
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The Princess and the Frog
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Best Song, Original or Adapted
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Ne-Yo
("Never Knew I Needed") |
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Anika Noni Rose
("Almost There") |
Won
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Anika Noni Rose
("Down in New Orleans") |
Nominated
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Best Voice Performance
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Keith David
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Anika Noni Rose
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Won
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Best Ensemble
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The Princess and the Frog
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Nominated
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37th Annie Awards
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Best Animated Feature
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Animated Effects
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James DeValera Mansfield
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Won
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Production Design in a Feature Production
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Ian Gooding
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Nominated
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Character Animation in a Feature Production
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Andreas Deja
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Eric Goldberg
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Won
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Bruce W. Smith
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Nominated
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Voice Acting in a Feature Production
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Jennifer Cody ("Charlotte")
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Won
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Jenifer Lewis ("Mama Odie")
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Nominated
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82nd Academy Awards
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Best Animated Feature
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Ron Clements and John Musker
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Best Original Song
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Randy Newman ("Almost There")
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Randy Newman ("Down in New Orleans")
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36th Saturn Awards
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Best Animated Film
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The Princess and the Frog
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2010 Teen Choice Awards
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Choice Movie: Animated
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2011 Grammy Awards
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Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or
Other Visual Media
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Randy Newman ("Down in New Orleans")
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