Advantages: good story, lots of action Disadvantages: serious theme, might be unsuitable for very young
Disney's The Hunchback Of Notre Dame was released in 1996 and was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. While it was quite different from Disneys previous work, it did well and it is one of my favourite classic Disney movies.
The movie is availabe on DVD between £9 - £17, depending on where you buy it. The cheapest place to buy this movie online is Amazon.co.uk for £9.97
This movie runs at 91 minutes. It's suitable for all ages, however one ... ...I'll leave it up for the parents to decide. I was 10 when I first seen this and I was fine, apart from the FOF scene.
There is quite an extensive list of people who lent their voicing talents for this movie, here are the main ones:
Quasimodo: Tom Hulce
Esmerelda: Demi Moore
Frollo: Tony Jay
Phoebus: Kevin Kline
This movie is set in Paris (as you may have guessed!) and tells the story of the bellringer Quasimodo, who is forbidden by his master ...
chocolategloss 20.05.2006 (21.05.2006)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (Animated) (DVD)
Advantages: Enjoyable songs. Disadvantages: Slightly sad for younger viewers in certain scenes.
High up in the bell tower of Notre Dame Cathedral lives a hunchbacked man who rings the bells every morning, wishing he could join the people down there in the streets but his Master Frollo forbids him to ever go down there. When he hears the celebrations of the annual festival of fools, Quasimodo just can't help himself and sneaks out of the bell tower to see the festival...
A smash hit for all ages, showing people that beauty is not just on the ... ...of the Hunchback of Notre Dame and a interactive game controlled by your remote.
The movie has been translated into several languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew and Greek.) and there are subtitles for people with hearing problems.
I love this movie, the voice actor for Frollo (Tony Jay) was the best singer out of all of the cast and I'm glad I bought this DVD so I can play the songs over and over again. ...
Mistybrook 06.08.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (Animated) (DVD)
Advantages: Excellent story. Once you start watching you won't be able to stop. Disadvantages: I do not think there are any disadvantages with this film. There will probably be one.
Title: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Distributor: Walt Disney
Producer(s): Don Hahn
Director(s): Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
Approximate Running Time: 87 minutes
Certificate: UNIVERSAL Suitable for all
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a Disney Classic.
The film begins a gypsy telling the story of how Quasimodo became the bell ringer of Notre Dame. There are 4 gypsies in a boat, two of which are Quasi and his mother. The gypsies were being led ... ...reported to the guards. Minister Frollo killed Quasimodo's mother on the steps of Notre Dame and was going to kill Quasimodo but the Reverand of Notre Dame stopped him. The reverand and Frollo made a deal that Frollo would watch over Quasimodo and the reverand would let him stay in the church in the bell tower and ring the bells.
The film then tells the story of how Quasimodo helped save the gypsies of Paris from Minister Frollo. Esmerelda, one ...
TerryMan123 11.03.2006 (20.05.2006)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (Animated) (DVD)
Advantages: great for the faimly Disadvantages: if you don't like animations this may not be for you, but stilll good.
...everyone; romance, tragdey, comedy and the list could go on. The story is set in Paris and the graphics in this film is really good. I don't wanted to give the story away completly but I will tell you that its about a boy who is adoptedby the most eveil person (Frodo) in paris not out of choice but because he kills his mother then he lets the boy grow up in Norte Dame then with the help of a Gypsy Girl he soon learns that everything he had been told ...
London_chic 06.01.2008
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