Moana + Mulan (2016) (The Kick-Ass Lady Who Is Overshadowed by Her Celebrity-Voiced Animal Sidekick)

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Moana

Directors: Ron Clements and John Musker
Producer: Osnat Shurer
Story: Ron Clements, John Musker, Chris Williams, Don Hall, Pamela Ribon, Aaron and Jordan Kandell
Screenplay: Jared Bush
Inspired by: "Maui" Mangarevan mythology
Voices: Jemaine Clement, Auli'i Cravalho, Rachel House, Dwayne Johnson, Temuera Morrison, Nicole Scherzinger, Phillipa Soo, Alan Tudyk
Music by: Mark Mancina, Opetaia Foa'i (songs), Lin-Manuel Miranda (songs)
Edited by: Jeff Draheim
Production companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates: November 14, 2016 (AFI Fest), November 23, 2016 (United States)[3]
DVD/Blu-Ray release date: March 7, 2017
Running time: 107 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $150 million
Box office: $554.9 million
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Moana is a 2016 American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy comedy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 56th Disney animated feature film. It shares the similiary with Mulan as The Kick-Ass Lady Who is Overshadowed by Her Celebrity-Voiced Animal Sidekick in the Renaissance/Revival era. The film was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker,[8] and co-directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams.[9] The film features music written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa'i, and Mark Mancina.[10]
Featuring the voices of Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jemaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger, and Alan Tudyk, the film tells the story of Moana, the strong-willed daughter of the chief in a Polynesian tribe, who is chosen by the ocean itself to reunite a mystical relic with a goddess. When a blight strikes her island, Moana sets sail in search of Maui, a legendary demigod, in the hope of saving her people.
Moana was released theatrically in the United States on November 23, 2016 in Disney Digital 3-D, RealD 3D, D-Box, and premium large formats. The film received critical acclaim, with particular attention directed to its animation, music, and voice cast. To date, the film has grossed over $554 million worldwide. The film, along with Zootopia, marks the first time since 2002 that Walt Disney Animation Studios has released two feature films in the same year and both films are nominated at the 89th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature; it also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song ("How Far I'll Go").
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Plot
A small pounamu stone that has the power to create life and is the mystical heart of the goddess Te Fiti is stolen by the demigod Maui, who planned to give it to humanity as a gift. As Maui made his escape, he was attacked by the lava demon Te Kā, causing the heart of Te Fiti as well as his magical fish hook that gives him his powers to be lost in the ocean.
A millennium later, young Moana Waialiki, daughter and heir of the chief on the small Polynesian island of Motunui, is chosen by the ocean to receive the heart, but drops it when her father, Chief Tui, comes to get her. He insists the island provides everything the villagers need. Years later, fish become scarce and the island's vegetation begins turning black and dying. Moana proposes going beyond the reef to find more fish. Tui angrily rejects her request, as sailing past the reef is forbidden.
Moana's grandmother, Gramma Tala, shows Moana a secret cave behind a waterfall, where she discovers her ancestors were voyagers, sailing and discovering new islands across the world. Tala explains that they stopped voyaging because of Maui's stealing the heart. Tala then reveals that the darkness has been spreading from island to island, slowly killing them, and has reached Motunui. Tala gives Moana the heart of Te Fiti, which she has kept safe for her granddaughter.
Tala falls ill and with her dying breaths tells Moana to set sail. Moana and her pet chicken HeiHei depart in a drua to find Maui. A manta ray, Tala's reincarnation, follows. After a typhoon wave flips her sailboat and knocks her unconscious, she awakens the next morning on an island inhabited by Maui, who traps her in a cave and takes her sailboat to search for his fishhook. After escaping and catching up to Maui, with some help from the ocean, Moana tries to convince him to return the heart, but Maui refuses, fearing its power will attract dark creatures.
Immediately after, sentient coconut pirates called Kakamora surround the boat and steal the heart, but Maui and Moana retrieve it. Maui agrees to help return the heart to Te Fiti, but only after he reclaims his hook, which is hidden in Lalotai, the Realm of Monsters, and held by Tamatoa, a giant coconut crab. They successfully retrieve it by tricking Tamatoa. Maui teaches Moana how to properly sail and navigate. They arrive at Te Fiti, where Te Kā attacks. Maui is overpowered and Te Kā severely damages his hook and repels their boat far out to sea. Fearful that returning to fight Te Kā will destroy his hook, Maui abandons Moana.
Distraught, Moana begs the ocean to take the heart and choose another person to return it to Te Fiti. The spirit of Tala comes to her and encourages to find her true calling within herself. Inspired, Moana retrieves the heart from the ocean and returns to Te Fiti alone. Maui, having had a change of heart, returns to distract the lava demon, and his hook is destroyed in the battle. Realizing that Te Kā is actually Te Fiti without her heart, Moana asks the ocean to clear a path for Te Kā to approach her. She sing a song and asks Te Kā to remember who she truly is, allowing Moana to restore her heart. Te Fiti returns and in gratitude, gives a new canoe to Moana and a new magical hook to Maui before returning to her island form.
Moana asks Maui to return to her island with her in order to teach her people how to sail again, but Maui smiles and replies that her people already have a master seafarer in Moana. Moana bids farewell to Maui and returns to her island. The villagers begin voyaging and set sail in search of new islands, as Maui and Tala accompany them in their giant hawk and manta ray forms, respectively.
In a post-credits scene, Tamatoa, stranded on his back during Moana and Maui's escape, grumbles that people would help him if he was a Jamaican crab named Sebastian.

Plot in Mulan
After the Huns, led by the ruthless Shan Yu, invade Han China, the Chinese emperor orders a general mobilization. Conscription notices require one man from each family to join the Chinese army. When Fa Mulan hears that her elderly father Fa Zhou, the only man in their family and an army veteran, is once more to go to war, she becomes anxious and apprehensive. Taking her father's old armor she disguises herself as a man so that she can enlist instead of her parent. The anxious family quickly learn of her departure and Grandmother Fa prays to the family ancestors for Mulan's safety. The ancestors then order their "Great Stone Dragon" to protect Mulan. The ancestors are unaware that the statue of Great Stone Dragon failed to come to life, and that Mushu, a small dragon, is the one sent to protect Mulan.
Reporting to the training camp Mulan is able to pass as a man, although her military skills are initially poor. Mushu provides clumsy guidance in how to behave as a man. Under the command of Captain Li Shang, she and her fellow recruits Yao, Ling and Chien-Po, gradually become trained warriors. Mushu, desiring to see Mulan succeed, creates a fake order from Shang's father, General Li, ordering Shang to follow the main Imperial Army into the mountains. The reinforcements set out but arrive at a burnt-out encampment and discover that General Li and his troops have been massacred by the Huns. As they solemnly leave the mountains, they are ambushed by the Huns, but Mulan cleverly uses a cannon to create an avalanche which buries most of the invaders. An enraged Shan Yu slashes her in the chest, and her deception is revealed when the wound is bandaged. Instead of executing Mulan as the law requires, Shang spares her life, but discharges her from the army. Mulan is left to follow alone as the recruits depart for the Imperial City to report the news of the Huns' destruction. However it is revealed that several Hun warriors including Shan Yu have survived the avalanche, and Mulan catches sight of them as they make their way to the City, intent on capturing the Emperor.
At the Imperial City, Mulan is unable to convince Shang about Shan Yu's intentions. The Huns capture the Emperor, then seize the palace. With Mulan's help, Yao, Ling, and Chien-Po pose as concubines and are able to enter the palace. With the help of Shang, they defeat Shan Yu's men. As Shang prevents Shan Yu from assassinating the Emperor, Mulan lures the Hun leader onto the roof where she engages him in solo combat. Meanwhile, acting on Mulan's instructions and signal Mushu fires a bundle of fireworks rockets at Shan Yu. The fireworks strike Shan Yu and kill him. Mulan is praised by the Emperor and the assembled inhabitants of the city, who bow to her in an unprecedented honor. While she accepts the Emperor's crest and Shan Yu's sword as gifts, she politely declines his offer to be his advisor and asks to return to her family. She returns home and presents these gifts to her father, but he is more overjoyed to have Mulan back safely. Having become enamored with Mulan, Shang soon arrives under the pretext of returning her helmet, but accepts the family's invitation to stay for dinner. Mushu is granted a position as a Fa family guardian by the ancestors amid a returning celebration.
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Scenes

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Cast (in credits order)
Auli'i Cravalho – Moana
Dwayne Johnson – Maui
Rachel House – Gramma Tala
Temuera Morrison – Chief Tui
Jemaine Clement – Tamatoa
Nicole Scherzinger – Sina
Alan Tudyk – Heihei / Villager #3
Oscar Kightley – Fisherman
Troy Polamalu – Villager #1
Puanani Cravalho – Villager #2
Louise Bush – Toddler Moana
Additional Voices: Kristina Anapau, Kayla Blake, Matt Corboy, Hudson D'Andrea, Sisa Grey, Amy Hill, Karen Huie, Daniel Kaz, Michael Sun Lee, Sundra Oakley, Davis H. Pak, Lucian Perez, Branscombe Richmond, Lynwood Robinson, Maddix Robinson, Violet Grace Schaffer, Phillipa Soo, Ken Takemoto, Fred Tatasciore, Matthew Wood, ViviAnn Yee.
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Birthdays (2016)
Ginnifer Goodwin: Date of Birth: May 22, 1978 [age 37] at Tennessee, USA
Jason Bateman: Date of Birth: January 14, 1969 [age 47] at New York, USA
Mae Whitman: Date of Birth: June 9, 1988 [age 27] at California, USA
Jim Carrey: Date of Birth: January 17, 1962 [age 54] at Ontario, Canada
Steve Carell: Date of Birth: August 16, 1962 [age 53] at Massachusetts, USA
Idris Elba: Date of Birth: September 6, 1972 [age 43] at London, England
Rosario Dawson: Date of Birth: May 9, 1979 [age 36] at New York, USA
Carol Burnett: Date of Birth: April 26, 1933 [age 82] at Texas, USA
Jenny Slate: Date of Birth: March 25, 1982 [age 33] at Massachusetts, USA
Will Arnett: Date of Birth: May 4, 1970 [age 45] at Ontario, Canada
Seth Rogen: Date of Birth: April 15, 1982 [age 33] at British Columbia, Canada
Nate Torrence: Date of Birth: December 1, 1977 [age 38] at Ohio, USA
Lucy Liu: Date of Birth: December 3, 1968 [age 47] at New York, USA
Raven-Symoné: Date of Birth: December 10, 1985 [age 30] at Georgia, USA
Megan Hilty: Date of Birth: March 29, 1981 [age 34] at Washington, USA
Pamela Adlon: Date of Birth: July 9, 1966 [age 49] at New York, USA
Bonnie Hunt: Date of Birth: September 22, 1961 [age 54] at Illinois, USA
Don Lake: Date of Birth: November 26, 1956 [age 59] at Ontario, Canada
Amy Poehler: Date of Birth: September 16, 1971 [age 44] at Massachusetts, USA
Tommy Chong: Date of Birth: May 24, 1938 [age 77] at Alberta, Canada
J.K. Simmons: Date of Birth: January 9, 1955 [age 61] at Michigan, USA
Octavia Spencer: Date of Birth: May 25, 1970 [age 45] at Alabama, USA
Alan Tudyk: Date of Birth: March 16, 1971 [age 44] at Texas, USA
Isla Fisher: Date of Birth: February 3, 1976 [age 40] at Muscat, Oman
Dan Fogler: Date of Birth: October 20, 1976 [age 39] at New York, USA
Jonah Hill: Date of Birth: December 20, 1983 [age 32] at California, USA
Jaime Pressly: Date of Birth: July 30, 1977 [age 38] at North Carolina, USA
Danai Gurira: Date of Birth: January 14, 1978 [age 38] at Iowa, USA
Chloe Bennet: Date of Birth: April 18, 1992 [age 23] at Illinois, USA
Charles Osgood: Date of Birth: January 8, 1933 [age 83] at New York, USA
Josh Flitter: Date of Birth: August 25, 1994 [age 21] at New Jersey, USA
Jesse McCartney: Date of Birth: April 9, 1987 [age 28] at New York, USA
Niecy Nash: Date of Birth: February 23, 1970 [age 46] at California, USA
Anjelica Huston: Date of Birth: July 8, 1951 [age 64] at California, USA
Shakira: Date of Birth: February 2, 1977 [age 39] at Atlántico, Colombia
Raymond S. Persi: Date of Birth: February 17, 1975 [age 41] at California, USA
Della Saba
Maurice LaMarche: Date of Birth: March 30, 1958 [age 57] at Ontario, Canada
Phil Johnston
Thomas Lennon: Date of Birth: August 9, 1970 [age 45] at Illinois, USA
Jeff Corwin: Date of Birth: July 11, 1967 [age 48] at Massachusetts, USA
Olivia Holt: Date of Birth: August 5, 1997 [age 18] at Tennessee, USA
Fuchsia!
John DiMaggio: Date of Birth: September 4, 1968 [age 47] at New Jersey, USA
Katie Lowes: Date of Birth: September 22, 1981 [age 34] at New York, USA
Gita Reddy
Jesse Corti: Date of Birth: July 3, 1955 [age 60] at Venezuela
Tom Lister: Date of Birth: June 24, 1958 [age 57] at California, USA
Josh Dallas: Date of Birth: December 18, 1978 [age 37] at Kentucky, USA
Leah Latham
Rich Moore: Date of Birth: May 10, 1963 [age 52] at California, USA
Kath Soucie: Date of Birth: February 20, 1967 [age 49] at New York, USA
Peter Mansbridge: Date of Birth: July 6, 1948 [age 67] at London, England
Grey DeLisle: Date of Birth: August 24, 1973 [age 42] at California, USA
Kari Wahlgren: Date of Birth: July 13, 1977 [age 38] at Kansas, USA
Byron Howard: Date of Birth: December 26, 1968 [age 47] at Misawa, Japan
Jared Bush
Mark Rhino Smith: Date of Birth: September 30, 1969 [age 46] at London, England
Josie Trinidad
John Lavelle: Date of Birth: November 23, 1981 [age 34] at New York, USA
Kristen Bell: Date of Birth: July 18, 1980 [age 35] at Michigan, USA
Finding Dory (2016)
Ellen DeGeneres: Date of Birth: January 26, 1958 [age 58] at Louisiana, USA
Albert Brooks: Date of Birth: July 22, 1947 [age 68] at California, USA
Ed O'Neill: Date of Birth: April 12, 1946 [age 70] at Ohio, USA
Kaitlin Olson: Date of Birth: August 18, 1975 [age 40] at Oregon, USA
Hayden Rolence: Date of Birth: March 15, 2004 [age 12] at Illinois, USA
Ty Burrell: Date of Birth: August 22, 1967 [age 48] at Oregon, USA
Diane Keaton: Date of Birth: January 5, 1946 [age 70] at California, USA
Eugene Levy: Date of Birth: December 17, 1946 [age 69] at Ontario, Canada
Sloane Murray
Idris Elba: Date of Birth: September 6, 1972 [age 43] at London, England
Dominic West: Date of Birth: October 15, 1969 [age 46] at Yorkshire, England
Bob Peterson: Date of Birth: January 18, 1961 [age 55] at Ohio, USA
Kate McKinnon: Date of Birth: January 6, 1984 [age 32] at New York, USA
Bill Hader: Date of Birth: June 7, 1978 [age 38] at Oklahoma, USA
Sigourney Weaver: Date of Birth: October 8, 1949 [age 66] at New York, USA
Alexander Gould: Date of Birth: May 4, 1994 [age 22] at California, USA
Torbin Xan Bullock
Andrew Stanton: Date of Birth: December 3, 1965 [age 50] at Massachusetts, USA
Katherie Ringgold
Lucia Geddes
Bennett Dammann
John Ratzenberger: Date of Birth: April 6, 1947 [age 69] at Connecticut, USA
Angus MacLane
Willem Dafoe: Date of Birth: July 22, 1955 [age 60] at Wisconsin, USA
Brad Garrett: Date of Birth: April 14, 1960 [age 56] at California, USA
Allison Janney: Date of Birth: November 19, 1959 [age 56] at Ohio, USA
Austin Pendleton: Date of Birth: March 27, 1940 [age 76] at Ohio, USA
Stephen Root: Date of Birth: November 17, 1951 [age 64] at Florida, USA
Vicki Lewis: Date of Birth: March 17, 1960 [age 56] at Ohio, USA
Jerome Ranft
Moana (2016)
Auli'i Cravalho: Date of Birth: November 22, 2000 [age 16] at Kohala, Hawaii
Dwayne Johnson: Date of Birth: May 2, 1972 [age 44] at California, USA
Rachel House: Date of Birth: October 20, 1971 [age 45] at Auckland, New Zealand
Temuera Morrison: Date of Birth: December 26, 1960 [age 55] at Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Jemaine Clement: Date of Birth: January 10, 1974 [age 42] at Wellington, New Zealand
Nicole Scherzinger: Date of Birth: June 29, 1978 [age 38] at Hawaii, USA
Alan Tudyk: Date of Birth: March 16, 1971 [age 45] at Texas, USA
Oscar Kightley
Troy Polamalu: Date of Birth: April 19, 1981 [age 35] at California, USA
Puanani Cravalho
Louise Bush
Aladdin (1992)
Scott Weinger: Date of Birth: October 5, 1975 [age 17] at New York, USA
Linda Larkin: Date of Birth: March 20, 1970 [age 22] at California, USA
Robin Williams: Date of Birth: July 21, 1951 [age 41] at Illinois, USA
Frank Welker: Date of Birth: March 12, 1946 [age 46] at Colorado, USA
Jonathan Freeman: Date of Birth: February 5, 1950 [age 42] at Ohio, USA
Gilbert Gottfried: Date of Birth: February 28, 1955 [age 37] at New York, USA
Douglas Seale: Date of Birth: October 28, 1913 [age 79] at London, England
Dinosaur (2000)
D.B. Sweeney: Date of Birth: November 14, 1961 [age 38] at New York, USA
Alfre Woodard: Date of Birth: November 8, 1952 [age 47] at Oklahoma, USA
Ossie Davis: Date of Birth: December 18, 1917 [age 82] at Georgia, USA
Max Casella: Date of Birth: June 6, 1967 [age 32] at Washington D.C., USA
Hayden Panettiere: Date of Birth: August 21, 1989 [age 10] at New York, USA
Samuel E. Wright: Date of Birth: November 20, 1946 [age 53] at South Carolina, USA
Julianna Margulies: Date of Birth: June 8, 1966 [age 33] at New York, USA
Joan Plowright: Date of Birth: October 28, 1929 [age 70] at Lincolnshire, England
Della Reese: Date of Birth: July 6, 1931 [age 68] at Michigan, USA
Peter Siragusa
The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
David Spade: Date of Birth: July 22, 1964 [age 36] at Michigan, USA
John Goodman: Date of Birth: June 20, 1952 [age 48] at Missouri, USA
Eartha Kitt: Date of Birth: January 17, 1927 [age 73] at South Carolina, USA
Patrick Warburton: Date of Birth: November 14, 1964 [age 36] at New Jersey, USA
Wendie Malick: Date of Birth: December 13, 1950 [age 50] at New York, USA
Kellyann Kelso
Eli Russell Linnetz: Date of Birth: November 25, 1990 [age 10] at California, USA
WALL-E (2008)
Ben Burtt: Date of Birth: July 12, 1948 [age 59] at New York, USA
Elissa Knight: Date of Birth: April 15, 1975 [age 33] at California, USA
Jeff Garlin: Date of Birth: June 5, 1962 [age 46] at Illinois, USA
Fred Willard: Date of Birth: September 18, 1939 [age 68] at Ohio, USA
MacInTalk: Date of Birth: January 6, 1984 [age 24] at California, USA
John Ratzenberger: Date of Birth: April 6, 1947 [age 61] at Connecticut, USA
Kathy Najimy: Date of Birth: February 6, 1957 [age 51] at California, USA
Sigourney Weaver: Date of Birth: October 8, 1949 [age 58] at New York, USA
Bolt (2008)
John Travolta: Date of Birth: February 18, 1954 [age 54] at New Jersey, USA
Miley Cyrus: Date of Birth: November 23, 1992 [age 15] at Tennessee, USA
Susie Essman: Date of Birth: May 31, 1955 [age 53] at New York, USA
Mark Walton: Date of Birth: October 24, 1968 [age 40] at Utah, USA
Malcolm McDowell: Date of Birth: June 13, 1943 [age 65] at Yorkshire, England
James Lipton: Date of Birth: September 19, 1926 [age 82] at Michigan, USA
Greg Germann: Date of Birth: February 26, 1958 [age 50] at Texas, USA
Diedrich Bader: Date of Birth: December 24, 1966 [age 41] at Virginia, USA
Nick Swardson: Date of Birth: October 9, 1976 [age 32] at Minnesota, USA
J.P. Manoux: Date of Birth: June 8, 1969 [age 39] at California, USA
Dan Fogelman
Kari Wahlgren: Date of Birth: July 13, 1977 [age 31] at Kansas, USA
Chloe Grace Moretz: Date of Birth: February 10, 1997 [age 11] at Georgia, USA
Randy Savage: Date of Birth: November 15, 1952 [age 56] at Ohio, USA
Ronn Moss: Date of Birth: March 4, 1952 [age 56] at California, USA
Grey DeLisle: Date of Birth: August 24, 1973 [age 35] at California, USA
Sean Donnellan
Lino DiSalvo
Todd Cummings
Tim Mertens
Kelly Hoover
Brian Stepanek: Date of Birth: February 6, 1971 [age 37] at Ohio, USA
Jeff Bennett: Date of Birth: October 2, 1962 [age 46] at Texas, USA
Daran Norris: Date of Birth: November 1, 1964 [age 44] at Washington, USA
John DiMaggio: Date of Birth: September 4, 1968 [age 40] at New Jersey, USA
Jenny Lewis: Date of Birth: January 8, 1976 [age 32] at Nevada, USA
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)
Sterling Holloway: Date of Birth: January 4, 1905 [age 63] at Georgia, USA
John Fiedler: Date of Birth: February 3, 1925 [age 43] at Wisconsin, USA
Paul Winchell: Date of Birth: December 21, 1922 [age 45] at New York, USA
Ralph Wright: Date of Birth: May 17, 1908 [age 60] at Oregon, USA
Junius Matthews: Date of Birth: June 12, 1890 [age 78] at Illinois, USA
Hal Smith: Date of Birth: August 24, 1916 [age 52] at Michigan, USA
Barbara Luddy: Date of Birth: May 25, 1908 [age 60] at Montana, USA
Clint Howard: Date of Birth: April 20, 1959 [age 9] at California, USA
Howard Morris: Date of Birth: September 4, 1919 [age 49] at New York, USA
Jon Walmsley: Date of Birth: February 6, 1956 [age 12] at Lancashire, England
Sebastian Cabot: Date of Birth: July 6, 1918 [age 50] at London, England
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Birthday Months + Death Months
Richard Libertini (May 21, 1933 — January 7, 2016) (DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, Fletch, All of Me, Popeye)
David Bowie (January 8, 1947 — January 10, 2016) (Labyrinth, The Prestige)
Brian Bedford (February 16, 1935 — January 13, 2016) (Robin Hood, Nixon, Much Ado About Nothing)
Alan Rickman (February 21, 1946 — January 14, 2016) (Harry Potter, Die Hard, Love Actually)
Joe Alaskey (April 17, 1952 — February 3, 2016) (Looney Tunes, Rugrats, Casper)
Daniel Gerson (August 1, 1966 — February 6, 2016) (Monsters, Inc., Big Hero 6, Chicken Little)
Alethea McGrath (June 1, 1920 — February 9, 2016) (Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Prisoner, Knowing)
George Kennedy (February 18, 1925 — February 28, 2016) (Cool Hand Luke, Cats Don't Dance, The Naked Gun, Airport)
Jack Lindquist (March 15, 1927 — February 28, 2016)
David Smyrl (September 13, 1935 — March 22, 2016) (Sesame Street, The Preacher's Wife, The Cosby Show)
Garry Shandling (November 29, 1949 — March 24, 2016) (The Larry Sanders Show, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Over the Hedge)
Erik Bauersfeld (June 28, 1922 — April 3, 2016) (Star Wars, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Crimson Peak)
Doris Roberts (November 4, 1925 — April 17, 2016) (Everybody Loves Raymond, Remington Steele, Christmas Vacation)
Prince (June 7, 1958 — April 21, 2016)
Alan Young (November 19, 1919 — May 19, 2016) (Mister Ed, The Great Mouse Detective, The Time Machine, DuckTales)
Janet Waldo (February 4, 1920 — June 12, 2016) (The Jetsons, The Flintstones, Wacky Races)
Anton Yelchin (March 11, 1989 — June 19, 2016) (Star Trek, Alpha Dog, Fright Night)
Garry Marshall (November 13, 1934 — July 19, 2016) (Chicken Little, Happy Days, Pretty Woman, Murphy Brown)
Marni Nixon (February 22, 1930 — July 24, 2016) (The King and I, Cinderella, The Sound of Music)
Kenny Baker (August 24, 1934 — August 13, 2016) (Star Wars, Time Bandits, Flash Gordon)
Jack Riley (December 30, 1935 — August 19, 2016) (The Bob Newhart Show, Rugrats, Spaceballs)
Charmian Carr (December 27, 1942 — September 17, 2016) (The Sound of Music)
Gary Dubin (May 5, 1959 — October 8, 2016) (The AristoCats)
Tammy Grimes (January 30, 1934 — October 30, 2016) (The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The Last Unicorn)
Ron Glass (July 10, 1945 — November 25, 2016) (Recess: School's Out)
Bernard Fox (May 11, 1927 — December 14, 2016) (Bewitched, The Rescuers, Titanic, The Rescuers Down Under, The Mummy)
Liz Smith (December 11, 1921 — December 24, 2016) (The Royle Family, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, I Didn't Know You Cared, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
Carrie Fisher (October 21, 1956 — December 27, 2016) (Star Wars, Hannah and Her Sisters)
Debbie Reynolds (April 1, 1932 — December 28, 2016) (Singin' in the Rain, Charlotte's Web, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, Irene)
Tyrus Wong (October 25, 1910 — December 30, 2016) (Bambi)
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2016 – Finding Dory, Zootopia & Tinker Bell's NeverZootropolis Legend, Moana
2011 – Cars 2, Winnie the Pooh & Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue
2005 – Chicken Little
1994 – The Lion King
1988 – Oliver & Company, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1983 – Mickey's Christmas Carol, Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
1977 – The Rescuers, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1966 – Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
1955 – Lady and the Tramp, Disneyland
1949 – The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

1994 – Josh Flitter, Alexander Gould
1988 – Mae Whitman
1983 – Jonah Hill
1977 – Nate Torrence, Jaime Pressly, Shakira, Kari Wahlgren
1966 – Pamela Adlon
1960 – Brad Garrett, Vicki Lewis, Temuera Morrison
1955 – J.K. Simmons, Jesse Corti, Willem Dafoe
1949 – Sigourney Weaver
1938 – Tommy Chong

1966 – Dan Gerson
1949 – Garry Shandling
1932 – Debbie Reynolds
1927 – Jack Lindquist, Bernard Fox
1921 – Liz Smith
1910 – Tyrus Wong
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2015 – Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, Frozen Fever w/ Never Muppetational Pirate
2009 – Up, The Princess and the Frog & Tinker Bell
1998 – Mulan, A Bug's Life
1992 – Aladdin, The Muppet Christmas Carol
1987 – The Brave Little Toaster
1981 – The Fox and the Hound, The Great Muppet Caper
1970 – The AristoCats
1964 – Mary Poppins
1959 – Sleeping Beauty
1953 – Peter Pan
1942 – Bambi, Saludos Amigos

1992 – Chloe Bennet
1987 – Jesse McCartney
1981 – Megan Hilty, Katie Lowes
1970 – Will Arnett, Octavia Spencer, Niecy Nash, Thomas Lennon
1959 – Allison Janney, Joel McNeely

1959 – Gary Dubin
1942 – Charmian Carr
1925 – George Kennedy, Doris Roberts
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2014 – Big Hero 6, Planes: Fire & Rescue
2008 – WALL-E, Bolt
2003 – Finding Nemo, Brother Bear
1997 – Hercules
1986 – The Great Mouse Detective
1969 – Sesame Street
1947 – Fun & Fancy Free
1941 – Dumbo

2008 – Mia Talerico
1997 – Olivia Holt
1980 – Kristen Bell
1975 – Raymond S. Persi, Kaitlin Olson
1969 – Jason Bateman, Dominic West
1958 – Tom Lister, Maurice LaMarche, Ellen DeGeneres
1947 – Albert Brooks, John Ratzenberger

1958 – Prince
1952 – Joe Alaskey
1947 – David Bowie
1930 – Marni Nixon
1919 – Alan Young
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2013 – Monsters University, Frozen & Muppets & Fairies' Wintery Secret, Planes
2002 – Lilo & Stitch, Treasure Planet
1996 – The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Muppet Treasure Island
1991 – Beauty and the Beast
1985 – The Black Cauldron
1974 – Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
1968 – Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
1963 – The Sword in the Stone
1946 – Make Mine Music, Song of the South
1940 – Pinocchio, Fantasia

1985 – Raven Symoné
1974 – Jemaine Clement
1968 – Lucy Liu, John DiMaggio, Byron Howard
1963 – Rich Moore, John Powell
1946 – Ed O'Neill, Eugene Levy, Diane Keaton
1940 – Austin Pendleton

1946 – Alan Rickman, John Hostetter
1935 – Brian Bedford, David Smyrl, Jack Riley
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2012 – Brave, Wreck-It Ralph, Tangled Ever After w/ The Pixie Olympics
2007 – Meet the Robinsons, Ratatouille, Enchanted
2001 – Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Monsters, Inc.
1990 – The Rescuers Down Under, DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
1984 – The Muppets Take Manhattan
1979 – The Muppet Movie
1943 – Robin Hood
1951 – Alice in Wonderland
1945 – The Three Caballeros

1984 – Kate McKinnon
1979 – Rosario Dawson
1973 – Grey DeLisle
1962 – Jim Carrey, Steve Carell
1956 – Don Lake
1951 – Anjelica Huston, Stephen Root

1956 – Carrie Fisher
1945 – Ron Glass
1934 – Garry Marshall, Kenny Baker, Tammy Grimes
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2010 – Toy Story 3, Tangled & Muppets & Fairies Treasure Autumn
2004 – Home on the Range, The Incredibles
1999 – Tarzan, Toy Story 2
1993 – The Nightmare Before Christmas
1982 – TRON
1976 – The Muppet Show
1971 – Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Walt Disney World
1965 – The Sound of Music
1954 – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1948 – Melody Time
1943 – Saludos Amigos
1937 – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

2004 – Hayden Rolence
1982 – Jenny Slate, Seth Rogen
1976 – Isla Fisher, Dan Fogler
1971 – Amy Poehler, Alan Tudyk, Torbin Xan Bullock, Rachel House
1965 – Andrew Stanton

1920 – Alethea McGrath, Janet Waldo
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2006 – Cars
2000 – Dinosaur, The Emperor's New Groove
1995 – Pocahontas, Toy Story
1989 – The Little Mermaid
1978 – The Small One
1967 – The Jungle Book
1961 – 101 Dalmatians
1950 – Cinderella
1944 – The Three Caballeros
1939 – The Wizard of Oz

2000 – Auli'i Cravlho
1978 – Ginnifer Goodwin, Danai Gurira, Josh Dallas, Bill Hader, Nicole Scherzinger
1972 – Idris Elba, Dwayne Johnson
1967 – Kath Soucie, Ty Burrell, Michael Giacchino
1961 – Bonnie Hunt, Bob Peterson
1933 – Carol Burnett, Charles Osgood

1989 – Anton Yelchin
1933 – Richard Libertini
1922 – Erik Bauersfeld
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Zootopia
100+ matches: Judy Hopps, Fawn, Horton, Nick Wilde, Gruff, Mayor McDodd
69 matches: Sour Kangaroo
61 matches: Tinker Bell
55 matches: Nyx
54 matches: Chief Bogo
48 matches: Narrator
43 matches: Stu Hopps
42 matches: Bellwether
35 matches: Bonnie Hopps
33 matches: Rosetta
30 matches: Vlad Vladikoff
29 matches: Morton
26 matches: Flash
23 matches: Clawhauser
22 matches: Sally McDodd
21 matches: Young Hopps
20 matches: Mayor Lionheart
19 matches: Silvermist, Iridessa, Councilman
15 matches: Mr. Big, Gideon Grey
14 matches: Dr. Larue
13 matches: Vidia, Yax, Duke Weaselton
11 matches: Rudy, Queen Clarion, Gazelle
10 matches: Yummo Wickersham, Scribble
9 matches: Mrs. Otterton, Drill Instructor, Pronk Oryx-Antlerson
8 matches: Tommy, Fury
7 matches: Miss Yelp, Fru Fru, Bucky Kudu-Antlerson
6 matches: Mrs. Quilligan, Jerry Jumbeaux Jr., Doug, Jessica, Katie
5 matches: Buck, Morgan, Badger Doctor, Nangi, Young Wilde, Robin, Dentist
4 matches: JoJo, Finnick, Mr. Manchas
3 matches: Chase, Frantic Pig
2 matches: Peter Moosebridge
1 match: Priscilla, Landlady, Mouse Foreman
no matches: Mr. Otterton

32 matches: Judy Hopps
23 matches: Narrator
21 matches: Nick Wilde, Horton
17 matches: Mayor
14 matches: Fawn
9 matches: Tinker Bell, Stu Hopps
8 matches: Kangaroo, Pronk Oryx-Antlerson
7 matches: Chief Bogo
6 matches: Bellwether, Bonnie Hopps, Rosetta, Bucky Kudu-Antlerson
5 matches: Sally McDodd, Gazelle, Drill Sergeant
4 matches: Clawhauser, Silvermist, Iridessa
3 matches: Nyx, Vlad, Flash, Mayor Lionheart, Mr. Big, Gideon Grey, Female Press Animal, Fairy 1, Fairy 2
2 matches: Morton, Young Hopps, Dr. Mary Lou Larue, Yax, Rudy, Scribble, Tommy, Doug, Jessica, Jesse, Mean Kid Animal, Junior Ranger Scout 2, Male Press Animal, Sparrowman 1
1 match: Vidia, Yummo Wickersham, Mrs. Otterton, Fury, Miss Yelp, Mrs. Quilligan, Katie, Badger Doctor, Dentist, Mr. Manchas, Chase, Finnick, Prologue Narrator, Hooly, Hildy, Hanna, Travis, Raymond, Young Female Hopps Fan, Male Photographer, Male Stationmaster, Young Female Bunny 1, Young Female Bunny 2, Cotton, Wolf, Angry Driver, Bystander, Photographer, Junior Ranger Scout 1, Male Press Beaver, Sheep Reporter, Rabbit Reporter, Healing Fairy, Sparrowman, Who 1, Who 2, Who 3, Wickersham 1, Wickersham 2
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Beauty and the Beast
100+ matches: Belle
79 matches: Beast
67 matches: Lumiere
66 matches: Gaston, Maurice
60 matches: Cogsworth
43 matches: Mrs. Potts
35 matches: Lefou
24 matches: Chip
7 matches: Featherduster
6 matches: Wardrobe, Bookseller
5 matches: Monsieur D'Arque
3 matches: Bimbettes
1 match: Stove, Baker

7 matches: Belle
6 matches: Cogsworth, Maurice
5 matches: Gaston
4 matches: Lumiere, Mrs. Potts
2 matches: Beast
1 match: Lefou, Monsieur D'Arque, Featherduster, Narrator
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Finding Dory
100+ matches: Dory, Marlin, Hank
84 matches: Destiny
72 matches: Nemo
66 matches: Bailey
58 matches: Charlie
55 matches: Jenny
38 matches: Young Dory
34 matches: Fluke
25 matches: Rudder
23 matches: Mr. Ray
19 matches: Wife Fish
18 matches: Stan
13 matches: Sigourney Weaver
10 matches: Passenger Carl
7 matches: Crush
5 matches: Chicken Fish
3 matches: Tween Dory, Gill
2 matches: Squirt, Bill, Sunfish, Bloat
1 match: Peach, Gurgle, Deb, Jacques

23 matches: Dory
22 matches: Marlin
13 matches: Nemo
10 matches: Hank
8 matches: Sigourney Weaver
7 matches: Baby Dory
4 matches: Destiny, Jenny, Mr. Ray
2 matches: Bailey, Charlie, Fluke, Stan, Crush, Bloat, Daisy
1 match: Rudder, Squirt, Passenger Carl, Gill, Peach, Gurgle, Jacques, Female Crab
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Sausage Party
22 matches: Frank
16 matches: Brenda
7 matches: Gum
6 matches: Barry, Douche
5 matches: Carl, Lavash, Sammy
4 matches: Firewater
3 matches: Mr. Grits
2 matches: Teresa, Druggie, Juice Box
1 match: Darren, Honey Mustard, Troy, Twink, Pizza, Toilet Paper, Popped Cherry Mixer, Chicken Noodle Soup, Grape, Apple, Beer 1, Beer 2, Irish Potato, Queso, Loretta, Bun 1, Bun 2, Cabbage, Bread, Hot Dog, Coconut Milk
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Cast

• Auli'i Cravalho as Moana Waialiki, the sixteen-year-old daughter of village chief Tui who is chosen by the ocean to restore the heart of Te Fiti.
• Dwayne Johnson as Maui, a legendary shapeshifting demigod who sets off with Moana on her journey.
• Rachel House as Gramma Tala Waialiki, Moana's grandmother. Like Moana, Tala shares a passion for the ocean.
• Temuera Morrison as Chief Tui Waialiki, Moana's overprotective father and chief of Motunui Island.
• Jemaine Clement as Tamatoa, a giant treasure-hoarding coconut crab from Lalotai, the Realm of Monsters.
• Nicole Scherzinger as Sina Waialiki, Moana's mother and Tui's wife.
• Alan Tudyk as Heihei, Moana's pet rooster, described by director Ron Clements as "the dumbest character in the history of Disney animation." Tudyk also provided the voice of a character credited as Villager #3
• Louise Bush as a young Moana
• Oscar Kightley as Fisherman
• Troy Polamalu as Villager #1
• Christopher Jackson as Tui's singing voice
• The voice of Pua, Moana's pet pig, is provided by the use of several pigs.

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Production
After directing The Princess and the Frog (2009), Clements and Musker started working on an adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Mort,[17] but problems with acquiring the necessary film rights prevented them from continuing with that project. To avoid a recurrence of that issue, they pitched three original ideas.[18] The genesis of one of those ideas (the one that was ultimately green-lighted) occurred in 2011, when Musker began reading up on Polynesian mythology, and learned of the heroic exploits of the demigod Maui. Intrigued with the rich culture of Polynesia, he felt it would be a suitable subject for an animated film. Shortly thereafter, Musker and Clements wrote a treatment and pitched it to John Lasseter, who recommended that both of them should go on research trips.[19][20] Accordingly, in 2012, Clements and Musker went on research trips to Fiji, Samoa, and Tahiti to meet the people of the South Pacific Ocean and learn about their culture.[8] At first, they had planned to make the film entirely about Maui, but their initial research trips inspired Clements to pitch a new idea focused on the young daughter of a chief.[21] They were fascinated to learn during their research that the people of Polynesia abruptly stopped making long-distance voyages about three thousand years ago, then resumed voyaging again a thousand years later, and no one really knows why.[22] They set the film at the end of that era, about two thousand years ago, on a fictional island in the central Pacific Ocean, which drew inspiration from elements of the real-life island nations of Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga.[22]
Over the five years it took to develop and produce the film, Clements and Musker recruited experts from across the South Pacific to form an Oceanic Story Trust, who consulted on the film's cultural accuracy and sensitivity as the story evolved through nine versions.[23] The Trust responded negatively, for example, to a depiction of Maui as bald, and to a proposed scene in which Moana threw a tantrum by throwing coconuts.[21] In response, Maui was reworked with long hair and the coconut scene was scrapped.[21]

Writing
Taika Waititi wrote the initial screenplay.[24] The first draft focused on Moana as the sole daughter in a family with "five or six brothers,"[25] in which gender played into the story. However, the brothers and gender-based theme were deleted from the story, as the directors thought Moana's journey should be about finding herself.[20] A subsequent draft presented Moana's father as the one who wanted to resume navigation, but it was rewritten to have him oppose navigation so he would not overshadow Moana.[20] Instead, Pamela Ribon came up with the idea of a grandmother character for the film,[26] who would serve as a mentor linking Moana to ancient traditions.[25] Another version focused on Moana rescuing her father, who had been lost at sea.[9] The film's story changed drastically during the development phase (which happens with most Disney films), and that idea ultimately survived only as a subtle element of the father's backstory.[9] Aaron and Jordan Kandell joined the project during a critical period to help deepen the emotional story architecture of the film. They are credited with developing the core relationship between Moana and Maui, the prologue, the Cave of the Wayfinders, the Kakamora, and the collector crab Tamatoa (played by Jemaine Clement).[27] Jared Bush received sole credit as the writer of the final version of the screenplay.
Like most Disney and Pixar animated films, several major story problems were identified in 2015 only after the film had already transitioned from development into production, but computer-generated films tend to have much shorter production schedules and much larger animation teams (in this case, about 90 animators) than traditionally-animated films.[9] Since Clements and Musker were already working 12-hour days (and Saturdays) directing such a large team of animators, Hall and Williams (who had just finished directing Big Hero 6) came onboard as co-directors to help fix the film's story issues.[9] The scene in which Maui and Moana encounter the Kakamora is an intentional homage to Mad Max: Fury Road.[9]

Casting
After the filmmakers sat through auditions of hundreds of candidates from across the Pacific,[8] 14-year-old high school freshman Auli'i Cravalho was cast as the lead character Moana.[28][29] At that point in time, the design of Moana's face and personality was already complete, and Cravalho's obvious physical resemblance to her character was simply a coincidence.[30] During animation production, Disney animators were able to integrate some of Cravalho's mannerisms into Moana's behavior as depicted onscreen.[30]
Despite appearing in four consecutive Walt Disney Animation Studios films starting with Wreck-It Ralph, Alan Tudyk was not originally offered a role due to the filmmakers' preference for actors of South Pacific background. The majority of the film's cast members are of Polynesian descent: Cravalho and Scherzinger were born in Hawaii and are of Native Hawaiian heritage; Johnson, Kightley and Polamalau are of Samoan heritage; and New Zealand-born House, Morrison and Clement are of Māori heritage. However, after script changes, Tudyk was later offered the bit part of Heihei and recorded his audio in less than half a day.[31]

Animation
Moana is Clements and Musker's first fully computer-animated film.[8][32] One of the reasons for using computer animation was that the environment, including the ocean, benefited much more from the use of CGI as opposed to traditional animation.[33] The filmmakers have also suggested that three-dimensional computer animation is well-suited to the "beautiful sculpturing" of the faces of the people of the South Pacific.[34] Eric Goldberg worked on the hand-drawn animation used to depict Maui's sentient tattoos.[35][36] During early development, the filmmakers considered the possibility of making the film with hand-drawn traditional animation, but only a few early animation tests were made in that style. In the final cut, only Maui's tattoos are hand-drawn.[37]
Moana was produced in makeshift quarters in a giant warehouse in North Hollywood (together with Zootopia), while Disney Animation's headquarters building in Burbank was being renovated.[38] Musker observed that Moana was similar in that respect to The Little Mermaid, which was produced in a warehouse in Glendale.[38] Production wrapped on October 20, 2016.
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Music and soundtrack
The film's soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on November 18, 2016. The songs were written by Opetaia Foa'i, Mark Mancina, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, while the score was written by Mancina.[39][40] The lyrics are in English, Samoan and the Tokelauan language.[41] The soundtrack peaked at number two on the Billboard 200.
Tracks
Tulou Tagaloa – Olivia Foa'i
An Innocent Warrior – Vai Mahina, Sulata Foai-Amiatu & Matthew Ineleo
Where You Are – Christopher Jackson, Rachel House, Nicole Scherzinger, Auli'i Cravalho & Louise Bush
How Far I'll Go – Cravalho
We Know the Way – Opetaia Foa'i & Lin-Manuel Miranda
How Far I'll Go (Reprise) – Cravalho
You're Welcome – Dwayne Johnson
Shiny – Jemaine Clement
Logo Te Pate – O. Foa'i, Op. Foa'i & Talaga Steve Sale
I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors) – House & Cravalho
Know Who You Are – Cravalho, Mahina, O. Foa'i, Op. Foa'i & Ineleo
We Know the Way (Finale) – Miranda & Op. Foa'i
How Far I'll Go – Alessia Cara
You're Welcome – Jordan Fisher (produced by Illmind) (featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda)
Prologue
He Was You
Village Crazy Lady
Cavern
The Ocean Chose You
The Hook
Tala's Deathbed
Battle of Wills
Kakamora
Wayfinding
Climbing
Tamatoa's Lair
Great Escape
If I Were the Ocean
Te Ka Attacks
Maui Leaves
Heartache
Tala Returns
Sails to Te Fiti
Shiny Heart
Te Fiti Restored
Hand of a God
Voyager Tagaloa
Toe Feiloa'i
Navigating Home
The Return to Voyaging
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Release
On October 20, 2014, Walt Disney Pictures announced that it would be releasing the film in late 2016,[43] and hinted that it might be the November 23, 2016 release window previously announced by the studio in March 2014 for a then-untitled film.[44] In November 2014, Disney confirmed that it would be releasing the film on November 23, 2016.[45] The film is accompanied by the short film, Inner Workings.[46] The film's world premiere was held at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 14, 2016.[47]
The picture will be titled Vaiana in many European countries following a trademark conflict.[48] The picture will be titled Oceania in Italy, while the name of the protagonist will be Vaiana in lieu of Moana, presumably to avoid confusion with an Italian porn star named Moana Pozzi.[49]
On October 25, 2016, at a press conference in Papeete, it was announced that the film will be the first motion picture to be fully dubbed in the Tahitian language.[50] This marks the third time Disney has released a special dubbing dedicated to the culture which inspired the film: the first case was The Lion King (1994), for which the directors travelled to South Africa to cast voice actors for a Zulu-dubbed version;[51] and the second case was Mulan (1998), which was the first Disney film to have a Mandarin Chinese dubbing made in China, separate from and independent of the version released in Taiwan.[52]
In India, popular music composer Bappi Lahiri (who is known to be India's "gold-man") voiced the character of Tamatoa in the Hindi-dubbed version of the film; mostly because in reality, he too, similar to Tamatoa, has an immense love and fondness for gold.[53][54] In Russia, Tamatoa was voiced by a popular singer Ilya Lagutenko, who performed Tamatoa's song with his distinctive soft "meowing" intonations.[55]
On January 27, 2017, a sing-along version of Moana was released in more than 2,000 theaters in the United States, featuring on-screen lyrics.[56]
Marketing
On October 15, 2016, Hawaiian Airlines unveiled their Moana-themed livery for three of their Airbus A330-200 fleet.
Home media
Moana will be released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Blu-ray (2D and 3D) and DVD in the United States on March 7, 2017, with a digital release on February 21. The releases will include the short film, Inner Workings. The Blu-ray release will also introduce a short film featuring Maui and Moana, titled Gone Fishing.[58]
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Reception
Box office Edit
As of February 5, 2017, Moana has grossed $242.1 million in the U.S. and Canada and $312.8 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $554.9 million, against a budget of $150 million.[6][7] On January 22, 2017, the film reached the $500 million mark, becoming the fourth consecutive Walt Disney Animation Studios film to reach the milestone after Frozen (2013), Big Hero 6 (2014), and Zootopia (2016).[59]
The film's opening was considered to be a success (and another animated success) for the studio after Zootopia and Pixar's Finding Dory posted huge openings, respectively, the same year in March and June.[71]
Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 95% based on 216 reviews and an average rating of 7.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "With a title character as three-dimensional as its lush animation and a story that adds fresh depth to Disney's time-tested formula, Moana is truly a family-friendly adventure for the ages."[87] On Metacritic, the film holds a normalized score of 81 out of 100 based on 44 critics, indicating "universal acclaim."[88] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on a scale ranging from A to F.[89]
Rating
The film was rated PG: "Parental Guidance Suggested." (for peril, some scary images and brief thematic elements) by the Motion Picture Association of America.
Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.
Criticism
Conversely, the film has received some criticism, primarily from the Oceanic region. Brigham Young University–Hawaii sociocultural anthropologist Tēvita 'Ō. Kaʻili stated that "despite its important girl-power message, the film had a major flaw. It lacked symmetry by its omission of a heroic goddess. Disney resorted to reducing the mighty god Maui to a one-dimensional, selfish, borderline abusive, buffoon to foreground the strength of the movie’s protagonist Moana."[95] He went on to explain that, "the omission of a goddess-heroine is significant because Polynesia is a culture with a vast pantheon of powerful heroic goddesses. Hina, a companion goddess to the god Maui, was nowhere to be found in Disneyʼs imagineering of Moana."[95] The Fiji Times newspaper journalist Ana Madigibuli reported that Disney may have used the Korova Camakau without permission of the Korova community."[96] New Zealand poet Karlo Mila took issue with the depiction of Maui in the film, declaring him to be Disney's version of Shrek.[97] The film has also been criticized for perpetuating stereotypes of Polynesians by depicting Maui as overweight.[98]
A costume made to tie in with the film was pulled by Disney from its online store following complaints about it being culturally insensitive[99] and for appearing to promote brownface.[100]