Anastasia

Lynn + Stephen wrote the song score for Twentieth Century Fox’s beloved animated feature film, starring (same list of names). Set in the colorful worlds of post-Revolutionary Russia and Paris in the 20’s, ANASTASIA is a romantic adventure about a girl who may or may not be the long-lost daughter of the Tsar.

Adapted for the Broadway stage by Lynn + Stephen with Terrence McNally.  (See THEATER.)

TWO ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS for BEST SONG and BEST SCORE

TWO GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS for Best Song

Release Date: 21 November 1997 (USA)

“Emotionally gripping! Haunting melodies.”

-USA Today

“One of the season’s loveliest big-screen romances.”

-San Francisco Chronicle

“Easily the best non-Disney animated movie in recent memory, good enough to rival such titles as ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Aladdin.'”

-Reelviews.com

“Two Thumbs Up!”

-Siskel and Ebert

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More ANASTASIA content at #anastasia on YouTube!

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Vocal Selections

Credits

Music director, Eric Stern
Songs orchestrated by Doug Besterman and William David Brohn
Songs conducted by Ted Sperling, Lucas Richman,  and Eric Stern
Vocal arrangements by Stephen Flaherty

Anastasia (1997) Animation, Adventure, Drama | 94min | 21 November 1997 (USA) 7.2
Director: Don Bluth, Gary GoldmanWriter: Susan Gauthier, Bruce GrahamStars: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Christopher LloydSummary: The daughter of the last Russian Czar, Nicolas II (Rick Jones), Anastasia (Meg Ryan) is found by two Russian con men, Dimitri (John Cusack) and Vladimir (Kelsey Grammer), who seek the reward that her grandmother, the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna (Dame Angela Lansbury), promised to the ones who'll find her. But the evil mystic of the Czar family, Grigori Rasputin (Christopher Lloyd), still wants the Romanov family to be destroyed forever.

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Cast

Meg Ryan
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Anastasia (voice)
John Cusack
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Dimitri (voice)
Kelsey Grammer
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Vladimir (voice)
Christopher Lloyd
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Rasputin (voice)
Hank Azaria
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Bartok (voice)
Bernadette Peters
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Sophie (voice)
Kirsten Dunst
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Young Anastasia (voice)
Angela Lansbury
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The Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
Rick Jones
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Czar Nicholas / Servant / Revolutionary Soldier / Ticket Agent (voice)
Andrea Martin
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Phlegmenkoff / Old Woman (voice)
Glenn Walker Harris Jr.
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Young Dimitri (voice)
Debra Mooney
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Actress (voice)
Arthur Malet
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Travelling Man / Major Domo (voice)
Charity James
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Anastasia Impostor (voice)
Liz Callaway
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Anastasia (singing voice)

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Countries: USALanguages: English, Russian, FrenchBudget: $50,000,000 (estimated)
Source: imdb.com