The Little Mermaid - videos, teasers and stills from filming
All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "The Little Mermaid"
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Timing:
1:23 (83 min)
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![Watch film The Little Mermaid | La Sirenetta - Trailer Italiano (1989) [Coming Soon Television Rip]](/amdb/images/posters/z/7/the-little-mermaid-1989-QUka8.webp)
What's left behind the scenes
- Upon its release, the film was a record holder for the use of various animation effects. 1,000 different colors and 1,100 backgrounds were used. In total, the artists created over 1 million drawings.
- The director insisted that each air bubble be drawn by hand, and there were over 1 million of them, requiring a large number of animators and artists. For this, Disney turned to an animation studio in Beijing (China).
- Another innovation of the time was used: live actors were filmed to assist the animators.
- Sebastian the crab's full name is Horatio Thelonious Ignatius Crustaceous Sebastian.
- The cartoon was adapted into a Broadway musical in 2007.
- Characters from the cartoon were used in a campaign by the National Maritime Heritage Foundation (NMSF) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to raise awareness about the negative technological and anthropogenic impact on the world's ocean ecosystem.
- The cartoon set an absolute record for sales among collectible 'platinum' editions.
- The cartoon is based on a work by Hans Christian Andersen.
- The cartoon 'The Little Mermaid' was originally planned to be one of a series of short animated films from the 'Silly Symphonies' series, using vignettes from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales.
- Production of the film began in the late 1930s, immediately after the release of 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', but was soon suspended due to the creation of another Disney cartoon based on Andersen's fairy tale 'The Ugly Duckling' (1939).
- Digital technology was used for the first time in the wedding scene that concludes the film.
- The scene stating that Ursula is Ariel's aunt was cut.
- The name of the girl Ursula transformed into is Vanessa.
- In the cartoon, you can spot Goofy (3:30 – in the bottom left corner, among the crowd), with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck standing next to him.
- In the cave scene with Ariel's collection, Sebastian is sometimes inside a thimble and sometimes without it.
- Ariel's appearance was modeled after Alyssa Milano, and Ursula's look was inspired by drag queen Divine.
- Upon its release, the film was a record holder for the use of various animation effects. 1000 different colors and 1100 backgrounds were used. In total, the artists created over 1 million drawings.
- Digital technology was used for the first time in the final scene.
- The director insisted that each of the 1 million air bubbles be drawn by hand, forcing Disney to turn to an animation studio in Beijing.
- The full name of Sebastian the crab is Horatio Thelonious Ignatius Crustaceous Sebastian.
- The cartoon was adapted into a musical in 2007.
- The cartoon was originally planned to be a short film in the 'Silly Symphonies' series.
- Production of the film began in the late 1930s, immediately after the release of 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', but was soon suspended due to the creation of another Disney cartoon based on Andersen's fairy tale 'The Ugly Duckling'.
- It was planned that the cartoon would be a short film from the 'Silly Symphonies' series.
- Production of the film began in the late 1930s, immediately after the release of 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', but was soon suspended due to the creation of another Disney cartoon based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale 'The Ugly Duckling'.
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