The Little Mermaid

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American film Disney animated film animated feature film fantasy film musical film

The Little Mermaid is a beloved 1989 animated musical fantasy film that revitalized Disney animation with its fairy-tale romance, memorable songs, and vibrant undersea world.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
The Little Mermaid (1989 film) 3
The Little Mermaid (1989 film) score and songs 1
The Little Mermaid (2023 film) 1
The Little Mermaid (musical) 1
The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel's Undersea Adventure 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
Disney animated film ⓘ
animated feature film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
academyAward Best Original Score ⓘ
Best Original Song ⓘ
academyAwardWinningSong Under the Sea ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Hans Christian Andersen ⓘ
basedOn fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" ⓘ
surface form: The Little Mermaid (fairy tale)
boxOfficeSuccess true ⓘ
characterVoiced Ariel ⓘ
Flounder ⓘ
King Triton ⓘ
Prince Eric ⓘ
Sebastian ⓘ
Ursula ⓘ
composer Alan Menken ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director John Musker ⓘ
Ron Clements ⓘ
distributor Walt Disney Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea ⓘ
genre animated musical ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
romance ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Little Mermaid (2023 live-action film) ⓘ
Voyage of the Little Mermaid ⓘ
surface form: The Little Mermaid (Broadway musical)
influenced revival of Disney animated musicals ⓘ
lyricist Howard Ashman ⓘ
mainCharacter Ariel ⓘ
Flounder ⓘ
King Triton ⓘ
Prince Eric ⓘ
Sebastian ⓘ
Ursula ⓘ
notableSong Kiss the Girl ⓘ
Part of Your World ⓘ
Under the Sea ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Disney Renaissance ⓘ
producer Howard Ashman ⓘ
John Musker ⓘ
Ron Clements ⓘ
productionCompany Walt Disney Animation Studios ⓘ
surface form: Walt Disney Feature Animation
ratingMPAA G ⓘ
releaseDate 1989-11-17 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 83 ⓘ
screenwriter Hans Christian Andersen ⓘ
John Musker ⓘ
Ron Clements ⓘ
setting underwater kingdom of Atlantica ⓘ
voiceActor Christopher Daniel Barnes ⓘ
Jason Marin ⓘ
Jodi Benson ⓘ
Kenneth Mars ⓘ
Pat Carroll ⓘ
Samuel E. Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Rene Auberjonois → appearedIn → The Little Mermaid ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Little Mermaid (1989 film)
this entity surface form: The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel's Undersea Adventure
Disney Princess franchise → hasPart → The Little Mermaid ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Little Mermaid (1989 film)
Alan Menken → notableWork → The Little Mermaid ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Little Mermaid (1989 film) score and songs
Disney Theatrical Group → notableWork → The Little Mermaid ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Little Mermaid (musical)
Howard Ashman → notableWork → The Little Mermaid ⓘ
Rene Auberjonois → notableWork → The Little Mermaid ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Little Mermaid (1989 film)
Walt Disney Animation Studios → notableWork → The Little Mermaid ⓘ
Walt Disney Pictures → producedFilm → The Little Mermaid ⓘ
Walt Disney Pictures → producedFilm → The Little Mermaid ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Little Mermaid (2023 film)