It received nominations for several awards, including for Best Original Song (" Journey to the Past") and Best Original Musical or Comedy Score at the 70th Academy Awards. Anastasia grossed $140 million worldwide, making it the most profitable film from Bluth and Fox Animation Studios. Critics praised the animation, voice performances, and soundtrack, though it attracted criticism from some historians for entertaining such a retelling of the Grand Duchess. Unlike those treatments, this version adds a magically-empowered Grigori Rasputin as the main antagonist.Īnastasia premiered in New York City on November 14, 1997, and was released theatrically in the United States on November 21. Based on the legend of Grand Duchess Anastasia, the film follows an eighteen-year-old amnesiac Anastasia "Anya" Romanov who, hoping to find some trace of her deceased family, sides with two con men who wish to take advantage of her likeness to the Grand Duchess thus the film shares its plot with Fox's prior film from 1956, which, in turn, was based on the 1954 play of the same name by Marcelle Maurette. Directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman it stars Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Hank Azaria, Christopher Lloyd, Bernadette Peters, Kirsten Dunst, and Angela Lansbury. Anastasia is a 1997 American animated musical alternate history film produced by Fox Animation Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox.
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