Mulan [Includes Digital Copy] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray]

Overview

Inspired by a familiar Chinese folk tale, this $90 million animated Disney drama follows the adventures of a young woman in ancient China. Character animator Tony Bancroft and 17-year Disney veteran Barry Cook (Captain EO, Tron, Trail Mix-Up) formed the directing team with production design by Hans Bacher (Balto), and work on the film began 2 January 1995 under the working title The Legend of Mulan. While the merciless Shan-Yu (Miguel Ferrer) leads invading Huns over the Great Wall, young Mulan (Ming-Na Wen, with singing by Lea Salonga) sees a matchmaker about her matrimonial future. Mulan's views on accepted marriage traditions prompt the ballad, "Reflection," as she hopes for a recognition of her true self. To repel the Huns, a man from each family is required to join the Imperial Army. When Mulan's elderly father Fa Zhou (Soon-Tek Oh) volunteers, she objects. He warns, "I know my place. It is time you learned yours." Mulan, however, cuts her hair, dresses as a man, and is ready for military camp, prompting the concern of her First Ancestor (George Takei), who converts an inanimate incense burner into the 18-inch high comedic dragon Mushu (Eddie Murphy). With Mushu hidden in her clothing, she joins a group of raw recruits under the command of Captain Shang (B.D. Wong, singing by Donny Osmond). During an ambush by the Huns in a mountain pass, Mulan steps in to turn defeat into a victory. Mulan was the first Disney feature from the company's 200,000-square-foot Orlando facility (now known as Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida).

Product Details

Release Date:	11/10/2020
UPC:	0786936864458
Original Release:	1998
Source:	Walt Disney Video
Language:	English
Format:	Blu-ray
Sales rank:	4,473

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ming-Na Wen	Mulan
Eddie Murphy	Mushu
Lea Salonga	Mulan (singing)
B.D. Wong	Capt. Li Shang
Donny Osmond	Capt. Li Shang (singing)
Harvey Fierstein	Yao
Jerry Tondo	Chien-Po
Gedde Watanabe	Ling
James Hong	Chi Fu
Pat Morita	Emperor
June Foray	Grandmother Fa
Matthew Wilder	Ling (singing),Composer
Marni Nixon	Actor
Cosma Shiva Hagen	Voices
Caroline Vasicek	Voices
Otto Waalkes	Voices
Hannes Jaenicke	Voices
Thomas Piper	Voices
Wilfried Herbst	Voices
Markus Majowski	Voices
Sebastian Krumbiegel	Voices
Miguel Ferrer	Shan-Yu
Soon-Teck Oh	Fa Zhou
Freda Shen	Fa Li
Miriam Margolyes	Grandmother Fa (singing)
James Shigeta	General Li
Jim Cummings	Khan
George Takei	Voices
Jerry Goldsmith	Composer

Technical Credits

Rita Hsiao

Chris Sanders

Philip LaZebnik

Raymond Singer

Eugenia Bostwick-Singer

Barry Cook	Director
Tony Bancroft	Director
Rita Hsiao	Screenwriter
Chris Sanders	Screenwriter
Philip LaZebnik	Screenwriter
Raymond Singer	Screenwriter
Eugenia Bostwick-Singer	Screenwriter
Pam Coats	Producer
Ruth Lambert	Casting
Lon E. Bender	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Introduction ix

My Half: Kind Candor xvi

Part I The Emotional Ingredients 1

Gratitude 3

Self-Awareness 11

Accountability 17

Optimism 23

Empathy 27

Kindness 33

Tenacity 39

Curiosity 45

Patience 51

Conviction 55

Humility 59

Ambition 65

Part II Real-Life Scenarios 69

Part III Exercises 175

Conclusion 191

The inspiration Behind This Book 195

Acknowledgments 197

Notes 199

Editorial Reviews

Beginning with The Lion King and Pocahontas, Disney's feature animation efforts took on a more ethnically diverse tone in the late 1990s. As a result, the studio that had once specialized in white-bread Americana took on a more global viewpoint. Mulan was another example of this trend, using mostly Asian voices and a diverse group of production talents in the service of a lavish adaptation of a traditional Chinese folk tale. Centering on a young girl who disguises herself as a man and joins the Army in order to save her family's honor, the film is a feminist statement -- which is in keeping with the 1990s Disney trend of stronger female protagonists. The score by Jerry Goldsmith and songs by Matthew Wilder and David Zippel add some lightness to an unusually mirthless Disney drama. Comedian Eddie Murphy is one of the few big-name talents in the production; Ming-Na Wen's strong but compassionate voice carries the bulk of the film.

07/29/2019

Arnold’s debut is a lyrical but long-winded portrayal of a woman reckoning with the disappointments of her life. Ash passes her days swimming at a deserted lake with her seven-year-old daughter, Charlie. When she senses Charlie grow distant as she gets older, Ash commits an unforgivable act while trying to reconnect. This sets in motion the crumbling of Ash’s emotional world, revealing memories of an affair with her yoga instructor, a capricious bisexual woman, and a complicated relationship with her father. Ash slips into a depression that confines her to bed, forcing her husband into the arms of a family friend who comes by to care for Charlie. The narrator’s idiosyncratic, troubled personality is expressed through her obsessive interest in sounds and words. During her first date with her husband, she tells him that she collects words, stating that “finding the right word is like finding a pebble on a whole beach of pebbles.” Arnold uses language like a set of dominoes, connecting endings of sentences to beginnings with sounds and phrases to create an artful tumble of prose. However, the novel’s high style comes at the price of momentum, and it becomes opaque to the point of being inaccessible. With very little plot, Arnold’s novel asks questions of profound moral consequence that get lost in the fogginess of its narrator. (July)

Publishers Weekly

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