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Promotional poster by John Alvin
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Barry Cook Tony Bancroft |
Produced by | Pam Coats |
Screenplay by | Rita Hsiao Philip LaZebnik Chris Sanders Eugenia Bostwick-Singer Raymond Singer |
Story by | Robert D. San Souci |
Based on | The Chinese legend of Hua Mulan |
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Edited by | Michael Kelly |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $90 million |
Box office | $304.3 million |
Mulan is a 1998 American animated musical action-comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan. Disney's 36th animated feature, it was directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook, with story by Robert D. San Souci and screenplay by Rita Hsiao, Philip LaZebnik, Chris Sanders, Eugenia Bostwick-Singer, and Raymond Singer. Ming-Na, Eddie Murphy, Miguel Ferrer and B. D. Wong star in the English version, while Jackie Chan provided the voice of Captain Li Shang for the Chinese dubs of the film. The film's plot takes place during the Han dynasty, where Fa Mulan, daughter of aged warrior Fa Zhou, impersonates a man to take her father's place during a general conscription to counter a Hun invasion.
Released during the Disney Renaissance, Mulan was the first of three features produced primarily at the Disney animation studio at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida. Development for the film began in 1994, when a number of artistic supervisors were sent to China to receive artistic and cultural inspiration. Mulan was well received by critics and the public, grossing $304 million, earning Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations, and winning several Annie Awards including Best Animated Feature. A 2004 direct-to-video sequel, Mulan II, followed.