The Hunchback of Notre Dame | |
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North American release poster, designed by John Alvin
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Directed by |
Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise |
Produced by | Don Hahn |
Written by |
Tab Murphy Irene Mecchi Bob Tzudiker Noni White Jonathan Roberts |
Based on |
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo |
Starring | |
Music by | Alan Menken |
Edited by | Ellen Keneshea |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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Running time
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91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $100 million |
Box office | $325.3 million |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1996 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 34th Disney animated feature film, the film is based on Victor Hugo's novel of the same name. The plot centers on Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame, and his struggle to gain acceptance into society.
Directed by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale and produced by Don Hahn, the film's voice cast features Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, Kevin Kline, Paul Kandel, Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough, David Ogden Stiers, and Mary Wickes in her final film role. Produced during a period known as the Disney Renaissance, the film is considered to be one of Disney's darkest animated films as its narrative explores such mature themes as infanticide, lust, damnation, genocide, and sin, despite the changes made from the original source material in order to ensure a G rating received by the MPAA. The musical score was written by Alan Menken, with songs written by Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, who had previously collaborated on Pocahontas, released the year before.