The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea |
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Directed by |
Jim Kammerud Brian Smith |
Produced by | Leslie Hough David Lovegren |
Written by | Elizabeth Anderson Temple Mathews Elise D'Haene Eddie Guzelian |
Based on |
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christen Andersen |
Starring |
Jodi Benson Samuel E. Wright Tara Charendoff Pat Carroll Buddy Hackett Max Casella Stephen Furst Clancy Brown |
Music by | Danny Troob |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Home Entertainment |
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Running time
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75 minutes |
Language | English |
Songs from The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea & More! | |
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
Released | September 19, 2000 |
Recorded | 2000 |
Length | 25:21 |
Label | Walt Disney Records |
Producer | Bambi Moe, Don Mizell, Eric Silver, Leonard Jones, Shepard Stern |
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea is a 2000 Disney animated feature film and direct-to-video sequel to the 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid. Directed by Jim Kammerud and Brian Smith, the story takes place over a decade after the original film, and focuses on Ariel and Eric's daughter Melody, a human princess who longs to swim in the ocean despite her parents' law that the sea is forbidden to her. This sequel stars the voices of Jodi Benson as Ariel, Tara Charendoff as Melody and Pat Carroll as Morgana, the film's new villain. It is the last film in the chronology of Walt Disney's version of The Little Mermaid. It's followed by a prequel, The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning, a 2008 direct-to-video animated feature.
Ariel and Eric celebrate the birth of their newborn daughter Melody on a ship at sea. Ariel's father King Triton presents Melody with a magic locket. The party is interrupted by Ursula's sister Morgana, who threatens to cause Melody harm, using her as leverage to get Triton's trident. Ariel and Eric work together to foil Morgana's plan. Morgana escapes, and eludes the attempt of King Triton's forces to capture her.