The Swan Princess (film Series)
''The Swan Princess'' is an animated film series that began with the 1994 film ''The Swan Princess''. Films ''The Swan Princess'' (1994) ''The Swan Princess'' is a 1994 American animated musical fantasy film based on the ballet ''Swan Lake''. Starring the voices of Jack Palance, John Cleese, Steven Wright, and Sandy Duncan, the film was directed by a former Disney animation director, Richard Rich, and produced by Nest Family Entertainment / Rich Animation Studios and with a music score by Lex de Azevedo. The story follows the relationship between Princess Odette and Prince Derek, who, pushed together by their respective parents, dislike each other as children and teenagers, but develop romantic feelings for each other as adults, get married, and are established as the future rulers of the kingdom. It was released theatrically on November 18, 1994, where it received mixed reviews from critics. ''The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain'' (1997) ''The Swan Princess: Escape ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Crest Animation Productions
Crest Animation Productions (formerly RichCrest Animation Studios, Rich Animation Studios and originally Rich Entertainment) was an Indian-American animation studio located in Burbank, California, United States. The studio's most well known work include ''Alpha and Omega (film), Alpha and Omega'', ''Norm of the North'', and ''The Swan Princess''. History The studio was founded by film director Richard Rich (director), Richard Rich in 1986, who previously worked at Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions. He initially had 26 employees, most of them coming from Disney such as former marketing chief Matt Mazer. Around that time, Rich was contacted by Jared F. Brown to produce half-hour animated videos based on audio cassettes of the Book of Mormon for his Living Scriptures firm. They subsequentially expanded to educational animated Christianity, Christian and historical videos for children through a sister company Family Entertainment Network. In 1993, Rich Animation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rich Animation Studios
Crest Animation Productions (formerly RichCrest Animation Studios, Rich Animation Studios and originally Rich Entertainment) was an Indian-American animation studio located in Burbank, California, United States. The studio's most well known work include '' Alpha and Omega'', ''Norm of the North'', and ''The Swan Princess''. History The studio was founded by film director Richard Rich in 1986, who previously worked at Walt Disney Productions. He initially had 26 employees, most of them coming from Disney such as former marketing chief Matt Mazer. Around that time, Rich was contacted by Jared F. Brown to produce half-hour animated videos based on audio cassettes of the Book of Mormon for his Living Scriptures firm. They subsequentially expanded to educational animated Christian and historical videos for children through a sister company Family Entertainment Network. In 1993, Rich Animation Studios was fully acquired by Nest Entertainment, a holding company that also combined Fa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Steve Vinovich
Steve Vinovich (born January 22, 1945) is an American actor. Biography Vinovich was born in Peoria, Illinois, the son of Jennie J. (née Kuhel), a secretary, and Stephen J. Vinovich, an insurance salesman. His paternal grandparents are Croatian. His maternal grandparents are Slovenian. Vinovich has appeared in several feature films such as B.J Wert in 1987's ''Mannequin'', and Dr. Novos in the 1994 comedy ''The Santa Clause''. He also voiced Puffin in the 1994 animated film ''The Swan Princess'' and one of the only three actors of the original cast to reprise his role for the two direct-to-video sequels (the others being Michelle Nicastro as Odette and James Arrington as Chamberlain). He appeared in '' The Foreigner'' at Corn Stock Theatre in Peoria, IL the summer of 2013 and has appeared in Broadway shows including ''Waitress'', ''All The Way, Lost in Yonkers, The Grand Tour ''The Grand Tour'' is a British motoring television series, created by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Doug Stone (voice Actor)
Doug Stone is a voice actor who is best known for providing the English voice of Psycho Mantis from the popular video game ''Metal Gear Solid'', as well as the voice of Matt Trakker and several other characters in ''M.A.S.K.'', and Dragonborg in ''Beetleborgs Metallix''. Filmography Anime dubbing * '' .hack//Liminality'' – Guard D * ''Ai Yori Aoshi'' – Aoi's Father * ''Arc the Lad'' – Ambassador, Dernitas, George, Soldier * ''Argento Soma'' – Dr. Ernest Noguchi * ''Armitage III'' – Lowell Gantz * ''Black Magic M-66'' – Major * ''BlazBlue Alter Memory'' – Valkenhayn R. Hellsing * ''Blue Dragon'' – General Orehill * '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' – Victor * '' Boys Be...'' – Furata * '' Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran'' – Tonto Sharakusai * ''Chobits'' – Tetsuya Ohmura * '' Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion'' – Noble (Ep. 1), Kusakabe (Ep. 5, 7 & 8) * ''Cosmo Warrior Zero'' – Chief, Soldier A * '' Cowboy Bebop'' – Van * ''Daphne in the Bri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jonathan Hadary
Jonathan Hadary (born October 11, 1948) is an American actor. Early life and education Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Bethesda, Maryland, Hadary arrived at Tufts University already an accomplished actor. He was cast in many shows at Tufts, both student and faculty directed. During his sophomore year, he became an understudy for the Boston company of '' You're a Good Man Charlie Brown''. This being the Vietnam era, the actor playing Charlie Brown was drafted. The actor playing Schroeder was moved to the Charlie Brown role, and Hadary took the part of Schroeder. He finished the Boston run of the show and the toured with it for some time. Career Hadary made his New York City stage debut in the 1976 Playwrights Horizons staging of Albert Innaurato's ''Gemini''. Critical acclaim for the off-Broadway production resulted in it transferring to PAF Playhouse and then to Circle Repertory Company, and finally to Broadway, where it ran for 1819 performances. Hadary worked ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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David Zippel
David Joel Zippel (born May 17, 1954) is an American musical theatre lyricist, director, and producer. Early life and education Zippel was born and raised in Easton, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Falling in love with theater as a child, Zippel first articulated his life's ambition to become a lyricist and director in junior high school. As an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, he contributed lyrics to an equity production of "a bizarre political musical" called ''Rotunda'', which had a brief run in Washington, D.C. before graduating with a B.A. in 1976. Mindful of the difficulties of achieving success in theater, Zippel first obtained a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School, graduating in the class of 1979. At Harvard, Zippel continued to pursue his ambition of writing several pop songs with singer Pamala Stanley that appeared on her 1979 debut album, ''This Is Hot'', and collaborating on three songs with Wally Harper, Barbara Coo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Liz Callaway
Liz Callaway (born April 13, 1961) is an American actress, singer and recording artist, who is best known for having provided the singing voices of many female characters in animated films, such as Anya/Anastasia in ''Anastasia'', Odette in ''The Swan Princess'', Jasmine in the ''Aladdin'' sequels ''The Return of Jafar'' and '' Aladdin and the King of Thieves'', adult Kiara in '' The Lion King II: Simba's Pride'', and a dancing napkin ring in ''Beauty and the Beast''. She was also the original Ellen in the Broadway production of ''Miss Saigon''. Early life, family, and education Callaway was born in Chicago, Illinois to Shirley Callaway, a singer, pianist, and vocal coach, and John Callaway, a journalist. Her sister is actress, composer, and singer Ann Hampton Callaway, with whom she sang the theme song for the Fran Drescher comedy series ''The Nanny'', which Hampton Callaway also composed. Both sisters attended New Trier High School (New Trier East) in Winnetka, Illinois. Ca ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Douglas Sills
Douglas Howard Sills (born July 5, 1960) is an American actor. Early life Sills was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Rhoda (Nemeth) and Archie Sills, and grew up in the suburb of Franklin, in a Jewish household. He was friends (and did amateur theatrics and films) with both Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell. Sills attended Cranbrook School, from which he graduated in 1978, and the University of Michigan where he majored in music. He then continued his education at the American Conservatory Theater in California. Career During the 1990s, Sills built a solid reputation as a stage character actor, especially in the professional theaters of southern California. He also performed in several national tours, including ''Into the Woods'' and ''The Secret Garden'', which would also feature future Broadway stars as James Stacy Barbour and Audra McDonald. He met his partner, Todd, in 1994 while touring with ''The Secret Garden''. His first Broadway role, however, came when composer F ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Adam Wylie
Adam Augustus Wylie (born May 23, 1984) is an American actor, magician and a former Crayola spokesman. Wylie is known most for playing Zack Brock, the youngest son of Doctor and Sheriff Brock's children, on ''Picket Fences'' from 1992 to 1996. Early life Wylie was born in San Dimas, California, the son of Karen and Leonard Wylie. He is one of five children, including brothers Eric, Ben, Aaron, and sister, Tai. He started his acting career at the age of four in a candy commercial. He attended Upland Christian Schools in Upland, California and Condit Elementary in Claremont, California. Career Voice-over work By the age of nine, he was busy with voice-over work, including the voice of young Prince Derek in ''The Swan Princess'' (1994), and David in ''All Dogs Go to Heaven 2'' (1996). He then lent his voice to many animated series, including '' Dennis the Menace'' as the title character (1993–94), ''Hey Arnold!'' as Curly (1996–2002), ''Crayola Kids Adventures'', ''Napoleon'' a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Howard McGillin
Howard McGillin (born November 5, 1953, in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. He is known for his role of John Jasper in ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' and for portraying the role The Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''The Phantom of the Opera''. Biography Early life and career McGillin was born in Los Angeles, California. His father William was an accountant, and his mother Margaret was an administrator at Santa Barbara City College."Richard Samson, Howard McGillin." '''' September 22, 2013 McGillin graduated from [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yuri Lowenthal
Yuri Lowenthal (born March 5, 1971)Birthday references: * * * is an American voice actor, producer and screenwriter known chiefly for his work in cartoons, anime and video games. Some of his prominent roles in animations and anime include Sasuke Uchiha in ''Naruto'', teenage Ben Tennyson in ''Ben 10'', Jinnosuke in '' Afro Samurai'', Simon in ''Gurren Lagann'' and Suzaku Kururugi in ''Code Geass''. In video games, he voices The Prince in Ubisoft's '' Prince of Persia'', Hayate/Ein in '' Dead or Alive'', Matt Miller in '' Saints Row: The Third'' and ''Saints Row IV'', and Peter Parker / Spider-Man in various video games associated with the character, notably the incarnation featured in the '' Marvel's Spider-Man'' series by Insomniac Games. He has a production company, Monkey Kingdom Productions, with his wife, Tara Platt, where they have produced several feature films and a live-action web series called ''Shelf Life''. He co-authored the book ''Voice-Over Voice Actor''. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Laura Bailey (voice Actress)
Laura Bailey is an American voice actress. She made her anime debut as Kid Trunks in the Funimation dub of ''Dragon Ball Z''. Her other anime credits include Emily / Glitter Lucky in '' Glitter Force'', Tohru Honda in ''Fruits Basket'', Lust in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' and '' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'', the title character in the Funimation dub of '' Shin-Chan'', and Maka Albarn in '' Soul Eater''. She is a cast member of the web series ''Critical Role'', playing Vex'ahlia ("Vex"), Jester Lavorre, and Imogen Temult. In video games, Bailey has voiced Rayne in the ''BloodRayne'' franchise, Kira Carsen in '' Star Wars: The Old Republic'', Jaina Proudmoore in ''World of Warcraft'', Rise Kujikawa in ''Persona 4'', the Female Protagonist in Persona 3 Portable, Chun-Li in ''Street Fighter'', Serah Farron in ''Final Fantasy XIII'', the title role in ''Catherine'', Serana in '' The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Dawnguard'', Oriana Lawson in ''Mass Effect 3'', Lucina in ''Fire ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |