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Pocahontas

Year:
Duration:
81 min | USA:84 min (10th Anniversary edition)
Genres:
Animation | Adventure | Drama | Family | History | Musical | Romance
IMDB rate:
6.6
Director:
Mike Gabriel
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 5 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1995-06-23
Earnings
Budget: $55,000,000
Opening Weekend: $29,531,619 (USA) (28 July 2012)
Gross: $141,579,773 (USA) (28 July 2012)
Cast
Actor
Character
Linda Hunt
Linda Hunt
Pocahontas
Irene Bedard
Pocahontas
Judy Kuhn
Pocahontas
Mel Gibson
John Smith
David Ogden Stiers
Governor Ratcliffe
John Kassir
Meeko
Russell Means
Powhatan
Christian Bale
Thomas
Danny Mann
Percy
Billy Connolly
Ben
Joe Baker
Lon
Frank Welker
Flit
Michelle St. John
Nakoma
James Apaumut Fall
Kocoum
Gordon Tootoosis
Kekata
Lesa Wakwashbosha Green
Speaker: Shawnee Nation United Remnant Band (voice)
Rebecca 'Dasse Manitsa' Hawkins
Speaker: Shawnee Nation United Remnant Band (voice)
Gayle Melassa Pope
Speaker: Shawnee Nation United Remnant Band (voice)
Stephen Snow Owl Bunch
Speaker: Shawnee Nation United Remnant Band (voice)
Ginny Ah'Chantooni Frazier
Speaker: Shawnee Nation United Remnant Band (voice)
Richard A. Bercot
Speaker: Shawnee Nation United Remnant Band (voice)
Jim Cummings
Powhatan
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Trivia
Irene Bedard (Pocahontas) and Christian Bale (Thomas) both went on to appear in Terrence Malick's live-action version of the Pocahontas story, The New World (2005) (as Pocahontas's mother and John Rolfe, respectively).
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"Colors of the Wind" was the first song written for the production and helped define the tone and direction of the film.
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Howard Ashman was going to write lyrics for the songs of this film as soon as he finished writing lyrics for the songs in Aladdin (1992); he died before he could finish the lyrics for the songs in Aladdin (1992), so therefore did not write any lyrics for any of the songs in this film.
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Goofs
In some scenes the Union Flag of Great Britain and Ireland is displayed, although this flag was not created until 1801 (nearly 200 years after the movie is set). In other scenes, St. Patrick's cross is omitted.
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The film depicts Pocahontas as a woman in her twenties or perhaps late teens, thus making a romance with John Smith, who was in his late twenties at the time, more acceptable. In reality, Pocahontas was a girl of around 12 or 13 when she met John Smith.
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When John Smith sees the reflection of Pocahontas in water cupped in his hands ( when they first meet at the waterfall), the water would actually reflect the sky not the cliff where Pocahontas was hiding several feet behind and above him.
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Quotes
Thomas: [as a bugle is being played] John, you better get down here! The governor's coming ashore!
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Governor Ratcliffe: [after Powhatan has released John Smith] Now's our chance! Fire!
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Governor Ratcliffe: [taken away in chains, muffled] How dare you! Untie me at once! I'll have your heads for this!
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Faq
Q
Was there a real Pocahontas?
A
Yes. She was born around 1595 in Virginia, the daughter of Chief Powhatan, and named Matoaka. "Pocahontas" was a nickname meaning "Little Mischief". The explorer Captain John Smith (c.1580-1631) claimed that he was captured by Powhatan hunters and was about to be executed before Pocahontas saved him, but this story is thought to have been invented. Matoaka/Pocahontas married a Powhatan man named Kocoum some time before 1612. She was captured by English soldiers in March 1613 - they hoped to exchange her for English prisoners, weapons. and tools held by Chief Powhatan. Powhatan returned the prisoners, but failed to satisfy the colonists with the number of weapons and tools he returned. A long standoff ensued, during which the English kept Pocahontas captive. While she was imprisoned, Alexander Whitaker taught her about Christianity and she was baptized "Rebecca". She reportedly rebuked her father for valuing her "less than old swords, pieces, or axes," and told the Powhatan that she preferred to live with the English.Rebecca married the widower and farmer John Rolfe on 5 April 1614 and bore him a son, Thomas Rolfe, on 30 January 1615. The marriage created a climate of peace between the Jamestown colonists and Powhatan's tribes for several years. The Rolfes went to England in 1616, where "Pocahontas" met King Charles I. She died in Kent on March 1617.
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Linda Hunt
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