pawnee is a 1957 american western film directed by george waggner and written by george waggner , louis vittes and endre bohem .

the film stars george montgomery , bill williams , lola albright , francis mcdonald , robert griffin and dabbs greer .

the film was released on september 7 , 1957 , by republic pictures .

pawnee ( film )

pawnee ( film ) <EOT> pawnee is a film programme that first aired in 1957 and has been classified a u certificate .

16 ) adding to the film’s verisimilitude are its oscar - nominated art direction and costuming . it won oscars for film editing , sound , and cinematography .

some of the cast members traveled to indianapolis to film in lucas oil stadium .

the cast visited lucas oil stadium to film these scenes with the indianapolis colts .

chief pawnee was brought up a white man named pale arrow . wagon trains began to invade pawnee ' s land , and the chief sends the pale arrow to the white people . pale arrow takes the name paul fletcher and becomes a scout of the wagon train . the chief wants to live in peace with white people . but after his death , crazy fox becomes the chief of pawnee and leads pawnee to attack that wagon train .

but iñárritu , pacing the film to perfection , never forgets that even in the most extreme circumstances there can be levity – glass and a pawnee indian , for example , catching snow on their tongues .

15 ) costner was made an honorary member of the sioux nation after the film’s release .

on the silver screen , he will appear in the summer film monster trucks with danny glover .

pale arrow is a white man raised since a boy by the pawnee chief . with wagon trains now encroaching on pawnee land , the chief sends pale arrow to be with the white people . now known as paul . . . see full summary »

chris pratt narrated on the mat , a documentary about his former high school’s wrestling team . the film will be shown at the 2012 tribeca film festival , which takes place april 18 - 29 . read more here .

dances with wolves ( 1990 ) a group of pawnee warriors observe a small smoke cloud off in the distance and believe it is white settlers . they go to investigate it with bad intentions and come upon timmons . while eating his food , he is caught off guard and shot in the butt with an arrow . he is then executed and scalped by the toughest pawnee . i do not own the copyrights to this film

amy poehler may be leaving pawnee , but she won’t be leaving screens anytime soon . she’ll voice joy in pixar’s next movie , inside out , before teaming up again with fellow golden globes host tina fey for a film called sisters . the film follows two estranged adult sisters who throw a party at their parents’ house and will hit theaters in december . she’ll also join bradley cooper and elizabeth banks in netflix’s revival of wet hot american summer .

23 ) dances with wolves was added to the national film registry , for “culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant films , ” in 2007 .

pawnee city hall is leslie ' s home away from home , and where most of the show ' s action takes place ! the recognizable pasadena city hall served as the exterior for the building where leslie and the rest of the parks department . sadly , there are no murals depicting the colorful history of pawnee inside , but at least the fourth floor is probably safe .

pale arrow is a white man raised since a boy by the pawnee chief . with wagon trains now encroaching on pawnee land , the chief sends pale arrow to be with the white people . now known as paul fletcher , he takes the job of wagon train scout . the chief wants peace but when he dies , crazy fox takes over and now leads the pawnees in an attack against that wagon train .

soon we’ll say farewell to the motley crew that began their careers at the parks and recreation department in pawnee , indiana — but the cast of parks and recreation are moving on to bigger and better things .

how iñárritu will finish his film remains to be seen . we can only hope that he , and dicaprio , and everyone else involved , did not suffer in vain .

the town of pawnee , ind . — home of the nbc comedy " parks and recreation " — is fictional , but if you didn ' t know that , the number of references to actual hoosier culture might make you think otherwise .

pawnee ' s preferred gay club was , of course , the bulge . inside shots were filmed at serra ' s dine & dance . it ' s the perfect place to do a few shots of snake juice and get your dance on !

leonardo dicaprio in the revenant . it is always snowing in the film , although the real hugh glass’s adventures took place in late summer . photograph : 20th century fox / evere / rex shutterstock

may 3 , 2012 4 . 21 " bus tour " new an important person in pawnee dies while leslie is on a bus tour for the final day of her campaign ; andy investigates a security threat ; chris finds a cure for his depression .

in the film , 10 men get away . among them are captain henry , glass , glass’s son hawk ( forrest goodluck ) and trappers john fitzgerald ( tom hardy ) and jim bridger ( will poulter ) . they have a conversation , but it’s all so extravagantly mumbled that it’s hard to work out what’s going on . fitzgerald is fighty and racist , so he’s the baddie . glass is the goodie , because he loves his son ( who is half - pawnee ) in a gruff , manly way that involves telling him off a lot . the backstory about glass’s love for a pawnee woman is fiction . it has been suggested the real glass had such a relationship , but there’s no firm evidence – and no evidence that he had any children .

13 ) there was a john dunbar , a pro - native american missionary allied with the pawnee in the early 1800s , but there’s no explicit connection to his exploits and the film . blake based stands with a fist on cynthia ann parker , who was kidnapped and adopted by the comanche at age 10 , in 1836 , and lived with them until 1960 , when the texas rangers recaptured her . her story was the basis of another western classic , the searchers ( 1956 ) .

there ' s no better place to get a serving of waffles with whipped cream ( or should i say whipped cream with a side of waffles ? ) in pawnee than leslie ' s favorite diner , jj ' s ! some interior shots were filmed at kountry folks restaurant .

this scene is based on a real - life incident : william h ashley and andrew henry ( the latter played by domhnall gleeson in the film ) set up the rocky mountain fur company in 1822 . in june 1823 , ashley’s band of around 70 men was attacked by arikara warriors – they estimated around 600 , though in the film it’s more like a dozen . various accounts suggest that between 12 and 18 of ashley’s men were killed .

the wealthy town of eagleton ( which is pawnee ' s rival ) comes across as the beverly hills of indiana , so it seems that when filming , they didn ' t try to hide the fact that they were filming in la too much , remember when leslie knope marvels at the fact that eagleton somehow has palm trees ? get a taste of the good life ( well , if you ' re not from pawnee , anyways ) by visiting the westfield topanga mall , which served as the filming locations for some of the eagleton - set scenes from the show .

2 ) the film was shot on location in south dakota , from july to november in 1989 . prominent castmembers included graham greene , a member of the first nations of canada , as kicking bird , tantoo cardinal , of canada’s metis people , as black shawl , and native american actors including rodney a . grant ( wind in his hair ) , floyd red crow westerman ( chief ten bears ) , and wes studi ( as a pawnee tribesman ) . receiving her most prominent film credit to date was mary mcdonnell , as the sioux - raised stands with a fist . costner , greene , and mcdonnell ( who was just a little younger than greene and cardinal , who played her adoptive parents ) all received oscar nominations .

9 ) with thousands of bison , incorrigible wolves , and the rigors of an outdoor shoot to contend with the production exceeded its $ 15 million budget . costner supplied $ 3 million of his own money to complete the film .

met all expectations . great old western . new what to expect . seen it over 40yrs ago . great then , great now ! ! watch it , nice entertainment . those were the days when you could escape life and enjoy big film epics .

“if we ended up [ using ] green screen with coffee and everybody having a good time , ” the birdman director told the hollywood reporter , “everybody will be happy , but most likely the film would be a piece of s - - - . ”

the revenant is an impressive film inspired by glass’s real - life story , but lays it on a bit thick and ends up curiously unmoving . the whole thing is begging to be sped up into a two - minute youtube video set to benny hill music .

by the 25 - minute mark , you’ll be literally slack - jawed for one of the most stunning scenes ever committed to film , as glass is attacked by a grizzly bear protecting its two young . is it cgi ? is it real footage ? however it was done , the result astonishes as glass is tossed around , clawed , bitten and even sat on , the bear’s paw squashing his head into the dirt . like so much of this remarkably visceral film , you’ll live every moment with him – every scream and anguished howl .

1 ) the film was adapted from a novel by michael blake , who had penned a low - budget costner movie , stacy’s knights ( 1983 ) . the project began as an unsold script , which the actor and budding director encouraged blake to rethink as a book , purchased and published in 1988 . its unconventional , and sympathetic , emphasis is on native american life in the civil war era , observed by costner’s disillusioned john dunbar , a first lieutenant who ultimately chooses to live among peaceful sioux and defend them from pawnee raiders and the encroaching u . s . army . blake won an oscar for his adaptation .

she’s also been active as a performer , starring in the steve carell - created tbs series angie tribeca and will be a voice in the animated film b . o . o . : bureau of otherworldly operations alongside seth rogen , melissa mccarthy , bill murray and octavia spencer .

with the seventh and final season of " parks and recreation " premiering jan . 13 , we wanted to go back through the show ' s first six seasons to note the best hoosier references . and no , the time they booked larry bird ' s aunt tilda to sign autographs at pawnee ' s harvest festival unfortunately didn ' t make the list .

in the summer . crew spoke of enduring a “living hell” , of being forced to work in - 25c temperatures , of travelling for hours to remote locations in canada and argentina to film for a mere 90 minutes , the result of iñárritu’s decision to shoot only in natural light .

may 10 , 2012 9 : 30 p . m . 4 . 22 " win , lose or draw " new ( season finale ) it ' s election day in pawnee , and leslie and bobby newport are separated by a razor - thin margin . while everyone waits with leslie for the race to be called , they ponder their futures , and their new opportunities .

glass appeared to be close to death . the party’s leaders decided that two of their number should stay with him until he died and give him a christian burial . these were john fitzgerald and a much younger man , jim bridger , played in the film by british actors tom hardy and will poulter .

if you’re imagining the revenant is a film chock - full of gratuitous violence , though , nothing could be further from the truth . true , some moments are stomach - churning – not least glass cutting out the innards of a dead horse and using it as a makeshift sleeping bag ( think luke skywalker on hoth with his tauntaun ) .

5 ) the bison hunt , using 3 , 500 bison , 20 wranglers , 24 bareback native american stunt riders , and 150 extras , took three weeks to film ( with seven cameras ) at the triple u buffalo ranch outside fort pierre , south dakota . costner , who did most of his own horseback riding , nearly broke his back in a fall .

some said that glass killed and ate a rattlesnake during his journey ; that he awoke from a slumber to find a grizzly bear licking maggots from his wounds . the length of his crawl swelled from 80 miles to 100 miles to 200 miles . his back story became more elaborate : he had been kidnapped by the french - american pirate jean lafitte as a young man , had been captured by the pawnee tribe and won his freedom with a pouch of scarlet vermilion powder .

in 1903 , an outlaw bandit aimed his pistol at movie audiences and fired . it was a shot felt round the world . with the ten - minute - long the great train robbery , a new and uniquely american film genre , the western , was born . ( not in the west , but in milltown , nj , where the action was in cinema those days . )

despite the fact that pawnee , indiana , the setting for nbc ' s parks and recreation , gets a bad rap ( just because it ' s one of america ' s most obese cities , constantly battles raccoon infestations , and has a history of mistreating the wamapoke indians , among other things ) there ' s something about the small , fictional town from parks and recreation that makes people wish it was real . . . probably the fact that the show ' s hero , optimistic and enthusiastic government employee leslie knope , loves it so much , even in spite of its flaws . even though the show wasn ' t filmed in indiana ( or anywhere near the hoosier state , save for a few scenes ) they did a pretty good job of making it appear as though they were in the midwest . if you want to explore leslie knope ' s hometown , your best shot is to head to la and use this handy guide to treat yourself to a trip dedicated to uncovering the real - life pawnee , indiana !

19 ) capping the film is its lush symphonic score , composed by john barry . “the john dunbar theme , ” heard in united way commercials for more than a decade afterwards , was said to have been a personal favorite of pope john paul ii . best known for his work on the james bond series , barry won an oscar ( his fifth ) and a grammy ( his fourth ) for dances with wolves .

gravely injured , he somehow summoned the energy to drag himself to a nearby spring , the first step in a six - week - long crawl back to the nearest encampment . baroque details began to accumulate in each subsequent telling of the story – and there have been many , from john neihardt’s poem the song of hugh glass ( 1915 ) to frederick manfred’s 1954 novel lord grizzly , to the 1970 film man in the wilderness , a trippy take on the tale starring richard harris .

aubrey plaza’s surly but lovable april ludgate earned her the attention of hollywood studios . she’s already juggled parks and recreation with movies like safety not guaranteed , the to do list and life after beth . next , she’s set to star with judy greer in a film called fresno about two co - dependent sisters . but her most anticipated upcoming feature is a comedy called dirty grandpa with zac efron and robert de niro , in which she’ll play de niro’s love interest . yep , you read that correctly .

co - written by iñárritu and mark l . smith ( who penned joe dante’s the hole ) , the story is adapted from michael punke’s 2002 novel – itself inspired by the myth that built up around glass after his grizzly attack . if the film has a documentary - like realism to it , iñárritu seasons it with frequent digressions , flashbacks , hallucinations and dreams , as glass drifts in and out of consciousness , conjuring images of his son and wife ( who at one point appears floating above him like a ghost ) .

the show ' s creators and writers have done their homework , rarely letting you forget it ' s taking place in indiana . at the very least , the state ' s name is mentioned more than 60 times over the first 112 episodes . at the most , the show has actually come to indianapolis ( mentioned more than 40 times throughout its first six seasons ) to film . even when the references are fictional , such as the " urltoken " dating website featured in one episode , the show still tips its hoosier hat .

the men find glass in a rum old state . captain henry pays fitzgerald , bridger and hawk to stay behind until it is time for glass’s inevitable burial . when the captain leaves , fitzgerald tries to bump glass off . hawk interrupts , so fitzgerald bumps him off instead . this didn’t happen in real life , because hawk didn’t exist . in the film , the ailing glass sees fitzgerald kill his son , giving him an extra motivation to stay alive and seek revenge . when fitzgerald persuades bridger to bury glass alive and abandon him , you know glass isn’t going to go quietly .

adam scott is taking on a wide range of roles in the next year : right now , fans can catch him in hot tub time machine 2 , but he also starred in the indie rom - com sleeping with other people , which premiered at sundance in february and will be released later this year . additionally , the actor will take a serious turn in the upcoming black mass , which is based on the true story of boston gangster whitey bulger . the cast makes it sound like surefire awards bait : other featured performers in the film include benedict cumberbatch , johnny depp , sienna miller and fifty shades of grey’ s dakota johnson .

the film has invented some extra obstacles for glass : it is snowing throughout , even though in real life his trek took place between august and october ; the arikara track him and chase him into a tree ; he has to hollow out a dead horse to make himself a sleeping bag . it’s brilliantly filmed , but the characterisations and dialogue don’t match the sophistication of the visuals . moreover , by the second lingering closeup of a horse’s eye or the sixth epic landscape shot with four - fifths sky and one - fifth land , even those sophisticated visuals begin to feel repetitive . as for the ending , it has been changed in one significant way : in real life , nobody got killed .

i’m at the age when it’s sometimes difficult to remember what you have and haven’t seen in the past . i don’t really remember watching george montgomery in any western movies when i was young . i guess my heroes were clayton moore in the lone ranger , roy rogers and clint walker as cheyenne bodie . i’m just now getting a closer look at western movie stars like george montgomery . i have seen three of his movies in a row now , and the last two minutes of each movie ends with him getting the girl and riding off in the sunset . in this case it was lola albright , the main female star playing meg alden . this freeze frame clip was taken exactly 59 seconds before the end of the movie . i enjoyed it but can only give it a grade of c + , or three stars . did anyone ever make a movie where the cowboys and indians were friends throughout the entire film ? i would like to hear from you if you know of one !

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rewarded for his heroism in the civil war , lt . john dunbar ( kevin costner ) wants to see the american frontier before it is gone . he is assigned to an abandoned fort , where a sioux tribe is his only neighbor . overcoming the language barrier and their mutual fear and distrust , dunbar and the proud indians gradually become friends . eventually , he falls in love with the beautiful stands with a fist ( mary mcdonnell ) a white woman raised by the tribe .

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corny western with george montgomery as an unconvincing ex - indian or something . pretty hackneyed across the board with lola albright being the only saving grace .

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indians attack an oregon - bound wagon train whose white guide ( george montgomery ) was raised by their tribe .

other interior shots for leslie knope ' s go - to restaurant were filmed at four n ' 20 restaurant .

the pit that started it all ! whether leslie knope is falling in it , or andy dwyer is living in it , or tom is staking out the garden planted nearby , the sullivan street pit played a huge role in the show . it ' s neither a pit , nor a park in real life . it was once located on the southeast corner of hazeltine ave and collins street in van nuys , to be specific .

ann ' s house , where she once lived with andy , is actually located near the former pit . as leslie knope ' s number one bff , we occasionally saw the two hanging out here .

april , andy and ben ' s house rules : " we have a couple of house rules , though . you can ' t use the front door ; you have to climb in through the back window . no personal phone conversations . if you ever speak to me in spanish , please use the formal " usted . " and no electricity after 6 : 00 pm . a couple more rules : if you ever watch a sad movie , you have to wear mascara so we can see whether or not you ' ve been crying . there ' s no noise allowed on mondays . and no tv after breakfast . " - april ludgate

jurassic fork is jerry ' s favorite restaurant , and it ' s not hard to see why , it looks awesome ! sadly , there really isn ' t a kitschy dinosaur - themed restaurant in indiana . . . or anywhere right now , for that matter . the closest you can get is clifton ' s cafeteria ( where the scenes were filmed ) , which is presently closed and undergoing a massive renovation to make it even more retro - tastic . the theme of clifton ' s appears to be part jungle , part forest , and part beach scene , but it ' s also 100 % awesome . plus , the food is surprisingly tasty , given that they seem to put an awful lot of emphasis on atmosphere .

we see leslie more at work than at home ( seriously , the woman never seemed to sleep ) , but there are few occasions when we see her off - duty , like when she hosted a dinner party to impress ann ' s hot lawyer friend justin . here on highland avenue in altadena was where the exterior shots of her home were filmed .

are you still kind of bummed that the show wasn ' t actually filmed in the midwest ? don ' t tear up too fast . . . they did a bit of filming around indianapolis ! ron swanson ' s favorite restaurant is st . elmo ' s steakhouse , and andy took a bunch of friends to toss around the pigskin with some colts players at lucas oil stadium .

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raised by pawnees , a white man is forced to choose sides between the people who have adopted him as their own and the people who abandoned him .

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we enjoy the classic westerns and enjoyed this movie . modern enough that the colors , scenes look realistic

i love lola albright and westerns , but i like to hear the actors speak their dialog . what happen ? is this normal ? good movie deserves more than 3 stars , if only . . . . sound ! ! !

i had also seen this movie before however i didn ' t recognize it by its name . it was enjoyable , again .

one of my favorites for sure . . . i would suggest others view this classic as i hope you will enjoy it as much as i do .

i ' m a george montgomery fan , but he made a better cowboy than he did an indian .

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frustrated with the lack of opportunities in his hometown , young jess harker plans to leave , but sympathetic stagecoach armed guard race crim persuades his boss to give jess the stage driver job .

the daughter of famous outlaw belle starr arrives at the town where her mother was murdered to find her killer .

a cavalry officer tries to keep a lid on a volatile situation when indian leader cochise is being prodded into starting a war .

disputes over a dead man ' s property escalate into a bloody range war .

judge jim scott must contend with the vicious relatives of a murderer he ' s about to sentence . . . and his unfaithful fiancee .

a man kidnaps the wife of a cavalry commander in order to exchange her for a gatling gun that ' s being sold by a gun runner .

a gunfighter takes a deputy sheriff job in a town caught in a feud between a powerful rancher and small farmers .

half - breed frank madden claims he ' s white , in order to own land , but violent racial clashes in town force him to abandon his neutrality and chose a side .

a stranger rides into town and says he is looking for a local indian . told he left town , the truth everyone has been hiding comes out including the stranger ' s true identity .

a despised cavalry commander is unfairly blamed by his troop for the death of a popular officer and must redeem himself in front of his men during an indian attack on the fort .

back from the civil war , an ex - yankee officer aids a wagon train of former confederates settle in a prosperous valley marred by cattle - rustling and land - grabbing feuds .

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the tale he wanted to tell was an epic on a personal scale : a man hunting beaver on the missouri river is attacked by a bear , and left for dead by his party of fur trappers . this man , so incensed by being abandoned , finds the strength to crawl 200 miles in pursuit of his faithless friends , bent on exacting revenge .

leonardo dicaprio , who took the central role , had perhaps the most uncomfortable experience of all ( discounting the extra who was dragged facedown and naked across an icy plain during a battle scene ) . dicaprio’s sufferings in the name of art included spending the night sleeping in an animal carcass , plunging in and out of icy rivers and eating raw bison liver .

. the man whose life he was imitating – for the revenant is based on a true story of sorts – enjoyed a far less glamorous existence .

hugh glass was a fur trapper , one of the hard - driving mountain men of the early 19th - century american west , an obscure cousin to more mainstream american folk heroes such as davy crockett .

most of what we know of glass’s life is conjecture : although he was literate , he left very little trace in the historical record . a letter survives that he wrote to the parents of a fellow fur trapper who was killed in a confrontation with the hostile native american arikara tribe . he is mentioned in the papers of some of his superiors , marking him out as a challenging employee , hard to handle . and we know he was attacked by a bear .

he bear attack is why glass is remembered at all . the story became frontier legend within months of its happening , set down in 1824 by a philadelphia lawyer with literary aspirations , and carried to all corners of the united states in newspapers and journals .

was it taken as a true account ? jon t coleman , a professor at indiana’s notre dame university , who has investigated the story , isn’t sure .

“i don’t know if they were that worried about the distinction between fact and fiction back then , ” he says . “i think it was a great story and it cohered with an american vision of the west . through this encounter with wild nature , men’s bodies were changed and became something else . they were no longer european or british – they were american . ”

he attack – of which no direct eyewitness account exists – happened in the summer of 1823 , five months after glass had joined a fur - trapping expedition in south dakota . somewhere along the banks of the missouri river , he stumbled across a grizzly and her two cubs .

startled , she set upon him , ripping his scalp , puncturing his throat and breaking his leg . hearing his cries , his companions rushed to help , although it took more than one bullet to bring down the enraged creature .

or two days they watched over him , but , aware that with every passing day their fellow trappers were getting farther and farther away , fitzgerald convinced bridger to abandon glass . they laid him in a shallow grave and departed . when glass came to , he found himself alone .

loody and masochistic as all this is , it’s something of a disappointment when one reaches the story’s end , one which seems to stay the same in every telling . glass does find fitzgerald and bridger , but instead of wreaking violent revenge , he forgives them both .

“this has been the most tricky thing for dramatists , ” says coleman . “everyone gets tripped up trying to explain why he was so driven to destroy the men who left him , but then decides to show mercy and doesn’t end up killing anybody . ”

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astounding . with a director , dop and cast at the top of their game , the revenant is a filmmaking triumph . you cannot afford to miss experiencing this on the big screen .

“revenge is in the creator’s hands , ” real - life frontiersman hugh glass is told midway through alejandro g . iñárritu’s extraordinary wilderness drama .

it’s this feeling of vengeance that boils inside glass ( leonardo dicaprio ) throughout much of this two - and - a - half - hour epic – and little wonder . mauled by a bear , left for dead by his men and witness to the murder of his own son , glass’ bleak and bloody survival in this harsh 1820s terrain is motivated by one reason alone : to even the score .

that bare outline doesn’t even begin to capture the sheer wild ambition , beauty and savagery on show in the revenant . far more challenging than even iñárritu’s bravura oscar - winner birdman , this is his fitzcarraldo or his apocalypse now – man versus the elements , both on screen and off . stories have already spread about the legendarily arduous shoot endured by cast and crew in the canadian wilderness . whatever hardships they went through were worth it .

in the first five minutes , iñárritu and his birdman cinematographer emmanuel lubezki will leave you agog with a scene of arrow - whizzing , tomahawk - wielding carnage as glass and his fellow fur trappers , led by the resourceful captain andrew henry ( domhnall gleeson ) , are set upon by a gang of native americans .

as a group of 40 - odd men is whittled down to just 10 , lubezki’s camerawork ensures you’re just as captivated by incidental details as you are by the action : the sun glinting through trees , birds circling , plumes of smoke rising .

while henry is able to sew up glass’ wounds , it becomes clear that the group won’t be able to carry him to safety through the harsh , mountainous landscape . “the proper thing to do would be to finish him off quick , ” says fitzgerald ( tom hardy ) , interested only in self - preservation . volunteering to stay with glass , fitzgerald is joined by youngster jim bridger ( will poulter ) and glass’ half - native american son hawk ( forrest goodluck ) , who refuses to leave his father’s side .

soon enough , fitzgerald is leading the escape back to civilisation , leaving glass to die . this , of course , he refuses to do , flaunting survival skills that would put bear grylls to shame ( not least hauling himself out of a shallow grave ) .

glass isn’t the only man left on the mountain , though ; in a parallel story , a native american is leading his tribe in search for his missing daughter powaqa ( melaw nakehk’o ) . french - speaking fur trappers , rivals to the captain henry - led gang , are also in the mix . but to say more about their involvement would give away elements of the final blood - soaked act – which’ll leave you feeling especially battered and bruised .

with lubezki’s photography at once capturing the magnificence and cruelty of mother nature , like the moment glass stands by to watch a bison stampede , you’ll be left in a state of shock and awe . will the revenant repeat iñárritu’s triple - oscar swoop for birdman ? will lubezki gain his third consecutive golden statue ? will dicaprio , in full - blooded form , finally shake off that academy curse ? on this evidence , it’s impossible to see how they could not .

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" dances with wolves " opened in theaters 25 years ago today . here ' s a look back at some of the facts , figures , and stories behind the oscar - winning phenomenon .

by 1990 , the western was dead . tastes had changed , and audiences had moved on . other than clint eastwood , few were making westerns—and he hadn’t made one since pale rider ( 1985 ) .

the summer of 85 also saw the release of another western , silverado . cast as a brash young cowboy was kevin costner , whose star would rise considerably in the coming years , with movies like the untouchables ( 1987 ) , bull durham ( 1988 ) , and field of dreams ( 1989 ) . against long odds , costner , at age 35 , decided to revive the western with his own project , which he would star in , co - produce , and direct .

given wide release 25 years ago , dances with wolves would not just be any western—it would be the western , winning seven oscars ( it was nominated for 12 ) and earning $ 184 million domestically , making it the third biggest hit of 1990 , after two other equally unexpected smashes , home alone and ghost . grossing an additional $ 240 million worldwide , dances with wolves is by far the most successful western ever made .

let’s look back at some of the facts , figures , and stories behind a phenomenon , one for each year since its release .

costner in & apos ; dances with wolves . & apos ; ( photo : photofest )

3 ) to register the discomfort of kicking bird’s poor posture , graham put slippery bologna slices in his shoes . on the canadian comedy program , the red green show , graham’s character was asked what he felt about dances with wolves , to which he responded , “the native guy was ok . should have gotten the oscar . ” ( joe pesci did , for goodfellas . )

4 ) six - year - old annie costner , the filmmaker’s daughter , plays stands with a fist as a child .

graham greene as kicking bird in & apos ; dances with wolves . & apos ;

7 ) an animatronic bison costing $ 250 , 000 was built for the production .

8 ) buck and teddy shared the role of two socks the wolf . neither was terribly cooperative during production .

10 ) the money woes led to dances with wolves being dismissed as “kevin’s gate” around hollywood , a reference to the epic fail of the western heaven’s gate a decade earlier .

11 ) when the movie took off at the box office costner realized upwards of $ 40 million in profit .

mary mcdonnell as stands with a fist and costner as john dunbar in & apos ; dances with wolves . & apos ;

12 ) “nothing i have been told about these people is correct . they are not thieves or beggars . they are not the bogeymen they are made out to be . on the contrary , they are polite guests and i enjoy their humor . ”—john dunbar

14 ) while some critics complained about dunbar’s “white savior” coming to the aid of his sioux friends , audiences were absorbed by the details of their existence . a coach was brought in to teach castmembers unfamiliar with the language , like greene , to speak lakota . ( lakota’s gendered aspect proved too challenging to master , so the actors speak like women . the coach , doris leader charge , was cast as chief ten bears’ wife , pretty shield . )

17 ) dances with wolves was the first western to win best picture since cimarron ( 1931 ) . eastwood’s unforgiven would also win best picture and best director in 1992 .

18 ) ( some cinephiles were disappointed that goodfellas ’ martin scorsese , whose raging bull ( 1980 ) lost best picture and director to actor - turned director robert redford ’s debut ordinary people , was whacked by another first - time actor - turned director . scorsese’s the departed ( 2006 ) would eventually win in both categories . )

20 ) clocking in at a full three hours , dances with wolves is among the lengthier best picture winners . an extended cut that debuted on dvd runs 236 minutes , longer than record holders gone with the wind ( 1939 ) and lawrence of arabia ( 1962 ) —but still shorter than the extended dvd edition of the lord of the rings : the return of the king ( 2003 ) , which runs 251 minutes .

21 ) costner , now 60 , would have three more hits after wolves , robin hood : prince of thieves and jfk in 1991 and the sensationally successful the bodyguard ( 1992 ) —then suffer a decade - long cold streak ( the postman , anyone ? ) snapped by another , more modestly popular and traditional western he directed and starred in , open range ( 2003 ) . costner had another civil war - era winner with the tv miniseries hatfields & mccoys ( 2012 ) , for which he won an acting emmy .

22 ) blake published a sequel to dances with wolves , the holy road , in 2004 . he died earlier this year , at age 69 .

24 ) the western periodically revives in the wake of dances with wolves . this christmas brings two , quentin tarantino ’s thriller the hateful eight and the fact - based survival drama the revenant , directed by birdman’s oscar winner alejandro g . inarritu and starring leonardo dicaprio .

25 ) dances with wolves goes on . in 2004 , costner opened an exhibit , “tatanka : the story of the bison , ” outside deadwood , south dakota , to educate visitors about westward expansion . earlier this year the triple u buffalo ranch was up for sale , until ted turner added it to his empire . tours of the south dakota locations are available , so you can experience dances with wolves as living history .

twenty - five years ago today , the groundbreaking series " twin peaks " premiered . as we count down to next year ' s much anticipated showtime reboot , we look back at some behind - the - scenes facts about the extraordinary original .

this week ' the wonder years ' ( finally ) gets released on dvd . let ' s celebrate with these fun facts about how this beloved show came to be !

burt reynolds turns 80 today . here ' s a look at the star ' s action - packed life in his own words .

twenty - five years ago today , tim burton ' s ' batman , ' starring michael keaton , was released in theaters . but batman ' s history started long before and still continues today with various portrayals of the caped crusader—some kitschy , others mesmerizingly dark . which batman do you prefer ?

based on alice walker ' s pulitzer prize - winning novel by the same name , steven spielberg ' s ' the color purple ' has a story of its own .

" home alone " opened in theaters on november 16 , 1990 . to celebrate its 25th year , here are some fun facts about the making of the holiday classic .

to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the classic comedy , we ' re hitting the gopher - infested greens with 18 " caddyshack " fun facts .

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barbie as the island princess is a 2007 direct-to-video computer animated barbie film .

it is part of the barbie film series , a series of cgi barbie films , the second to be a musical , and the first movie of barbie animated under the name of rainmaker animation though it was animated by the old mainframe animators only .

the film features the voice of kelly sheridan , who has been voicing the female protagonist in all the cgi barbie movies to date , as rosella .

the score for this film was composed by arnie roth .

songs for the film were written by megan cavallari , amy powers and executive producer rob hudnut .

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barbie as the island princess <EOT> barbie movies wiki has a collection of images and media related to barbie as the island princess .

rosella sometimes has the same hairstyles as other characters barbie has played , such as princess anneliese and princess genevieve .

wolfie from barbie as the princess and the pauper appears during " the rat song " .

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the second barbie princess film to have an original storyline and overall the sixth barbie film to do so .

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princess rosella , also known as ro , is the main barbie protagonist in the island princess . she is the only daughter of queen marissa and an unnamed king , the wife of prince antonio , the daughter - in - law of king peter and queen danielle , the sister - in - law of princess sofia , princess rita , and princess gina , sister of 3 unnamed brothers .

the animated musical barbie as the island princess stars the famous doll as rosella . as a young girl , she is shipwrecked on an island and raised by many of the animals that inhabit the location . one day a prince discovers her and her animal family . the travel with him to his country where the group must stop an evil plan to remove the prince from power .

" it ' s time to set sail with barbie as the island princess in this full - length , original musical featuring nine fantastic new songs . after being shipwrecked on an island as a little girl , rosella ( barbie ) grows up learning to talk and sing with a family of loving animals : the red panda sagi , the peacock azul , and the baby elephant tika

barbie as the island princess is the 11th cgi film released on september 18 , 2007 worldwide and on october 2 , 2007 in the usa . the film follows the plot of ro , a girl who grew up on an island , only inhabited by animals before being found by other humans and taken to civilization .

it ' s time to set sail with barbie™ as the island princess in this full - length , original musical featuring nine fantastic new songs . after being shipwrecked on an island as a little girl , rosella ( barbie™ ) grows up learning to talk and sing with a family of loving animals : the red panda sagi™ , the peacock azul™ and the baby elephant tika™ . but when prince antonio™ discovers their tropical paradise , curiosity about her past leads rosella™ to journey with the prince to his castle . as she and her animal friends explore civilization , they uncover an evil plot to take over the kingdom ! through its heart - warming ending , barbie™ as the island princess shows that when love guides you , miracles may be closer than you know .

was released on october 23 , 2007 . it includes every song from the movie , as well as the pop version of "

its time to set sail with barbie as the island princess in this full - length , original musical featuring nine fantastic new songs . after being shipwrecked on an island as a little girl , rosella ( barbie ) grows up learning to talk and sing with a family of loving animals : the red panda sagi , the peacock azul and the baby elephant tika . but when prince antonio discovers their tropical paradise , curiosity about her past leads rosella to journey with the prince to

her wedding gown is white and gold . the sleeves is puffed and there was gold middle parting in the top . the skirt also have a middle parting on it , too . her hair is borrowed from princess anneliese in barbie as the princess and the pauper and the crown was also borrowed from genevieve in barbie in the 12 dancing princesses . she has a string of pearls attached to the top of the dresses .

some of the 12 sisters - such as ashlyn , edeline , and courtney - appear throughout the film , but not as themselves .

azul the peacock listens to " shine " from barbie in the 12 dancing princesses during the bloopers .

barbie plays rosella in this new musical film . shipwrecked as a child , rosella grows up on the island under the watchful eyes of her loving animal friends . the arrival of prince antonio . . . see full summary »

but when prince antonio discovers their tropical paradise , curiousity about her past leads rosella to journey with the prince to his castle . as she and her animal friends explore civilization , they uncover an evil plot to take over the kingdom ! through its heartwarming ending , barbie as the island princess shows that when love guides you , miracles may be closer than you know . "

everything ' s better with princesses : luciana , the triplets , and ro turns out to be princess rosella of paladia ( hence why the title calls her a princess ) .

( and in countless sequels , spin - offs and theme park attractions ) . but she also stars as the tough - but - sweet barbie in the two

the movie ' s lush original score , which is performed by the czech philharmonic chamber orchestra , lends it a quality not often found in children ' s movies , and the lyrics are catchy as well . the computer - generated animation in these movies continues to improve with each new film ; seeing the fabrics sway as the characters move in their ornate gowns is a treat . with barbie as the island princess , parents can rest assured that the subject matter is entertaining and kid - appropriate , and put their energies toward worrying about all the commercialism surrounding it .

tallulah the monkey holds up princess genevieve ' s pink dress when she is singing " at the ball " .

barbie plays rosella in this new musical film . shipwrecked as a child , rosella grows up on the island under the watchful eyes of her loving animal friends . the arrival of prince antonio leads rosella and her furry pals to explore civilization and ultimately save the kingdom by uncovering a secret plot .

princess classic : ro , even when she just lives among her animal friends .

barbie¨ stars in another spellbinding dvd ! after a shipwreck , barbie¨ winds up on a deserted island , where she is raised by a red panda , an elephant , and a peacock . when a handsome prince rescues her , barbie¨ must decide where she fits in best . illustrated with full - color art from the movie , this step 2 reader tells the story in the simple language that will help young barbie¨ fans step into reading on their own .

really royalty reveal : the moment ro reveals her full name as " rosella " , she meets her mother , who is a queen , revealing she ' s a princess .

princess annika ( barbie ) escapes the clutches of the evil wizard , explores the wonders of cloud kingdom , and teams up with a magnificent winged horse - who turns out to be her sister , . . . see full summary »

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barbie comes to life in her third animated movie , based on the beloved fairy tale and set to the brilliant music of tchaikovsky .

barbie is an artist who paints her way out of a castle to save her prince .

there is a peasant in apollonia who looks like prince nalu from barbie fairytopia : mermaidia .

all there in the script : the credits list ro ' s mother ' s name as marissa . the little bird that appears throughout the film is also called tiny .

during the boat ride , rosella and antonio fall in love , but rosella doesn ' t understand how she feels . when rosella and antonio arrive at apollonia , rosella meets antonio ' s three sisters : princess gina , princess rita , and princess sofia . she also meets his parents , king peter and queen danielle .

" here on my island " by melissa lyons , steve marvel , christopher gaze and susan roman .

derek ' s pet bird felix , from barbie in the 12 dancing princesses , appears on prince antonio ' s ship .

) . while barbie might be a less flashy performance , it is by no means less memorable .

in los angeles , she has earned 20 ovation nominations , as well as winning the kinetic award for outstanding achievements in theatrical design , an ladcc and a garland award . cricket’s regional designs include la jolla playhouse (

only known by their nickname : throughout the movie , rosella is only referred to as " ro " upon her memory loss . she learns her full name by the time of the wedding day , which is what reunites her with her mother and reveals she ' s a princess .

was bought for kids to watch as they love animated barbie films . was really good to watch with family and to have to watch whenever we choose is good to . have recommended to friends and family

i was so happy when mattel decided to write another barbie musical ! family loyalty is a big theme in this movie . . . it was nice to see no inner - family rivalry as . . . continue reading

a 2007 direct - to - video barbie film that tells the story of a girl lost in a shipwreck and raised by the animals on a tropical island . the girl suffers from amnesia , and the only clue to her past is an item with a fragment of her name , " ro " . when she ' s grown up , prince antonio finds the island , and after ro saves his life , he offers to take her to his home , and she comes along to find out about her past .

( cygnet ) , as well as developmental workshops at la jolla playhouse and goodspeed musicals . in 2004 , mr . vásquez founded daisy 3 pictures with mark holmes and carrie preston . their first two feature films ,

i have a 18 month old daughter and a 3 1 / 2 year old son and if there is any one video in their small collection that will keep them both happy , its the barbie series . i have a couple of them and so far , this one is the favorite of my entire family . even my husband loved it , which is saying a lot since he ' s not into barbie . the music is so wonderful and catchy . i had to hunt down the " i need to know " song for my husband ' s ipod , i do encourage you to find it . you can purchase it online . there is a uk cd available as well . this is a great video and i hope they continue to produce more barbie musical videos . i ' m already planning on a barbie themed christmas this year for my daughter . she may not be able to play with the toys , just yet , but she will have them when she can . i do recommend this video as well as the other barbie vids in this series . they are great for all ages .

ro sings the line " here on my island there ' s nothing but fun . " then , sagi sings his line while swinging , but then he crashes .

. with pixar , though , she voiced a more substantial role in mrs . potato head , as seen in

unavoidable , because this is part of the barbie franchise . toy aisles are crowded with spinoffs related to this movie , from dolls to a hairstyling head .

proper lady : princess luciana . ariana specifically raised her into this to make her ideal bride material , but antonio prefers an action girl .

join barbie in an all - new world of butterfly fairies ! when the queen falls ill , it ' s up to brave mariposa and her friends to journey beyond the safe borders of the city to find a cure .

the movie opens on a desert island where barbie appears as ro ( voiced by kelly sheridan ) , who washed ashore years earlier and has befriended three animal sidekicks : an elephant , a red panda , and a pompous peacock . her devotion to her animal " family " is a recurring theme . but ro ' s idyllic life is turned upside down when the island is discovered by prince antonio , who begs her to return with him to his kingdom . ro agrees to go , curious to see whether she can find the human family from which she came . drama ensues when they arrive in abalonia to find that the prince has been betrothed in his absence , to the very sympathetic luciana .

my favourite barbie movie ever . it ' s the most beautiful , sunny movie and it ' s absolutely perfect for a gift . it ' s also a huge adventure and she has loads of fun friends , as a feminist it ' s very refreshing to see such an epic female heroine .

heroic bystander : tiny the bird sees ariana poisoning the cake , letting ro know about the plan .

i think that i could probably recite large chunks of dialogue from this film . it ' s an enchanting story of an island girl and her adventures !

there may be miracles awaiting . they may be closer than we know when we have love to guide us as we go .

, goodman stars as louisiana titan “big daddy” la bouff , charlotte’s father , and a surrogate dad of sorts to tiana . in

king randolph sends for his cousin duchess rowena to help turn his daughters , princess genevieve and her 11 sisters , into better ladies . but the duchess takes away all the sisters fun , . . . see full summary »

riding into the sunset : the movie ends with ro , antonio and the animals sailing away from the kingdom on ship for their honeymoon .

king peter apologizes to ro and antonio and gives them his blessing to get married . ro tells everyone her real name is rosella and queen marissa from paladia approaches her , telling her she had a daughter named rosella . they sing together a lullaby from when rosella was a little girl and they realize that queen marissa is rosella ' s mother , and that ro is a princess . and now , princess rosella and prince antonio are married and princess luciana comes to their wedding , where she meets a prince . when the newly - wed royal couple go for their honeymoon on ro ' s island , they take sagi , azul , tika , and tallulah with them

in this animated follow - up to fairytopia , elina ( played by barbie ) enlists the help of a mermaid , nori , to save her friend nalu , a merman prince who has been captured by the wicked laverna .

in this movie ro , an island girl who was shipwrecked when she was a child , is raised by an adorable red panda , a curious elephant and a beautiful peacock . when she is discovered by a handsome prince he takes her back to his castle . his parent ( the queen and king ) dislike her and think she is mad as she can talk to the animals at the royal palace . the prince tho , is in love with ro but his parents want him to marry princess luciana whose mother , queen ariana , is determined to get her revenge on the prince ' s family . ro ( or rosella as its known to be ) finds out that her family may be alive after all and the princesses mother comes up with a plot to get rid of her . making the animals sleep and cannot be woken is her evil plan in which ro gets the blame .

rosella was shipwrecked when she was only 6 years old . she grew up on a far away island on the south seas for 10 years , and she was raised by her animal friends : sagi , the wise , red panda ; azul , the proud peacock ; and tika a baby elephant . rosella loses her memory and forgets her name , so , because she finds a broken nameplate on the island that says " ro " , that is what she thinks her name is .

in her first animated musical featuring seven original songs , barbie comes to life in this modern re - telling of a classic tale of mistaken identity and the power of friendship . based on the . . . see full summary »

rosella tells everyone that her real name is rosella and marissa steps forward , saying that she had a daughter named rosella . rosella starts to sang a lullaby . after finding out that rosella was her long lost daughter , marissa and princess rosella hug . soon , the wedding of rosella and antonio takes place and the happy couple is seen sailing into the sunset for their honeymoon on rosella ' s island finally having all their questions and dreams answered .

throughout the movie you can see ladies in the background who are genevieve ' s sister from the 12 dancing princesses . they even wear the same dresses .

quote : " there may be miracles awaiting . they may be closer than we know . when we have love to guide us as we go "

on her island , rosella wore a white piece of fabric ( possibly out of an old sail ) that was wrapped around her and knotted above her right hip . it looks like a strapless , knee - length dress . she also had a pink flower on her right wrist and right ankle , attached with a green vine . her hair was styled into a waist - length braid , tied with white fabric as a hair band . she wore a pink flower on the right side of her hair , and she was barefoot for most of her stay on the island because her shoes stopped fitting her .

dance of romance : played with , as that is when antonio tells ro that he loves her , but she says it can ' t work out .

sagi delivers his first line ( " what a night ! what a storm ! " ) but azul doesn ' t show up . the director asks where he is , and he is shown listening to " shine " from barbie in the 12 dancing princesses .

rosella ' s new gown was designed by her animal friends . her dress is ocean blue with sparkles added by tika . the bodice has pink wavy cuts and her sleeves are long with mesh at the ends . her skirt has a pink , transparent wrap , with designs painted by sagi . azul kindly gave some of his feathers to form pink peacock feathers attached on the back of the dress . she also holds a bouquet of roses . rosella wears a necklace and pink flat shoes . her hair was tied into a bun ( the bun was also used by princess fallon in barbie in the 12 dancing princesses ) .

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before the wedding is about to start we can see the ribbon from luciana matches with her dress but for the rest of the movie , she wears her purple ribbon .

there’s something stuffy about the way that david hyde pierce speaks ; and he’s pretty much built his entire career around that characteristic , as he’s almost always playing some kind of uptight square , from frasier all the way to two animated films . in pixar’s

a girl who was shipwrecked on a desert island and raised by animals begins to wonder who her real parents were . she gets the chance to find out when a handsome explorer turns up and offers to take her back to his own country . animation , with the voice of kelly sheridan .

one the way home , the two start to fall in love , but antonio ' s father , peter , arranged a marriage to luciana , a princess of another kingdom . unfortunately , that lady ' s mother , ariana , is holding a grudge against peter and his family , and is planning to murder them at the wedding .

rosella is intelligent , knowing english while being on the island , calling the dolphins for help when she was dumped in the water , and keeping calm . she is also shown to be smart when she didn ' t get caught by the guards while entering the greenhouse , and also is skilled enough in tree - climbing that she taught tallulah the monkey how to climb trees again . she is also shown to be a bit self - sacrificing , going back to the kingdom risking being thrown in the dungeon for the rest of her life or maybe even worst . she is also very loyal and a big animal lover .

the film skips to ten years later , when tika , a baby elephant , has joined ro ' s animal family . ro goes exploring with her animal friends daily , and at night she sings a lullaby to tika , one she has always known but can ' t remember where she learned it . their world changes when an adventurous prince named antonio and his friend frazer discover the island . sagi , azul and tika are afraid of the newcomers , but ro is curious as she has never seen another human before . antonio and frazer slip while exploring and fall into a dark pond inhabited by three crocodiles . the crocodiles approach the men with the intent to eat them , but ro appears , telling the crocodiles to leave the men alone , and they oblige .

two best friends , liana and alexa , embark on a journey to find the diamond castle ! with the help of music , the girls overcome challenges that show friendship is the true treasure .

families can talk about how ro might have learned to talk to the animals . do you and your pets have any special ways to communicate ? do you think you would prefer to live on ro ' s island or in prince antonio ' s castle , and why ?

the day after the ball , she keeps the dress but with a few edits : the peacock feathers are removed , and her hairstyle is changed . she now wears it down , with a braid wrapping across the center , fastened with a matching bow .

parents need to know that this gentle story will appeal to children who love animals and / or barbie , and that its original music score may even draw in the grown - ups . the main character talks about missing the family from whom she was separated at a young age . a depiction of a near - drowning is harrowing , and younger kids may need some help understanding the villain ' s motivation , which is presented in song . the traits that define the heroine are bravery and compassion , not just beauty .

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diegetic switch : " i need to know " starts out with ro singing to the animals in the first verse ; from the second verse on , it ' s from the internal thoughts of ro and antonio .

villain song : ariana sings about the scheming and murdering she did to eventually get revenge on the royal family .

after a storm , a 6 - year - old girl is shipwrecked onto an island . her only possessions left are a trunk with clothes and accessories , a flag with a white rose on it , and a broken nameplate only saying " ro . " she is found washed up on shore by a wise red panda named sagi and a pompous but good - hearted peacock named azul . the girl is raised by these two animals and called " ro " since the broken nameplate is the only indication of her name . ro learns how to talk to animals as she grows up , but she lost her memory since being shipwrecked .

pimped out dress : loads , given much of the film takes place at a royal court . the standout dress is ro ' s blue dress with the peacock tail .

which played for 12 months at hollywood ' s hudson mainstage theatre , receiving the los angeles drama critics circle award , the la weekly theatre award and the backstage garland award for outstanding musical . he also created the popular jukebox musicals

she played stretch , a gummy purple octopus who serves as an enforcer for lotso , the kingpin - like teddy bear . we’re not exactly sure what in goldberg’s voice screams “second tier bad guy , ” but she’s so darn good at it , we hesitate to question anything .

ro is freed , but gets banished from apollonia as well . during the journey , tika tells ro about antonio ' s romantic note which she hid , but ro , singing always more l , forgives her . however , the group are in trouble because ariana paid one of the crew members to sabotage their boat . ro nearly drowns and while sagi calls her , she recalls a man calling her " rosella " in a similar situation when she was little . tika nearly drowns too , but ro calls for dolphins to help everyone . back in apollonia , the wedding has begun . ariana puts more sunset herb in the wedding cake with tiny , the bird who she recovered after she hit a part of the ship she was in , witnessing it . on touchdown , ro returns to the royal greenhouse so she can make the tonic . sagi takes some of the tonic to tallulah , who was poisoned , when the group are caught by guards and tika interrupts the wedding . one of the guards starts taking ro to the dungeons again , but prince antonio stops him .

( csusm ) . when not costuming theatrical productions , she also enjoys sewing custom creations for special events . she has also designed and presented two full fashion lines , and won best in show for fashion design at the san diego county fair . as a wife and mother of two young kids , renetta feels blessed that she is able to work doing all the creative things she loves . enjoy the show !

, made its world premiere at the 2012 sundance film festival . mr . vásquez is a graduate of the juilliard school .

ro swings over to the crocodile pond for her scene , but she falls in the water . the director asks if she ' s okay , and she laughs , saying she is .

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one day , a prince named antonio comes to the island to explore . when antonio is attacked by crocodiles , rosella saves him . rosella and antonio quickly form a strong bond , and antonio asks her if she would like to return with him to his kingdom . never afraid of adventure , rosella agrees in hope of finding her birth family .

rosella refuses saying that he and luciana belong together . when antonio tries to stop her , she pleads for him to not make it harder for her . after the ball , rosella goes to sagi for comfort . sagi tells her that he saw a carriage with a flag that looked like the one that was washed up onto the island with her . when she found out that the owners of the carriage never had a daughter , she leaves disappointed . while she isn ' t in the greenhouse , antonio leaves her a note asking her to sail away with him , after learning his wedding date to luciana has been moved forward , but tika hides it .

sagi is a very good friend to rosella . he gives her advice when she ' s in doubt . she seems to go to him when she has a problem . sagi seems to look at rosella as his adopted daughter , which rosella is in a way , since he and azul raised her . sagi is very proud of rosella and he once comments that she ' s a princess in his eyes . it was sagi ' s idea for rosella to go to the ball . sagi helps rosella in every way he can . sagi is also very understanding and always listens to rosella ' s opinions .

princess rosella is a brave , loving , determined and adventurous girl . she loves to sing , whether her friends want to sing with her or when she sings a lullaby to tika that her mother taught her . she ' s also confused with civilization , making her a bit unconfident . by the end of the movie , rosella has changed into a more responsible , and mature young woman , but keeps her taste of adventure .

broken aesop : a source of conflict in the movie is that ro and antonio fall in love and want to marry but can ' t because ro isn ' t of royal blood . eventually they just say " screw it " and decide to marry anyway , giving the moral that it doesn ' t matter if two people are from differing social classes , they should be allowed to be together if they ' re in love . however , at the very end , it ' s revealed that ro is the long - lost princess rosella of paladia , meaning that she was royalty all along , which kind of cancels out the intended aesop .

ro tried to impress to impress the king and queen , but ariana ruins everything . ro feels that she no more belongs in apollonia and that she should return to her island , but her love for antonio and the mystery about her background and unknown family convinced her to stay . however , antonio and luciana are to have an engagement party . even so , tallulah , tika , sagi , and azul make ro a beautiful gown to wear , making her the belle of the ball . at the ball , ro and antonio dance together and he declares his love for her , but ro leaves after reminding him about his pledged marriage to luciana .

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rosella and antonio have been in love ever since they ' ve met on rosella ' s island . antonio was the first to realize his feelings for rosella , and his goal throughout most of the film was to marry rosella or make sure that rosella was happy . antonio has shown many times that he deeply cares for rosella . rosella also cares a lot about antonio and was upset temporarily about antonio being betrothed to luciana , even though she hides it .

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ro introduces herself to antonio and tells him she doesn ' t remember anything about her life before the island . antonio believes she may have been shipwrecked . ro then introduces her animal friends , and antonio and frazer finally tell her their names . antonio asks ro to come back to his kingdom , apollonia . ro is unsure , but decides to go , if per chance she could find her family . ro and the animals leave on antonio ' s ship , and during the voyage , antonio and ro develop a serious attraction .

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it can be presumed that she is a good teacher . she seems to be athletic too , being able to throw a branch right into a carriage ' s wheel . she is very sweet and friendly . she is also the first to realize ariana ' s plan , along with sagi - another scene in which she is shown to be smart . she is more friendly than polite as long as the people around her don ' t mind . she ' s very selfless . however while she ' s street - smart , she does not have much knowledge on romance or love . not being able to notice antonio ' s in love with her when others can plainly see it , and antonio tells her . though this may be due to her being rather non - confident at the time

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in anticipation of the season ' s first magical rainbow , elina travels to wondrous fairytopia ' s renowned school of fairies to improve her skills in magic , but unfortunately , the envious laverna intends to doom the land to an eternal winter .

" the rat song " by scott page - pagter and ian james corlett .

a nice twist in this movie is that luciana and ro are not pitted against each other , and in fact help each other when they have the opportunity . and the prince , from the start , is attracted to the girl with personality and verve , not just beauty . overall the folks at mattel seem to have caught on that parents are looking for female role models with more than just good looks .

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received the 2007 la ovation award for best musical for its record - breaking los angeles run at the el portal theatre in north hollywood , and continues to be an audience favorite in theater companies throughout the us and abroad . another audience favorite is bean’s

while queen ariana sang " love is for peasants , " it seems luciana was wearing a purple ribbon in her hair , but after luciana brought the books and her mother told her to not read the books again , it seems the ribbon was missing .

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. the characters couldn’t be any more different but thanks to ferguson they’re equally lovable .

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king peter and queen danielle want antonio to marry someone with royalty and help rule the kingdom . a queen from a neighbouring kingdom , queen ariana , wants her daughter princess luciana to marry antonio , even though luciana doesn ' t love him , and later becomes friends with ro . however , ariana is determined to keep ro and antonio , whose feelings for each other are growing , away from each other ; in fact , she wants to kill antonio ' s family and take over apollonia . her plan is revenge for her parents who were banished from the kingdom and made into pig farmers for attempting to murder the king and queen years before .

rosella and antonio find out that antonio is betrothed to princess luciana . luciana , who is a sweet , kind , artistic , and polite girl , realizes quickly that antonio and rosella are already in love . she tries to tell her mother , queen ariana . ariana doesn ' t agree that people should marry for love , and should marry for power instead . the next day , rosella tries to please antonio ' s parents , but it all ends in disaster because of ariana .

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tallulah performs " at the ball , " but her " purple " parasol is green . the next one won ' t open , and when tallulah tries she discovers it is stuck closed . the third one is purple and open , but then it closes around tallulah .

arranged marriage : but neither the would - be bride or groom are happy about it .

covers always lie : well sort of lie here . ro ' s fancy dress is topped with her having long hair and wearing a cool crown . in the movie , her head is bare and the hair is up ◊ in a fancier version of a prim and proper bun . she also doesn ' t wear the crown at one point in the film .

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rule of glamorous : no reason is given that the green part of azul ' s tail feathers turn pink after ro puts them on her dress ( other than parts of the dress are pink ) . or how tika ' s trunk spray turns into sparkles on the dress .

princesses prefer pink : ro ' s standout dress is mainly blue , but has a pink overskirt , and the peacock tail is mostly pink . the merch also adds a pink cool crown .

spirited young lady : ro is curious and adventurous , unlike most of the ladies antonio knew .

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when the sleeping herb spreads because of ariana , rosella is blamed and thrown in the dungeon . when antonio learns this , he is furious and begs for her release , knowing she didn ' t do anything . rosella gets released , but antonio takes back his throne and duties of marrying luciana back to do it . while on the boat , she and her animal family get thrown overboard . tika nearly drowns , but rosella calls the dolphins . they get back to apollonia and start the tonic , but they get caught . rosella gives the tonic to sagi and tells him to cure tallulah . a guard captures rosella .

it ' s said at several points that the animals will starve to death if not given an antidote .

peacock girl : the peacock tail on ro ' s dress is from azul ' s own tail feathers .

throughout the movie , luciana ' s long purple hair ribbon with bows disappears and reappears in between some shots .

" at the ball " by bets malone , christopher gaze , melissa lyons , susan roman and steve marvel .

here on my island ( 2 : 17 ) - - right here in my arms ( 1 : 43 ) - - a brand new shore ( 1 : 32 ) - - i need to know ( 4 : 06 ) - - love is for peasants ( 2 : 34 ) - - right here in my arms : greenhouse ( 0 : 45 ) - - at the ball ( 2 : 56 ) - - the rat song ( 2 : 56 ) - - always more ( 2 : 02 ) - - right here in my arms : reunion ( 2 : 01 ) - - when we have love ( 2 : 16 ) - - i need to know ( pop version ) ( 3 : 35 ) .

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it was okay for a kids movie . it had some really great computer animation but the storyline was just contrived .

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two characters who might have been enemies in another studio ' s hands end up being kind to and supportive of each other - - good girl - power message . and the well - sketched villain gets a timely comeuppance . the main character never wavers in her self - awareness , making her irresistible to the prince . extremely positive images of kindness to animals .

robinsonade : ro grows up in this setting , but it ' s a much lighter form of the trope than typical .

rosella wears a pink dress for the tea party . it is magenta with light pink and a small blue bow . she wears pink flats with a pink flower on her hair . the middle of her skirt has tiny roses embroidered on it .

it’s always a pleasure to be part of a roger bean production . at burbank’s falcon theatre ( now re - named the garry marshall theatre ) dale has stage - managed more than twenty productions , including the recent the complete history of comedy : abridged directed by jerry kernion , buyer & cellar directed by dimitri toscas , parallel lives directed by jenny sullivan and the real housewives of toluca lake : the musical directed by roger bean ; at the rubicon theatre company , clarence darrow directed by jenny sullivan ; at the colony theatre , several productions including sex and education directed by andrew barnicle and the lion in winter directed by stephanie vlahos ; at a noise within , many productions including noises off directed by geoff elliot and julia rodriguez - elliot ; at native voices at the autry six original productions ; at theatre west a very brady musical directed by lloyd schwartz , nunsense written and directed by dan goggin , three productions for ray bradbury’s pandemonium theatre company and several more for storybook theatre children’s shows . dale has stage - managed more than 100 projects at other theaters , and is a proud member of actors’ equity .

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ro meets antonio ' s family when they arrive in apollonia : his parents , king peter and queen danielle and his younger sisters , rita , gina , and sofia . the sisters love ro , tika , azul , and sagi , but the king and queen instantly disapprove . they think that ro is too uncivilised , but ro does make quick friends with the queen ' s pet monkey , tallulah .

rosella and luciana are good friends . they are both supportive for each other and are kind to each other . unlike most girls , these two are not against each other . instead , these girls care for each other and don ' t want to ruin the other ' s future . when luciana heard what her mother say a mean thing to rosella , she stood up for her . when ariana tripped the royal butler to pour tea on rosella , she helped her clean the tea off her dress . at the ending of the movie , she wanted rosella to marry antonio because the two were made for each other . both girls care a lot about the other ' s feelings . she knew rosella was a good girl and confronted her mother by asking her why she didn ' t want her to eat anything unless she poisoned it . she took her mother ' s place has ruler of her kingdom and always treat her people with love and respect .

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tika takes antonio to rosella , and antonio stops the guard . everyone else soon showed up , and antonio reminds his father about the deal they made . rosella soon tells everyone about ariana ' s plan . ariana tries to deny it , but luciana finally confirms rosella ' s story . ariana tries to make a run for it after she knocked rosella and antonio down , but is stopped by rosella and she was declared hero of apollonia and after all the excitement , antonio finally asks rosella to marry him , and she happily agrees . antonio then hugs rosella , and peter welcomes her into the family .

antonio is happy to see ro again , but king peter demands she be imprisoned again , only to be nullified by his son who reminded him of their agreed deal . ro tries to explain , but tallulah is the real evidence that her tonic will work , as she is awake again . ro tells everyone about ariana ' s plans , but ariana denies the claims , until ro tells her to eat some cake ; she can ' t because she put sunset herb in it and luciana confirms this by ariana warning her earlier not to eat any food and that she poisoned it , causing ariana ' s rats to faint . ariana runs away , pushing both antonio and rosella , but is stopped by ro and tika ; she falls into a pig pen , reflecting how her parents were made into pig farmers . then she is banished , but luciana is free to stay .