Special Thanks to @KinekoVideo for Scanning and Restoring this 35mm reel. https://www.youtube.com/c/KinekoVideo https://twitter.com/kinekovideo For more videos related to this film, check out our curated playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQnigF_xmZFYIjdKRnqYUROdqx5zgKwH Anastasia (94 min) Synopsis: In 1916 Russia, the Dowager Empress Marie gives a music box and necklace to her youngest granddaughter Anastasia, with the promise that the two of them would be “Together in Paris.” On the same evening, an evil sorcerer named Rasputin places a curse on the Romanov family, resulting in the Russian Revolution. As Anastasia and her grandmother escape from persecution, Rasputin attempts to stop them, but he falls through the ice of a river and drowns. The pair attempts to escape Russia on a train, but Anastasia falls off from the train and develops amnesia. Ten years later, a grown-up Anastasia (now called “Anya”) begins her search for the family she can’t remember. Her only clue to the past is a necklace with the words “Together in Paris.” She travels to St. Petersburg with the help of a stray dog named Pooka. There, she meets a pair of conmen: Dimitri and Vlad Vasilovich. The two men are searching for a woman who can pass off as Anastasia so they can collect a reward being offered by the Dowager Empress. When the two men meet Anya, they convince her to join them in their ruse. However, their journey is far from easy as they are pursued by an undead Rasputin awakened by his magical reliquary, his bat minion Bartok, and a host of ghostly demons. Can Anastasis reach Paris and reclaim her rightful destiny? Cast: Meg Ryan (Anastasia); John Cusack (Dimitri); Kelsey Grammer (Vlad); Christopher Lloyd (Rasputin); Hank Azaria (Bartok); Angela Lansbury (The Dowager Empress Marie); Bernadette Peters (Sophie); Kirsten Dunst (Young Anastasia); Liz Callaway (Anastasia singing voice); Jonathan Dokuchitz (Dimitri singing voice); Songs: “A Rumor in St. Petersburg”; “Journey to the Past”; “Once Upon a December”; “In the Dark of the Night”; “Learn to Do It”; “Paris Holds the Key”; “At the Beginning” Directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman U.S. Theatrical Release Date: November 21, 1997 US Home Media Release Dates: April 28, 1998 (VHS/LD); January 1, 1999 (DVD); March 16, 2006 (DVD); March 22, 2011 (Blu-ray) Trivia: • Original score composed by David Newman; original songs written by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty • Nominated for 2 Academy Awards in the categories of Best Original Score (Musical or Comedy) and Best Original Song for “Journey to the Past” • The first 20th Century Fox animated feature to be produced by its own animation division, 20th Century Fox Animation, through its subsidiary Fox Animation Studios. • The success of the film spawned various adaptations of the film into other media, including a direct-to-video spin-off film, and a stage musical, which premiered in 2016. The Copyright Laws of the United States recognizes a “fair use” of copyrighted content. Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.” This video and the “Animation Compendia” YouTube channel in general may contain certain copyrighted works that were not specifically authorized to be used by the copyrighted holder(s), but which we believe in good faith are protected by federal law and the fair use doctrine for one or more of the reasons noted above.