@@friendlyneighborhoodplagueDR it's interesting to note that he planned to use the music box for tricking the Empress with a substitute of Anastasia and now, he did it for really reunite them
A whole lifetime remembered from a simple scent of peppermint. Showing how much power your senses can be, how certain smells can trigger deep memories we've long forgotten.
I love how Anastasia resembles her grandmother so much. It's tragic though that this whole thing is a fairy tale becaue the real Anastasia was killed with her family
@@VinMar-m6wUnfortunately, she is indeed dead. Her body was discovered along with her brother somewhere back in 2014 I believe. I could be wrong about the year but they have confirmed that it's her. Though...I myself hope that they're wrong too...that she's still out there or has at least lived a long life as she'd be quite old around this time.
@@bmo9881 At least she had lived a full life of she did escape. I remember reading somewhere that a woman in her 60s claimed to be her but it was likely an imposter.
This was one of the last (if not the last) animated feature that was largely hand drawn. Fantastic story, beautiful music, engaging characters. Never gets old.
a specific cookie recipe did that for me at a family gathering, I have a strong memory so smells don't really register as a memory trigger. But, I hadn't had those cookies in at least 20 years (my aunt I'm confident was the one who made them)
@@Jadefox32 in France, where I live, we call this type of things " une madeleine de Proust " meaning something who reminds us our childhood. It's a reference of a book of the french writer, Marcel Proust, where after eating a madeleine, the MC remembers of his childhood where he went on his aunt's house and she always gave him one after dipping it in her tea
@@mar_7055 well, yes, Ego's flashback is the perfect illustration of " la madeleine de Proust " because just tasting it was enough for him to remember of his mom's ratatouille. La madeleine de Proust is something who bring back childhood memories to someone and it can be anything
I will always love that Marie gave Anya both the necklace and music box and waited. Simply having both together wasn't going to be enough, especially for a secret between grandmother and granddaughter. The fact that she knew the tune, words, and even how to open it proved what others girls could never replicate.
I always had a problem with this actually. Marie got the music box from Dimitri who had just been traveling with Anya so it wouldn’t be hard for Marie to think they had figured out how to get the music box to open and play as well as memorizing the tune beforehand.
@@ten5h1 I’m aware of that, but this is a discussion about the animated movie. If we were discussing the history I would be talking about the rumor of her survival most likely being started by the very people who executed her because it was to shameful to admit that they had killed all the children.
He knew. During the interview, the moment she recalled she was led to the secret door and a servant boy saved her and her grandmother was what convinced him. Dimitri hadn’t divulged this information to her and for me this was the change that solidified his character development. He went from a con man for money to revealing he was actually a very caring and compassionate person under that snarking exterior.
I just clocked that Dimitri pulled off an elegant and quiet Say Anything reference with a music box in his palm instead of a boombox above his head...and he's voiced by John Cusack. That...makes me happy.
After years of being dupped for her money, I can understand Granny's initial irritation with Dimitri considering his infamous reputation for being a conman. I wouldn't have trusted him either
The sense of smell is incredibly powerful. People are able to remember things that are buried deep in their mind if they smell something that triggers a memory.
Yes. I got a smell of something last week in an old building that used to be a store I shopped at as a kid. It’s now an event space and I was there for a fundraiser. Got into an older part that hadn’t been renovated as much and I don’t quite know what the smell was, but I suddenly remembered shopping there with my mom when I was very young and could see the little shoes and stockings I’d had on. Actually had to stop and put a hand on the wall because it was so disorienting. The body basically say, “Oh, we have that scent on file, and let’s remember the last time we smelled it so we can know if there’s danger or not.” Meanwhile I’m just in an old department store looking for something for a breast cancer benefit.
That’s because the temporal lobe, which is responsible for memory, is located right next to the ear. Since our ears and nose are connected, it processes both auditory and olfactory information. That’s why hearing a song or someone’s voice can also trigger a powerful memory. Our brains are amazing!
This is fiction! No one survived the murder of the Russian royal family, DNA tests proved all of the bodies were the royal family. The Dowager Empress refused to meet any imposter who claimed to be any of her grandchildren. Look up history properly , don't base your knowledge on a crappy Disney movie
This scene is especially sad if you think about the real life events and what gruesome thing actually happened to the real Anastasia and the rest of the family. The real life Empress believed till her last breath that her family was still alive and that one day she might be reunited with them. Sadly she never got the reunion that is depicted here because they were all executed in 1918 and she didn't knew or didn't want to believe it.
Anatasia, The Prince of Egypt, and The Iron Giant are the last three great Non-Disney animated films! Also, I appreciate Dimitri's integrity of helping Anya unite with her grandmother.
1:54 this very brief moment is powerful, the Dowager Tsarina sits down and she looks on as though for the first time in so many years she’s actually letting hope sink in.
Jim Cummings (Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Taz, Cat, Scar, Fuzzy Lumpkins, Darkwing Duck, Ed, Psycrow, Pete, Kaa, Dr Robotnik, etc) provides the singing voice for Rasputin since Christopher Lloyd doesn't sing.
The sad thing is that the bodies of Anastasia and Alexei were eventually found, so the mystery of her "disappearance" was solved. One wonders if it was better for people's minds if they could just be left with the mystery and the possibility of her living out her life somewhere. The other end of that is their bodies were reunited with their parents and sister's bodies. A horibble ending. I can never understand killing children.
I hadn't heard that part. I knew someone pretended to be her but they did DNA tests on her descendents in recent history and compared it to her mother's relatives and proved she wasn't who she said she was. A lot of stories that become classics like this are more sad in origin. The living need happy stories though, to inspire and encourage them even when life is hard.
@helene4397 it was inconclusive from what I understand. All the bodies are now accounted for but from what I read the body found with Alexei's was determined to either be Anastasia or her elder sister Maria.
They used rotoscoping where they basically have actors perform the scenes and animators trace over the actions. It's what gives the realistic and fluid motions in the movie.
I hate that the real life story of Anastasia ended in tragedy but through the music and scenes in this movie will make it that I will never forget about the person.
This movie was based on the idea that Anastasia was missing. That she disappeared when the Russian leader and his family were executed. But, she, too, was executed. Her remains were found and identified decades later.
This scene between Dmitri and The Dowager Empress is different between the Animated film and the Broadway stage version of ANASTASIA. Movie: Dmitri attempts to start the introduction to bring Anya as Anastasia in. However, the Empress is not impressed realizing about the same man who was scheming in Russia..... to audition girls in being Anastasia..... just for the reward money. Anya overhears the conversation in complete shock, anger, and of course slaps Dmitri. However, in not giving up, Dmitri plays a game of hit and run. He kidnaps The Dowager Empress and steals her car driving down to the hotel and begs her to go to talk to Anya. The Empress refuses until he shows her the music box. The Empress talks to Anya in a very calm matter slowly until Anya begins to sing the Lullaby. She realizes Anya is Anastasia!! The smell Anya remembers in the film is Peppermint. Musical: After the ballet, The Empress' assistant Lily (formerly Sophie) escorts Anya to meet the Empress in her box seat at the opera house. Moments alone, Dmitri laments is broken heart knowing that Anya is Anastasia, and he really is in love with her..... the haunting EVERYTHING TO WIN. A few moments later, Anya returns in a shattered emotional mess. The Empress sneers at Anya very coldly and turns her away knowing it was another girl claiming she is Anastasia. Anya confronts Dmitri before leaving. At a perfect timing, The Empress steps out of her box with Dmitri going up to her to explain everything in a very disrespectful royal matter...... including stepping over The Empress' long gown to get her to stop. He continues to explain Anya is the real deal but The Empress slaps him. He gives her the warning...... GOD WILL JUDGE YOU HARSHY OLD WOMAN. HISTORY ALREADY HAS. Impressed by his courage, the Empress goes to see Anya at the hotel. However, it doesn't go easy. Anya is shocked to see how different she was vs. when she was younger. Anya goes off easy passing all the Empress' questions on the Romanov history. Slowly, Anya starts to remember the Empress seeing Anastasia before the move to Paris. Anya pulls out the music box singing the Lullaby which The Empress immediately breaks down in tears. She realizes Anya is Anastasia!! The smell Anya remembers in the musical is Orange Blossoms.
I saw this in theaters as a 7 year old. To this day this movie, the songs, the moral of the movie still stick with me. I hope it brings a level of joy it did for me to others first time or showing their kids now. I can’t tell you newer movies that I saw last week but this one 26 years later still sticks. Thank you Don Bluth (Director)
Angela Lansbury did this so well, it's easily one of the roles I associate her to the most, though I'm a child of the 90s and didn't really watch Murder She WRote. Though I did watch Bedknobs and Broomsticks a good amount too.
0:10 Dimitri recovered this music box. 0:33 Anastasia is packing up, they must stop her before she leaves. 2:38 At the mean time this will refresh her memory of 10 years at least.
I’ve never seen this movie and don’t know why this was recommended to me but it’s CRAZY how much better the visuals and animation are for the villains compared to the super stiff rotoscoped protagonists. They just look like realistic human proportions and movements with stylized cartoon faces that don’t mesh well, while the villain didn’t use the rotoscoping so it looks way more cohesive and expressive.
It made me so sad that Dimitri was in love with Anastasia that his whole life and she never even knew he existed…. Until then when he helped to remember what sort of upsets me is he didn’t tell the queen “you know what there’s nothing you can give me because what I want it’s not some thing you can give me”
Got to love how people assume this is a Disney creation because it's on Disney+. It is not a Disney creation, just acquired in more recent years. Great film though, thank you Don Bluth!
Because Dimitri is 20 years old - well, it's unusual he is speaking to Marie, Anastasia's grandmama in a cross sort of way as teenagers or young adults don't normally do that to older adults, especially elderly ones.
@cooperlumsden2131 True, but the situation was much more serious than what most teenagers or young adults usually deal with. Let's also not forget that he was a teenager living on the streets during the first years of the soviet union. He lived a much harder life than a teenager in the 21st century. On top of everything, he was also plotting to con millions of rubles out of that same empress from the very start. Dimitri isn't your typical young adult
"Not your typical _____." or "Not your average _____." is an expression, and it means the person or thing you're talking about falls outside of the ordinary or expected when compared to similar people or things. Usually, toward the extraordinary. I wasn't directing anything toward you specifically.
I love this movie. The auditions were funny. I know the last tsar was a horrible ruler but i don't think they deserved to die... could have just been exiled.
It's too bad that we now know that Lenin had the entire Romanov family murdered, and Anastasia died with her family on July 17, 1918. She was stabbed to death.
I know that she's actually Anastasia in the context of this movie, but having discovered what happened to the real Anastasia this feels so much more bittersweet.
@@declancolwell5443 really? That's twice in recent memory they regret something they did, the first being the cancelation of The Owl House. Impressive by Disney standards
The Senses of a human being are incredible. Countless eons of instinct buried beneath our 'Civility', yet still aiding us to this day. From the briefest whiff of peppermint oil, unlocked a deep, cherished memory that had her Grandmother stopping and turning to her in an instant. I myself had a moment like this not too long ago. Caught a whiff of a candle that smelled so perfectly like the Ocean that for a moment it was like i was standing on the beach for the first time once more. I could hear the waves against the shore, feel the sand beneath my feet, the Sun on my face and the salt breeze brushing my hair. I could see the blue-green waves rising and falling, the white foam forming, see and hear the seagulls overhead, almost as though they were welcoming me back. Made me miss the ocean mighty fierce it did.
That's right. The dowager empress is anastasia's royal grandmother. And it will make her so happy & relieved to finally see her youngest grandaughter again ❤ She'll realise that dimitri was telling the truth & how he was the boy that saved them from the Russia revolution.
Fuck n hell i was just a child when i ve seen this movie for the first time. Now i am 36 and i just want to go back on time …one more time being a child ! Once upon a December !
I loved How Dimitri blew her a kiss and was willing to just walk away without the money. He loved her and was just happy that she was happy.
@@friendlyneighborhoodplagueDR it's interesting to note that he planned to use the music box for tricking the Empress with a substitute of Anastasia and now, he did it for really reunite them
Fine I'm leaving
@JuliaV-z6c im praying for you too
A whole lifetime remembered from a simple scent of peppermint. Showing how much power your senses can be, how certain smells can trigger deep memories we've long forgotten.
And sounds.
@heavencanwaite very true.
And images.
Taste too.
As a matter of fact, smell is the sense that triggers memory the most.
Dimitri: Probably just as stubborn as you are. Good line dude
Angela's delivery of "My Anastacia " was priceless
That actually brought me to tears
Her music box, this will refresh her memory (1916-1926).
We miss her in reality.
I love how Anastasia resembles her grandmother so much. It's tragic though that this whole thing is a fairy tale becaue the real Anastasia was killed with her family
She's not dead. She's missing
@@VinMar-m6wUnfortunately, she is indeed dead. Her body was discovered along with her brother somewhere back in 2014 I believe. I could be wrong about the year but they have confirmed that it's her. Though...I myself hope that they're wrong too...that she's still out there or has at least lived a long life as she'd be quite old around this time.
@@Sonicsgirl13She was born in 1901 so if she did escape and live in hiding she's probably been gone for a couple decades.
@@bmo9881 At least she had lived a full life of she did escape. I remember reading somewhere that a woman in her 60s claimed to be her but it was likely an imposter.
At the time they made this movie, her death had not yet been confirmed. They hadn’t even found her body yet.
Last year I lost my grandmother we were not close but I miss her very much if you can try to treasure every moment you have with yours.
This was one of the last (if not the last) animated feature that was largely hand drawn. Fantastic story, beautiful music, engaging characters. Never gets old.
Yes, even if it's not a Disney, I love the style.
In plus, the moment where Dimitri shows the music box to Marie is one of my favorite scene.
@@a.g.demada5263 a masterwork of the 20th century style 👏👏😁😁
I miss animated films done in this manner. They are such a joy to watch and so inspiring to a someone who wants to be an animator.
@@patriciahayes2664 absolutely agreed! Beautiful to see the hand drawn art in motion 😁👏
hand drawn is by far the best, it has more heart and soul in it with every stroke of the pencil and paint, another soon to be a lost art
I got a whiff of my mother’s old laundry detergent and it made me remember her picking me up from my crib when I was 1.
@@BrightElk it's the subcounscient : it keeps the memories alive.
That's very cute
a specific cookie recipe did that for me at a family gathering, I have a strong memory so smells don't really register as a memory trigger. But, I hadn't had those cookies in at least 20 years (my aunt I'm confident was the one who made them)
@@Jadefox32 in France, where I live, we call this type of things " une madeleine de Proust " meaning something who reminds us our childhood.
It's a reference of a book of the french writer, Marcel Proust, where after eating a madeleine, the MC remembers of his childhood where he went on his aunt's house and she always gave him one after dipping it in her tea
@@a.g.demada5263 did Ratatouille get that food critic scene from this book you just mentioned????
@@mar_7055 well, yes, Ego's flashback is the perfect illustration of " la madeleine de Proust " because just tasting it was enough for him to remember of his mom's ratatouille.
La madeleine de Proust is something who bring back childhood memories to someone and it can be anything
I will always love that Marie gave Anya both the necklace and music box and waited. Simply having both together wasn't going to be enough, especially for a secret between grandmother and granddaughter. The fact that she knew the tune, words, and even how to open it proved what others girls could never replicate.
I always had a problem with this actually. Marie got the music box from Dimitri who had just been traveling with Anya so it wouldn’t be hard for Marie to think they had figured out how to get the music box to open and play as well as memorizing the tune beforehand.
@@Kirdex90 However, they didn’t know the lyrics.
@@sparkling-lime8010 that’s only true if the song was exclusively made for that music box, which I don’t know if it was.
@@Kirdex90doesn’t matter either way because it was sadly proven that Anastasia died the same night as the rest of her family and in the same way.
@@ten5h1 I’m aware of that, but this is a discussion about the animated movie. If we were discussing the history I would be talking about the rumor of her survival most likely being started by the very people who executed her because it was to shameful to admit that they had killed all the children.
3:17 Angela Lansbury’s voice acting here, man. Beautiful ❤️
At this point, he wasn't even doing this for the money. He wanted them to reunite
He knew. During the interview, the moment she recalled she was led to the secret door and a servant boy saved her and her grandmother was what convinced him. Dimitri hadn’t divulged this information to her and for me this was the change that solidified his character development. He went from a con man for money to revealing he was actually a very caring and compassionate person under that snarking exterior.
I HATE ANYA'S VOICE I'LL USE THE 🧯 SHUT UP ANYA🧯 1:09
That is the sweetest thing! It makes me tear up everytime! It warms my heart! 🥹🥰💖
This is why every girls first crush was a Don Bluthe character!!
@@vulpixfairy1985 honestly, as an adult, I can't truly blame him for his past actions because he did his best for surviving
The attention to detail in this film is meticulous, exquisite.
@@berengerdietiker22 and that's not all. I read the clothes, jewels and crowns were inspired of real ones
Rest In Peace
Angela Lansbury as the voice of Empress Marie Anastasia's Grandmother
I can't believe shes gone.
Still very sad she passed away already.
Wasn’t she the one who played Miss Pots in ‘Beauty and the beast’ ??
@@rafaelarcas942yes she did
@@kristyclifford649 I didn't know that was her (I'm french) but if a live action was made, she would be a perfect Empress Marie
I just clocked that Dimitri pulled off an elegant and quiet Say Anything reference with a music box in his palm instead of a boombox above his head...and he's voiced by John Cusack. That...makes me happy.
The jewel accents are absolutely stunning
this is why i will always think don bluth animation is better than disney
After years of being dupped for her money, I can understand Granny's initial irritation with Dimitri considering his infamous reputation for being a conman. I wouldn't have trusted him either
@@syrusangi8743 yes, normal but we can't blame him for tried to do his best for surviving.
But it's good to see him having a redemption
Charlie Barkin, from All Dogs Go to Heaven also had a reputation as a con man.
I would even imagine the parallels between Dimitri and Charlie Barkin, from ADGTH.
I cried so hard during that scene as a kid. I still cry as an adult.
@@colinm8200 yes, it's cute. Fun fact : in France, Dimitri has the same voice actor than Simba and Kronk
Me 😭 I love this movie
Yeah because she knew their secret.
@@kevinjones96602:25
The sense of smell is incredibly powerful. People are able to remember things that are buried deep in their mind if they smell something that triggers a memory.
Yes. I got a smell of something last week in an old building that used to be a store I shopped at as a kid. It’s now an event space and I was there for a fundraiser. Got into an older part that hadn’t been renovated as much and I don’t quite know what the smell was, but I suddenly remembered shopping there with my mom when I was very young and could see the little shoes and stockings I’d had on.
Actually had to stop and put a hand on the wall because it was so disorienting.
The body basically say, “Oh, we have that scent on file, and let’s remember the last time we smelled it so we can know if there’s danger or not.”
Meanwhile I’m just in an old department store looking for something for a breast cancer benefit.
That’s because the temporal lobe, which is responsible for memory, is located right next to the ear. Since our ears and nose are connected, it processes both auditory and olfactory information. That’s why hearing a song or someone’s voice can also trigger a powerful memory. Our brains are amazing!
Even though the legend is fiction, it did accomplish something else. It kept the memories of the Romanov family alive.
I'm glad Anastasia reunited with her grandmother.
This is fiction! No one survived the murder of the Russian royal family, DNA tests proved all of the bodies were the royal family. The Dowager Empress refused to meet any imposter who claimed to be any of her grandchildren. Look up history properly , don't base your knowledge on a crappy Disney movie
This scene is especially sad if you think about the real life events and what gruesome thing actually happened to the real Anastasia and the rest of the family. The real life Empress believed till her last breath that her family was still alive and that one day she might be reunited with them. Sadly she never got the reunion that is depicted here because they were all executed in 1918 and she didn't knew or didn't want to believe it.
Anatasia, The Prince of Egypt, and The Iron Giant are the last three great Non-Disney animated films!
Also, I appreciate Dimitri's integrity of helping Anya unite with her grandmother.
Maybe the one thing that sealed the deal for this sad Grandmother, was how she knew that thing was even a music box.
1:54 this very brief moment is powerful, the Dowager Tsarina sits down and she looks on as though for the first time in so many years she’s actually letting hope sink in.
Don bluth did such a remarkable movie director
This is a very emotional scene. But I love it. It shows that animation can be deep too
Dimitri: You have to talk to her! Just look at her, please!
We're not deaf, we heard
Dimitri: Do you recognize this?
Dimitri: I know you've been hurt, but it's just possible she's been as lost and alone as you.
@@luisjuarez3577 and this is why you don't have friends
@@zachjohnson9391 sorry to say but that's rude
I’m glad they reunited with each other.
So am I. The dowager empress thought she'd never see her anastasia again but she will. And she does ❤😉👍
me too.
I wish in real life, they all reunited in end, all happy.
I love the voice acting of Rasputin. Christopher Lloyd is an awesome actor!
Jim Cummings (Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Taz, Cat, Scar, Fuzzy Lumpkins, Darkwing Duck, Ed, Psycrow, Pete, Kaa, Dr Robotnik, etc) provides the singing voice for Rasputin since Christopher Lloyd doesn't sing.
@@declancolwell5443 Yep.
The sad thing is that the bodies of Anastasia and Alexei were eventually found, so the mystery of her "disappearance" was solved. One wonders if it was better for people's minds if they could just be left with the mystery and the possibility of her living out her life somewhere. The other end of that is their bodies were reunited with their parents and sister's bodies. A horibble ending. I can never understand killing children.
I hadn't heard that part. I knew someone pretended to be her but they did DNA tests on her descendents in recent history and compared it to her mother's relatives and proved she wasn't who she said she was. A lot of stories that become classics like this are more sad in origin. The living need happy stories though, to inspire and encourage them even when life is hard.
Last I heard, is that it was Maria who was found with Alexei, and they are still not buried with their family.
@helene4397 it was inconclusive from what I understand. All the bodies are now accounted for but from what I read the body found with Alexei's was determined to either be Anastasia or her elder sister Maria.
This whole animated film looks quite realistic, and that's what I've always liked about;
Except for how Anastasia reflects in the mirror.
They used rotoscoping where they basically have actors perform the scenes and animators trace over the actions. It's what gives the realistic and fluid motions in the movie.
She’s also the voice of Mrs Potts in Beauty and the Beast
She is ?
In France, Dimitri is voiced by the same guy than Simba and Kronk
She also performed the title song in that 1991 film.
@@a.g.demada5263actually, Simba and Kronk were voiced by 2 different actors: Simba: Matthew Broderick and Kronk: Patrick Warburton.
@@AdamTheLegoCityandPlushKing read my comment better. I said IN FRANCE 😒🙄
I hate that the real life story of Anastasia ended in tragedy but through the music and scenes in this movie will make it that I will never forget about the person.
0:18 Dimitri is right ✅ Anya is Anastasia. She has been as lost & alone as the dowager empress herself, not remembering who she is.
I miss handdrawn animations. Golden era
I love this morning it’s my all time favourite
I love this scene
This movie was based on the idea that Anastasia was missing. That she disappeared when the Russian leader and his family were executed. But, she, too, was executed. Her remains were found and identified decades later.
Also the phantom wealth the Former Queen is supposed to have...
I won’t be badgered by your moment longer! 0:06
Don Bluth's animation is glorious!
This scene between Dmitri and The Dowager Empress is different between the Animated film and the Broadway stage version of ANASTASIA.
Movie: Dmitri attempts to start the introduction to bring Anya as Anastasia in. However, the Empress is not impressed realizing about the same man who was scheming in Russia..... to audition girls in being Anastasia..... just for the reward money. Anya overhears the conversation in complete shock, anger, and of course slaps Dmitri. However, in not giving up, Dmitri plays a game of hit and run. He kidnaps The Dowager Empress and steals her car driving down to the hotel and begs her to go to talk to Anya. The Empress refuses until he shows her the music box. The Empress talks to Anya in a very calm matter slowly until Anya begins to sing the Lullaby. She realizes Anya is Anastasia!! The smell Anya remembers in the film is Peppermint.
Musical: After the ballet, The Empress' assistant Lily (formerly Sophie) escorts Anya to meet the Empress in her box seat at the opera house. Moments alone, Dmitri laments is broken heart knowing that Anya is Anastasia, and he really is in love with her..... the haunting EVERYTHING TO WIN. A few moments later, Anya returns in a shattered emotional mess. The Empress sneers at Anya very coldly and turns her away knowing it was another girl claiming she is Anastasia. Anya confronts Dmitri before leaving. At a perfect timing, The Empress steps out of her box with Dmitri going up to her to explain everything in a very disrespectful royal matter...... including stepping over The Empress' long gown to get her to stop. He continues to explain Anya is the real deal but The Empress slaps him. He gives her the warning...... GOD WILL JUDGE YOU HARSHY OLD WOMAN. HISTORY ALREADY HAS. Impressed by his courage, the Empress goes to see Anya at the hotel. However, it doesn't go easy. Anya is shocked to see how different she was vs. when she was younger. Anya goes off easy passing all the Empress' questions on the Romanov history. Slowly, Anya starts to remember the Empress seeing Anastasia before the move to Paris. Anya pulls out the music box singing the Lullaby which The Empress immediately breaks down in tears. She realizes Anya is Anastasia!! The smell Anya remembers in the musical is Orange Blossoms.
Fascinating! Now I want to see the musical version!
I love this scene as a kid 😭
I saw this in theaters as a 7 year old. To this day this movie, the songs, the moral of the movie still stick with me.
I hope it brings a level of joy it did for me to others first time or showing their kids now.
I can’t tell you newer movies that I saw last week but this one 26 years later still sticks. Thank you Don Bluth (Director)
Anastasia reunited with her grandma and they love each other 😊
👸🏻 🎶🎵 once upon of December.
🍬👈🏾👃🏽 peppermint.
Go away Dimitri! 0:40
Well he didn’t mention to her that he’s a con artist
@@vivianaespinoza5281 And at least he never meant to took somebody's money from St. Petersburg, during audition, did he?
@@AmhedEnriqueTarinAcosta-cg8ej Anastasia's packing to leave, they must stop her.
“forget the girl & get a life” even his own rat was tired of his bullshit 😂😂😂
RIP Angela Lansbury 💜🤍🩷
Rest In Peace
Angela Lansbury
3:29
When you play as the rogue in Dungeons and Dragons, and pick the 100% selfless path.
I had never heard of this role in the board game Dungeons and Dragons.
This movie was so underrated ❤
RIP Angela Lansbury.
Dame Angela Lansbury. Disney Legend.
I love, love, love this movie 🥹🥰🥰💕💕
this was a good movie back in the day and a very sad scene
3:18 I Always love that scene, They have finally just reunited with each other.
Anastasia is back with her grandma😊😭❤️
"Stress, sir. It's a killer. My cousin Vinny killed over mid-mango. And he's a fruit bat! No red meat, no nothing!" --Bartok
A great and underrated movie, it deserves more respect 🏆👍🏆💐🥳👌🤗
Angela Lansbury did this so well, it's easily one of the roles I associate her to the most, though I'm a child of the 90s and didn't really watch Murder She WRote. Though I did watch Bedknobs and Broomsticks a good amount too.
I only wish this was historically accurate as in history had actually played out this way 😢
When i was 12 i discovered what happened to the real Anastasia. Needless to say i was crushed 😂
@@The_Daily_Tomato well, technically, the movie is inspired by a rumor saying Anastasia survived
@@a.g.demada5263 Disproved now sadly.
@@The_Daily_Tomato I know 😔
0:10 Dimitri recovered this music box. 0:33 Anastasia is packing up, they must stop her before she leaves. 2:38 At the mean time this will refresh her memory of 10 years at least.
I remember crying to this as a child
I’ve never seen this movie and don’t know why this was recommended to me but it’s CRAZY how much better the visuals and animation are for the villains compared to the super stiff rotoscoped protagonists. They just look like realistic human proportions and movements with stylized cartoon faces that don’t mesh well, while the villain didn’t use the rotoscoping so it looks way more cohesive and expressive.
3:17
Reunited At Last.
@@amandacresswell2799 And finally. 📰 Royal Party Planned. Romanov Princess found!
It made me so sad that Dimitri was in love with Anastasia that his whole life and she never even knew he existed…. Until then when he helped to remember what sort of upsets me is he didn’t tell the queen “you know what there’s nothing you can give me because what I want it’s not some thing you can give me”
He didn't say it but the queen understood it when he refused the reward
I'm not crying you're crying.
Got to love how people assume this is a Disney creation because it's on Disney+. It is not a Disney creation, just acquired in more recent years. Great film though, thank you Don Bluth!
The animation is still better back then than it is now imo. Maybe is a nostalgia feeling
Such a sad movie when you remember it was real but had a sad ending
Bartok at 4:27 PLEASE forget the girl AND GET A LIFE 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love Bartok and his wit 🤣🤣🤣
I know the whole history with ANASTASIA has been rocky, but it is still a heartwarming scene. Also, the bat is right, get a life dude.
beautifully animated, so much work range of motion and colors it's too bad they don't do this anymore
Because Dimitri is 20 years old - well, it's unusual he is speaking to Marie, Anastasia's grandmama in a cross sort of way as teenagers or young adults don't normally do that to older adults, especially elderly ones.
At that point, he had kidnapped her. He didn't really have a lot to lose by speaking agresivly to her.
Well, why would he want to kidnap her as most 20-year-olds usually know better than that?
@cooperlumsden2131 True, but the situation was much more serious than what most teenagers or young adults usually deal with.
Let's also not forget that he was a teenager living on the streets during the first years of the soviet union. He lived a much harder life than a teenager in the 21st century.
On top of everything, he was also plotting to con millions of rubles out of that same empress from the very start. Dimitri isn't your typical young adult
Whatever you say, Joshua - and what do you mean he’s not my young adult?
"Not your typical _____." or "Not your average _____." is an expression, and it means the person or thing you're talking about falls outside of the ordinary or expected when compared to similar people or things. Usually, toward the extraordinary.
I wasn't directing anything toward you specifically.
Honestly one of my fav Disney cartoons 😢❤
I love this movie. The auditions were funny. I know the last tsar was a horrible ruler but i don't think they deserved to die... could have just been exiled.
It's too bad that we now know that Lenin had the entire Romanov family murdered, and Anastasia died with her family on July 17, 1918. She was stabbed to death.
Loved this movie! I watched it in my childhood 🙂
Loved this movie as a child, but was so sad to find out Anastasia was killed with the rest of her family. 😞
I know that she's actually Anastasia in the context of this movie, but having discovered what happened to the real Anastasia this feels so much more bittersweet.
Yes, normal. But the movie is inspired by a real rumor saying Anastasia survived (until it was proved wrong)
The little moments cannot be faked.
I still want that necklace and music box!!! I need a real working one!
Rest in peace, Angela Lansbury.
This scene is so heartwarming! It makes me so happy to see them reunited! 🥹💖👏🏻
@@packertai1 Dimitri's kiss in the end too
❤❤❤❤Anastasia I'll wait for you No matter what We will be together forever😂😂😂😂😂I'm in love with you Anastasia❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Love Jim
Fun fact about this movie: ever since Disney bought out FOX, Anastasia became a Disney princess
Disney has recently regretted buying Fox
@@declancolwell5443 really? That's twice in recent memory they regret something they did, the first being the cancelation of The Owl House. Impressive by Disney standards
The Senses of a human being are incredible. Countless eons of instinct buried beneath our 'Civility', yet still aiding us to this day. From the briefest whiff of peppermint oil, unlocked a deep, cherished memory that had her Grandmother stopping and turning to her in an instant.
I myself had a moment like this not too long ago. Caught a whiff of a candle that smelled so perfectly like the Ocean that for a moment it was like i was standing on the beach for the first time once more. I could hear the waves against the shore, feel the sand beneath my feet, the Sun on my face and the salt breeze brushing my hair. I could see the blue-green waves rising and falling, the white foam forming, see and hear the seagulls overhead, almost as though they were welcoming me back. Made me miss the ocean mighty fierce it did.
After all these years, she’s finally reunited with her mother
Her mother is dead
Grandmother actually
That's right. The dowager empress is anastasia's royal grandmother. And it will make her so happy & relieved to finally see her youngest grandaughter again ❤ She'll realise that dimitri was telling the truth & how he was the boy that saved them from the Russia revolution.
That’s her grandmother.
I'm not crying. You're crying
the animation is still top tier excpt when they mess up the reflection 1:47-1:54
It's sad there was no real happy ending for anyone in the real Russian history
Fuck n hell i was just a child when i ve seen this movie for the first time. Now i am 36 and i just want to go back on time …one more time being a child !
Once upon a December !
This is my favorite Russian movie. I prefer Americanized foreign films over actual foreign films.
The thumbnail speaks, in different ways
I need talk to her right now
No Eugene, you need to shut up
*You* need to talk to her. You have it. Just look at her, please!
"And we're back to the crushing..."
Sure Friday or Saturdays are good for me.
This blue dress ❤ Russian empress and her granddaughter
It starts as a whoo. Then you get really crazy with the hipps. Its fun,!!
Not her playing with her necklace up on remembering her
Talk tuah.
❤😊