Special Thanks to @KinekoVideo for their scanning and restoration services https://www.youtube.com/c/KinekoVideo https://twitter.com/kinekovideo If you enjoyed this video, please support our channel by joining one of our tiers on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/animationcompendia For more videos related to this film, check out our curated playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQnigF_xmZHpT-xLI40bgVCslWXZfwcC The Swan Princess (90 min) Synopsis: King William and Queen Uberta, two widow monarchs from neighboring kingdoms, make a plan to have their children meet and spend every summer together in hopes that they fall in love and marry. The children, Princess Odette and Prince Derek, at first hate each other, but when they reach adulthood, they do fall in love. However, Derek can't think of anything besides Odette's beauty that he loves her for, causing her to reject him. On their journey home, Odette and her father are ambushed by Rothbart, a banished sorcerer who had vowed revenge against William and his kingdom. Rothbart kills William and takes Odette to his secret lair at Swan Lake. When Odette refuses to marry him, Rothbart casts a powerful spell that turns Odette into a swan during the day, while she can temporarily return to her true form at night if she stands on the lake when the moonlight touches it. During her captivity, she befriends a turtle named Speed, a French frog named Jean-Bob, who claims to be a prince, and an Irish puffin named Lieutenant Puffin. The only way to break the spell is for Prince Derek to make a vow of everlasting love to Princess Odette and "prove it to the world". Can Prince Derek and Odette’s animal friends rescue Odette from the evil Rothbart? Cast: Michelle Nicastro (Princess Odette), Liz Callaway (Odette’s singing voice), Howard McGillin (Prince Derek), Jack Palance (Rothbart), John Cleese (Jean-Bob), Steven Wright (Speed), Steve Vinovich (Puffin), Sandy Duncan (Queen Uberta), Dakin Matthews (King William), James Arrington (Sir Chamberlain), Mark Harelik (Lord Rogers), Joel McKinnon Miller (Bromley), Bess Hopper (Bridget) Songs: “This is My Idea”; “Practice, Practice, Practice”; “Far Longer Than Forever”; “No Fear”; “No More Mr. Nice Guy”; “Princesses on Parade” Directed by Richard Rich U.S. Theatrical Release Date: November 18, 1994 U.S. Home Media Release Dates: August 3, 1995 (VHS/LD); March 30, 2004 (DVD); August 18, 2009 (DVD); October 29, 2019 (Blu-ray) Trivia: • Adapted from the famous ballet "Swan Lake". • Original score by Lex de Azevedo; original songs by Lex de Azevedo and David Zippel • The song “Far Longer than Forever” was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song 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.