The Little Mermaid (DVD, 1999, Limited Issue)

While inspiring from a development standpoint "The Little Mermaid", in my mind, becomes a timeless classic because of its music. I has everything you could ever want in a movie ... romance, action, mystery, magic, good vs evil, and SO much more.

It really is a testament to the fantastic songs when you can start singing a song and everyone not only knows the movie ... but the rest of the words to the song!

If you can finish the sentence below you either already have this movie in your collection or you need to get it ASAP!

"There you see here, sitting there across the way ..."

Enjoy!

Additional Information -

The first Disney animated feature in three decades based on a classic fairy
tale (since "Sleeping Beauty"), this film turned to the famous story by Hans Christian Andersen.

Disney artists had considered an animated film of "The Little Mermaid" in the late 1930s, and illustrator Kay Nielsen prepared a number of striking story sketches in pastels and watercolors. For this film, the artists received inspiration from the Nielsen story sketches that were brought out of the Archives for them to study, and they gave Kay Nielsen a "visual development" credit on the film. Actress Sherri Stoner was the live-action model for Ariel.

The film probably had more effects than any animated film since "Fantasia;" nearly 80% of the film required some kind of effects work -- storms at sea, billowing sails, schools of fish, shadows, raging fire, explosions, magic pixie dust, surface reflections, underwater distortions, ripples, and bubbles. Academy Award® winner for Best Song ("Under the Sea") and Best Original Score. Released on video in 1990.