Mulan (1998 movie)

Mulan
Directed by	Tony Bancroft ; Barry Cook
Produced by	Pam Coats
Written by	Robert D. San Souci ; Rita Hsiao
Starring	Ming-Na Wen; Eddie Murphy; B. D. Wong; Miguel Ferrer; June Foray; James Hong; Pat Morita; George Takei; Harvey Fierstein; James Shigeta; Soon-Tek Oh;
Music by	Jerry Goldsmith; Matthew Wilder
Production; company	Walt Disney Pictures; Walt Disney Feature Anmation
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date	June 19, 1998
Running time	90 minutes
Language	English and Mandarin Chinese
Budget	$70,000,000
Box office	$304,320,254

Mulan is a 1998 American animated movie produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. It is the 36th movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It is set in old-time China and based on local legend. The movie stars the voices of Ming-Na Wen and Eddie Murphy. Mulan was a success with its fans because it was different from Disney's other movies in terms of music and artistic design. The music was written by Jerry Goldsmith who also wrote the music for another animated movie, 1982's The Secret of NIMH. Christina Aguilera sang Reflections for the movie's soundtrack. A direct-to-video sequel Mulan II, was released on February 1, 2005.

In 2018, Disney announced that they are making a live action remake.^[2]

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An army of Huns, led by Shan Yu, arrive and invade China. The Chinese army recruits each man from every family for them to start a war. Mulan's father, Fa Zhou, suffers an injury and he cannot fight. Mulan is supposed to get married, but is so clumsy that she fails the test to prove she would be a good wife. When seeing the match-making mistress she fails to be elegant and ladylike. Mulan fears she has dishonoured her family, but now decides that she must save her father. Mulan decides to become a boy to bring "honor" to her family. She packs her father's armour and weapon and leaves to report the army.

Mushu is an old spirit guardian of the Fa family, who has lost his job and been turned into a dragon. The family ancestors want to send someone to watch over Mulan on her journey, and Mushu takes the job in order to restore his honour. He and the lucky cricket of the family catch up with Mulan, as she joins the small army led by Li Shang. Mulan makes a soldier name Ping. All the men in the new army need a lot of training, but after a while the soldiers must face the enemy.

The army meets the Huns in the snowy mountains. When the Chinese are attacked, Mulan uses a cannon to start an avalanche which buries and kills the rest of Shan Yu's army. Mulan is hurt by a sword, and the doctor who examines her finds that she is not a boy but a girl. Li Shang leaves Mulan alone in the mountains. The army arrives at the Emperor's palace in the Imperial City. As Mulan and her animals spend the night trying to light a fire, they witness some of the surviving enemies climbing from the snow, and they start moving towards the Emperor's city. Mulan decides to follow them and warn her friends in the army.

In the Imperial City the army is celebrated for winning the war, and no one will listen to Mulan's warnings, since she is a girl. Suddenly Shan Yu and his surviving men step forward, kidnap the emperor and hide in the palace. Mulan and her soldier friends dress up as palace women and manage to fool the attackers and move the emperor to safety. With her friends' help, Mulan destroys Shan Yu using a store of fireworks. The emperor rewards her for saving the country.

Mulan returns home with her imperial gifts to show her family. The honour of Mulan, of her family and also of the dragon is now restored. Shang is encouraged by the emperor to marry Mulan. He travels to her town, pays a visit and is invited to dinner by her family.

Release Dates[change | change source]

Country	Premiere
Singapore	June 18, 1998
Canada	June 19, 1998
Israel	June 19, 1998
United States	June 19, 1998
Chile	June 25, 1998
Brazil	July 1, 1998
Mexico	July 3, 1998
Taiwan	July 4, 1998
Argentina	July 9, 1998
Hong Kong	July 9, 1998
South Korea	July 17, 1998
Australia	September 3, 1998
Japan	September 26, 1998
Thailand	October 9, 1998
United Kingdom	October 16, 1998
Ireland	October 16, 1998
Denmark	November 13, 1998
Sweden	November 13, 1998
Germany	November 19, 1998
Austria	November 20, 1998
Spain	November 20, 1998
Finland	November 20, 1998
Greece	November 20, 1998
Poland	November 20, 1998
Belgium	November 25, 1998
France	November 25, 1998
Hungary	November 26, 1998
Switzerland	November 27, 1998 (German speaking region)
Estonia	November 27, 1998
Iceland	November 27, 1998
Norway	November 27, 1998
Portugal	November 27, 1998
Kuwait	December 2, 1998
Netherlands	December 3, 1998
Slovakia	December 3, 1998
Italy	December 4, 1998
Slovenia	December 10, 1998
Russia	December 25, 1998
Turkey	January 15, 1999

References[change | change source]

↑ "Mulan" – via www.imdb.com.
↑ McNary, Dave (2018-08-13). "Disney Unveils First Look at Live-Action 'Mulan'". Variety. Retrieved 2018-10-09.

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[1] "Mulan" – via www.imdb.com.

[2] McNary, Dave (2018-08-13). "Disney Unveils First Look at Live-Action 'Mulan'". Variety. Retrieved 2018-10-09.

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Pixar films	Toy Story (1995) A Bug's Life (1998) Toy Story 2 (1999) Monsters, Inc. (2001) Finding Nemo (2003) The Incredibles (2004) Cars (2006) Ratatouille (2007) WALL-E (2008) Up (2009) Toy Story 3 (2010) Cars 2 (2011) Brave (2012) Monsters University (2013) Inside Out (2015) The Good Dinosaur (2015) Finding Dory (2016) Cars 3 (2017) Coco (2017) Incredibles 2 (2018) Toy Story 4 (2019) Onward (2020) Soul (2020) Luca (2021)
Blue Sky Studios films	Spies in Disguise (2019) Nimona (2022)
Live-action films with animation	The Reluctant Dragon (1941) Victory Through Air Power (1943) Song of the South (1946) So Dear to My Heart (1948) Mary Poppins (1964) Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) Pete's Dragon (1977) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) James and the Giant Peach (1996) Enchanted (2007) Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Disneytoon Studios films	DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) A Goofy Movie (1995) The Tigger Movie (2000) Return to Never Land (2002) The Jungle Book 2 (2003) Piglet's Big Movie (2003) Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) Bambi II (2006) Planes (2013) Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
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Live-action film work	Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Newsies (1992) Life with Mikey (1993) A Christmas Carol (2004) Noel (2004) The Shaggy Dog (2006) Enchanted (2007) Mirror Mirror (2012)
Animated film work	The Little Mermaid (1989) Beauty and the Beast (1991) Aladdin (1992) Pocahontas (1995) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Hercules (1997) Mulan (1998) Tarzan (1999) Home on the Range (2004) Tangled (2010) Swan Lake (2020)

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Mulan
Directed by	Tony Bancroft Barry Cook
Produced by	Pam Coats
Written by	Robert D. San Souci Rita Hsiao
Starring	Ming-Na Wen Eddie Murphy B. D. Wong Miguel Ferrer June Foray James Hong Pat Morita George Takei Harvey Fierstein James Shigeta Soon-Tek Oh
Music by	Jerry Goldsmith Matthew Wilder
Production company	Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Feature Anmation
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date	June 19, 1998
Running time	90 minutes
Language	English and Mandarin Chinese
Budget	$70,000,000^[1]
Box office	$304,320,254