Tangled

Tangled
Directed by	Nathan Greno Byron Howard
Screenplay by	Dan Fogelman
Based on	Rapunzel by Brothers Grimm
Produced by	Roy Conli John Lasseter Glen Keane
Starring	Mandy Moore Zachary Levi Donna Murphy
Narrated by	Zachary Levi
Edited by	Tim Mertens
Music by	Alan Menken
Production companies	Walt Disney Animation Studios Walt Disney Pictures
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date	November 24, 2010 (2010-11-24)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$260 million
Box office	$590,721,936

Tangled is a 2010 American computer-animated musical fantasy adventure comedy movie about a princess named Rapunzel. It was produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 50th movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It is loosely based on the German fairy tale "Rapunzel" from the Brothers Grimm. The movie is about a lost princess with long magical hair who wants to leave her tower. Against her "mother's" wishes, she gets help from a bandit thief to take her out into the world.

The movie was first titled and marketed as Rapunzel. It was changed to Tangled shortly before its release. Tangled costed about $260 million to make. The movie earned about $590 million.

Tangled was first played at the El Capitan Theatre on November 14, 2010. It went into public release on November 24. The movie was released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 29, 2011.

Plot

When a golden drop of sunlight falls from the sky, a magic flower grows. Mother Gothel (Donna Murphy), an elderly witch, has hoarded the flower's healing magic to keep herself young for many centuries, and is furious when soldiers from a nearby kingdom pluck it and give it to their sick, pregnant queen. Afterwards, the queen gives birth to a baby girl, Rapunzel, whose long, blonde hair contains the flower's healing properties. Gothel breaks into the palace at night to cut Rapunzel's hair and to use the magic once again, but discovers that cutting her hair will render it useless, so she steals the baby and isolates her in a tower in the woods, where she raises her, lying to the girl about the dangers of the outside world to keep her safe and content. Meanwhile, every year on Rapunzel's birthday, the king and queen release floating lanterns in the hopes their daughter will see them and come home.

Knowing the lanterns are made for her, on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) plucks up the courage to ask Gothel's permission to see the lanterns and discover their source, but she refuses. Meanwhile, in the kingdom, the dashing bandit Flynn Rider (Zachary Levi), steals Rapunzel's intended crown from the palace, and abandons his partners, the Stabbington brothers, while they flee. He takes refuge with the crown in the tower, but Rapunzel knocks him out with a frying pan, and hides him in her wardrobe. Upon Gothel's return, Rapunzel tries to show Flynn to her to convince her she's ready for the "dangerous" world, but is still dismissed.

Rapunzel sends Gothel away on a three-day trip to pick up some paints for her. When Gothel leaves, Rapunzel hides the crown from Flynn and uses it as leverage as a means to get him to take her to the lanterns on her birthday. On their journey, Flynn and Rapunzel stop over at the Snuggly Duckling, a tavern filled with menacing barbarian thugs, who initially try to capture Flynn, but Rapunzel charms them. Meanwhile, Gothel comes across Maximus, a palace horse who is pursuing Flynn. Realizing the palace guards may be closing on the tower, Gothel rushes back only to discover that Rapunzel is missing, but finds Flynn's satchel with the crown, and she goes after the pair.

The soldiers, led by Maximus, search the tavern for Flynn. Rapunzel and Flynn escape through a secret passage, but end up trapped in a flooding cavern. Resigned to their fate, Flynn reveals his real name is Eugene, and Rapunzel reveals her hair glows when she sings. Using the light from Rapunzel's hair, they escape the cavern and take refuge in the woods. Meanwhile, Gothel teams up with the Stabbingtons and gives the crown to Rapunzel as a test of Flynn's loyalty.

The next morning, Maximus arrives to arrest Flynn, but Rapunzel talks him into calling a truce with him for her birthday. Rapunzel and Flynn arrive at the kingdom and enjoy the festivities, culminating in an evening boat ride as the King, Queen, and citizens release lanterns. As a thank you for fulfilling her dream to see the lanterns, Rapunzel gives Flynn the satchel with the crown. They confess their love, and just as the two are about to kiss, Flynn sees the Stabbingtons on the lakeside, and rows the boat over to apologize and hand the crown over to them. However, the brothers assault him and tie him to a boat heading for the palace. While Flynn is taken into custody by the guards, Gothel stages a rescue by disabling the brothers, and returns to the tower with Rapunzel.

Back at the tower, Rapunzel discovers the kingdom's sun symbol she has subconsciously incorporated into her artwork over the years, and realizes that she is the missing princess who the kingdom release the lanterns for, and angrily confronts Gothel. Meanwhile, Maximus and the thugs free Flynn, who rides back to the tower, and enters, where he discovers Rapunzel has been chained and gagged. After stabbing Flynn, and leaving him to die of his injuries, Gothel tries to flee with the captive Rapunzel, who agrees she will willingly go with Gothel, if she can be free to heal Flynn. Not wanting her to be a captive any longer, Flynn cuts Rapunzel's hair, turning it brown causing its powers to dissipate. Gothel ages rapidly, and falls out the tower window, and is reduced to ash.

Flynn confesses his love for Rapunzel, and dies of his injuries. As the heartbroken Rapunzel mourns, her tears, infused with the healing magic, bring Flynn back to life. When the two return to the kingdom, Rapunzel is reunited with her parents, who pardon Eugene. The kingdom rejoices, and after a time, Rapunzel and Flynn wed.

Cast

• Mandy Moore as Rapunzel
• Zachary Levi as Eugene "Flynn Rider" Fitzherbert
• Donna Murphy as Mother Gothel
• Brad Garrett as Hook-Hand Thug
• Ron Perlman as the Stabbington Brothers
• Jeffrey Tambor as Big Nose Thug
• Richard Kiel as Vladamir
• M. C. Gainey as Captain of the Guard
• Paul F. Tompkins as Short Thug
• Frank Welker as Pascal and Maximus
• Delaney Rose Stein as Young Rapunzel

Release dates

Country	Premiere
Bangladesh	24 November 2010
Canada	24 November 2010
United States	24 November 2010
Israel	25 November 2010
Kazakhstan	25 November 2010
Malaysia	25 November 2010
Russia	25 November 2010
Indonesia	26 November 2010
Italy	26 November 2010
Mexico	26 November 2010
Poland	26 November 2010
Venezuela	26 November 2010
Belgium	1 December 2010
Switzerland	1 December 2010 (French speaking region)
Egypt	1 December 2010
France	1 December 2010
Netherlands	1 December 2010
United Arab Emirates	2 December 2010
Hungary	2 December 2010
Kuwait	2 December 2010
Lebanon	2 December 2010
Bulgaria	3 December 2010
Austria	8 December 2010
Switzerland	9 December 2010 (German speaking region)
Germany	9 December 2010
Albania	10 December 2010
Portugal	16 December 2010
Slovakia	16 December 2010
Ukraine	16 December 2010
Turkey	24 December 2010
Chile	30 December 2010
Croatia	5 January 2011
Argentina	6 January 2011
Australia	6 January 2011
Bolivia	6 January 2011
Greece	6 January 2011
New Zealand	6 January 2011
Uruguay	6 January 2011
Brazil	7 January 2011
Colombia	7 January 2011
Panama	7 January 2011
Romania	7 January 2011
Ecuador	14 January 2011
Serbia	15 January 2011
Peru	20 January 2011
Estonia	21 January 2011
India	21 January 2011
Iceland	21 January 2011
Czech Republic	27 January 2011
Slovenia	27 January 2011
United Kingdom	28 January 2011
Ireland	28 January 2011
Lithuania	28 January 2011
Vietnam	28 January 2011
South Africa	28 January 2011
Philippines	2 February 2011
Denmark	3 February 2011
Hong Kong	3 February 2011
Taiwan	3 February 2011
Spain	4 February 2011
Norway	4 February 2011
Sweden	4 February 2011
South Korea	10 February 2011
Finland	11 February 2011
Latvia	11 February 2011
Thailand	3 March 2011
Japan	12 March 2011
Georgia	17 March 2011
Cambodia	29 September 2011

Awards

Group	Category	Result
83rd Academy Awards	Best Original Song ("I See the Light")	Nominated
38th Annie Awards	Best Animated Feature Film
	Writing in a Feature Production (Dan Fogelman)
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2010	Best Animated Feature Film
	Best Song ("I See the Light")
68th Golden Globe Awards	Best Animated Feature Film
	Best Song ("I See the Light")
National Movie Awards	Animation	Won
Las Vegas Film Critics Society	Best Song ("I See the Light")
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Animated Film	Nominated
	Best Original Song ("I’ve Got a Dream")
37th Saturn Awards	Best Animated Film
2011 Teen Choice Awards	Choice Animated Movie Voice (Zachary Levi)
British Academy Children's Awards (BAFTA)	Favorite Film
54th Grammy Awards	Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
	Best Song Written For Visual Media ("I See the Light")	Won