

Along the way, the Susan Constant is caught in a North Atlantic storm and Captain John Smith, who dreams about adventure, saves Thomas, a young and inexperienced crewmate, from drowning. In 1607, the Susan Constant sails from London to the New World, carrying English settlers from the Virginia Company. According to critics, the depiction of Pocahontas as an empowered heroine influenced subsequent Disney films like Mulan (1998) and Frozen (2013). The film received two Academy Awards for Best Musical or Comedy Score for Menken and Best Original Song for " Colors of the Wind".

Pocahontas earned over $346 million at the box office. The film's historical inaccuracies and racial overtones received polarized responses. Pocahontas was released on June 16, 1995, to mixed reactions from reviewers, who praised its animation, voice performances, and music, but criticized its story with its lack of focus on tone. Screenwriters Carl Binder, Susannah Grant, and Philip LaZebnik took creative liberties with history in an attempt to make the film palatable to audiences. Meanwhile, Disney studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg decided that the film should be a serious romantic epic in the vein of Beauty and the Beast (1991), in hope that like Beauty, it would also be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The project went into development concurrently with The Lion King (1994), and attracted most of Disney's top animators. The score was written by Alan Menken, who also wrote the film's songs with Stephen Schwartz.Īfter making his directorial debut with The Rescuers Down Under (1990), Gabriel conceived the film during a Thanksgiving weekend. The voice cast stars Irene Bedard and Mel Gibson as Pocahontas and Smith, respectively, with David Ogden Stiers, Russell Means, Christian Bale, Billy Connolly, and Linda Hunt providing other voices.

The film was directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg (his feature directorial debut).

It is the 33rd Disney animated feature film and the sixth film produced and released during the Disney Renaissance. The film was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film romanticizes Pocahontas' encounter with John Smith and her legendary saving of his life. It was sung by Judy Kuhn, featuring Judy Kuhn.Pocahontas is a 1995 American animated musical historical drama film based on the life of Powhatan woman Pocahontas and the arrival of English colonial settlers from the Virginia Company. The Colors Of The Wind song lyrics is written by Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz in the year 1995. You can paint with all the colors of the wind We need to paint with all the colors of the wind We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains If you cut it down, then you'll never knowĪnd you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moonįor whether we are white or copper skinned The rainstorm and the river are my brothers Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinnedĬan you sing with all the voices of the mountainsĬan you paint with all the colors of the windĬome run the hidden pine trails of the forestĬome taste the sun sweet berries of the EarthĬome roll in all the riches all around youĪnd for once, never wonder what they're worth Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon You'll learn things you never knew, you never knew The Earth is just a dead thing you can claimīut I know every rock and tree and creatureĪre the people who look and think like youīut if you walk the footsteps of a stranger You think you own whatever land you land on How can there be so much that you don't know Song Lyrics You think I'm an ignorant savage
