Random Thread & The Interchangeable Inside Joke

[AmandaSparks730]

"Fa" is the Cantonese pronunciation of Mulan's family name. "Hua" is the correct Mandarin pronunciation, and means "flower". "Hua Ping" (Mulan's fake name) means "flower vase" or just "vase".

 

[AmandaSparks730]

In one of the original versions of the film, Mulan was engaged to Li Shang and matching Yin-Yang necklaces were bestowed upon them. Although that part was removed, the Yin-Yang necklaces survive in the sequel (Mulan II (2004)) as wedding gifts to them after Shang's proposition.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

The movie's artistic supervisors spent three weeks in China sketching, photographing, and soaking up the culture. Computer animators used the latest technology to add detail and mimic camera techniques that were previously unavailable in animation, like crowd scenes of up to 30,000 people. They used a computer program called "Atilla" to make the sequence featuring 2,000 Huns on horseback.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

In the original Chinese legend upon which this film was based, Mulan succeeds in her deception, and leaves the battlefield with great honors. Months later, Mulan's fellow soldiers come in search of their "brother"-in-arms, and are shocked to discover that she's a woman.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Tony/Olivier Award Winning actress Lea Salonga originally auditioned for Mulan's voice but was deemed 'not deep enough' for when Mulan is impersonating a male soldier. Although 'Ming Na' plays Mulan, Salonga was retained for Mulan's singing voice.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

The first Disney animated film to openly deal with warfare.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

'Mulan' was Disney's first ever DVD, released in November 1999.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

The opening titles were put together by simply putting water color on rice paper.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Mulan (voiced by Ming-Na) is a female who dresses and passes as male to join the military. B.D. Wong (the voice of Shang) began his acting career as a male who dresses and passes as a female in M. Butterfly.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

At one point Stephen Schwartz was lined up to be the lyricist for the film. When he couldn't do it, the job went to David Zippel who had been working on Disney's Hercules (1997).

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Credited with launching the career of Christina Aguilera whose first song to be released in the US was the film's song 'Reflection'. The song went down so well that it landed her a recording contract with RCA Records.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

This was originally planned as an animated short entitled "China Doll" about an oppressed and miserable Chinese girl who is whisked away by a British Prince Charming to happiness in the West. Then Disney consultant and children's book writer 'Robert San Souci' suggested making a movie of the Chinese poem, 'The Song of Fa Mu Lan', so the 2 projects were combined.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

According to Robert D. San Souci, who retold and researched the original story, Disney didn't like the idea of putting in a dragon as a companion for Mulan; they feared it would be too big and menacing. San Souci explained to them that in Chinese lore, dragons can be any size, so a small dragon was approved. Thus, Mushu was born. This change is acknowledged when Mulan calls him "tiny" and Mushu replies, "Of course! I'm travel size for you convenience! If I was my REAL size your cow (Khan) here would die of fright!"

 

[AmandaSparks730]

In one of the original versions of the film, Mulan was engaged to Li Shang and matching Yin-Yang necklaces were bestowed upon them. Although that part was removed, the Yin-Yang necklaces survive in the sequel (Mulan II (2004)) as wedding gifts to them after Shang's proposition.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

This was the first full length movie animated only at the Florida animation studio.

 

[magicallyDisney001]

BACK TO THE FUTURE IS ON TV!!! More things I'm thankful for

Silence, Earthling! My name is Darth Vader. I am an extraterrestrial from planet Vulcan.

 

[magicallyDisney001]

Nothing's coming to my mind!

 

[magicallyDisney001]

Lou, give me a milk. Chocolate.

 

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