EPISODE · Sep 27, 2019 · 1H 28M
I’ll Show You… Anastasia (1997)
from I'll Show You Mine · host Elyse Wietstock
Welcome to I'll Show You Mine! This week Elyse is showing James "Anastasia" from 1997. A Fox Animation Studios film directed by Don Bluth, "Anastasia" is a musical historical fiction about the Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov. In this version of the story, Anastasia survived the Russian Revolution and must remember who she is and find her way to Paris to reunite with the only family she has left.Join us as we talk about "that Don Bluth feeling", the real history behind the fiction, and get a little real about how even though it is impressive in its own right, we get why Bluth animation wasn't quite as successful as Disney back in the day. Also, James discovers Boney M's "Rasputin."Our next episode will be October 10th, when James shows Elyse "The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX" for the Game Boy Color.Follow @isympodcast on Twitter for show updates and more, and be sure to check out twitch.tv/sparkmandesigns for streaming games and art!Our theme song is:Dreams by Joakim Karud @joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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In Episode 57 of I’ll Show You MIne, Elyse shows James Anastasia from 1997. An animated musical historical fiction, it was directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman and stars Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer and Christopher Lloyd. Inspired by the “mystery” of Anastasia Romanov, the story follows a young girl with amnesia who is searching for her family, only to find out she is royalty.
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