The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea is a 2000 American-Danish direct-to-video animated musical fantasy movie. It was produced by Leslie Hough and David Lovegren and was directed by Jim Kammerud and Brian Smith. It is the sequel to the 1989 movie The Little Mermaid and is the last movie in Disney's The Little Mermaid chronology. The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea was released on September 19, 2000 in the North America. The movie about Ariel and Eric's daughter Melody who wants to swim in the ocean but her parents will not allow her to. It takes place over a decade after the original movie. A prequel, The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning, was released in 2008.
| The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jim Kammerud Brian Smith John Kafka |
| Produced by | Leslie Hough David Lovegren Lori Forte |
| Written by | Elizabeth Anderson Temple Mathews Elise D'Haene Eddie Guzelian Evan Spiliotopoulos |
| Starring | Rene Auberjonois Jodi Benson Samuel E. Wright Tara Strong Pat Carroll Buddy Hackett Max Casella Stephen Furst Clancy Brown |
| Music by | Danny Troob Michael Tavera Richard Gibbs Original songs: Michael Silversher Patty Silversher |
| Edited by | Ron Price Chuck McCann Julie Ann Lau |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Home Video |
Release date | September 19, 2000 |
Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States Denmark |
| Language | American English Danish |
The movie holds a 33% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[1]
Cast
- Jodi Benson as Ariel
- Tara Strong as Melody
- Samuel E. Wright as Sebastian
- Pat Carroll as Morgana
- Rob Paulsen as Prince Eric
- Kenneth Mars as King Triton
- Cam Clarke as Flounder
- Buddy Hackett as Scuttle
- Clancy Brown as Undertow
- Max Casella as Tip
- Stephen Furst as Dash
- René Auberjonois as Chef Louis
- Edie McClurg as Carlotta
- Kay E. Kuter as Grimsby
- Tress MacNeille as Mother Penguin and Baby Penguin (uncredited)
In addition, there's the additional voices cast:
- Frank Welker as Max the Sheepdog
- Justin Schulte as Handsome Boy
- Blake Ewing, Nikita Hopkins and Bobby Edner as boys
- Emily Hart as Mergirl
- Marcus Toji and Matt Weinberg as merboys
References
- ↑ "The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
