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Post by veu on May 16, 2023 5:50:01 GMT -5
According to book The Little Mermaid Full Movie Script, Prince Eric's Castle is inspired by seascape paintings by artist Winslow Homer and John Singer Sargent's landscape and painting of Venice. Prince Eric's Castle itself was strongly influenced by Sargent's painting entitled Palazzo Labia Venice. Also in the inspirational mix was a Switzerland's Chateau de Chillon. The color scheme for Eric's castle is evocative of coastal Mediterranean environs, as well as that of Southern California. Here the page of the book with the description of Eric's castle:
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Post by veu on Sept 19, 2023 3:36:31 GMT -5
Source: www.croatiaweek.com/disney-reveals-croatian-city-inspired-the-film-little-mermaid/Disney reveals Croatian city inspired the film ‘Little Mermaid’
by croatiaweek September 18, 2023 in Entertainment
To celebrate its 100th birthday, Disney has decided to share a list of 30 places around the world that gave them ideas for their famous movies.
Locations in 13 different countries in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, including one in Croatia, acted as inspiration for famous Disney films.
A famous Croatian city was the inspiration for the 1989 film “The Little Mermaid”.
“The Little Mermaid” was a big hit at the movies this year. But for those who remember the old cartoon version with Ariel, the red-haired daughter of Triton, here’s an interesting fact: The beautiful shores where Ariel washes up in the 1989 film were actually inspired by Dubrovnik in Croatia, Disney revealed as Metro writes. The top fantasy film destinations in Croatia, according to experts
Dubrovnik
30 locations which inspired Disney films
Aladdin (2018): Wadi Rum, Jordan
Alice in Wonderland (1951): Great Fosters, UK
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015): Forte Di Bard, Italy
Avengers: Endgame (2019): St. Abbs Village, Berwickshire, Scotland
Beauty and The Beast (1991): Chateau De Chambord, Franc
Black Panther (2018): Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, South Africa
Black Widow (2021): Budapest, Hungary
Brave (2012): Calanais Standing Stones, Scotland
Captain America: Civil War (2016): Leipzig/Halle Airport, Germany
Cruella (2021): Liberty, London, UK
Frozen (2013): Akershus Fortress, Norway
Hercules (1997): Mount Olympus, Greece
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023): Ear of Dionysius, Sicily, Italy
Luca (2021): Cinque Terre, Italy
Mary Poppins (1964): St Paul’s Cathedral, London, UK
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961): Regent’s Park, London, UK
Peter Pan (1953): Big Ben, London, UK
Pinocchio (1940): Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber, Germany
Ratatouille (2007): Le Train Bleu, France
Rogue One: Star Wars Story (2016): Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach, Iceland
Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland: Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
Sleeping Beauty (1959): Chateau De Saumur, France
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (1937): Alcazar de Segovia, Spain
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (1937): The Black Forest, Germany
Star Wars: Force Awakens (2015): Skellig Michael, Ireland
Tangled (2010): Mont Saint-Michel, France
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996): Notre-Dame De Paris Cathedral, France
The Lion King (1994): Masai Mara, Kenya
The Little Mermaid (1989): Dubrovnik, Croatia
Winnie the Pooh (2011): Ashdown Forest (Hundred Acre Wood), UK
Click here to see the image of the Dubrovnik-inspired location.
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Post by veu on Sept 19, 2023 3:40:46 GMT -5
Source: metro.co.uk/2023/09/14/disney-reveals-list-of-secret-european-locations-that-inspired-films-19498284/Disney reveals list of secret European locations that have inspired films
Alice Giddings Thursday 14 Sep 2023 3:44 pm Share
Disney reveals list of secret European locations that inspired them (picture: Disney)
It’s one thing to visit Disneyland Paris or Walt Disney World Florida, but now Disney fanatics can take their dedication to a whole new level.
How? In celebration of its 100th anniversary, Disney has opened its vaults to release a list of 30 locations across the world that have inspired its beloved films.
The locations span 13 countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East and fans can now visit the settings for their favourite motion pictures.
It’s a list that has clearly been in demand as almost half of Brits say they want to use a Disney location for a once-in-a-lifetime moment.
In fact, 41% of 16 to 44-year-olds said they would select their dream wedding destination based on locations that inspired Disney’s stories, according to research by The Walt Disney Company.
Here at Metro we’ve got a complete run down of all the locations so you can take your pick, starting with our top ten.
Tangled – France
Tangled, the re-telling of the Brothers Grimms’ classic fairy tale Rapunzel, was a huge hit that generated £475 million worldwide.
The inspiration behind Rapunzel’s castle, which she eventually gets to return home to, comes from non other than the Mont Saint-Michel in France.
Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy is one of the most visited destinations in France with 2.5 million visitors a year.
For centuries it was one of Europe’s major pilgrimage destinations and the holy island is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Little Mermaid – Croatia
The Little Mermaid, which was recently adapted again starring Halle Bailey, was a smash hit at the box office earlier this year.
But many of us who are older will remember the original cartoon Ariel, daughter of Triton with flowing red hair.
However, the shores that Ariel finds herself washed up on in the 1989 film are inspired by the city of Dubrovnik in Croatia.
It’s known for its Old Town, ancient city walls and forts which overlook the glistening Adriatic Sea.
If you squint hard enough, you may just see Ariel swimming below the surface.
Sleeping Beauty – France
Sleeping Beauty is the classic tale of Princess Aurora who had a curse placed on her by Maleficent, which leaves her in a deep sleep only to be awoken by a true love’s kiss.
It’s a retelling of the Brothers Grimm’s Little Briar Rose and it’s setting was also inspired by a stunning French landmark.
Chateau De Saumur inspired the turreted castle from the film and was originally owned by the counts of Anjou and then the House of Plantagenet.
It was even used as a prison between the 17th and 18th century, mainly for British sailors and is situated between Le Mans and Nantes.
Alice in Wonderland – UK
Alice in Wonderland is a personal favourite of ours here at Metro but don’t let us go down that rabbit hole.
The tale – retold by Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway and Mia Wasikowska in 2010 – was originally adapted from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
The perfectly manicured hedges, which appear in the animated movie, were inspired by those at Great Fosters in the heart of Surrey.
Just outside Windsor it’s home to a charming Tudor estate which is steeped in royal history. It’s complete with 50 acres of gardens, listed parterres, a fountain and moat.
Ratatouille – France
Mostly set in Paris, Ratatouille made nearly £500 million worldwide upon its release following the story of a young man and his rat with exceptional culinary skills.
But if you feel like dining in the restaurant that inspired the film’s fancy dinner establishment then look no further – it’s Le Train Bleu in Gare de Lyon.
The iconic restaurant was built in 1900 and the station buffet (which later became Le Train Bleu in 1963) opened in 1901.
The interior remains untouched with gorgeous paintings and chandeliers, which will make it feel straight out of a movie… get it.
Pinocchio – Germany
Based on Carlo Collodi’s 1883 children’s novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio, the story of the wooden puppet who turns into a boy is one familiar to all.
If you say you don’t know it, we’ll know you’re lying.
It’s inspired by Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber – which is a town in norther Bavaria. It was also the setting for the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
It’s a well-preserved medieval town with gorgeous buildings, cobbled streets and wholesome Christmas markets.
Avengers: Endgame – Scotland
This motion picture took the world by storm when it came out in theatres, grossing a collective £2.25 billion. This made it the highest-grossing film of all time until March 2021.
In one particular part of the film we find Thor, played by Chris Hemsworth, who is feeling sorry for himself in a small fishing village.
There was no doubt about it that it was one of the most humerous parts of the film and if you are in search of that quaint little village where Thor was moping, look no further.
St. Abbs is located in Berwickshire in Scotland was named after Æbbe, a 7th-century Northumbrian princess who made it ashore after being shipwrecked and proceeded to found a nunnery.
It boasts 200 acres of rugged coastline and plenty of bird-watching opportunities.
Aladdin – Jordan
Aladdin is the tale of Princess Jasmine and a common thief, who is recruited to retrieve a magic lamp.
Inspired by the sandy dunes of the Wadi Rum, the setting is located in southern Jordan, near the border with Saudi Arabia.
The Wadi Rum is also known as the Valley of the Moon and is home to mountains like Jebel Umm Al Ishrin and Jebel Rum.
Frozen – Norway
We just had to include Frozen in the top ten. Why? Because we couldn’t Let It Go.
And because it grossed more than a billion pounds at the box office.
Terrible puns aside, the story of Elsa and Anna was a huge hit when it was released in 2013 and it’s humble castle is based off of a similar one from Norway.
The Akershus Fortress is in Oslo and dates back to 1299 but was developed into a fortress in 1592.
It boasts banquet halls, the Royal Mausoleum and the government’s reception rooms – with its small historic church being home to the royal sarcophagi.
The Lion King 1994
One that is pretty self-explanatory but still breathtakingly beautiful is the setting of The Lion King, which came out in 1994.
Based off of the Masai Mara landscape in Kenya, the stunning scenery encapsulates the impressive nature of the savannah wilderness.
It’s also locally known as The Mara and is a nature reserve along the Tanzanian border.
It’s home to lions, cheetahs, elephants, zebras and hippos – but you don’t need us to tell you that. You’ve watched the film.
The 30 locations that inspired Disney films and parks:
Aladdin (2018): Wadi Rum, Jordan Alice in Wonderland (1951): Great Fosters, UK Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015): Forte Di Bard, Italy Avengers: Endgame (2019): St. Abbs Village, Berwickshire, Scotland Beauty and The Beast (1991): Chateau De Chambord, France Black Panther (2018): Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, South Africa Black Widow (2021): Budapest, Hungary Brave (2012): Calanais Standing Stones, Scotland Captain America: Civil War (2016): Leipzig/Halle Airport, Germany Cruella (2021): Liberty, London Frozen (2013): Akershus Fortress, Norway Hercules (1997): Mount Olympus, Greece Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023): Ear of Dionysius, Sicily Luca (2021): Cinque Terre, Italy Mary Poppins (1964): St Paul’s Cathedral, London One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961): Regent’s Park, London Peter Pan (1953): Big Ben, London Pinocchio (1940): Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber, Germany Ratatouille (2007): Le Train Bleu, France Rogue One: Star Wars Story (2016): Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach, Iceland Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland: Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany Sleeping Beauty (1959): Chateau De Saumur, France Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (1937): Alcazar de Segovia, Spain Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (1937): The Black Forest, Germany Star Wars: Force Awakens (2015): Skellig Michael, Ireland Tangled (2010): Mont Saint-Michel, France The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996): Notre-Dame De Paris Cathedral, France The Lion King (1994): Masai Mara, Kenya The Little Mermaid (1989): Dubrovnik, Croatia Winnie the Pooh (2011): Ashdown Forest (Hundred Acre Wood), UK
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Post by veu on Sept 25, 2023 12:19:32 GMT -5
Source: www.simplemost.com/disney-reveals-the-city-that-inspired-the-film-little-mermaid/ Aerial view of Dubrovnik, Croatia
Disney reveals the city that inspired the film ‘Little Mermaid’ The company released a list of 30 international cities that inspired its movie settings.
September 25, 2023 by Bridget Sharkey
The Walt Disney Company has been making magical memories for 100 years. As part of its year-long 100th anniversary celebration, Disney has just released a list of locations that it says inspired settings for some of the company’s most famous movies.
And the newly-revealed inspiration for “The Little Mermaid” might surprise you! Fans of the 1989 film may believe that the animated setting was inspired by a location in Denmark, as the movie is based on a fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Anderson.
Anderson was born in Odense, the unofficial capital of the island of Funen (Fyn). Odense is a harbor town that is around a 30-minute drive away from coastal villages like Assens and Faaborg. It’s easy to see how Andersons’ proximity to the North Atlantic Ocean could have inspired his seafaring tale of mermaids and shipwrecked sailors.
But, Disney didn’t pull from his hometown for inspiration for the animated setting of “The Little Mermaid.” Instead, its creators looked well over 1,000 miles south to Dubrovnik, Croatia. This quaint and romantic town, which was chosen for the movie’s backdrop, is called the “Pearl of the Adriatic” due to its untouchable beauty.
Yes, this means that the Adriatic Sea is the background for Disney’s version of “The Little Mermaid,” not the North Atlantic.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
As you can see in photographs of the Croatian city, there is no denying that Disney’s animators truly brought Dubrovnik to life. Dream vacation spot unlocked! But that is just one location on the Disney list. There are 29 other spots that are going to give every Disney lover major wanderlust.
In addition to the inspiration for the setting of “The Little Mermaid,” Disney also revealed other cities that inspired some settings in major movies including “Star Wars” films, “Avengers” movies and animated hits like “Aladdin,” “Luca,” and “Sleeping Beauty.”
Some of the locations seem obvious — like Mt. Olympus in Greece inspiring the location of “Hercules” and the Calanais Standing Stones in Stornoway, Scotland for “Brave.” Masai Mara in Kenya inspired “The Lion King,” while the Notre-Dame De Paris Cathedral in France inspired “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”
But others might surprise you. For instance, scenes in “Star Wars: Rogue One” were inspired by the Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach in Iceland.
Also, you might think that many of Disney’s fairy tale stories could be set in a place like the Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, which the brothers Grimm are widely believed to have used as a backdrop for their famous fairy tales (including “Rapunzel”). This forest was given its name because its tree canopies are so dense that the woods are dark … perfect for an atmospheric fairy tale setting!
So, it would make sense for “Tangled” (Disney’s 2010 revised take on the Rapunzel story) to have been inspired by the location of the Black Forest. Not so!
Instead, animators modeled the setting after the French island Mont Saint-Michel. Disney animators did, however, use the Black Forest as their inspiration for 1937’s “Snow White and The Seven Dwarves” (Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm and Wilhelm Carl Grimm also penned a version of the Snow White story in 1812, so this is a fitting backdrop).
Here are those 30 locations that Disney says inspired the magic:
“Aladdin” (2018): Wadi Rum, Jordan “Alice in Wonderland” (1951): Great Fosters, Surrey, England “Avengers: Age of Ultron” (2015): Forte di Bard, Bard, Italy “Avengers: Endgame” (2019): St. Abbs Village, Berwickshire, Scotland “Beauty and The Beast” (1991): Chateau De Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire, France “Black Panther” (2018): Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa “Black Widow” (2021): Budapest, Hungary “Brave” (2012): Calanais Standing Stones, Stornoway, Scotland “Captain America: Civil War” (2016): Leipzig/Halle Airport, Germany “Cruella” (2021): Liberty, London, England “Frozen” (2013): Akershus Fortress, Oslo, Norway “Hercule”s (1997): Mount Olympus, Greece “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (2023): Ear of Dionysius, Sicily, Italy “Luca” (2021): Cinque Terre, Italy “Mary Poppins” (1964): St Paul’s Cathedral, London, England “One Hundred and One Dalmatians” (1961): Regent’s Park, London, England “Peter Pan” (1953): Big Ben, London, U.K. Pinocchio (1940): Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany “Ratatouille” (2007): Le Train Bleu, Paris, France “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (2016): Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach, South Coast, Iceland Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland: Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany “Sleeping Beauty” (1959): Chateau De Saumur, Saumur, France “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937): Alcazar de Segovia, Segovia, Spain “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937): The Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (2015): Skellig Michael, Ireland “Tangled” (2010): Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, France “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1996): Notre-Dame De Paris Cathedral, Paris, France “The Lion King” (1994): Masai Mara, Narok, Kenya “The Little Mermaid” (1989): Dubrovnik, Croatia “Winnie the Pooh” (2011): Ashdown Forest (Hundred Acre Wood), East Sussex, England
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