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In this animated comedy from the folks at Disney, the vain and cocky Emperor Kuzco is a very busy man. Besides maintaining his “groove”, and firing his suspicious administrator, Yzma; he’s also planning to build a new waterpark just for himself for his birthday. However, this means destroying one of the villages in his kingdom.
Meanwhile, Yzma is hatching a plan to get revenge and usurp the throne. But, in a botched assassination courtesy of Yzma’s right-hand man, Kronk, Kuzco is magically transformed into a llama. Now, Kuzco finds himself the property of Pacha, a lowly llama herder whose home is ground zero for the water park. Upon discovering the llama’s true self, Pacha offers to help resolve the Emperor’s problem and regain his throne, only if he promises to move his water park.
The Emperor’s New Groove is a 2000 American animated buddy comedy film created by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 40th Disney animated feature film. It was directed by Mark Dindal, produced by Randy Fullmer, written by David Reynolds, and stars David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton and Wendie Malick.
The film follows a teenage emperor named Kuzco who is transformed into a llama by his ex-advisor and henchwoman, Yzma. In order for the emperor to change back into a human, he trusts a village leader named Pacha who escorts him back to the palace. It was altered significantly over its six years of development and production.
The Emperor’s New Groove began as a musical epic titled Kingdom of the Sun, to have been directed by Dindal and Roger Allers (co-director of The Lion King), and was changed by Disney executives into a light-hearted buddy comedy. The documentary The Sweatbox details the production troubles that the film endured.
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “My Funny Friend and Me” performed by Sting, but lost to “Things Have Changed” by Bob Dylan from Wonder Boys. The film was followed by a direct-to-video sequel Kronk’s New Groove (2005), and an animated television series The Emperor’s New School (2006–2008).
The Emperor’s New Groove (2000)
Directed by: Mark Dindal
Starring: David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Wendie Malick, Patrick Warburton, Eli Russell Linnetz, Tom Jones, Kellyann Kelso, Stephen J. Anderson, Patti Deutsch
Screenplay by: David Reynolds
Cinematography by: Thomas Baker
Film Editing by: Tom Finan, Pam Ziegenhagen
Art Direction by: Thomas Cardone, Colin Stimpson
Music by: John Debney
MPAA Rating: G for all audience.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: December 15, 2000
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