The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise |
| Produced by | Don Hahn |
| Written by | Tab Murphy Irene Mecchi Bob Tzudiker Noni White Jonathan Roberts |
| Starring | Tom Hulce Demi Moore Tony Jay Kevin Kline Paul Kandel Jason Alexander Charles Kimbrough Mary Wickes David Ogden Stiers |
| Music by | Alan Menken Stephen Schwartz |
| Editing by | Ellen Keneshea |
| Distributed by | Buena Vistas Pictures Distribution |
| Release date(s) | June 21, 1996 |
| Running time | 91 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $70 million |
| Gross revenue | $325.3 million |
| Followed by | The Hunchback of Notre Dame II |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1996 animated Disney film based on the Victor Hugo novel of the same name from 1831. Due to the original story being not kid-friendly in the slightest, a lot was changed to keep a lighter tone. Although it’s been described by the filmmakers as “The most R-rated G movie you ever seen.”
Plot
The story begins one night in Paris, France where a group of Gypsies are sneaking into Paris, but are captured by Judge Claude Frollo, but one escapes with her baby son, which Frollo thinks are stolen goods. The chase ends at the Notre Dame Cathedral, where Frollo breaks the woman’s neck, and sees her baby, who has a deformed look. He goes to a nearby well to kill him, but is stopped by the Archdeacon. Who tells him he must raise the child as his own to make up for killing the baby’s mother. Frollo reluctantly accepts, but he doesn’t want him to be in his home, so he keeps him at the Cathedral’s rooftop, and made him the bell ringer. Frollo named the child Quasimodo as a way to insult his “half formed” appearance.
