'Princess and the Frog' Features First African American Disney Princess
By Deena Bustillo
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The Princess and the Frog opens in wide release in theaters today, after opening in select cities November 25. It features the first African American princess, Tiana (voice of Anika Nani Rose), and is being screened for children from the Boys & Girls Club at Walmart stores in multiple states, according to CNN. The film is loosely based on the ED Baker novel The Frog Princess, which was then turned into a Grimm Brothers fairytale, The Frog Prince. The Disney movie was originally called The...Read Full Story
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The "Princess and the Frog" is a Disney movie released in December 2009. It is the first Disney movie to feature an African-American princess. See more about the "Princess and the Frog" here.
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The "Princess and the Frog" is a Disney movie released in December 2009. It is the first Disney movie to feature an African-American princess. See more about the "Princess and the Frog" here.
Disney princesses are often seen as a symbol of the Disney princess family.
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Disney princesses are often seen as a symbol of the Disney princess family.
One of the most notorious Disney princesses in the history of Disney is Princess Zelda. A famous Disney princess who lived until 1995 appears to have had a bad dream when she was abducted and taken to a dungeon by pirates. When Zelda awoke, she lost her memories and was unable to recall any of her previous memories and was left blind by what she had...
- Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
- Produced by: Peter Del Vecho
- Starring: Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley, Jim Cummings, Jennifer Cody, Peter Bartlett, Jenifer Lewis, Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard, John Goodman
- Music by: Randy Newman
- Edited by: Jeff Draheim
- Production company: Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- Release date: November 25, 2009 (2009-11-25) (Los Angeles premiere), December 11, 2009 (2009-12-11) (United States)
- Running time: 97 minutes
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Budget: $105 million
- Box office: $269 million