Pocahontas

Premiere Release Date: June 15, 1995
Official Release Date: June 23, 1995
Distributed by:  Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Copyright
: The Walt Disney Company © 1995
MPAA Rating: G (General Audiences ~ All Ages Admitted)
Length: 81 Minutes

Pocahontas10th

10th Anniversary Direct-to-DVD Release Date: May 3, 2005
10th Anniversary Copyright: The Walt Disney Company © 1995
10th Anniversary Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
10th Anniversary MPAA Rating: G (General Audiences ~ All Ages Admitted)
10th Anniversary Length: 84 Minutes

For the 10th anniversary of Pocahontas, Disney’s home video release inserted the song ‘If I Never Knew You’ which was recorded by Mel Gibson and Judy Kuhn for the original film, but subsequently cut. It has not had a consistent place in releases after that time.

[table caption=”Cast and Characters” colalign=”center|right|left|center|left”] [attr sort=”false”]|Cast|Character/Performance|[attr sort=”false”]|Notes[attr sort=”false”]

|Gerard Alessandrini|chorus||
|Joe Baker|Lon||
|Christian Bale|Thomas||
|Joan Barber|chorus||
|Scott Barnes|chorus||
|Glen Beaudin, Jr.|video reference cast||
|Irene Bedard|Pocahontas||speaking
|Natalie Venetia Belcon|video reference cast||
|Richard A. ‘Bear Coat’ Bercot|Algonquin singer/speaker||
|Stephen Snow Owl Bunch|Algonquin singer/speaker||
|Liz Callaway|chorus||
|Billy Connolly|Ben||
|Charmaine Craig|video reference cast||
|Jim Cummings|Kekata||singing
|Jim Cummings|Chief Powhatan||singing
|Marc Brandon Daniel|video reference cast||
|Albert DeRuiter|chorus||
|Jonathan Dokuchitz|chorus||
|Robert Duncan|video reference cast||
|George Dvorsky|chorus||
|James Apaumut Fall|Kocoum||
|James Apaumut Fall|chorus||
|Bruce Fifer|chorus||
|Merwin Foard|chorus||
|Ginny Ah’Chantooni Frazier|Algonquin singer/speaker||
|Larry French|chorus||
|David Friedman|chorus||
|Mel Gibson|John Smith||
|Lesa Wakwashbosha Green|Algonquin singer/speaker||
|Chris Groerendaal|chorus||
|Larry Hansen|chorus||
|Randy Hansen|chorus||
|Ray Harrell|chorus||
|Butch Hartman|video reference cast||
|Rebecca (Dasse Manitsa) Hawkins|Algonquin singer/speaker||
|Joan Henry|chorus||
|Linda Hunt|Grandmother Willow||
|John Kassir|Meeko||
|Alix Korey|chorus||
|Judy Kuhn|Pocahontas||singing
|Rob Lorey|chorus||
|Duncan Marjoribanks|video reference cast||
|Danny Mann|Percy||
|Bill McKinley|chorus||
|Russell Means|Chief Powhatan||speaking
|Bruce Moore|chorus||
|Bobbi Page|chorus||
|Bobbi Page|‘Listen With Your Heart I’||
|Bobbi Page|‘Listen With Your Heart II’||
|Bobbi Page|‘Listen With Your Heart III’||
|Wilbur Pauley|chorus||
|Caroline Peyton|chorus||
|Gayle Melassa Pope|Algonquin singer/speaker||
|Richard Warren Pugh|chorus||
|Patrick Quinn|chorus||
|Elizabeth Rainey|video reference cast||
|Daniel Riordan|video reference cast||
|Tom Allen Robbins|video reference cast||
|Peter Samuel|chorus||
|Jon Secada|‘If I Never Knew You (Love Theme From Pocahontas)’||
|Shanice|‘If I Never Knew You (Love Theme From Pocahontas)’||
|Shawnee Nation United Remnant Band|Algonquin singers/speakers||
|Gordon Stanley|chorus||
|David Ogden Stiers|Governor Ratcliffe||
|David Ogden Stiers|Wiggins||
|Michelle St. John|Nakoma||
|Annie Sutton|chorus||
|Gordon Tootoosis|Kekata||speaking
|Mark Waldrup|chorus||
|Molly Wasserman|chorus||
|Frank Welker|Flit||
|Lee Wilkoff|chorus||
|Vanessa Williams|‘Colors Of The Wind (End Title)’||
||Roy||

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Music
Songs: Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Original Score by Alan Menken
Score conducted by Danny Troob
Songs conducted by David Friedman
Traditional Native American Music & Songs including the Death Song by Hawk Pope

[table caption=”Songs”] Song|Composer/ Lyricist|Performers|Notes

Colors Of The Wind||Judy Kuhn as Pocahontas|
Colors Of The Wind (End Title)||Vanessa Williams|
Death Song|Hawk Pope||
If I Never Knew You|Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz|Mel Gibson as John Smith & Judy Kuhn as Pocahontas|10th Anniversary Edition only
If I Never Knew You (Love Theme From Pocahontas)||Jon Secada & Shanice|
Just Around The River Bend||Judy Kuhn as Pocahontas|
Listen With Your Heart I||Linda Hunt as Grandmother Willow & Bobbi Page|
Listen With Your Heart II||Linda Hunt as Grandmother Willow & Bobbi Page|
Listen With Your Heart III||Linda Hunt as Grandmother Willow & Bobbi Page|
Mine, Mine, Mine||Mel Gibson as John Smith; David Ogden Stiers as Governor Racliffe and Wiggins, & Chorus|
Savages (Part 1)||Jim Cummings as Chief Powhatan and Kekata, David Ogden Stiers as Governor Radcliffe, & Chorus|
Savages (Part 2)||Jim Cummings as Chief Powhatan, Judy Kuhn as Pocahontas, David Odgen Stiers as Governor Radcliffe, & Chorus|
Steady As The Beating Drum (Main Title)||Chorus|
Steady As The Beating Drum (Reprise)||Jim Cummings as Chief Powhatan|
The Virginia Company||Chorus|
The Virginia Company (Reprise)||Mel Gibson as John Smith & Chorus|
||chorusGerard Alessandrini, Joan Barber, Scott Barnes, Liz Callaway, Al DeRuiter, Jonathan Dokuchitz, George Dvorsky, James Apaumut Fall, Bruce Fifer, Merwin Foard, Larry French, David Friedman, Chris Groerendaal, Larry Hansen, Randy Hansen, Ray Harrell, Joan Henry, Alix Korey, Rob Lorey, Bill McKinley, Bruce Moore, Bobbi Page, Wilbur Pauley, Caroline Peyton, Richard Warren Pugh, Patrick Quinn, Peter Samuel, Gordon Stanley, Annie Sutton, Mark Waldrup, Molly Wasserman, Lee Wilkoff|
||Shawnee Nation United Remnant Band Algonquin SingersRichard A. ‘Bear Coat’ Bercot, Stephen Snow Owl Bunch, Ginny Ah’Chantooni Frazier, Lesa Wakwashbosha Green, Rebecca (Dasse Manitsa) Hawkins, Gayle Melassa Pope|

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[table caption=”Awards”] Award|Year|Winner/ Nominee|Category|Recipient|Notes

Academy Awards|1995 (68th)|Winner|Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score)|Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Alan Menken|
Academy Awards|1995 (68th)|Winner|Music (Song)|Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz|’Colors of the Wind’
Annie Awards|1995 (23rd)|Winner|Best Animated Feature|Walt Disney Feature Animation|
Annie Awards|1995 (23rd)|Winner|Best Individual Achievement for Production Design in the Field of Animation|Michael Giaimo, Art Director|
Annie Awards|1995 (23rd)|Nominee|Best Individual Achievement for Production Design in the Field of Animation|Rasoul Azadini, Layout Artistic Supervisor|
Annie Awards|1995 (23rd)|Winner|Best Individual Achievement for Music in the Field of Animation|Alan Menken, composer & Stephen Schwartz, lyricist|
Annie Awards|1995 (23rd)|Winner|Best Individual Achievement for Animation|Nik Ranieri, supervising animator|Meeko
Annie Awards|1995 (23rd)|Nominee|Best Individual Achievement for Animation|Chris Buck, supervising animator|Grandmother Willow
Annie Awards|1995 (23rd)|Nominee|Best Individual Achievement for Animation|David Pruiksma, supervising animator|Flit
Grammy Awards
|1995 (38th)|Winner|Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television|Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz, songwriters|’Colors of the Wind’ (from Pocahontas)

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