The Emperor’s New Groove

Premiere Release Date: December 10, 2000
Official Release Date: December 15, 2000
Copyright: Disney Enterprises, Inc. © 2000
Released by: Buena Vista Pictures
MPAA Rating: G (General Audiences ~ All Ages Admitted)
Length: 78 Minutes

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

|Stephen Anderson|additional voice||
|Dave Barry|’My Funny Friend And Me’ Guitar||
|Bob Bergen|Bucky||credited as Robert Bergen
|Bob Bergen|additional voice||
|Rodger Bumpass|additional voice||
|Lakisha Clark|background vocals||
|Lakisha Clark|’My Funny Friend And Me’ Background Vocals||
|Danyale Clarke|background vocals||credited as Danyale Clark
|Danyale Clarke|’My Funny Friend And Me’ Background Vocals||
|Robert Clotworthy|additional voice||credited as Rob Clotworthy
|Jennifer Darling|additional voice||
|Patti Deutsch|Waitress||
|Patti Deutsch|additional voice||
|Cleto Escobedo|background vocals||
|John Fiedler|Rudy||credited as ‘Old Man’
|John Fiedler|additional voice||
|Miriam Flynn|additional voice||
|Roosevelt George|background vocals||
|Roosevelt George|’My Funny Friend And Me’ Background Vocals||
|John Goodman|Pacha||
|Geri Lee Gorowski|additional voice||
|James Grear|background vocals||
|James Grear|’My Funny Friend And Me’ Background Vocals||
|Demarcus T. Green|background vocals||
|Demarcus T. Green|’My Funny Friend And Me’ Background Vocals||
|Jess Harnell|additional voice||
|Leyla Hoyle|background vocals||
|Rachel Hurst|background vocals||
|Rachel Hurst|’My Funny Friend And Me’ Background Vocals||
|Jimmy Jam|’My Funny Friend And Me’ All Additional Instruments||
|Tom Jones|Theme Song Guy||
|Kellyann Kelso|Chaca||
|Eartha Kitt|Yzma||
|Edie Lehmann-Boddicker|background vocals||credited as Edie Lehmann Boddicker
|Terry Lewis|’My Funny Friend And Me’ Background Vocals||
|Terry Lewis|’My Funny Friend And Me’ All Additional Instruments||
|Eli Russell Linnetz|Tipo||
|Sherry Lynn|additional voice||
|Wendie Malick|ChiCha||
|Danny Mann|additional voice||
|Ilana Marks|background vocals||
|Mickie McGowan|additional voice||
|Carlos Murguia|background vocals||
|Daniel Navarro|background vocals||
|Ida Pittman|background vocals||
|Ida Pittman|’My Funny Friend And Me’ Background Vocals||
|Joe Pizzulo|background vocals||
|Steve Real|background vocals||
|D. F. Reynolds|additional voice||
|Alex Richbourg|’My Funny Friend And Me’ Drum Programming||
|David Spade|Kuzco||
|Sting|‘My Funny Friend And Me’||
|André Stojka|additional voice||credited as Andre Stojka
|Steve Susskind|additional voice||
|Tony Tolbert |background vocals||
|Tony Tolbert|’My Funny Friend And Me’ Background Vocals||
|Patrick Warburton|Kronk||
|Joe Whyte|Official||
|Joe Whyte|additional voice||
|Yvonne Williams|background vocals||
|’Big Jim’ Wright|’My Funny Friend And Me’ Background Vocals||
|Jack Yates, Jr.|background vocals||
|Jack Yates, Jr.|’My Funny Friend And Me’ Background Vocals||
||Misty||

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Music
Lyrics by Sting; Music by Sting & David Hartley
Score Composed and Conducted by John Debney

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

Girl From Ipanema|Written by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, and Norman Gimbel||
My Funny Friend And Me
||Sting, Dave Barry on guitar; Alex Richbourg on drum programming; Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis on all additional instruments; Lakisha Clark, Danyale Clarke, Roosevelt George, James Grear, DeMarcus T. Green, Rachel Hurst, Terry Lewis, Ida Pittman, Tony Tolbert, ‘Big Jim’ Wright, and Jack Yates, Jr. on background vocals|
Perfect World||Tom Jones as Theme Song Guy, conducted by David Hartley|
Perfect World Reprise||Tom Jones as Theme Song Guy, conducted by David Hartley|
||background vocalsEdie Lehmann Boddicker, Danyale Clark, Lakisha Clark, Cleto Escobedo, Roosevelt George, James Grear, Demarcus T. Green, Leyla Hoyle, Rachel Hurst, Ilana Marks, Carlos Murguia, Daniel Navarro, Ida Pittman, Joe Pizzulo, Steve Real, Tony Tolbert, Yvonne Williams, Jake Yates, Jr.|

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

Academy Awards|2000 (73rd)|Nominee|Music (Original Song)|Music by Sting & David Hartley; Lyric by Sting|’My Funny Friend And Me’
Annie Awards|2001 (29th)|Nominee|Outstanding Achievement In An Animated Theatrical Feature|Walt Disney Feature Animation|
Annie Awards|2001 (29th)|Winner|Outstanding Individual Achievement For Character Animation|Dale Baer|
Annie Awards|2001 (29th)|Nominee|Outstanding Individual Achievement For Directing In An Animated Feature Production|Mark Dindal|
Annie Awards|2001 (29th)|Nominee|Outstanding Individual Achievement For Music Score In An Animated Feature Production|John Debney|
Annie Awards|2001 (29th)|Winner|Outstanding Individual Achievement For A Song In An Animated Production|David Hartley & Sting|’Perfect World’
Annie Awards|2001 (29th)|Nominee|Outstanding Individual Achievement For Production Design In An Animated Feature Production|Colin Stimpson|
Annie Awards|2001 (29th)|Nominee|Outstanding Individual Achievement For Storyboarding In An Animated Feature Production|Steve Anderson|
Annie Awards|2001 (29th)|Nominee|Outstanding Individual Achievement For Storyboarding In An Animated Feature Production|Don Hall|
Annie Awards|2001 (29th)|Nominee|Outstanding Individual Achievement For Writing In An Animated Feature Production|Mark Dindal, Chris Williams, & David Reynolds|
Annie Awards|2001 (29th)|Winner|Outstanding Individual Achievement For Voice Acting By A Female Performer In An Animated Feature Production|Eartha Kitt|as the voice of Yzma
Annie Awards|2001 (29th)|Nominee|Outstanding Individual Achievement For Voice Acting By A Male Performer In An Animated Feature Production|Patrick Warburton|as the voice of Kronk
Grammy Awards|2001 (44th)|Nominee|Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television, Or Other Visual Media|David Hartley & Sting|’My Funny Friend And Me’

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