User blog:ARTaylor/10 Years of The Princess and the Frog

Today is the tenth anniversary of The Princess and the Frog. The film is the forty-ninth from Walt Disney Animation Studios and based on the Brothers Grimm story The Frog Prince. Set in New Orleans during the Roaring '20s, the film follows a waitress following a dream of opening her own restaurant who kisses a prince turned into a frog only to be turned into a frog herself.

The film proved to be a return to form for Disney after a long period of poor quality leading to the company's current resurgence. It was a hit with fans and critics. It broke the record for highest grossing animated film. It received significantly higher box office numbers than then-recent Disney movies. It was widely praised as a return to form for traditional animation when most studios had moved onto computer generated animation. It received numerous award nominations including three from the Academy Awards.

The film was written and directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. John Lasseter served as executive producer.

It features the talents of Keith David as evil voodoo witch doctor Dr. Facilier, Jim Cummings as firefly Ray, Jenifer Lewis as the good elderly priestess Mama Odie, Frank Welker as basset hound Stella, Dee Bradley Baker as Odie's pet snake Juju, Kevin Michael Richardson as alligator Ian, Don Hall as Darnell, Corey Burton as Harvey Fenner, as well as Philip Proctor and Fred Tatasciore doing additional voices.