The Princess and the Frog is a 2009 American animated musical romantic fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 49th film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film is loosely based on the novel The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker, which is in turn based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "The Frog Prince". Written and directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, the film features an ensemble voice cast that stars Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley, Jennifer Cody, and Jim Cummings, with Peter Bartlett, Jenifer Lewis, Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard, and John Goodman. Set in 1920s New Orleans, Louisiana, the film tells the story of a hardworking waitress named Tiana who dreams of owning her own restaurant. After kissing a prince who has been turned into a frog by an evil witch doctor, Tiana becomes a frog herself, and must find a way to turn back into a human before it is too late.
The Princess and the Frog began production under the working title The Frog Princess. It marked Disney's return to traditional animation, as it was the studio's first traditionally animated film since Home on the Range (2004). Co-directors Ron Clements and John Musker, directors of Disney's highly successful films The Little Mermaid (1989) and Aladdin (1992), returned to Disney to direct The Princess and the Frog. The studio returned to a Broadway musical-style format frequently used during the Disney Renaissance, and features music written by composer Randy Newman, well known for his musical involvement in Pixar films such as A Bug's Life (1998), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Cars (2006), and the Toy Story trilogy (1995, 1999 and 2010). The film also marked the return of Disney animated musical films based on well-known stories since the Disney Renaissance.
The Princess and the Frog opened in limited release in New York and Los Angeles on November 25, 2009, and in wide release on December 11, 2009. The film was successful at the box-office, ranking first place on its opening weekend in North America, and grossing $267 million worldwide. It received three Academy Award nominations at the 82nd Academy Awards: one for Best Animated Feature and two for Best Original Song. It lost to Up and Crazy Heart, respectively.
Some film critics and pundits regard The Princess and the Frog as a turning point for Walt Disney Animation Studios, and to have ignited the "Disney Revival", playing a crucial role in the studio's subsequent string of acclaimed animated films.
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Tiana | Anika Noni Rose | Mireya Mendoza | Honoka Suzuki | Kacau Gomes | Kim Jalabert | Cassandra Steen | China Moses | Domitilla D'Amico | Karolina Trębacz | Bernadett Vágó | Noora Noor | Nellie Ettison | Katerína Tsávalou | Katyko Purtseladze | Zuzana Kajnarová Říčařová | Tzvetoslava Simeonova | Selma Björnsdóttir | Helena Krajčiová | Luljeta "Luli" Bitri | Florentina Țilea | Zala Đurić Ribič | Sandra Üksküla-Uusberg | Zane Dombrovska | Jurga Šeduikytė-Bareikienė | Gülnūr Ädılbekova | Anna Buturlina | Elisa Langa | Ana Vieira | Lee Seon | Ilanit Gershon | Demet Tuncer |
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Young Tiana | Elizabeth Dampier | Itzel Mendoza | Yuna Fujii | Helena Palomanes | Ludivine Reding | Valerie Ceraolo | Clara Quilichini | Giulia Tesei | Wiktoria Gąsiewska | Kardos Lili | Helene Hagen | Signe StaugaardKoch | Eiríni Rouvá | Yelyzaveta Zinovenko | Kateřina Bobovyčová | AnnaMariya Vŭrbani | KolbrúnMaría Másdóttir | Bianka Bucková | Suela Xhonuzi | Bianca Ciobănete | Mija Ribič | Sonja Kõrvits | Justīne Silakaktiņa | Liza Povilaitis | Dar'ya Pereyaslavets | Sara Jiminéz | Beatriz Figueira | Kim MiRang | YahliMargalit Topol | ||
 
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Prince Naveen | Bruno Campos | Mario Filio | Tatsumine Tansō | Rodrigo Lombardi | Nicolas Charbonneaux-Collombet | Roger Cicero | Alexis Tomassian | Francesco Pezzulli | Marcin Mroziński | Tamás Pál | Espen Grjotheim | Mads Hjulmand | Panayiótis Kapodístrias | Dmytro Havrylov | Radek Zima | Vladimir Karamazov | Rúnar Freyr Gíslason | Vladimír Kobielský | Armand Peza | George Călin | Dani Bavec | Märt Avandi | Ainārs Ančevskis | Vidas Bareikis | Stas P'yekha | Eduardo del Hoyo | Paulo Vintém | Yu Dong-Gyun | Assaf Pariente | Ufuk Bigay | |
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Dr. Facilier | Keith David | Víctor Trujillo | Azaki Motomu | Sérgio Fortuna | Daniel Picard | Thomas Nero Wolff | Frantz Confiac | Luca Ward | Wojciech Paszkowski | Vass Gábor | Paul Åge Johannessen | Michael Carøe | Yiánnis Zouyanélis | Borys Heorhiievskyi | Jan Apolenář | Georgi Todorov | Magnús Jónsson | Michal Hudák | Ervin Bejleri | Pavel Bartoș | Valter Dragan | Mait Malmsten | Artis Robežnieks | Andrius Kaniava | Andrey Belyavskiy | Javier Gurruchaga | Rui de Sá | Park CheolHo | Eli Gorenstein | Bülent Atak | |
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Louis the Alligator | Michael-Leon Wooley | Francisco Céspedes | Atomu Kobayashi | Mauro Ramos | Richard Darbois | Bill Ramsey | Richard Darbois | Pino Insegno | Piotr Gąsowski | Gesztesi Károly | Sven Nordin | Thomas Eje | Stamátis Kraounákis | Yevhen Lunchenko | Mojmír Maděrič | Georgi Ivanov | Egill Ólafsson | Richard Müller | Vasjan Lami | Alexandru Georgescu | Branko Đurić | Peeter Oja | Jānis Kirmuška | Irmantas Jankaitis | Billi Novik | Carlos Kaniowsky | Pedro Pereira | Yu Mae-Hoo | Ilan Wail | Ayhan Kahya | |
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Charlotte La Bouff | Jennifer Cody | Leyla Rangel | Yûko Sanpei | Iara Riça | Pascale Montreuil | Farina Brock | Dorothée Pousséo | Micaela Incitti | Dominika Kluźniak | Kardos Eszter | Andrea Bræin Hovig | Szhirley Rokahaim | Iró Michalakákou | Maryna Kuklina | Ivana Korolová | Marieta Petrova | Vigdís Hrefna Pálsdóttir | Lucia MolnárováBugalová | Rozina"Rozi" PrendiKostani | Alexandra Badea | Nataša Tič Ralijan | Elisabet Reinsalu | Ilze Ķuzule-Skrastiņa | Viktorija Kuodytė | Aset Samrailova | Mar Bordallo | Mafalda Teixeira | Park Ji-Yun | Lauren Savir | DamlaÖzüduru Babacan | |
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Young Charlotte | Breanna Brooks | Sara Paula GómezÁrias | Sumire Morohoshi | Fernanda Ribeiro | Ambre Foubert | Sophia Kronenwett | Ambre Foubert | Arianna Vignoli | Małgorzata Steczkowska | Károlyi Lili | Maria Kvalvik Woldstad | Mia Aunbirk | Vasilikí Soúti | Oleksandra Drozdovs'ka | Alena Kokrdová | Aleksandra Todorova | RagnheiðurIngunn Jóhannsdóttir | Michaela Hanudelová | Gerona Karabashi | Teodora Ionescu | Zala Linea Rutar | Kirke Aer | Arta Ozoliņa | Noja Makačinaitė | Dar'ya Yevseyeva | Alba Rubio Ruiz | Francisca Borges | Eom JeongIn | Bar Savir | ||
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Ray the Firefly | Jim Cummings | Arturo Mercado | Komada Hajime | Márcio Simões | Anthony Kavanagh | Robert Missler | Anthony Kavanagh | Luca Laurenti | Stefan Friedmann | Mikó István | Øivind Blunck | Per Pallesen | Vasílis Aksiótis | Viktor Andriyenko | Jiří Korn | Georgi Stoyanov | Þórhallur 'Laddi' Sigurðsson | Martin Nahálka | Arben Derhemi | Constantin Bărbulescu | Branko Završan | Emil Rutiku | Pēteris Liepiņš | Giedrius Savickas | Igor' Balalayev | Rafa Romero | Paulo Oom | Lee In-seong | Sharon Cohen | Attila Arcan | |
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Lawrence the Valet | Peter Bartlett | Héctor Lee | Akihiko Ishizumi | Hércules Franco | Benoît Brière | Pierre PetersArnolds | Michel Papineschi | Franco Zucca | Krzysztof Dracz | Imre Csuja | Dag Vågsås | Jesper Asholt | Yiánnis Stefópoulos | Maksym Kondratyuk | Zdeněk Paluzga | Anatoliy Bozhinov | Þór Tulinius | Igor Krempaský | Gëzim Rudi | Sorin Medeleni | Jernej Kuntner | Tarvo Krall | Ģirts Jakovļevs | Andrius Žiūrauskas | Grigoriy Perel' | Carlos Ysbert | André Gago | Oh In-seong | Albert Cohen | Murat Şenol | |
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Mama Odie | Jenifer Lewis | Joana Brito | Arai Kōko | Selma Lopes | Élizabeth Chouvalidzé | Marianne Rosenberg | Liane Foly | Graziella Polesinanti | Stanisława Celińska | Molnár Piroska | Wenche Myhre | Gitte Hænning | Chrisoúla Diaváti | Iryna Doroshenko | Ludmila Molínová | Vasilka Sugareva | Lísa Pálsdóttir | Helena Húsková | Antoneta Malaj | Tamara Buciuceanu | Vita Mavrič | Anu Lamp | Inta BebrišaTirole | Birutė Dambrauskaitė | Larisa Dolina | Pilar Gentil | Natália Luiza | Yoon BokHee | Hilla Sarjon Fisher | Melis Sökman | |
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Eudora | Oprah Winfrey | Simone Brook | Rika Sugimura | Izabel Lira | Anne Dorval | Madeleine Stolze | Annie Milon | Angiola Baggi | Anna Dymna | Janza Kata | Linn Stokke | Ellen Hillingsø | Líla Moutsopoúlou | Larysa Rusnak | Daniela Bartáková | Simona Nanova | Katla Margrét Þorgeirsdóttir | Jeanette Švoňavská | Andeta Radi | Maria Ploae | Tanja ĐurićRibič | Liivika Hanstin | Akvelīna Līvmane | Janina Matekonytė | Irina Loseva | Mercedes Cepeda | Luísa Salgueiro | Kim Hye-Mi | Odelia Mora-Matalon | Sibel Taşçıoğlu | |
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James | Terrence Howard | Octavio Rojas | Mikami Ichirô | Duda Ribeiro | Sylvain Hétu | Ole Pfennig | Thierry Desroses | Roberto Draghetti | Marcin Troński | SzabóSipos Barnabás | Paul-Ottar Haga | Lars Bom | Níkos Níkas | Oleksandr Ihnatusha | Milan Kačmarčík | Ivan Petrushinov | Valdimar Örn Flygenring | Matej Landl | Artion Vreto | Adrian Titieni | Pavle Ravnohrib | Erik Aule | Valdis Lūriņš | Vaidotas Martinaitis | Vladimir Maysuradze | Luis Bajo | Pedro Bargado | Lee BongJun | Yoram Yosefsberg | Ali Ekber Diribaş | |
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Big Daddy La Bouff | John Goodman | Francisco Colmenero | Tessho Genda | Reinaldo Pimenta | Guy Nadon | Walter von Hauff | Jacques Frantz | Paolo Marchese | Paweł Sanakiewicz | Koroknay Géza | Ivar Nørve | Peter Aude | Tásos Kostís | Oleksandr Bondarenko | Jiří Hromada | Petŭr Vŭrbanov | Ólafur Darri Ólafsson | Peter Kollárik | Dritan Boriçi | Ioan Chelaru | Klemen Mauhler | Jaan Rekkor | Kaspars Pūce | Almantas Šinkūnas | Maksim Pinsker | Victor Valverde | Fernando Luis | Lee JeongGu | Aryeh Cherner | Mazlum Kiper | |
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Reggie | Ritchie Montgomery | Raúl Aldana | Mário Monjardim | Alain Zouvi | Joachim Kaps | Philippe Peythieu | Roberto Stocchi | Mieczysław Morański | Péter Scherer | Bernhard Ramsted | Volodymyr Zhohlo | Rumen Ugrinski | Dušan Kaprálik | Alfredo Cernuda | Carlos Freixo | Ali Ekber Diribaş | |||||||||||||||
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Darnell | Don Hall | Luis Daniel Ramírez | Sérgio Stern | Tristan Harvey | Patrick Guillemin | Enzo Avolio | Cszary Kwieciński | Besenczi Árpád | FranciscoJavier Martínez | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Two Fingers | Paul Briggs | Vladimiro Conti | Jarosław Boberek | Csőre Gábor | Miguel Ayones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mr. Henry Fenner | Jerry Kernion | Carlos Cobos | Eduardo Borgerth | Oliviero Dinelli | Wojciech Machnicki | Elek Ferenc | Kim Fangen | José Padilla | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mr. HarveyFenner | Corey Burton | Roberto Carrillo | Carlos Gesteira | Patrice Dozier | Ambrogio Colombo | Stefan Knothe | László Lippai | Kim Haugen | Efron Etkin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Buford | Michael Colyar | Jaime López | Samir Murad | Paul Borne | Stefano Mondini | Paweł Szczesny | Bognár Tamás | Kalle Øby | Mário Redondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marlon the Gator | Emeril Lagasse | JuanCarlos Tinoco | Samir Murad | Papucsek Vilmos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian the Gator | KevinMichael Richardson | Leonardo García | Ronaldo Júlio | Bácskai János | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cousin Randy | Randy Newman | Moisés Palacios | Alfredo Martins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Georgia | Danielle Moné Truitt | Rosalba Sotelo | Gabriella Bicalho | Ilara Latini | Agnieszka Judycka | Pikali Gerda | Tiril Heide-Steen | Zoí Katsátou |
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Tiana | Anika Noni Rose | Paula Arias Esquivel | Honoka Suzuki | Kacau Gomes | Nancy Fortin | Cassandra Steen | China Moses | Karima Ammar | Karolina Trębacz | Bernadett Vágó | Noora Noor | Nellie Ettison | Mariánna 'Shaya' Hánsen | Katyko Purtseladze | "Dasha" Dagmar Sobková | Ralitsa Guberska | Selma Björnsdóttir | Helena Krajčiová | Anika Noni Rose | Simona Nae | Katarina Bordner | Sandra Üksküla-Uusberg | Ieva Kerēvica | Jurga Šeduikytė-Bareikienė | Gülnūr Ädılbekova | Anna Buturlina | Chila Lynn | Nayma Mingas | Lee Young-Mi | Ninet Tayeb | Demet Tuncer |
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Prince Naveen | Bruno Campos | Mario Filio | Tatsumine Tansō | Rodrigo Lombardi | Nicolas Charbonneaux-Collombet | Roger Cicero | Alexis Tomassian | Stefano Rinaldi | Marcin Mroziński | Tamás Pál | Espen Grjotheim | Mads Hjulmand | Panayiótis Kapodístrias | Dmytro Havrylov | Radek Zima | Dimitŭr Atanasov | Rúnar Freyr Gíslason | Viliam Csontos | Bruno Campos | George Călin | Dani Bavec | Märt Avandi | Reinis Sējāns | Vidas Bareikis | Stas P'yekha | Álex Ubago | Angélico Vieira | Lim Hyeon-Su | Assaf Pariente | Ufuk Bigay | |
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Dr. Facilier | Keith David | Víctor Trujillo | Azaki Motomu | Sérgio Fortuna | Daniel Picard | Thomas "Tommy"Amper | Frantz Confiac | Luca Ward | Wojciech Paszkowski | Vass Gábor | Paul Åge Johannessen | Michael Carøe | Yiánnis Zouyanélis | Ruben Tolmachov | Jan Apolenář | Georgi Todorov | Magnús Jónsson | Michal Hudák | Keith David | Emilian Mincu | Mitja Šedlbauer | Mait Malmsten | Artis Robežnieks | Andrius Kaniava | Andrey Belyavskiy | Javier Gurruchaga | Rui de Sá | Lee JaeHo | Eli Gorenstein | Bülent Atak | |
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Louis the Alligator | MichaelLeon Wooley | Francisco Céspedes | Atomu Kobayashi | Mauro Ramos | Widemir Normil | Bill Ramsey | Richard Darbois | Pino Insegno | Piotr Gąsowski | Gesztesi Károly | Sven Nordin | Thomas Eje | Stamátis Kraounákis | Yevhen Lunchenko | Mojmír Maděrič | Georgi Ivanov | Egill Ólafsson | Richard Müller | MichaelLeon Wooley | Cristian Popescu | Branko Đurić | Peeter Oja | Jānis Kirmuška | Irmantas Jankaitis | Billi Novik | King África | Pedro Pereira | Lee HuiJeong | Ilan Wail | Ayhan Kahya | |
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Ray the Firefly | Jim Cummings | Arturo Mercado | Komada Hajime | Márcio Simões | Anthony Kavanagh | Robert Missler | Anthony Kavanagh | Luca Laurenti | Robert Rozmus | Mikó István | Øivind Blunck | Per Pallesen | Vasílis Aksiótis | Serhiy Yurchenko | Jiří Korn | Nencho Balabanov | Þórhallur'Laddi' Sigurðsson | Martin Nahálka | Jim Cummings | Constantin Bărbulescu | Branko Završan | Emil Rutiku | Laimis Rācenājs | Giedrius Savickas | Igor' Balalayev | "Macaco"Daniel Carbonell | Paulo Oom | Lee In-seong | Sharon Cohen | Attila Arcan | |
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Mama Odie | Jenifer Lewis | Heidi ViciedoQuesada | Arai Kōko | Selma Lopes | Élizabeth Chouvalidzé | Marianne Rosenberg | Liane Foly | MariaCristina Brancucci | Beata Bednarz | Molnár Piroska | Wenche Myhre | Gitte Hænning | Chrisoúla Diaváti | Tetyana Boyeva | Ludmila Molínová | Vasilka Sugareva | Lísa Pálsdóttir | Jeanette Švoňavská | Jenifer Lewis | Alexandra Andrei | Vita Mavrič | Anu Lamp | Olga Pīrāgs | Birutė Dambrauskaitė | Larisa Dolina | Omara Portuondo | Paula Fonseca | Yoon Bok-Hee | HillaSarjon Fisher | Melis Sökman |