The Little Mermaid is an animated musical film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, loosely based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It tells of Ariel, a young mermaid who longs to live on land and makes a bargain with the sea witch Ursula in order to be with a human prince. The songs by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, including Under the Sea and Part of Your World, were a major part of its appeal, and the film won Academy Awards for its score and for the song Under the Sea. Its success is often seen as the beginning of the Disney Renaissance, a period of acclaimed animated films in the 1990s. A live-action version appeared in 2023.
Before and after
- 13 October 1989Birth of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- 6 November 1989Founding of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- 9 November 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- from 17 November 1989 to 29 December 1989Velvet Revolution
- 17 November 1989Release of The Little Mermaid
- 20 November 1989Convention on the Rights of the Child
- 13 December 1989Birth of Taylor Swift
- from 15 December 1989 to 27 December 1989Romanian Revolution (1989)
- 17 December 1989Premiere of The Simpsons
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