Pocahontas (1995)

Pocahontas is a 1995 American animated musical romantic drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures.

Directed by Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg. With Mel Gibson, Linda Hunt, Christian Bale, Joe Baker. An English soldier and the daughter of an Algonquin chief share a romance when English colonists invade seventeenth-century Virginia.

1995 Disney Film

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History gets the Disney kiddie treatment and a politically correct interpretation in the studio's 33rd feature-length animated movie, the first to be based on actual events and people. Pocahontas (Irene Bedard) is the daughter of Algonquin chief Powhatan (Russell Means), who promises her in marriage to Kocoum, a brave whom she doesn't love. Pocahontas would rather be paddling in her canoe or wandering in the forest, communing with nature and her animal pals, Meeko, a raccoon, and the hummingbird Flit. When European settlers arrive, she becomes enamored of handsome John Smith (Mel Gibson). Their attraction is encouraged by Grandmother Willow (Linda Hunt), a talking tree. The situation between their peoples is tense, however, as the settlers, led by Governor Ratcliffe (David Ogden Stiers) desperately want the gold that they're sure the natives are concealing. When a dutiful sentry, Thomas (Christian Bale) follows Smith into the woods on one of his secret meetings with Pocahontas, a tragic mistake leads both groups to the brink of war. Only the love of Pocahontas and Smith can prevent bloodshed. Pocahontas (1995) was awarded two Oscars, for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score and Best Original Song for

Pocahontas is a 1995 American animated musical romance-drama film released by Walt Disney...

“Pocahontas" is the best-looking of the modern Disney animated features, and one of the more thoughtful: It is about real issues, even if it treats them with naive idealism. In its view, Native Americans lived in peaceful harmony with nature until European settlers came, bringing guns and ecological destruction. The Europeans, puffed up with their notions of civilization, did not realize how much they had to learn from the Indians.

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Greed. Distrust. Unrest in the New World. Despite all that divides their people, love is still possible. Watch trailers & learn more.

Pocahontas tells the story of a free-spirited girl who wonders what adventures await "Just Around The Riverbend." Pocahontas relies on the guidance of her loving and wise Grandmother Willow when English settlers arrive on the shores of their village.

Sophie Gilbert found the film progressive and feminist. Readers feel it whitewashes a horrific past. Perhaps it’s both.

15 images (& sounds) of the Pocahontas cast of characters. Pics of the Pocahontas voice actors (Movie).

"Pocahontas," which had its premiere in Central Park on June 10, opens today in theaters. Following are excerpts from Janet Maslin's review, which appeared in The New York Times on June 11.