The Emperor's New Groove(Movie, 2000)

Name: The Emperor's New Groove
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
Released: 2000
Duration: T01:18:00
Rating: 3.8

| 1h 18min | Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 2,910 votes) 309

The Emperor's New Groove is a 2000 American animated fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Mark Dindal and produced by Randy Fullmer, from a screenplay by David Reynolds, and a story by Dindal and Chris Williams. The voice cast features David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, and Wendie Malick. Inspired by ancient Peruvian culture and set in an Incan empire, The Emperor's New Groove follows young and self-centered Emperor Kuzco (voiced by Spade), who is accidentally transformed into a llama by his ex-advisor, Yzma (Kitt), and her dim-witted but affable henchman, Kronk (Warburton). For the emperor to change back into a human, he entrusts a village leader, Pacha (Goodman), to escort him back to the palace before Yzma can track them down and finish him off. Development of The Emperor's New Groove began in 1994 when the film was conceived as a musical epic titled Kingdom of the Sun. Following his directorial debut with The Lion King (1994), Roger Allers recruited English musician Sting to compose several songs for the film. Because of the underwhelming box-office performances of Pocahontas (199... ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Emperor's New Groove

Annie Awards nominated for: Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature

About The Emperor's New Groove

Kuzco is a self-centered emperor who summons Pacha from a village and to tell him that his home will be destroyed to make room for Kuzco's new summer home. Kuzco's advisor, Yzma, tries to poison Kuzco and accidentally turns him into a llama, who accidentally ends up in Pacha's village. Pacha offers to help Kuzco if he doesn't destroy his house, and so they form an unlikely partnership.

Trailer for The Emperor's New Groove + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Emperor's New Groove - 2000 Theatrical Trailer #2(Trailer, 1:56)

The Emperor's New Groove - 2000 Theatrical Trailer #2 (Trailer) | The Emperor's New Groove - 2000 Theatrical Trailer #1 (Trailer) | Trailer 1 (Trailer) | Ein Königreich für ein Lama - Lieblingsfilm-Teaser - Deutsch HD (Teaser, DE) | Trailer (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: South America, Peru

Based on the work of: Roger Allers, Matthew Jacobs ("Kingdom of the Sun")

Derivative works/Adaptions: "The Emperor's New School" (TV show/series, 2006-)

Made by: Walt Disney Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 31 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/15/2000

Appearing Characters: Kuzco, Pacha, Yzma, Kronk Pepikrankenitz, Chicha, Tipo, Chaca, Bucky the Squirrel, Theme Song Guy, Mata, Rudy, Official

Narrator: David Spade

Voice Actor: David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Wendie Malick, John Fiedler, Kellyann Kelso, Eli Russell Linnetz, Tom Jones, Stephen J. Anderson, Bob Bergen, Rodger Bumpass, Robert Clotworthy, Jennifer Darling, Patti Deutsch, Miriam Flynn, Jess Harnell, Sherry Lynn, Danny Mann, Andre Stojka, Steve Susskind, Joe Whyte, Mickie McGowan

Director: Mark Dindal

Producer: Randy Fullmer

Screenwriter: David Reynolds, Chris Williams, Mark Dindal

Executive Producer: Don Hahn, Patricia Hicks

Film Editor: Pam Ziegenhagen

Art Director: Colin Stimpson, Tom Cardone

Animator: Nik Ranieri, Tim Allen, James Baker, Jennifer Cardon Klein, Jerry Yu Ching, Jin Kim, Mark Mitchell, Joe Oh, Jamie Oliff, Mark Pudleiner, Marc Smith, Andreas Wessel-Therhorn, Phillip Young, Bruce W. Smith, Jared Beckstrand, Tom Gately, David Hancock, Clay Kaytis, Bert Klein, Theresa Wiseman, Anthony Ho Wong, Dale Baer, Roberto Espanto Domingo, Chad Stewart, Stevan Wahl, Tony Bancroft, David Block, Bob Davies, Michael Stocker, Doug Frankel, Brian Ferguson, Sandro Cleuzo, Dominique Monféry, Pierre Alary, Patrick Delage, Eric Delbecq, Marc Eoche-Duval, Thierry Goulard, Borja Montoro, Catherine Poulain, Jean-Claude Tran Quang Thieu, Dorse Lanpher, David Mildenberger, Sean Applegate, Gordon Baker, Aliza Corson Chameides, Colbert Fennelly, Michael Cadwallader Jones, Dan Lund, Phillip Vigil, Jazno Francoeur, Stephen McDermott, Tony West, Hendel Butoy, Mark Henn, Marlon West

Composer: Sting, David Hartley, John Debney

Production Designer: Paul A. Felix

Other Team Members: Jean-Christophe Poulain, Natalie Franscioni-Karp, Vera Pacheco, Mauro Maressa, Chris Montan, Joseph Moshier, Kevin Nelson, Robh Ruppel, Dan Hansen, Rasoul Azadani, Kevin R. Adams, Trish Coveney-Rees, Fred Craig, Billy George, Antonio Navarro, Jeff Purves, Doug Walker, Olivier Adam, Cent Alantar, Vincent Massy de la Chesneraye, Loïc Rastout, Raffaello Vecchione, Dan Tanaka, Edward Gutierrez, Bill Berg, Kathleen M. Bailey, Debra Armstrong, Renee Holt, Allison Hollen, Lieve Miessen, Terry Naughton, Christophe Charbonnel, Philip S. Boyd, Sunny Apinchapong, Justin Brandstater, Miguel Gil, Brad Hicks, Carl Jones, William Lorencz, Jerry Loveland, Kelly McGraw, Gregory C. Miller, Daniel Read, Leonard Robledo, George Taylor, Thomas Woodington, Kaaren Lundeen, Bryan M. Sommer, Sai Ping Lok, Andreas Deja, Scott Caple, Peter de Sève, J. Joseph Mahoney, Rune Brandt Bennicke, Marek Buchwald, Andy Gaskill, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Ricardo Delgado, J. Michael Spooner, Marcelo Vignali, Alex Nino, Pixote Hunt, Marcell Jankovics, Buck Lewis, Gay Lawrence, Valerio Ventura, John Watkiss, James J. Martin, Guy Deel, Jean Gillmore, Sue Nichols, Harald Siepermann, Cynthia Ignacio, Andrey Brandl, Shawn Colbeck, Thomas Debitus, Craig Elliott, Daniel Hu, Karen Keller, Rick Moore, Gary Mouri, John Puglisi

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Las locuras del emperador"

"Омагьосаният император"

"A Nova Onda do Imperador"

"Ein Königreich für ein Lama"

"Kejserens Nye Flip"

"Kuzco - l'empereur mégalo"

"쿠스코? 쿠스코!"

"Las Locuras Del Emperador"

"Keizer Kuzco"

"Et kongerike for en lama"

"Nowe szaty króla"

"Pacha e o Imperador"

"حياة الإمبراطور الجديدة"

Keywords: assassination attempt, incan empire, breaking the fourth wall, peru, birthday, palace, emperor, berater, kingdom, 15th century, central and south america

Budget: 100,000,000 USD

Revenue: 169,327,687 USD (= 169%)