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The Emperor's New Groove(Movie, 2000)

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| 1h 18min | Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
The Emperor's New GrooveRating: 3.8/5 (with 29102,910 votes) 523
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 written by David Reynolds, and based on a story conceived 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 selfish young Emperor Kuzco (voiced by Spade), who is accidentally transformed into a llama by his treacherous ex-advisor, Yzma (Kitt), and her dimwitted 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 ... ()
Movie poster of The Emperor's New Groove

Where to watch The Emperor's New Groove (cinema/streaming/download)?

"The Emperor's New Groove" is currently available on 2 providers. The Emperor's New Groove can be rented on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (SD/HD/4K) or purchased on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (as a download from the website or as a Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

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Available languages: English
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Duration: 1h 19min
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Available languages: English
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Duration: 1h 19min
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Awards & Nominations for The Emperor's New Groove

Annie Awards 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)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: South America, Peru
Derivative works/Adaptions: "The Emperor's New School" (TV show/series, 2006-)
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
Director: Mark Dindal
Producer: Randy Fullmer
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 Niño, 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"
Budget: 100,000,000 USD
Revenue: 169,327,687 USD (= 169%)

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