The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1996
G
1h 31m

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Kevin Kline, Demi Moore, Tom Hulce, Jason Alexander, Tony Jay, Paul Kandel, Charles Kimbrough, Frank Welker, and Mary Wickes in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

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A deformed bell-ringer must assert his independence from a vicious government minister in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancer.A deformed bell-ringer must assert his independence from a vicious government minister in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancer.A deformed bell-ringer must assert his independence from a vicious government minister in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancer.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

175K

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POPULARITY

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 8 wins & 26 nominations total

Hugo
(voice)

Mary Kay Bergman

Quasimodo's Mother
(voice)
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Corey Burton

Brutish Guard
(voice)
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Jim Cummings

Guards
(voice)
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Bill Fagerbakke

Oafish Guard
(voice)

Tom Hulce

Quasimodo
(voice)

Tony Jay

Frollo
(voice)

Paul Kandel

Clopin
(voice)

Charles Kimbrough

Victor
(voice)

Kevin Kline

Phoebus
(voice)

Heidi Mollenhauer

Esmeralda
(singing voice)

Patrick Pinney

Guards
(voice)
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Gary Trousdale

The Old Heretic
(voice)

David Ogden Stiers

Archdeacon
(voice)

Frank Welker

Baby Bird
(voice)
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Mary Wickes

Laverne
(voice)

Jane Withers

Additional Laverne Dialogue
(voice)

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Trivia
For the scene where Judge Frollo sings "Hellfire" and sees Esmeralda dancing in the fire before him, the MPAA insisted that the Disney animators make Esmeralda's clothing more well-defined, as she seemed nude.

Goofs
After Quasimodo is crowned the King of Fools, among the food thrown at him are tomatoes. Tomatoes are native to Central America, which the Europeans had yet to discover at the time the film takes place.

Quotes
Frollo: [opens his dictionary] Shall we review your alphabet today?
Quasimodo: Oh, yes, Master. I would like that very much.
Frollo: Very well.
[pours Quasimodo a wine]
Frollo: A?
Quasimodo: Abomination.
Frollo: [pours himself a wine] B?
Quasimodo: Blasphemy.
Frollo: [puts the cork back on the wine bottle] C?
Quasimodo: C-C-Contrition.
Frollo: [raises his cup] D?
Quasimodo: [smiling enthusiastically] Damnation!
Frollo: E?
Quasimodo: [points and winks] *Eternal* damnation!
Frollo: Good. F?
[sips his wine]
Quasimodo: [shrugs his shoulders] Festival.
Frollo: [spits out his wine, coughs, then wipes his lips] Excuse me?
Quasimodo: [realising his mistake] F-F-Forgiveness.
Frollo: You said...
[shuts the dictionary]
Frollo: "Festival."
Quasimodo: *No*!
Frollo: You're thinking about going to the Festival.
Quasimodo: I-It's just that, *you* go every year.
Frollo: *I* am a public official! I *must* go, but I don't enjoy a *moment*!

Crazy credits
At the end of the closing credits, the gargoyle Hugo says, "Good night, everybody!"

Alternate versions
On British VHS versions of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, it played Eternal's "Someday" over the closing credits.

Connections
Edited into The Frollo Show: Frollo Faps to a Firefighters calendar (2011)

Soundtracks
The Bells of Notre Dame
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Performed by Paul Kandel, David Ogden Stiers, Tony Jay, and Chorus

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Featured review

8/10

Just short of greatness

It's not Hugo, but the Disney version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) is a wonderful film in its own right. Save for some awkward 1990s CG in the background every now and then, the animation is glorious and the colors are deep and rich like a medieval tapestry. The musical score and numbers are among Disney's most underrated. The characters are all memorable, from the soulful Quasimodo to the kind but tough Esmeralda to the evil Frollo, one of the greatest and most unsung of all Disney villains.

Were it not for one factor, this film would be a masterpiece and that is the juvenile humor which creeps into this overall somber and dark movie. The gargoyles are the most obnoxious comic relief possible, and their anachronistic, cartoony nature does not gel with this story of oppression and sin. It's obvious the executives were frightened by the film's darkness, fearful that there wasn't enough kiddie appeal, so they forced this creative mistake upon the filmmakers.

It's a shame, but overall, this is still a fine picture.