Academy Awards, USA, 1990: Oscar - Best Music, Original Score (Alan Menken) ; Best Music, Original Song (Alan Menken, music, Howard Ashman, Lyrics).
Golden Globes, USA, 1990: Golden Globe - Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Alan Menken) ; Best Original Song - Motion Picture (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman).
Ariel is a fun-loving and mischievous mermaid who is enchanted with all things human. Disregarding her father's order to stay away from the world above the sea, she swims to the surface and, in a raging storm, rescues Prince Eric, the man of her dreams. Determined to be human, she strikes a bargain with the devious seawitch, Ursula, and trades her fins and beautiful voice for legs. With her best friend Flounder, and her reluctant chaperone Sebastian at her side, Ariel must win the prince's love and save her father's kingdom.
General Note
Special features: All-new music video; "The making-of" featurette; 'The Little Mermaid' virtual ride.
Loosely based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1989.