Pocahontas
An English soldier and the daughter of an Algonquin chief share a romance when English colonists invade seventeenth century Virginia.
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"As with all Disney films, this was a warm and charming movie with some fun set piece sing songs, and your stereotypical big baffoon baddies and your clean cut and heroic good guys! It's a family film and it doesn't get too hung up on being historically accurate. It does romanticise the tale of Pocahontas, and she is tied very much to the land and her people, and has a heroine's role at the end, as supposed to just being a Princess looking for Mr Right. She does of course meet a man at the end, but it's not your typical Disney ending. Much like Mulan, this was a period whe..."
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In the first draft of the script, the character of "Grandmother Willow" was written as a male character, who was the spirit of the river, "Old Man River". The song "Just Around the Riverbend" was written for this character to sing. Gregory Peck was offered the role, and as much as it pained him to do it, he turned it down, because he felt the title character needed a motherly figure, to which to turn, for advice. Soon the filmmakers agreed with him, and the character was changed.
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An English soldier and the daughter of an Algonquin chief share a romance when English colonists invade seventeenth century Virginia.