I love Anya's face when she sings "I simply knew it!" It's like it's the first time she actually started to believe she could be Anastasia. But, then, she pulls back her excitement, because she doesn't want to get too ahead of herself, just in case it was a lucky guess. It's beautiful, yet heartbreaking at the same time, because we know she is, but you totally understand why she's feeling the way she does. My goodness, this movie is so good!
Great insights! Yes, despite all the good films from Disney/Dreamworks/Pixar, Anastasia remains my favorite animated full-length film. And the Broadway stage musical was even better!
I just dreamt about these women I wonder where they're buried😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 I would love to go visit everybody's grave and play this movie and remember them.
I love how comfortable Anya is in the saddle 1:39 it’s like falling into an old rhythm, i experience this every time I get back in the saddle after a while of not riding. You can tell by her posture and the way she falls into rhythm with her horse she’s clearly more comfortable than the other two. That includes vlad, he’s a bit stiff in the saddle and dimitrie ends up in the mud. They did really good on this
Waitin for mr Dearie. ❤ I'll wait.. even till after I die, till th the next life too, to be married & sealed in the Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints.
Yeah, they should've cut out the whole prologue and just started the movie with the first musical number, "A Rumor in St. Petersburg," which introduces the mystery and tells you all you need to know at that point in the story.
@@user-rh2io7gm1l I mean you also must explain Rasputin selling his soul to kill the romanovs but like I think everyone knows that is such a Rasputin thing to do
Not only is this a beautiful song but it has a very good message as well. And Carol Richards, the singer that dubs for Cyd, had a beautiful voice! It’s a shame this was yet another example of a ghost singer dubbing over the actress and not getting credited, but we can credit her now
@@roberthill7285 Actually Dee Turnell was also dubbed by Bonnie Murray in this song too. Also during the movie’s 'I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean' number, Jimmy Thompson was dubbed by Jean Gustafson, which is a little confusing since he wasn’t dubbed in any of the other songs.
This movie is part of my young childhood. My grandparents let us watch this when we were little and it sticks with me through today. I can still remember all the 🎵 songs. 💜
I remember I was about four or maybe five years old when I first saw this musical with my mom at my grandma's house in Santa Paula. My mom and I were visiting my grandma. My aunt recorded the movie on VHS for me and my family. I remember sitting on the floor of the T.V room at my grandma's house watching the movie with my mom and loving it. My memory could be wrong, it's been so long ago, but I vaguely remember crying a little bit at this part of the movie. If that was the case even in my four or five year old mind I knew what was going on during this scene. This was the turning point in the professor's life. he realized at that point he had to make a tough decision, that was by no means easy to make: whether to leave when he still could and get out of town or whether to stay with Marion forever (regardless of the consequences) He realized he could not leave Marion.
Ever since I was a kid and first saw this movie with my family I always admired Fiona's sprit. She was living in a time when young girls her age rushed in and got married in order to "save face" She wanted none of that. She wanted to wait for the right man.
I don't know why this movie wasn't a big hit like singing in the rain and an American in Paris. This makes me feel so warm and fuzzy inside watching it. Cyd Charesse was a lovely singer.
Actually Cyd was usually dubbed in her films. In this one the singer is actually Carol Richards. She also dubbed for Joan Caulfield in The Petty Girl and Vera Ellen in Call Me Madame.
I so don’t agree. Her phrasing is weak. And her voice is just not special. She just doesn’t have that smoking hot quality that is necessary to pull the song off. The silly staging also ruins it for me. So unnecessary.
I was floored the first time I saw this musical and realized the "two" songs work so well as a duet. Later I realized it's the same tune, just march time versus lullaby time, and disguised by breaking the first note into eighth notes. Which is probably more impressive.
When I was in college about 1000 years ago, the school's band director rewrote the fight song (which was a march) in 3/4 time, and the bad would play it at football games if we were leading at the start of the 4th quarter. He told me he got the idea from seeing this scene.
it's when he speaks rather than sings the last word, "goodnight," that Hill realizes what he truly feels. Most powerful moment in the scene! Pat, in Chicago
Love how the song LEARN TO DO IT is done in BOTH the film and in the Broadway show version of ANASTASIA. Both different timings though.... Movie - Dimitry, and Vlad train Anya to becoming Anastasia while traveling to Paris Stage Musical - Dimitry and Vlad train Anya in the abandoned Palace in Russia where they first meet (there's even an extra verse after the 2nd chorus) -While drilling Anya on the members of the Romanov family, she gets contradicted by Vlad and Dmitry about who was Anastasia's best friend. She breaks down and then Vlad cheers her up. -Additional Verse after the 2nd chorus in the stage version - [VLAD] Who is your great-grandmother? [ANYA] Queen Victoria [VLAD] Great-great grandmother? [ANYA] Uh--- Princess Victoria of Saxe-Colburg-Saalfeld [VLAD] Your best friend is? [ANYA] My little brother, Alexei [DIMITRY] Wrong! Your best friend? [ANYA] I know who my best friend is! [DIMITRY] What a temper! [ANYA] I don't like being contradicted! [DIMITRY] That makes two of us! [VLAD] Continuing on... [ANYA] I've had it, and I hate you both I'm sorry that we ever met I'm hungry, I'm frightened And I'm only human, don't forget! I don't remember anything Get out and let me be! [VLAD] Anya, darling, look at me We're all frightened Well, slightly, now and then Shall we start again? Take a breath, count to ten You have courage And strength you barely know So blow that little nose And dry those pretty eyes A princess like your majesty Can do this if she tries! Ready? [DIMITRY] Set [ANYA] Go
