The Hunchback of Notre Dame is HEARTBREAKING! 

A movie that talks about religion, abuse, lust, genocide and eternal damnation was somehow part of my childhood. Impressive. I definitely don't see Disney doing stuff like this nowadays.

And in his final moments: Frollo learned that stone CAN talk.

I like fanart of Rapunzel and Quasimodo getting along, they were isolated by narcissistic people after all

I've seen some interesting takes that the Heaven's Light/Hellfire song play into either making Esmerelda a total saint to Quasi or a wicked temptress to Frollo, but it's Phoebus who is able to appreciate her as a clever and hardworking woman, with moments like helping her with the soldiers in the beginning. Of course, Quasi's life experience makes his reaction understandable, and it's ok if you still didn't care for it, but i thought it was an interesting view.

This movie, Atlantis, Treasure Planet, and meet the robinsons are gems to me. . . And Robin Hood. . . And the Rescuers Down Under. . . 😂

The animators for this movie were given special permission to tour the cathedral. Much of what you see of it in here is a faithful depiction of the real thing.

Prior to the fire the creators of the Assassin's Creed games were able to do a high resolution scan of both the inside & out of Notre Dame for their game. The scan was later used to as "blueprints" to restore it after the fire.

The scary part about Frollo is how realistic of a villain he is…like most Disney villains are comically evil and so extreme but so many people like Frollo exited in the past and STILL exist to this day. He’s truly one of the best and scariest villains Disney made

Fun Fact The Hunchback of Norte Dame Was the First Animated Flim to Cost $100 Million Dollars to make!

I think the reason Frollo can provoke such.a visceral response from viewers is because we're not likely to meet talking lions, however, the world has no shortage of religious zealots. At any rate, side by side this movie and tangled are a great way to get conversations about gaslighting started with kids.

Fun facts: During the Hellfire song, Esmerelda was originally naked when Frollo sees her in the flames. The producers thought it too excessive and had the animators dub a dress over her in post-production. Take note of Quassi's eyes; his left eye doesn't have any reflective light showing on his pupil, as opposed to his right. This could suggest the he's blind in that eye.

That last "she will burn" in hellfire is so epic, what an absolutely amazing voice he had. R.I.P Tony Jay

R.I.P. Tony Jay (1933-2006) Voice Of Judge Frollo from Disney's The Hunchback Of Notre Dame an amazing and chilling performance singing Hellfire Judge Frollo He's Evil One of The best and most Darkest Disney Villains Ever Judge Frollo He's Really Special and Tony Jay's Voice Was a part of it. ❤️🖤💜🔥😭😭😭😭😢😢😢

Esmerelda is my favorite Disney heroine, and her God help the outcasts is a beautiful song.

R.I.P. David Ogden Stiers and Tony Jay The Archdeacon and Judge Frollo are now in Heaven 😭😭😭😭😭😢😢😢😢

Just a few notes. The priest that we see in the beginning of the movie is wearing red and carries a shepherd's crook with him when the time skip happens. This shows that he has been promoted to Cardinal or bishop and has a higher rank in the Catholic Church. A very large Cathedral like Notre Dame would have hosted Mass more frequently than your standard Church especially for different Saint Days. Last the ending in the book is far more depressing because Esmerelda dies in the fire and Quasimodo dies of heartbreak

Theres something that i really like in this movie. All throughout the story, the Cathedral is used to represent God (or divine power). During the "Eyes of Notre Dame" part of the opening, when the lightning flashes, the Icon of Mary's eyes open. At the end, when the bonfire is lit, Quasi screams, but at the same time, all the bells in the belfry resonate (like the cathedral itself is screaming at the injustice.) And when Frollo is standing on the Gargoyle Grostesque talking about plunging the wicked into the firey pit, the grostesque comes to life and drags Frollo to the firey death beneath him. Notre Dame feels like a quiet character in of itself. When i was growing up, my parents showed me this to tell me that manipulators can be anywhere. Especially in positions of power. (Bear in mind, i am a Christian, and am still practicing. I appreciate everyone's reactions to this film.)

Between this and The Prince of Egypt, there were some stunning and epic animated films in the 90s. It's such a shame that so many think that a film aimed at young audiences can't still contain mature themes and darker elements when time and time again it's proven that those are the best type of films and the longest lasting.

This was definitely the darkest Disney animated classic, and it still has a happy ending compared to the actual story.

i never noticed the metaphor that the gargoyles have wings but cant fly because they are made of stone, while quasimodo is the same he is mobile full of energy and agility but cant leave because he is weighed down

Hellfire is so Dark and great Villain Songs!

I don’t know if anyone has mentioned this but I read a comment on a different reaction where during hellfire when the soldier tells frollo Esmeralda is gone he’s shown in a blue light and that represents heaven giving frollo one last chance to turn back from his vendetta and frollo turns back to the red light of the fire which represents hellfire.

Great reaction to this! I will echo what others have said in support of Phoebus being the BEST and really only choice for Esmeralda to end up with. Frollo saw her as a temptress, witch, and demon. Quasimodo saw her as a perfect angelic being. Phoebus saw Esmeralda for who she actually was. A woman. He saw her as an actual person and not an idea or symbol. I can see the point that a romance wasn't needed, but with it in the movie I think this is the best option.

In the old 2D Disney animations the artists would use drawings from previous movies as templates to assist in storyboarding. I can see bits of Beauty and the Beast, the Little Mermaid, and Aladdin in this one.

I loved this movie. In fact we had it on laser disc. The first time we watched it as a family my mother was like. " i cant believe this kid's movie is so dark. Maybe letting the kids watch this was a mistake."

Maybe what Frollo meant with the "Gypsies don't do well inside stone walls" is because in the dungeon, which is made of stones, they get tortured or even killed?

This story regained popularity when the Broadway musical came out because the kids who semi remembered it were able to see it and appreciate it more.

The actor who voices Frollo is the late Tony Jay who has history of stage, television and radio. He had a semi recurring role on Twin Peaks and even voiced Disney's Shere Khan after his og actor, George Sanders, died. The guy had a very interesting career.

Judge Claude Frollo is still to this day the most terrifying of all the Disney Villains. And as for his death scene, I always viewed the gargoyle breaking being God and the gargoyle coming to life being Satan coming to take Frollo straight to hell. Notice he lands in a lake of fire.

The lyrics to Hellfire is even better when you have the translation of the Latin the chorus is singing! Basically, while Frollo is singing that it’s the fault of anybody but him, the chorus sings about how it’s their fault. Here’s the lyrics (the Latin translation in these parenthesis) Beata Maria, (Blessed Mary) You know I am a righteous man Of my virtue I am justly proud (And to you, Father) Beata Maria You know I'm so much purer than The common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd (That I have sinned) Then tell me, Maria Why I see her dancing there Why her smoldering eyes still scorch my soul (In thought) I feel her, I see her The sun caught in her raven hair Is blazing in me out of all control (In word and deed) Like fire Hellfire This fire in my skin This burning Desire Is turning me to sin It's not my fault (My fault) I'm not to blame (My fault) It is the gypsy girl The witch who set this flame (My greatest fault) It's not my fault (My fault) If in God's plan (My fault) He made the devil so much stronger than a man Protect me, Maria Don't let the siren cast her spell Don't let her fire sear my flesh and bone Destroy Esmeralda And let her taste the fires of Hell! Or else let her be mine and mine alone Hellfire Dark fire Now gypsy, it's your turn Choose me or Your pyre Be mine or you will burn (Lord have mercy) God have mercy on her (Lord have mercy) God have mercy on me (Lord have mercy) But she will be mine Or she will burn!

Also, while Esmeralda survives in this movie, in the original story AND the musical adaptation made by Disney, Esmeralda does die. It’s heartbreaking and beautiful. If you are interested in musicals and are okay with bootlegs, I know they have it here on YT. It also cultivates the relationship between Phoebus and Esmeralda better.

The priest was sooooo creepy when I saw this. Even as a child I got his evil

The soundtrack for this movie and the prince of Egypt are the most iconic animated soundtracks imo

There's villains like Ursula and Dr. Facilier, who achieve their evil through magic. There's villains like Scar who are power-hungry usurpers. Well-written villains, but not entirely relatable. Then there's Frollo; an overly religious political leader who uses his power to persecute the innocent based on his beliefs, while using those beliefs as a crutch to justify his actions, deflecting any and all accountability, literally believing that he is working for the greater good; an old pervert who lusts after a much younger woman and blames her for his feelings, and is willing to go to any lengths he deems necessary to have her. He's the kind of monster that many of us have actually seen and/or dealt with. It's been said hundreds of times already, but I'll say it again; Frollo is such a terrifying villain because he's so painstakingly REALISTIC. There are many people out there just like him.

One thing I hope they bring to the live action version, don't @ me, is the fact that Frollo took Quasimodo in when no one else wanted him, (yes thats right, Frollo wasnt making that up) and raised him as his own, even taught him sign language when he went deaf from constant exposure to the ringing bells. Literally the only reason he becomes as cruel as he is here is because the public turned against him, calling him a sorcerer.

I never watched this movie as a child but I had a Disney CD that I would fall asleep to that had a couple of the songs. When I watched it for the first time last year I could feel the songs in my chest, it was the surrealist nostalgic feeling ever

5 years ago On April 15,2019 Notre Dame was burning ❤️🖤💜🔥

Frollo is & will always be the scariest villain Disney has ever created. The kind of men that Frollo was written after have always & will always exist, using their position of authority or even religious influence to hold power over people, or even worse, claim their actions are holy. I saw the Off-Broadway production of Hunchback at the Paper Mill Playhouse a long time ago & it was so good. I'm still sad it never got a proper Broadway run.

So, the original story is a bit different. Phoebus, the blond knight is actually engaged to a noble lady, he cheats on her with Esmeralda, in the end, they execute Esmeralda and Phoebus does nothing, later on I believe Quasimodo kills Frollo and goes to Esmeralda's dead body and they find their bones next to each other years later...

This was such a amazing movie. Little fact I don't know if you saw Belle from Beautu and the Beast in the end walking down the street. It's just for a couple of seconds but you can clearly see her reading a book. Love you guys😊

You think this is dark? Trust me, it's a glittery color fest compared to the original novel. For starters, Esmeralda was 16, which makes Frollo's obsession all the creepier. Victor Hugo did not hold back.

Pheobus actually is the right person for Esmeralda, not bcs he's the typical choice but bcs he was the only one who saw her for her, as a person. Quasimodo saw her nearly like an angel, idolizing her, opposite side but the same coin as Frollo

23:37 Oh My God! How Dark Is This Disney Movie Man!

Despite this movie being a bit hit (like everything else Disney made back then), the company has never really tried to revisit these characters outside of that one direct-to-video sequel. All the other big Disney hits get re-trod all the time, but this one they leave alone. Probably for the best. Never mess with what works 😊

Part of Your World and Out There are both 'I want' songs. Most Disney movies and musicals have them.

someone: are you high? me: had a little trouble with the fire place

I have already said a lot about this film on Patreon and during the premiere, but I am incredibly pleased at the love this film is getting. I preferred other Disney films as a child, but it is now one of my favorites.

Frollo: " I am a righteous man of God" Also Frollo: Shows that he is guilty of all Seven Deadly Sins throughout the movie.

If You want to see more heartbreaking phenomenal movies, with stunning soundtrack and animation, I definitely recommend Prince of Egypt, released in 1998 by Dreamworks. It is about Moses’s story but both religious and non religious people can enjoy it. Humane characters, beautiful and terryfing messages, amazing animation, songs and soundtrack… a masterpiece. By the way, in Frollo’s song, the line that the people who wear red says “Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa”, which means “my fault”.

Heidi Mollenhauer is the singing voice of Esmeralda. Fun fact: in the Italian version of this movie, pop singer Mietta, who was hired to sing the rôle, ended up doing all the talking, too.

32:18. In case it hasn't been said yet, Frollo is voiced and sung by Tony Jay. He also was the voice of the asylum director from Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

Judge Frollo Holy Hellfire! ❤️🖤💜🔥

One of my favourite movies. The music is stunning and the story is so compelling and dark. It also teaches an important message about the abuse of authority, twisting of religion and bigotry. The scene where Quasi gets humiliated at the Festival still makes me so uncomfortable. As it should.

That is actually Demi Moore singing in fact all the actors do both the speaking and singing in this movie.

This is the best Disney movie ever made, lion king, beauty and the beast, Tarzan and etc quickly follow but you will never have a movie like hunchback in how it is able to make it’s message, combined with Alan Menkin’s OST which is his magnum opus, and carried by the unique and colourful voice cast The themes, power and majesty of the film cannot be replicated.

A lot people, myself included, think that Frollo would get along well with Mother Gothel from "Tangled" because of their similar views on parenting.

I love this movie so excited.

4:29 🎶Even This Foul Creature May Yet Prove One Day To Be...🎶 Whoa! Judge Frollo Has A Great Singing Voice

my head canon as a kid was that God cast a small miracle for Quasi as a baby and bought the three gargoyles to life, and when he was a baby they would take care of him because Frollo probably only hired a wet-nurse once a day, or maybe the nuns helped too. but then i was a christian kid with wayyy too much time and special interest in these movies haha

One of the best opening song in animation. In par with the Prince of Egypt (in my opinion).

I also think its interesting that “fools” during at least the tudor era im not sure about this one, were actually likely people with austism/ disabilities. Who were seen as closer to good because they seemingly had the “inability to lie” and just told its how they saw it

As an adult with more literature knowledge, I'm not shocked that anything based on a work by Victor Hugo is dark & pretty depressing~ The guy responsible for things like Les Mis and The Man Who Laughs (the work whose title character is cited as one of the inspirations for the look of The Joker~) They actually *really* brightened this story up😅 I wonder how people that knew of Victor Hugo's work felt when it was announced that Disney would be doing this movie???

The score to this movie makes me dig my heels in and fight anybody for the declaration that Alan Menken is the greatest composer of our time! The music is so intense, etheral, hopeful, frightening, etc. When I was a kid I asked my parents for the CD so this idea that the gothic choirs would scare kids is so funny to me. I could talk about this movie for days! Edit: I do understand the preference of not wanting to have any romance, but there is an argument to be made that Quasi saw Esmeralda as an angel (he literally says "suddenly an angel has smiled at me") whereas Frollo saw her as a demon/devil/witch. But Phoebus just saw her as a woman. He never put her on a pedestal and just wanted to make sure she was safe and he even wanted to apologize for trapping her in the cathedral. Even if it was the best option at the moment, she technically didn't consent to that so he's acknowledging her own agency. And Esmeralda already looked at him intrigued he is good guy because if you remember, after escaping the soldiers' harassment from her dancing, Phoebus found her coins but instead of keeping them, he gave them to the "beggar."

I remember thinking this was a very well done animated telling of this story.

Check out the second part to see how this story continues...and if Quasimodo also finds love...❣️

Also, have any of you ever noticed how abusive signals were constantly drawn towards the children of these fairytale films on Disney? Just about every child was locked up in a tower. Quazi was in the belltower, Rapunzel in an abandoned tower, Cinderella in the attic tower, and Snow White, imprisoned in her royal tower. Shoot, even Fiona from Shrek was imprisoned by her own parents and held at dragon-point

47:35 - [Spitting] - [Crowd Gasping ]

Claude Frollo is The Best Disney Villain Tony jay voices him is a Chef Kiss!

FUN FACT: Esmerelda's design during Hell Fire had to be re-edited due to the imagery being "too provocative" for children because she was *ahem* practically naked. As for the gargoyles, I wish they had made it more clear whether or not they were just figments of Quasi's imagination. I would have loved this movie more than I already do if they had gone that direction, along with cutting down the scenes with the gargoyles, they tend to halt the film occasionally.

I keep seeing people and hearing ppl speculate that the gargoyles are a figment of qausi’s imagination, yeah hey freeze up with anyone else but quasi but they *move* around, and they helped in the final scene so idk why people think that just bc frollo told quasi that stone cant talk

This movie lives in my head rent-free. It's one of my favorites growing up. I had the Blu-ray DVD. One of my favorite Easter eggs is that when Quasi sings his song, down in the town, you can see Belle walking by reading a book.

I’m listening to this thru my AirPods while chiseling a sandstone into a block for a retaining wall. Coincidentally, I’m using the tools that my great grandfather used to build a church in my lil town back in the day. We have a lot of sandstone in AZ as well. Some rocks are easily broken, but the last two I’ve worked on were quite a challenge.

"...Like limestone or sandstone, or some other weak rock...." LOL!!!!!!!! I don't know why that comment made me laugh so hard!

41:10 "Just string him up and tie him to the ceiling!"🪢 😂

12:05 Yep it's the 'I want' Song of the movie. In musical structure most Disney movies have them. Belle, Ariel, Hercules. They all have one.

Grew up watching it and love it and esmeralda was first dinsey crush love her beautiful eyes and i love the Bells and Hellfire also im an atheist but was sad when 5 years ago Notre Dame burned once again and lost a lot of history and relics to the fire and am glad its now repaired and hope to go see it someday

An amazing Disney film that will never be duplictaed ever again.

So...how long did it take you to notice the court of miracles was in the Paris Catacombs?

47:32 Choose Him Or The Fire Judge Frollo's Ultimatum To Esmeralda ❤️🖤💜🔥

Ok so a few things cause I love this movie: If I remember correctly, the reason WHY they were able to do this movie in the first place was because Disney had been so successful during the 90's that they had extra money just like, available and Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise were pretty much given cart blanche to do pretty much whatever. Also another fun fact: I believe that opening sequence and the scene where quasi swings into the burning fire to save esmarelda were the reasons they managed to crash the computers at Disney twice. Watching the special features, I think they described doing those, technically, was like putting the ballroom scene from beauty and the beast on steroids. That opening sequence alone is just one long shot that was all hand done and compiled and it's done beautifully. Last fun fact (believe me there are a lot) the transition from heaven's light to hellfire with the priests was actually recorded in a cathedral (not Notre Dame) during evening prayers- there's so much work and passion that went into this project, I would highly suggest watching a few behind the scenes or commentaries on this film. Still remains one of my favorite Disney films- I'm glad you guys enjoyed it!

I disagree. I think the gargoyle that Frollo was clinging to was actually Lucifer or a demon coming to collect him. They’d been waiting for the moment for a long time, and he gave them the opening.

The Part When Judge Frollo Threw The Archdeacon Down The Stairs That Was Very Mean

I am not coming for Maria and Sam ( I love their reactions). Just a friendly reminder to all that the G word is considered a slur to the Romani people then and now. Much like the N word for the black community. The movie and soundtrack are beautiful but we can also hold Disney accountable.

Tony Jay is Frollo. He passed 2006

Tony Jay's Legacy Remains in Disney History ❤️🖤💜🔥😭😭😢😢

47:32 Judge Frollo:Choose Me Or The Fire ❤️🖤💜🔥

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Awesome reaction of my favorite Disney movie!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

3:52-3:57 that is the the gallery of kings Under the balustrade. It forms a series of 28 characters illustrating the 28 generations of the kings of Judea, preceding Christ. During the Revolution, the statues were destroyed or mutilated, wrongly associated with the sovereigns of the kingdom of France. 18:48-20:19 in the book they were not throwing things at him they were stabbing him

The child that approached Wuasi in the ending, was seen in the opening listening to Clopin’s story. Which kind of reflects him telling his audience to question WHO is monster and who is man.

I’m not sure if anyone else mentioned this, but when Esmeralda saves Phoebus from the water, it is the exact scene from Little mermaid, when Ariel saves Prince Eric from the water.

Speaking of tom hulce: the voice of Quasimodo, I highly recommend the movie Amadeus where Hulce plays Mozart. The script, the storytelling, acting, and just about everything was fantastic. Keep in mind, it is a dark and sad story, but is well worth the watch.

23:37 Ow That's Gotta Hurt

The only thing that I really don't like was how they tackled the gargoyles. The overuse of mostly unfunny jokes and quips is a bit much for me. I rather like what the off-broadway musical did with them, honestly.

Some people didn't like the gargoyles or thought that they were a bit of a distraction for the depth of this film - but I don't think people remember that this movie was made on the tail-end of Disney's Gargoyles tv show hype; I believe they were trying to wiggle in any kind of a "wink" to any audience members who might have been fans of that show (which was pretty much all of us if you were a Disney 90's Kid). I think the Disney people were trying to create an emotional intersection for the History People who would know the gargoyles because the role they play in the structure and story of the Notre Dame cathedral and the Disney People who just get a kick out of charming, sentient gargoyles. I remember myself and so, so many of my friends and family just loving Laverne, Victor, and Hugo‼✨That's the Disney Magic 🪄

As dark as this movie is, by Disney standards, the book is much darker. But they still managed to get the themes and tone of the book across pretty well, despite being Disneyfied. This is my favorite soundtrack as well. The music and songs are right up there with this best of the best for me.

I do like that the original stage version of the musical (that for a while ONLY ran in Germany because apparently this movie made a LOT of money there?), the gargoyles are firmly established as a figment of Quasi's imagination, and not always very nice ones. Examples including them openly encouraging him to kill Frollo at the end.

Maria ACTUALLY kind of looks like a young Mary Wickes who voiced Laverne (the female gargoyle)❤❤❤

You two need to see the sequel too!

This movie is more Tangled for boys, but i prefer this one for the theatrical aspects 😊