Originally Posted By seanyoda Animated News <a href="http://www.animatednews.com/" target="_blank">http://www.animatednews.com/</a> has an interview with Eric Goldberg at <a href="http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00004269.html" target="_blank">http://www.animated-news.com/a rchives/00004269.html</a> It's well worth reading. Here's one quote... The most moving thing about working on Pocahontas was actually talking to the Native American advisors that we had, and them feeling for the most part that we were really getting it right. I don't care what various people will say: "Well, she was only 9 and he was 68." You know, she was 12, which was of marriageable age, he was 24. They hadn't seen women in three months. I do believe something happened, you know. In any case, I think we did right by her story and her legend. And, like I said, the advisors that we had on the show for the most part were very moved by what we were doing because they could see, particularly in Grandmother Willow, particularly in the use of the Mother Spirit in the leaves, that there were things that were very pertinent to them that we were including that wasn't just "Disnefying" stuff. There was a point where some people were in tears because they were so happy that it had been done to that degree. And, of course, one of the main proponents was Russell Means. Now, I do have a funny story about Russell. When he came in to actually read for Powhatan, we figured, "Okay, he's going to nail us on something. Okay, major Indian activist, he's going to look at something in the script, he's going to fry us." So, he reads for us. It's beautiful. It sounds wonderful. And then he goes, "So I've got a question for you guys." Uh oh, okay, here it comes. He says, "So you guys record the voices first and then you do the drawings?" And we went, "Yes, Russell, yes! That's exactly what we do!" He was great. He was very helpful in contributing on phrases and customs and things like that that we included in the movie. I find it highly interesting that the upcoming "New World", Terence Malick’s film, not only looks exactly like our Pocahontas shot for shot but even has our same casting.
Originally Posted By basil fan Pocahontas is an extremely powerful film. I think it's highly underrated. A Christmas Carol Quiz <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/etc/christmas.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ etc/christmas.html</a>
