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Glory
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Edward Zwick
Produced by
Freddie Fields
Screenplay by
Kevin Jarre
Based on
Lay This Laurel
by Lincoln Kirstein
One Gallant Rush
by Peter Burchard
Starring
Matthew Broderick
Denzel Washington
Cary Elwes
Morgan Freeman
Music by
James Horner
Cinematography
Freddie Francis
Edited by
Steven Rosenblum
Production
company
Freddie Fields Productions
Distributed by
TriStar Pictures
Release date
December 14, 1989 (1989-12-14) (Limited)
February 16, 1990 (1990-02-16) (Wide)
Running time
122 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$18 million[1]
Box office
$26.8 million[2]
Glory is a 1989 American war film directed by Edward Zwick, starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes and Morgan Freeman. The screenplay by Kevin Jarre was based on the books Lay This Laurel by Lincoln Kirstein and One Gallant Rush by Peter Burchard, and the personal letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. The end credits are superimposed on photos of the monument to the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on Boston Common.
The film is about one of the first military units of the Union Army, during the American Civil War, to consist entirely of African-American men (except for its officers), as told from the point of view of Colonel Shaw, its white commanding officer. The regiment is known especially for its heroic actions at Fort Wagner.
Glory was nominated for five Academy Awards and won three, including one for Denzel Washington for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Private Silas Tripp. It won many other awards from, among others, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the Golden Globe Awards, the Kansas City Film Critics Circle, the Political Film Society, and the NAACP Image Awards.
The film was co-produced by TriStar Pictures and Freddie Fields Productions, and distributed by Tri-Star Pictures in the United States. It premiered in limited release in the US on December 14, 1989, and in wide release on February 16, 1990, making $26,828,365 on an $18 million budget. The soundtrack, composed by James Horner and performed in part by Boys Choir of Harlem, was released on January 23, 1990. The home video was distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. On June 2, 2009, a widescreen Blu-ray version, featuring the director's commentary and deleted scenes, was released.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Marketing
5.1 Monograph
6 Reception
6.1 Critical response
6.2 Accolades
6.3 Box office
6.4 Home media
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Plot[edit]
During the American Civil War, Captain Robert Shaw, injured at Antietam, is sent home to Boston on medical leave. Shaw accepts a promotion to colonel commanding the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, one of the first all-black regiments in the Union Army. He asks his friend, Cabot Forbes, to serve as his second in command, with the rank of major. Their first volunteer is another friend, Thomas Searles, a bookish, free African-American. Other recruits include John Rawlins, Jupiter Sharts, Silas Tripp, and a mute teenage drummer boy.
The men learn that, in response to the Emancipation Proclamation, the Confederacy has issued an order that all black soldiers will be returned to slavery. Black soldiers found in a Union uniform will be executed as well as their white officers. They are offered, but turn down, a chance to take an honorable discharge. They undergo rigorous training with Sergeant-Major Mulcahy, which Shaw realizes is to prepare them for the challenges they will face.
Tripp goes AWOL and is caught; Shaw orders him flogged in front of the troops. He then learns that Tripp left to find shoes to replace his worn ones because his men are being denied supplies. He confronts the base's racist quartermaster on their behalf. Shaw also supports them in a pay dispute, as the Federal government pays black soldiers $10, not the $13 per month white soldiers earn. When the men begin tearing up their pay stubs in protest of the unequal treatment, Shaw tears up his own pay stub in support of their actions. In recognition of his leadership, Shaw promotes Rawlins to the rank of Sergeant-Major.
Once the 54th completes its training, they are transferred under the command of General Charles Harker. On the way to South Carolina they are ordered by Colonel James Montgomery to sack and burn Darien, Georgia. Shaw initially refuses to obey an unlawful order, but agrees under threat of having his troops taken away. He continues to lobby his superiors to allow his men to join the fight, as their duties to date have involved mostly manual labor, for which they are being mocked. Shaw finally gets the 54th into combat after he confronts Harker and threatens to report the illegal activities he has discovered. In their first battle at James Island, South Carolina, early success is followed by a confrontation with many casualties. The Confederates are defeated and retreat. During the battle, Searles is wounded but saves Tripp. Shaw offers Tripp the honor of bearing the regimental flag in battle. He declines, not believing the war will result in a better life for slaves.
General George Strong informs Shaw of a major campaign to secure a foothold at Charleston Harbor. This involves assaulting Morris Island and capturing Fort Wagner, whose only landward approach is a strip of open beach; a charge is certain to result in heavy casualties. Shaw volunteers the 54th to lead the charge. The night before the battle the black soldiers conduct a religious service, and several make emotional speeches to inspire the troops, and to ask for God's help. On their way to the attack, the 54th is cheered by the same Union troops who had scorned them earlier.
The 54th leads the charge on the fort, suffering heavy casualties. At night the bombardment continues, forestalling progress. Attempting to encourage his men, Shaw is killed. Tripp lifts the flag, rallying the soldiers to continue the charge. He is shot but holds up the flag until he dies. Forbes takes charge, and the soldiers are able to break through the fort's outer defenses. However, Captain Charlie Morse is killed and Searles is wounded. At the end of the battle it is implied that Forbes, Rawlins, Searles, Sharts, and the two Color Sergeants were killed by canister shot. The morning after the battle, the beach is littered with bodies of Union soldiers; the Confederate flag is raised over the fort. The dead Union soldiers are buried in single mass grave, with Shaw and Tripp's bodies next to each other.
Closing text reveals Fort Wagner was never taken by the Union Army. However, the courage demonstrated by the 54th resulted in the Union accepting thousands of black men for combat, and President Abraham Lincoln credited them with helping to turn the tide of the war.
Cast[edit]
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw in May 1863
Matthew Broderick portrayed Shaw in Glory
Matthew Broderick as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Denzel Washington as Private Silas Tripp
Morgan Freeman as Sergeant Major John Rawlins
Cary Elwes as Major Cabot Forbes
Andre Braugher as Corporal Thomas Searles
Jihmi Kennedy as Private Jupiter Sharts
Cliff De Young as Colonel James Montgomery
Alan North as Governor John Albion Andrew
John Finn as Sergeant Major Mulcahy
RonReaco Lee as Mute Drummer Boy
Donovan Leitch as Captain Charles Fessenden Morse
Bob Gunton as General Charles Garrison Harker
Jay O. Sanders as General George Crockett Strong
Raymond St. Jacques as Frederick Douglass
Richard Riehle as Quartermaster
JD Cullum as Henry Sturgis Russell
Christian Baskous as Edward L. Pierce
Peter Michael Goetz as Francis Shaw
Jane Alexander as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw (uncredited)
Production[edit]
Memorial at Boston Common by Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Kevin Jarre's inspiration for writing the film came from viewing the monument to Colonel Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (the first formal unit of the U.S. Army to be made up entirely of African American men) in Boston Common.[3] His screenplay was based on two books, Lincoln Kirstein's Lay This Laurel (1973) and Peter Burchard's One Gallant Rush (1965), and the personal letters of Robert Gould Shaw.[4]
Exterior filming took place primarily in Massachusetts and Georgia. Opening passages, meant to portray the Battle of Antietam, show volunteer military reenactors filmed at a major engagement at the Gettysburg battlefield. Zwick did not want to turn Glory "into a black story with a more commercially convenient white hero".[5] Actor Morgan Freeman noted: "We didn't want this film to fall under that shadow. This is a picture about the 54th Regiment, not Colonel Shaw, but at the same time the two are inseparable."[5] Zwick hired the writer Shelby Foote as a technical adviser; he later became widely known for his contributions to Ken Burns' popular PBS nine-episode documentary, The Civil War (1990).[5]
The film contains numerous inaccuracies. The movie implies that most of the soldiers in the regiment were former slaves, when in fact a majority had been born free in the North. The regiment was not formed until early 1863, so they were not in camp for Christmas of 1862, and on the day the recruits arrived at Readville, they were given uniforms and new boots so soldiers were not reduced to marching barefoot in cold mud, as the film depicts. While the film shows Shaw volunteering his unit immediately after hearing General Strong describe Fort Wagner's defenses, the regimental commanders had conferred among themselves before going back to Strong and telling him that the 54th was to make the charge. Another inaccuracy is in showing the 54th attacking the fort from north to south with the ocean on their left. The actual attack occurred from the opposite direction, with the ocean on the right parallel to the regiment. Despite the film's closing statement that Wagner was never taken by U.S. forces, it fell to Union hands in September 1863 after further shelling from the U.S. Navy.
Glory was the first major motion picture to tell the story of black U.S. soldiers fighting for their freedom from slavery during the Civil War. The 1965 James Stewart film Shenandoah also depicted black soldiers fighting for the Union, but the script suggested the Union army at that time was integrated.
Soundtrack[edit]
Glory: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Film score by James Horner
Released
November 1, 1990
Length
43:21
Label
Virgin
Glory's original motion picture soundtrack was released by Virgin Records on January 11, 1990. The score for the film was orchestrated by James Horner in association with the Boys Choir of Harlem.[6] Jim Henrikson edited the film's music, while Shawn Murphy mixed the score.[7]
Marketing[edit]
Monograph[edit]
A nonfiction study of the regiment first appeared in 1965 and was republished in paperback in January 1990 by St. Martin's Press under the title One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw and His Brave Black Regiment. The book expands on how the 54th Massachusetts developed as battle-ready soldiers.[8] Summarizing the historical events, the book provides events surrounding the aftermath of the first Black Union regiment and how it influenced the outcome of the war.[8]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Film critic Vincent Canby's review in The New York Times stated, "[Broderick] gives his most mature and controlled performance to date....[Washington is] an actor clearly on his way to a major screen career...The movie unfolds in a succession of often brilliantly realized vignettes tracing the 54th's organization, training and first experiences below the Mason-Dixon line. The characters' idiosyncrasies emerge."[4] Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times called it "a strong and valuable film no matter whose eyes it is seen through".[3] He believed the production design credited to Norman Garwood and the cinematography of Freddie Francis paid "enormous attention to period detail".[3]
Watching "Glory," I had one reccuring [sic] problem. I didn't understand why it had to be told so often from the point of view of the 54th's white commanding officer. Why did we see the black troops through his eyes — instead of seeing him through theirs? To put it another way, why does the top billing in this movie go to a white actor?
—Roger Ebert, writing in the Chicago Sun-Times[3]
The film was not without its detractors. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone was not impressed at all with the overall acting, calling Broderick "catastrophically miscast as Shaw".[9] Alternatively, Richard Schickel of Time described the picture by saying, "the movie's often awesome imagery and a bravely soaring choral score by James Horner that transfigure the reality, granting it the status of necessary myth".[10] Desson Howe of The Washington Post, pointed out some flaws that included mentioning Broderick as "an amiable non-presence, creating unintentionally the notion that the 54th earned their stripes despite wimpy leadership".[11]
James Berardinelli writing for ReelViews, called the film "without question, one of the best movies ever made about the American Civil War," and noted that it "has important things to say, yet it does so without becoming pedantic".[12] Rating the film with four stars, critic Leonard Maltin wrote that it was "grand, moving, breathtakingly filmed (by veteran cinematographer Freddie Francis) and faultlessly performed" and called it "one of the finest historical dramas ever made".[13]
Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film a thumbs up review, saying, "like Driving Miss Daisy, this is another admirable film that turns out to be surprisingly entertaining". He thought the film took on "some true social significance" and felt the actors portrayed the characters as "more than simply black men". He explained: "They're so different, that they become not merely standard Hollywood blacks, but true individuals."[14]
American Civil War historian James M. McPherson stated the film "accomplished a remarkable feat in sensitizing a lot of today's black students to the role that their ancestors played in the Civil War in winning their own freedom".[15]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 93% based on 41 reviews, and an average rating of 7.9/10.[16]
Accolades[edit]
The film was nominated and won several awards in 1989–90.[17][18] A complete list of awards the film won or was nominated for are listed below.
Award
Category
Nominee
Result
62nd Academy Awards[19] Best Actor in a Supporting Role Denzel Washington Won
Best Art Direction Norman Garwood, Garrett Lewis Nominated
Best Cinematography Freddie Francis Won
Best Film Editing Steven Rosenblum Nominated
Best Sound Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg Rudloff, Elliot Tyson, Russell Williams Won
41st ACE Eddie Awards[20] Best Edited Feature Film ———— Won
44th British Academy Film Awards[21] Best Cinematography Freddie Francis Nominated
British Society of Cinematographers Awards 1990[22] Best Cinematography Freddie Francis Won
Casting Society of America Artios Awards 1990[23] Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama Mary Colquhoun Nominated
47th Golden Globe Awards[24] Best Motion Picture – Drama Freddie Fields Nominated
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Denzel Washington Won
Best Director Edward Zwick Nominated
Best Screenplay Kevin Jarre Nominated
Best Original Score James Horner Nominated
33rd Grammy Awards[25] Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television James Horner Won
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1989[26] Best Film ———— Won
Best Director Edward Zwick Won
Best Supporting Actor Denzel Washington Won
NAACP Image Awards 1992[27][28] Outstanding Motion Picture ———— Won
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Denzel Washington Won
1989 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards[29] Best Picture ———— Nominated
1989 New York Film Critics Circle Awards[30] Best Supporting Actor Denzel Washington Nominated
1990 Political Film Society Awards[31] Human Rights ———— Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards 1989[32] Best Adapted Screenplay Kevin Jarre Nominated
American Film Institute Lists
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies - Nominated
AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills - Nominated
AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains:
Trip - Nominated Hero
AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - Nominated
AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers - #31
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - Nominated
Box office[edit]
Director Edward Zwick
The film premiered in cinemas on December 14, 1989, in limited release within the US. During its limited opening weekend, the film grossed $63,661 in business showing at 3 locations. Its official wide release began in theaters on February 16, 1990.[2] Opening in a distant 8th place, the film earned $2,683,350 showing at 801 cinemas. The film Driving Miss Daisy soundly beat its competition during that weekend opening in first place with $9,834,744.[33] The film's revenue dropped by 37% in its second week of release, earning $1,682,720. For that particular weekend, the film remained in 8th place screening in 809 theaters not challenging a top five position. The film Driving Miss Daisy, remained in first place grossing $6,107,836 in box office revenue.[34] The film went on to top out domestically at $26,828,365 in total ticket sales through a 17-week theatrical run.[2] For 1989 as a whole, the film would cumulatively rank at a box office performance position of 45.[35]
Home media[edit]
Following its release in theaters, the film was released on VHS video format on June 22, 1990.[36] The Region 1 DVD widescreen edition of the film was released in the US on January 20, 1998. Special DVD features include: interactive menus, scene selections, widescreen 1.85:1 color anamorphic format, along with subtitles in English, Italian, Spanish and French.[37]
A special repackaged version of Glory was also officially released on DVD on January 2, 2007. It includes two discs featuring: widescreen and full screen versions of the film; Picture-in-Picture video commentary by director Ed Zwick and actors Morgan Freeman and Matthew Broderick; a director's audio commentary; and a documentary entitled, The True Story of Glory Continues narrated by Morgan Freeman. Also included are: an exclusive featurette entitled, Voices of Glory, an original featurette, deleted scenes, production notes, theatrical trailers, talent files, and scene selections.[38]
The Blu-ray disc version of the film was released on June 2, 2009. Special features include: a virtual civil war battlefield, interactive map, The Voice Of Glory feature, The True Story Continues documentary, the making of Glory, director's commentary, and deleted scenes.[39] The film is displayed in widescreen 1.85:1 color format in 1080p screen resolution. The audio is enhanced with Dolby TrueHD sound and is available with subtitles in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.[39] A UMD version of the film for the Sony PlayStation Portable was also released on July 1, 2008. It features dubbed, subtitled, and color widescreen format viewing options.[40]
See also[edit]
Film portal
Denzel Washington filmography
List of films featuring slavery
White savior narrative in film
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Star vs. the Forces of Evil
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Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Genre
Comedy[1]
Adventure[1]
Fantasy
Created by
Daron Nefcy
Developed by
Jordana Arkin
Dave Wasson
Creative director(s)
Dominic Bisignano
Voices of
Eden Sher
Adam McArthur
Alan Tudyk
Theme music composer
Brad Breeck (opening)
Daron Nefcy & Ego Plum (ending; seasons 1 & 2)
Daron Nefcy & Brian H. Kim (ending; season 3)
Opening theme
"I'm from Another Dimension" performed by Brad Breeck
Ending theme
"Star vs. the Forces of Evil End Theme" performed by Eden Sher (uncredited - seasons 1-2)
"Shining Star" performed by Agnes Shin (season 3-present)
Composer(s)
Brian H. Kim
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
3
No. of episodes
56 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Daron Nefcy
Dave Wasson (co-executive, season 1)
Jordana Arkin (co-executive, season 1)
Producer(s)
Aaron Hammersley (supervising)
Dominic Bisignano (supervising)
Running time
22 minutes
Production company(s)
Disney Television Animation
Release
Original network
Disney XD (2015–18)
Disney Channel (2018–present)
Original release
January 18, 2015 (2015-01-18) – present (present)
External links
Website
Star vs. the Forces of Evil is an American animated television series created by Daron Nefcy and developed by Jordana Arkin and Dave Wasson, which airs on Disney XD.[1] The first Disney XD series created by a woman, and the third overall for Disney Television Animation (following Pepper Ann and Doc McStuffins), it follows the adventures of Star Butterfly (voiced by Eden Sher), the turbulent young heir to the royal throne in the dimension of Mewni, who is sent to Earth so she can complete her education and learn to be a worthy princess, and Marco Diaz (Adam McArthur), a human teenager who becomes her roommate and best friend, as they live their daily lives, and go on adventures in other dimensions.[2][3]
Star vs. the Forces of Evil typically follows a format of two 11-minutes long independent "segments" per episode, with individual writing and directing credits for each, although it occasionally opts for a single, 22-minutes long story instead. The first episode aired on January 18, 2015 on Disney Channel as a special preview, becoming the most-watched animated series debut in Disney XD’s history; the first season subsequently officially premiered on Disney XD on March 30, 2015.[4][1] The third season started on July 15, 2017 and concluded on April 7, 2018.[5] On February 28, 2017, the series was officially renewed for a fourth season.[6] Nearly a year after the renewal, it was announced that the show would be moving to Disney Channel for its fourth season.[7] At San Diego Comic-Con on July 19, 2018, it was announced that the fourth season is set to premiere in 2019.[8]
Contents
1 Plot
2 Background and production
3 Promotion and release
3.1 International
4 Episodes
5 Reception
5.1 Awards and nominations
6 Other media
7 References
8 External links
Plot
Main article: List of Star vs. the Forces of Evil characters
Star Butterfly is a magical princess from the dimension of Mewni, and the heir to the royal throne of the Butterfly Kingdom. As per tradition, she is given the family heirloom wand on her 14th birthday. After she accidentally sets fire to the family castle, her parents King and Queen Butterfly decide that a safer option is to send her to Earth as a foreign exchange student, so she can continue her magic training there. She befriends Marco Diaz and lives with his family while attending Echo Creek Academy. Going in a series of misadventures using "dimensional scissors" that can open portals, Star and Marco must deal with everyday school life while protecting Star's wand from falling into the hands of Ludo, a villain from Mewni who commands a group of monsters. Besides also dealing with her ex-boyfriend Tom, in Season 3, Star goes up against more serious villains like Toffee and Meteora Butterfly while uncovering the mystery behind her relative Eclipsa Butterfly.
Background and production
Nefcy said she originally created Star as a girl who wanted to be a magical girl like Sailor Moon, and Marco as a boy who was obsessed with Dragon Ball Z and karate; they would be enemies instead of friends. In this earlier version, Star did not have any actual magical powers; she instead would approach and solve problems primarily through the force of her determination alone.[9][10] Nefcy began pitching the show when she was in her third year of college, when Cartoon Network was actively soliciting the creation of pilots for prospective new shows.[11] Nefcy originally placed Star in the fourth grade, reflecting on a time in her own childhood when she held a self-described obsession with the animated series Sailor Moon. However, Nefcy later adjusted the character's age to fourteen during the time she made her series proposition to Disney.[11][9][12] An executive at that time made the suggestion for Star to have actual magical powers. Nefcy worked this concept into the show's current iteration, along with the idea of different dimensions as show locations, the framing device of Star being a foreign exchange student, and the plot aspects relating to Star being a princess and the subsequent consequences of her royal birthright.[10] Nefcy said that the overall concept has evolved over about six years.[12]
In addition to Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z, Nefcy has said that she had heavy influence in her youth from the animated Japanese shows Magic Knight Rayearth, Revolutionary Girl Utena and Unico, the last of which featured a pink unicorn. She also cited shows unrelated to Japanese animation such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer,[10] and was influenced by independent comic series such as Scott Pilgrim and The Dungeon.[12] With regards to the development of more strong female characters, Nefcy said that she "looked at TV over the years and I have had to go to Japan when I was younger to find the cartoons that had the characters that I wanted to see. It was always a question of 'Well, why isn't that on TV in the U.S.?'"[9]
One of the concepts she likes about the show is that it doesn't make high school the most important experience for teenagers. She also likes that Star does her own thing instead of being concerned about fitting in.[10] Nefcy did not want the gimmick about keeping the magic powers a secret from others as typical of magical girl shows, so she had the students already know about it and Marco's parents as well. She also portrays Star as not really a superhero as she does not specifically go after super-villains except when they attack her, and that she doesn't really save people.[11] Nefcy said that the episodes balance comedy and drama: "we really want our characters to feel like teenagers and have them going through the normal emotions that teenagers go through, but in this magical setting."[9]
Storyboarding and design are done in Los Angeles.[12] In describing the process, Nefcy said that the show is storyboard-driven, with each episode mapped out by the storyboard artists. The storyboarders also do the writing, taking a two-page outline and turning it into a full script. A storyboard for 11 minutes would require about 2000 drawings to be done in a six-week period.[13] After pre-production in the US, the first season animation was done at Mercury Filmworks in Ottawa, Canada. Mercury had also done Wander Over Yonder and the Mickey Mouse series.[12] For the rest of first season, the animation was done in the Philippines.[13] The second season was animated by Sugarcube and Rough Draft Studios, both located in South Korea.[14][15]
The theme song was done by Brad Breeck, who also did Gravity Falls' opening theme; Nefcy said: "when we were listening to it we didn't know, because we just listened blind". Brian Kim was chosen among a group of about ten people as the show's composer.[11][16] Kim describes the music for each dimension as having a different sound and relating it to indie rock in Los Angeles.[17]
The show was initially scheduled to premiere on Disney Channel after being greenlighted in March 2013, for a premiere in the Fall of 2014, before being switched over to Disney XD.[11][18] However, on February 23, 2018, it was announced that the show would be moving to Disney Channel for its fourth season.[7]
Promotion and release
The show's title sequence was promoted at Comic-Con 2014 six months prior to its scheduled broadcast premiere. As a result, the footage was uploaded by fans to YouTube who then started generating fan art and fan fiction.[12] The first episode premiered on Disney Channel in January 2015. The positive reaction on social media prompted Disney XD to order a second season of the series in February 2015, six weeks ahead of its launch of the series on Disney XD in March.[19] Disney sitcom actors Olivia Holt and Kelli Berglund participated in promoting the series the weeks before its Disney XD premiere, with Holt dressing up as Star.[20][21]
The second season premiered on July 11, 2016,[22] The show's third season was ordered ahead in March 2016.[23] It premiered on July 15, 2017 with a two-hour long television movie entitled "The Battle for Mewni" and consisted of the first four episodes.[24][25] A live chat featuring Star and Marco was aired on Disney XD on July 17.[26] The remaining third-season episodes started airing on November 6, 2017.[27][28] A fourth season was also ordered ahead of the third season premiere.[6]
International
Star vs. the Forces of Evil premiered in Canada on the DHX-owned Disney XD on April 6, 2015,[29] and was later moved to the Corus-owned Disney XD on December 1.[30] The series premiered on Disney XD channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland on April 16, 2015,[31][better source needed] in Australia on August 3,[32] and in the Middle East and Africa on October 5.[33] It also premiered on November 8 on Disney Channel in Southeast Asia.[34][35] The series premiered on March 6, 2016, as Star Butterfly in French on Disney La Chaîne in Canada.[36] The show premiered on November 2 on Disney XD in Italy, and on Disney Channel on November 2, 2016.[37]
Episodes
Main article: List of Star vs. the Forces of Evil episodes
Season
Segments
Episodes
Originally aired
First aired
Last aired
1 24 13 January 18, 2015 (2015-01-18) September 21, 2015 (2015-09-21)
2 41 22 July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11) February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27)
3 38 21 July 15, 2017 (2017-07-15) April 7, 2018 (2018-04-07)
Reception
Star vs. the Forces of Evil has received positive reviews by critics.
Kevin Johnson of The A.V. Club gave the pilot episode a B+, saying that the show was something children could have a lot of fun with, noting how the show follows current trends in western animation "towards large-eyed characters and quirky visual trends". Johnson stated that Star vs. the Forces of Evil "excels on wild, silly, and clever set-pieces to bring the laughs and action", but expected that adult viewers won't get much out of it.[38] Furthermore, the premiere of Star vs. the Forces of Evil became the most-watched animated series debut in Disney XD’s history.[4] Following the end of the second season, Disney XD announced it had ordered a fourth season of the show, and that in 2016, Star and another animated show Milo Murphy's Law had reached over 100 million consumer views combined across its media platforms.[6]
In reviewing episodes from the first season, Marcy Cook of The Mary Sue described the show as a blend of others such as Invader Zim and a sanitized Ren & Stimpy, with great appeal to tween and teen girls as well some laugh out loud moments for adults. She said, "[I]t's really cool to see a girl who is into cuteness and rainbows also kick-ass and enjoy it". Cook was bothered by the short episodes that made the plot seem rushed or underdeveloped. Cook was bugged by Marco's retconned personality from the pilot episode where he was a safety conscious kid to the series where he was a martial arts fight seeker.[39] Caitlin Donovan of entertainment website Epicstream listed it among her top 10 animated series of 2015. She found the first few episodes to be "a little rough for me, like the show was trying too hard to be funny and weird", but that the show got better with character development and relationship building, with "a really dramatic, high-tension finale to the first season".[40]
Awards and nominations
The episode "Party with a Pony" was showcased in the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in June 2015.[41][42]
Year
Award
Category
Nominee
Result
Ref
2015 Annecy International Animated Film Festival TV Series For "Party with a Pony" Nominated [42]
Behind the Voice Actor Awards Best Female Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Supporting Role Dee Dee Rescher as "Miss Skullnick" Nominated [43]
2016 Annie Awards Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production for Children's Audience For "Blood Moon Ball" Nominated [44]
Behind the Voice Actor Awards Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series Adam McArthur as "Marco Diaz" Nominated [45]
Best Female Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series Eden Sher as "Star Butterfly" Nominated [46]
Best Female Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Supporting Role Jenny Slate as "Pony Head" Nominated [47]
Best Female Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Guest Role Yvette Nicole Brown as "Brigid" Nominated [48]
Best Vocal Performance in a Television Series Vocal Director: Kelly Ward Nominated [49]
2017 Behind the Voice Actor Awards Best Female Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series Eden Sher as "Star Butterfly" Nominated [50]
Other media
A comic book series titled Deep Trouble was written by storyboarder Zach Marcus and illustrated by character designer Devin Taylor, both of whom are part of the Star crew. They have been released monthly by Joe Books starting in September 2016.[51][52] A Cinestory comic was also developed and released.[53]
The book Star and Marco's Guide to Mastering Every Dimension, authored by Amber Benson and supervising producer Dominic Bisignano, was released on March 7, 2017.[54][55]
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Created by
Andy Borowitz
Susan Borowitz
Starring
Will Smith
James Avery
Janet Hubert-Whitten
Alfonso Ribeiro
Karyn Parsons
Tatyana M. Ali
Joseph Marcell
Daphne Maxwell Reid
Ross Bagley
Theme music composer
The Fresh Prince in association with A Touch of Jazz, Inc.
Opening theme
"Yo Home to Bel Air", performed by The Fresh Prince
Composer(s)
Quincy Jones
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
6
No. of episodes
148 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Quincy Jones
Andy Borowitz
Susan Borowitz
Kevin Wendle (Season 1)
Winifred Hervey (Seasons 2–3)
Gary H. Miller (Season 4–5)
Cheryl Gard (Mid-Late Season 5)
Jeff Pollack
Will Smith (Season 6)
Benny Medina
Producer(s)
Werner Walian
Lisa Rosenthal
Joel Madison
Leilani Downer
Joanne Curley-Kerner
Joel Markowitz
Location(s)
Hollywood Center Studios
Hollywood, California (1990–1991)
Sunset Gower Studios
Hollywood, California (1991–1993)
NBC Studios
Burbank, California (1993–1996)
Camera setup
Videotape; Multi-camera
Running time
23 minutes
Production company(s)
The Stuffed Dog Company
Quincy Jones Productions
(1990-1993)
(seasons 1–3)
Quincy Jones/David Salzman Entertainment
(1993-1996)
(seasons 4–6)
NBC Productions
Distributor
Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network
NBC
Picture format
480i (SDTV)
Original release
September 10, 1990 (1990-09-10) – May 20, 1996 (1996-05-20)
External links
Website
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996. The show stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who is sent to move in with his wealthy aunt and uncle in their Bel Air mansion after getting into a fight on a street basketball court. In the series, his lifestyle often clashes with the lifestyle of his relatives in Bel Air. The series ran for six seasons and aired 148 episodes.[1][2]
Contents
[hide]
1 Development
2 Plot
3 Cast and characters
3.1 Main
3.2 Recurring
4 Episodes
5 Crossovers and other appearances
6 Syndication
7 DVD releases
8 Awards and nominations
9 Possible reboot
10 Notes
11 References
12 External links
Development[edit]
The characters of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. From top left: Hilary Banks, Geoffrey, Vivian Banks, Carlton Banks. From bottom left: Ashley Banks, Philip Banks, Will Smith.
In December 1989, NBC approached Will Smith, a popular rapper during the late 1980s.[3] The pilot episode began taping on May 1, 1990.[4] Season 1 first aired in September 1990, and ended in May 1991. The series finale was taped on Thursday, March 21, 1996.[5][6]
The theme song "Yo Home to Bel Air" was written and performed by Smith under his stage name, The Fresh Prince. The music was composed by Quincy Jones, who is credited with Smith at the end of each episode. The music often used to bridge scenes together during the show is based on a similar chord structure.
Plot[edit]
The theme song and opening sequence set the premise of the show. Will Smith is a street-smart teenager, born and raised in West Philadelphia. While playing street basketball, Will misses a shot and the ball hits a group of people, causing a confrontation that frightens his mother, who sends him to live with his aunt and uncle in the opulent neighborhood of Bel Air, Los Angeles.
Will's working-class background ends up clashing in various humorous ways with the upper-class world of the Banks family – Will's uncle Phil and aunt Vivian and their children, Will's cousins: Hilary, Carlton, and Ashley.
Cast and characters[edit]
Main article: List of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air characters
Main[edit]
Actor/actress
Character
Seasons
1
2
3
4
5
6
Will Smith Will Smith Main
James Avery Philip Banks Main
Janet Hubert-Whitten Vivian Banks Main
Daphne Maxwell Reid Main
Alfonso Ribeiro Carlton Banks Main
Karyn Parsons Hilary Banks Main
Tatyana M. Ali Ashley Banks Main
Joseph Marcell Geoffrey Butler Main
Ross Bagley Nicholas "Nicky" Banks Main
Recurring[edit]
Actor/actress
Character
Seasons
1
2
3
4
5
6
DJ Jazzy Jeff Jazz Recurring
Vernee Watson-Johnson Viola "Vy" Smith Recurring
Michael Weiner Kellogg Lieberbaum Recurring
Lisa Fuller Toni Recurring
Jenifer Lewis Helen Smith Recurring
Charlayne Woodard Janice Smith Recurring
Perry Moore Tyriq "Ty" Johnson Recurring
Brian Stokes Mitchell Trevor Collins-Newsworthy Recurring
Tyra Banks Jacqueline "Jackie" Ames Recurring
Nia Long Beullah "Lisa" Wilkes Recurring
Episodes[edit]
Main article: List of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes
Season
Episodes
Originally aired
Nielsen ratings[7]
First aired
Last aired
Rank
Rating
1 25 September 10, 1990 (1990-09-10) May 6, 1991 (1991-05-06) N/A N/A
2 24 September 9, 1991 (1991-09-09) May 4, 1992 (1992-05-04) 22 14.3[A]
3 24 September 14, 1992 (1992-09-14) May 10, 1993 (1993-05-10) 16 14.6[B]
4 26 September 20, 1993 (1993-09-20) May 23, 1994 (1994-05-23) 21 13.7[C]
5 25 September 19, 1994 (1994-09-19) May 15, 1995 (1995-05-15) N/A N/A
6 24 September 18, 1995 (1995-09-18) May 20, 1996 (1996-05-20) N/A N/A
Crossovers and other appearances[edit]
During the fall 1991–1992 season, NBC gained two hit television shows to anchor their Monday night lineup (Blossom aired immediately after The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air). To gain popularity between the two shows, Will Smith appeared in the Blossom episode "I'm with the Band" as himself under his rap stage name, The Fresh Prince. That same season, Karyn Parsons appeared in the Blossom episode "Wake Up Little Suzy" as Hilary Banks. Parsons also appeared in the Patti LaBelle sitcom Out All Night as Hilary.
In the House and Fresh Prince were both executive-produced by Winifred Hervey, David Salzman and Quincy Jones. During the second season's first episode, Alfonso Ribeiro and Tatyana Ali appeared as their Fresh Prince characters (Carlton and Ashley Banks) in the crossover episode "Dog Catchers". Later that season, James Avery (Phillip Banks) appeared as a mediator in the episode "Love on a One-Way Street".
In the Season 4 episode "My Pest Friend's Wedding", James Avery and Daphne Maxwell Reid (Vivian Banks) guest starred as Dr. Maxwell Stanton's parents (Stanton was played by Ribeiro). Both Avery and Reid portrayed the parents of Ribeiro's Fresh Prince character. Joseph Marcell, who played the wisecracking Geoffrey Butler on Fresh Prince, appeared as an officiating minister in the same episode.
Syndication[edit]
The series was produced by NBC Productions in association with the Stuffed Dog Company and Quincy Jones Entertainment (later Quincy Jones-David Salzman Entertainment in 1993). After the show was released to syndication in 1994, the series was distributed by Warner Bros. Television, which continues to distribute the show worldwide (although NBCUniversal does own the series' copyright). WGN America was the first cable channel to acquire the series in 1997 and TBS acquired the series a year later, in 1998; both channels carried the series until the fall of 2003, though TBS reacquired the series in 2007.
The theme song was shown in the original TBS run, but after TBS re-acquired Fresh Prince in 2007, the opening credits were truncated and the theme song was removed and replaced with the instrumental version used as the show's closing theme. These versions also re-added portions of scenes cut from the original syndicated prints for some episodes, particularly those from Seasons 3 to 6. TBS continued to air the series up until September 2014, when Viacom Media Networks reaquired the rights to the series. Reruns also aired on WPIX-TV back to back weeknights at 6 pm and6:30 pm EST from 1994 until 2000, on weekdays 5 pm from 2000 to 2005, and sometimes on weekends, until 2007. The series was still rerunning on The WB's affiliation WPIX-TV until 2006. The series aired on Nick at Nite, from 2006 to 2009 and moved to Disney XD.
In July 2009, Disney XD acquired the rights to the series, though it was quickly moved from prime time to late night, and only episodes from Seasons 1 to 3 are aired, mainly because those episodes are more appropriate for young viewers as they do not contain as many mature themes, sexual content and strong language as later episodes. In August 2010, Disney XD stopped airing the show. ABC Family (now called Freeform) acquired the series in September 2008, though airing all 148 episodes; originally airing exclusively on Saturday nights, the series was added to ABC Family's weekday line up in late 2009. On September 29, 2014, Disney/ABC's rights to the show expired. Viacom Media Networks got the series back.
In October 2014, Viacom Media Networks also gave the series to BET, and it would also air on Centric. It was previously aired on MTV's retro block. The series is also re-aired on VH1. On November 2, 2015, the series started airing on the Family Channel in Canada. On January 1, 2017, the series was added to Netflix in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In 2014, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air started airing again in Nickelodeon's block night channel, Nick at Nite.
In 2017, the series began from the beginning on the 5* channel in the UK. MeTV will start airing the show in September 2018.[8]
DVD releases[edit]
Warner Home Video has released the complete series, seasons 1 to 6, on DVD in Region 1.[9] Seasons 1 to 4 have been released in Regions 2 and 4. Seasons 5 to 6 have been released in Region 2 in Germany, and in the complete series boxset in the United Kingdom.
DVD name
Ep #
Release dates
Region 1
Region 2
Region 4
The Complete First Season 25 February 8, 2005[10] February 21, 2005[11] April 13, 2005[12]
The Complete Second Season 24 October 11, 2005[13] November 21, 2005[14] March 1, 2006[15]
The Complete Third Season 24 February 14, 2006[16] June 26, 2006[17] August 9, 2006[18]
The Complete Fourth Season 26 August 8, 2006[19] January 22, 2007[20] December 6, 2006[21]
The Complete Fifth Season 25 May 11, 2010[22] June 18, 2010 2018
The Complete Sixth Season 24 April 19, 2011 May 6, 2011 2018
Awards and nominations[edit]
Awards
Outcome
Recipient(s)
Year
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards:
Top TV Series Won Quincy Jones
Will Smith
DJ Jazzy Jeff 1994
Emmy Awards:
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Lighting Direction for a Comedy Series Nominated Art Busch 1996
Golden Globe Awards:
Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series – Comedy/Musical Nominated Will Smith 1994
Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series – Comedy/Musical Nominated[23] Will Smith 1993
Image Award:
Outstanding Comedy Series Nominated 1997
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Won Alfonso Ribeiro 1996
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated Will Smith 1997
Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress Won Tatyana M. Ali 1997
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated Janet Hubert-Whitten 1991
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated Nia Long 1996
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated Daphne Maxwell Reid 1996
Kids' Choice Awards:
Favorite Television Actor Nominated Will Smith 1996
Favorite Television Show Nominated 1996
Favorite TV Actress Won Tatyana M. Ali 1996
NCLR Bravo Awards:
Outstanding Television Series Actor in a Crossover Role Nominated Alfonso Ribeiro 1996
TP de Oro:
Best Foreign Series (Mejor Serie Extranjera) Nominated 1996
Best Foreign Series (Mejor Serie Extranjera) Won 1994
Teen Choice Awards:
Choice TV Show: Throwback Nominated 2017
Choice TV Show: Throwback Pending 2018
TV Land Awards:
Best Broadcast Butler Nominated Joseph Marcell 2004
Favorite "Fish Out of Water" Nominated Will Smith 2004
Young Artist Awards:
Best Performance by an Actor Under Ten – Television Won Ross Bagley 1996
Best Performance by an Actor Under Ten in a TV Series Won Ross Bagley 1995
Best Youth Comedienne Nominated Tatyana M. Ali 1994
Best Young Actor Guest Starring in a Television Series Nominated Larenz Tate 1993
Best Young Actor Guest Starring or Recurring Role in a TV Series Nominated Tevin Campbell 1992
Best New Family Television Comedy Series Won 1991
YoungStar Award:
Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Comedy TV Series Won Tatyana M. Ali 1997
Possible reboot[edit]
On August 13, 2015, it was reported that a reboot of the show was in development by Overbrook Entertainment, with Will Smith serving as a producer.[24][25] In August 2016, during a promotional interview with the E! television network, for his then upcoming film Suicide Squad, Smith denied that a reboot was in development, saying that it would happen "...pretty close to when Hell freezes over."[26]
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Tied with Empty Nest
Jump up ^ Tied with Hangin' with Mr. Cooper and The Jackie Thomas Show
Jump up ^ Tied with Dave's World
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air". TV.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
Jump up ^ Coker, Cheo Hodari (May 20, 1996). "Good Night, 'Prince'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
Jump up ^ Rohter, Larry (September 17, 1990). "'Fresh Prince of Bel Air' Puts Rap in Mainstream". The New York Times. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
Jump up ^ Wolf, Matt (February 11, 1991). "'Fresh Prince' makes Marcell changed man". Kentucky New Era. Associated Press. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
Jump up ^ Cerone, Daniel. "Rap's Prince Soon to Be TV Royalty?". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
Jump up ^ "The Hollywood Minute". CNN. Cable News Network Inc. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
Jump up ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (Ninth Edition). Ballantine Books. p. 1693. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.
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Jump up ^ "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air DVD news: Announcement for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - The Complete 6th Season". TVShowsOnDVD.com. May 25, 2007. Archived from the original on January 15, 2011. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
Jump up ^ "Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, The: The Complete First Season DVD @ DVD Empire". Dvdempire.com. February 8, 2005. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
Jump up ^ "The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air - The Complete First Series DVD: Amazon.co.uk: Will Smith, James Avery, Janet Hubert-Whitten, Alfonso Ribeiro, Karyn Parsons, Tatyana M. Ali, Joseph Marcell: DVD". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
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