![]() ![]() On the night of the ball, Rothbart imprisons Odette (in swan form) in the dungeon of his castle, along with Bromley, whom he had found in the woods the other night, while the disguised Bridget arrives at the ball and dances with Derek, who is unaware of her true identity. To make matters worse, Rothbart transforms his cheerful hag sidekick, Bridget, into a doppelgänger Odette, so as to fool Derek to make his vow to the wrong woman, which will kill the real Odette. After Derek leaves however, Rothbart arrives, having heard the whole conversation, and tells Odette that she will never make it to the ball, for there will be "no moon" on that night. Derek invites Odette to the ball at the castle the following night, hoping to declare to the world of his love for her. The two share a loving reunion, and Odette tells Derek that to break the spell, he must make a vow of everlasting love and "prove it to the world". The ensuing chase leads Derek to Swan Lake, where he witnesses Odette reverting to a human when the moon rises. Derek mistakes Odette for the Great Animal (having deduced that the creature is a shapeshifter) and tries to kill her. By chance, they stumble upon Derek in the woods as he is searching for the Great Animal. ![]() Puffin and Odette (in her swan form) fly together to find Derek. During her captivity, she befriends a turtle named Speed, a French frog named Jean-Bob, who claims to be a prince, and an Irish puffin named Lieutenant Puffin. After she refuses to marry him, he has cast a powerful spell that turns Odette into a swan during the day, while she can temporarily return to her true form at night if she stands on the lake when the moonlight touches it. Elsewhere, Rothbart is keeping Odette captive at the mysterious Swan Lake. Uberta tries to encourage her son to find another princess, but Derek is determined to find Odette, believing that she is still alive somewhere.ĭerek and his best friend Bromley practice hunting every day in preparation to face the Great Animal, with help from Uberta's valet, Lord Rogers. After searching and finding no sign of Odette, the entire kingdom assumes that she is dead. Derek arrives on the scene and the dying William tells him about the Great Animal ("It's not what it seems"), and that Odette is gone. On their journey home, they are ambushed by Rothbart, who got his powers back and transforms into a "Great Animal", kidnapping Odette and fatally injuring William. ![]() However, Derek can't think of anything besides Odette's beauty that he loves her for, causing her to reject him, and she and her father leave disappointed. Unfortunately, this fails as Derek and Odette hate each other as children and later as teenagers, but when they reach adulthood, they do fall in love. William and Uberta put their plan into action. Before leaving, Rothbart swears revenge on King William, that he'll get his powers back and claim everything William has as his own. Despite calls for his death, King William spares Rothbart's life and banishes him forever. However, William discovers his plans and Rothbart is arrested. Meanwhile, the sorcerer Rothbart plans to take King William's kingdom for himself by mastering a type of dark magic known as The Forbidden Arts. At the celebration of Odette's birth, the two make a plan to have them meet and spend every summer together in hopes that they fall in love and marry so that they can unite their two kingdoms forever. King William and his friend Queen Uberta both have a child Uberta has a son named Derek and William has a daughter named Odette. The song was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1995 for Best Original Song. The theme song " Far Longer than Forever" is performed by Regina Belle and Jeffrey Osborne. The film later became popular through home video releases and has since been followed by a series of direct-to-video sequels starting in 1997. It was released theatrically on November 18, 1994, and grossed $9.8 million against a $21 million budget, becoming a box-office bomb, partly due to struggling competition with a re-release of The Lion King (1994). The film was distributed by New Line Cinema in the United States and by Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International outside the US. Featuring Michelle Nicastro, Howard McGillin, Jack Palance, John Cleese, Steven Wright, Sandy Duncan, and Steve Vinovich, the film is directed by former Disney animation director Richard Rich and scored by Lex de Azevedo. The Swan Princess is a 1994 American animated fantasy film based on the ballet Swan Lake. ![]()
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