Pocahontas
By: Walt Disney Pictures ; directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg ; produced by James Pentecost ; written by Carl Binder, Susannah Grant, Philip LaZebnik
Contributors: Bale, Christian, actor; Bedard, Irene, actor; Connolly, Billy, actor; Gibson, Mel, actor; Hunt, Linda, 1945- actor; Kassir, John, actor; Stiers, David Ogden, actor; Welker, Frank, actor; Kuhn, Judy, vocalist; Walt Disney Pictures; Walt Disney Home Video (Firm); Buena Vista Home Video (Firm)
Series: Walt Disney masterpiece collection
Publisher: Walt Disney Home Video; Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
Published: 1996
Place of publication: United States]; Burbank, CA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 81
Subjects: Drama; Powhatan Indians; First contact with Europeans; Indians of North America; History
Description: In 1607, a group of British adventurers, including John Smith, led by the greedy Virginia Company governor Ratcliffe, set sail for the New World, seeking gold and other treasures. In Virginia, Pocahontas, Chief Powhatan's daughter, ponders her life as she is faced with marriage to the stern warrior, Kocoum. The British establish the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia and dig up the countryside for gold. Smith meets Pocahontas and they overcome their initial conflicts. She teaches him about her world. Relations between the British and the Indians deteriorate. Powhatan captures Smith and is about to execute him, but Pocahontas intervenes and Powhatan sets him free. When Ratcliffe tries to kill Powhatan, Smith saves him but is seriously wounded. He must return to England and Pocahontas must stay.
Notes: Based on an idea by Mike Gabriel.

Originally produced as motion picture in 1995.

Animator, Glen Keane ... [et. al.]; editor, H. Lee Peterson; music, Alan Menkin; lyrics, Stephen Schwartz.

Voices: Irene Bedard (Pocahontas), Mel Gibson (John Smith), David Ogden Stiers (Governor Ratcliffe, Wiggins), John Kassir (Meeko), Russell Means (Powhatan), Christian Bale (Thomas), Joe Baker, Billy Connolly, Linda Hunt, Frank Welker ; Singers: Judy Kuhn (Pocahontas), Vanessa Williams, Jon Secada, Shanice.

VHS; hi-fi stereo; Dolby surround.

Closed-captioned.

Academy Award for Best Song: Aladdin.