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A total of 250 people auditioned for the role of Moana. House also served as the performance director, while Rob Ruha was the musical director. [4] [5] [6] The film premiered on 11 September 2017, during Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. [7] It was screened for free in thirty cinemas around the country, with no English subtitles. [8]
Moana [b] is a 2016 American animated musical fantasy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.The film was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, co-directed by Chris Williams and Don Hall, and produced by Osnat Shurer, from a screenplay written by Jared Bush, and based on a story conceived by Clements, Musker, Williams, Hall, Pamela ...
Moana (also known as Vaiana [1] or Oceania [2] in some markets) is a Disney media franchise that originally started in 2016 with the release of the American animated feature film Moana, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
The first “Moana” certainly is an epic adventure. One of Disney’s finest, with marvelous songs, terrific voice work, great animation and adorable sidekicks. I came out wanting more. Earlier ...
Moana, the soundtrack to the 2016 Disney film; Moana 2, sequel to the film Moana (2016) Moana, a Disney media franchise that began with the 2016 film Moana; Moana, a 2009 miniseries based on the life of adult film actress Moana Pozzi "Moana", a song by Deftones from the 2003 album Deftones
Moana is separated from her group and meets Matangi, a goddess who is the unwilling companion of Nalo. Matangi aids Moana as Nalo being defeated means she can be free from the clam she is in. She reveals she has Maui and had him here to assure her and Moana would reunite, before sending them to where they have to go.
In 2011, director John Musker started reading about Polynesian mythology and decided that Māui was an ideal focus for an animated story. [2] Ron Clements said that Māui was the inspiration for the film, being a mythic demigod and larger than life figure who is found in many cultures of the South Pacific in different variations and therefore seemed like the perfect focal character. [3]
While singing the song to Moana, Maui plays with a coconut that has three round marks on its surface. [9] Although it goes unspoken in the film, the credits list Moana's mother as "Sina." During the song "Where You Are," Sina is shown teaching Moana how to harvest coconuts and use the various parts of the coconut tree. [9]