Bartok the Magnificent (1999) (V)

Directors:

Don Bluth
Gary Goldman

Writer:

Jay Lacopo (writer)

Release Date:

16 November 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Plot:

Russia is being terrorized by an evil witch known as Baba Yaga; the only one who is not afraid of her is Bartok the Magnificent...

Plot Keywords:

Bat | Prince | Witch | Prequel | Talking Animal

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Hank Azaria	...	Bartok (voice)
Kelsey Grammer	...	Zozi (voice)
Andrea Martin	...	Baba Yaga (voice)
Catherine O'Hara	...	Ludmilla (voice)
Tim Curry	...	The Skull (voice)
Jennifer Tilly	...	Piloff (voice)
Phillip Van Dyke	...	Ivan (voice)
Diedrich Bader	...	Vol (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kelly Marie Berger	...	Little Girl (voice)
Zachary Charles	...	Little Boy (voice)
Danny Mann	...	Head Cossack (voice)
John Schiappa	...	(singing voice)
Glenn Shadix	...	Townspeople (voice)
French Stewart	...	Osle (voice)

Directed by
Don Bluth
Gary Goldman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jay Lacopo		writer

Produced by
Hank Azaria	....	co-producer
Don Bluth	....	producer
Lori Forte	....	executive producer
Gary Goldman	....	producer

Original Music by
Stephen Flaherty

Film Editing by
Bob Bender
Fiona Trayler

Casting by
Marion Levine

Art Direction by
Rob Nason
Kenneth Valentine Slevin

Production Management
Gerry Carty	....	production manager
Ciaran Morris	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jason Ayon	....	assistant director

Art Department
Paul Cheng	....	color key
John Lakey	....	pre-production designer
Simon Valdimir Varela	....	concept artist (as Simon Varela)
Suzanne Lemieux Wilson	....	concept artist
Philip A. Cruden	....	visual development (uncredited)

Sound Department
Michael Ferdie	....	foley editor
Michael Ferdie	....	sound editor
Alan Holly	....	adr mixer (as Alan Holy)
Greg W. Lowe	....	adr recordist (as Greg Lowe)
Dean Minnerly	....	foley artist
Robert Muchnicki	....	foley artist (as Rob Muchnicki)
Albert Romero	....	foley mixer
Mark Server	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Server	....	sound
Mark Server	....	supervising sound editor
Scott Seymann	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Dean Kawada	....	special effects crew
Peter Matheson	....	special effects supervisor
Tracey Meighan	....	special effects assistant
Andee Ott	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Jennifer Alton	....	final animation checker: additional visual effects
Brad Gayo	....	digital compositor
Julian Hynes	....	special effects supervising animator
Brien Manning	....	digital artist
Rob Meyers	....	effects animator
Marlon Montgomery	....	scanner operator
David Munier	....	digital effects artist
Kelly Nelson	....	CGI animator
Amy Newman	....	assistant animator
Olun Riley	....	computer animator
Jason Salata	....	compositing assistant
Mayo Tirado	....	3D animator
Bil Van Ness	....	computer animator

Animation Department
Rosie Ahern	....	key character clean-up artist
Ochie Atienza Alferez	....	character clean-up artist
Jennifer Alton	....	final checker
Jane Anderson	....	assistant animator
Jennifer Andras-Vallecorsa	....	ink and painter artist
Winston B. Aquino	....	background artist
Cesar Avalos	....	key character clean-up artist
Kelly Baigent	....	character animator
Adam Beck	....	rough animator
Craig Berry	....	inbetween artist
Carol David Bocalan	....	character clean-up artist
Nelson 'Rey' Bohol	....	layout artist
Tracy A. Butenko	....	ink and painter artist
Arnel Torres Cabanela	....	character clean-up artist
Jojie J. Calingo Imutan	....	key character clean-up artist
Rafael Diaz Canales	....	character animator
Troylan Caro	....	layout artist
Kathy Carter-Costello	....	animation stylist
Mick Cassidy	....	key character clean-up artist
Greg Chin	....	2-D final line animator
Mary Clarke-Miller	....	directing animator
Jocelyn 'Joy' D. Clemente	....	background artist
Kevin Condron	....	key character clean-up artist
Nancy Cox	....	inbetween artist
Phaedra Craig	....	background artist
Pearse Cullinane	....	character clean-up artist
Joel C. Cunanan	....	character clean-up artist
Steve Cunningham	....	animator
Carrie Dahl Marino	....	animation stylist
Stephen Deane	....	animator
Manny A. DeGuzman	....	key character clean-up artist
Narz Dela Rosa	....	character clean-up artist
Willie B. DeLeon	....	character clean-up artist
Abraham 'Abe' De Ocampo	....	layout artist
Peter Donnelly	....	clean-up animation supervisor
Renato Dos Anjos	....	character animator
Scott Douthitt	....	character clean-up artist
Joanne Durrenberger	....	final checker
Paul Dutton	....	animator
Jeff Edwards	....	key character clean-up artist
Joe Ekers	....	story artist (as Joseph Ekers)
Christopher Elsner	....	inbetween artist
Laurie Engler	....	ink and painter artist
Zoë J. Evamy	....	background artist
Martin Fagan	....	key character clean-up artist
Albert Pelayo Feliciano	....	character clean-up artist
Allan Fernando	....	character animator
Linda Fitzpatrick	....	digital animation checker
Alan Fleming	....	key character clean-up artist
Rolando Flores Yago	....	character clean-up artist
Nicola Flynn	....	key character clean-up artist
Victoria Belleza Fogerty	....	character clean-up artist
Brian Forsythe	....	digital animation checker
Robert Fox	....	lead animator
Regner U. Frondozo	....	character clean-up artist
Manuel Galiana	....	character animator
Valerie Gately	....	ink and painter artist
Shawn Gibson	....	key character clean-up artist
Vikki Pena Gibson	....	inbetween artist (as Vikki Pena)
Marco Giovannetti	....	inbetween artist
Debbie J. Gold	....	assistant animator
Edison Goncalves	....	lead animator
Micah R. Gosney	....	background artist
Carrie-Ann Hall	....	ink and painter artist
Greg Ham	....	inbetween artist
Martin Hanley	....	layout artist
Carol Hannan	....	animation checking supervisor
David J. Hardy	....	layout artist
Heather Heichberger	....	ink and painter artist
R. Scott Henricks	....	ink and paint checker
Raúl Herrera Sibayan	....	character clean-up artist
John Hoffman	....	inbetween artist
Michael Hogue	....	assistant character animator
Derek Holmes	....	background artist
Stephen L. Holt	....	layout artist
Róisín Hunt	....	assistant animator
Cash B. Imutan	....	character clean-up artist
Juliet Indonila-Cabral	....	character clean-up artist
Barry Iremonger	....	assistant animator
Michael Isaak	....	layout artist
Roberto Islas	....	inbetween artist
Jack J. Joseph	....	key character clean-up artist
Chris Kazmier	....	animator
Berenice Keegan	....	animation stylist
Sandra Keely	....	additional character animator
Paul J. Kelly	....	animator
Paul M. Kelly	....	background artist
Jon Kerbaugh	....	final checker
William A. Kobylka	....	inbetween artist
Marek Kochout	....	animator
Frances Kumashiro	....	animation checker
Michael Lahay	....	assistant animator
Niall Laverty	....	inbetween artist
Shelly Leigh	....	ink and painter artist
Jon Le Mond	....	inbetween artist
Jhun B. Licas	....	character clean-up artist
Karri Lindamood	....	3-D animation coordinating supervisor
F.Q. 'Jun' Lofamin	....	layout artist
Grant Lounsbury	....	inbetween artist
Jeff Lujan	....	inbetween artist
Juan 'Jo' Luna	....	layout artist
David Lux	....	additional character animator
Caroline Lynch	....	layout supervisor (as Caroline Lynch-Server)
Dave MacDougall	....	character animator
Lisa Maher	....	digital animation checker
Will Makra	....	layout artist
Richard Manginsay	....	character clean-up artist
Joseph Manifold Jr.	....	assistant animator (as Joseph Manifold)
Manuelito G. Martin	....	character clean-up artist
Ciara McCabe	....	key character clean-up artist
Ryan McElhinney	....	assistant animator
Henry McGrane	....	background artist
Gareth McKinney	....	animation stylist
Mark McLoughlin	....	key character clean-up artist
Thomas M. Miller	....	3-D animation supervisor
Cesar S. Mondala	....	character clean-up artist
Sharon Morgan	....	breakdown artist
John L. Morris Jr.	....	2-D rough animator
Lyn Mulvany	....	animation stylist
Anne Murray-O'Craobhach	....	inbetween supervisor
Max Nepomuceno	....	animator
Paul Newberry	....	directing animator
Darren Nicoll	....	assistant animator
Carmen Oliver	....	animation color stylist
Suzanne O'Reilly	....	animation stylist
Terry O'Toole	....	key character clean-up artist (as Terry O'Toole Jr.)
Joey Paraiso	....	character animator
Enrico Dungao Paz	....	character clean-up artist
Kris Pearn	....	inbetween artist
Alex Perez	....	character clean-up artist
Andrzej Piotrowski	....	character clean-up artist
Marco Plantilla	....	character animator
Tod Price	....	inbetween artist
Troy Quane	....	animator
Vittoria Quane	....	clean-up artist
David M. Rabbitte	....	background artist
Pio Ravago	....	background artist
Robert J. Reed	....	inbetween artist
Stephen Reid	....	inbetween artist
Fred Reilly	....	layout artist (as Fred A. Reilly)
John Rice	....	inbetween artist (as John B. Rice)
Michael Rider	....	character clean-up artist
Owen Rohu	....	background artist
Ed Rooney	....	inbetween artist
Joven Sampang	....	character clean-up artist
David Satchwell	....	computer animator: "Journeyman"
Chris Schouten	....	character layout artist
Toby Schwarz	....	animator
Toby Schwarz	....	character animator (as Tobias Schwarz)
Eric Simmons	....	inbetween artist
Richard Simms	....	character clean-up artist
Len Simon	....	animation director
Sinéad Somers	....	layout artist
Robert Sprathoff	....	lead animator
Gail Springsteen-Fraizer	....	character clean-up artist
Curt Spurging	....	key character clean-up artist
Elaine Blea Starace	....	ink and painter artist
Helio Takahashi	....	character animator
Hugo M. Takahashi	....	character animator
Joseph M. Tangonan	....	background artist
Danny Taverna	....	layout artist
Dimitri Tenev	....	character animator
Bruce Tinnin	....	inbetween artist
Danilo Tolentino	....	layout artist (as Danny Tolentino)
Imelda Tolledo-Mondala	....	key character clean-up artist
Michael Tweedle	....	character animator
Jamie Vallee	....	digital animation checker
Wendo Van Essen	....	key character clean-up artist
Kenna Diane Vaughn	....	character clean-up artist
Vic Villacorta	....	layout artist
George Villaflor	....	layout artist
Melanie Walchek	....	inbetween artist
Clifton L. Wegener	....	ink and paint checker
Jojo Young	....	character animator (as Salvador 'JoJo' Young)
Karl Yu	....	ink and painter artist
Rodrigo Q. Zafe Jr.	....	key character clean-up artist
Noly Zamora	....	layout artist

Editorial Department
Meghan Mead	....	editorial assistant
Jeff Snodgrass	....	assistant editor
Kenneth Vallee	....	scanner
Tom Wheeler	....	editorial assistant

Music Department
Chris Bertolotti	....	score recordist
Doug Besterman	....	song orchestrator
Jared Faber	....	music production supervisor
John Kurlander	....	score mixer
John Rodd	....	score recordist
Denis Sager	....	scoring engineer
Paul Silver	....	music editor
Michael Skloff	....	vocal coach
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation

Other crew
Julie Hill Byers	....	accountant
Fiona Byrne-Morris	....	executive assistant: Mr. Goldman
Anthony B. Christov	....	layout design supervisor (as Anthony Christov)
Vincent Clarke	....	scene planning supervisor
Mathias Dougherty	....	assistant: Mr. Bluth
Mathias Dougherty	....	executive assistant
Jacob L. English	....	production assistant
Greg Galtiani	....	production assistant
Cathy Goldman	....	continuity supervisor
Kip Goldman	....	scene planner
Dick Heichberger	....	background design supervisor
Jeannette Maher-Manifold	....	compositing supervisor
Shirley Mapes	....	painting supervisor
Crystal C. Mathhews	....	markup painter
Cynthia A. Nason	....	assistant continuity
Derek Nielsen	....	scene planner
Aran O'Reilly	....	scene planner
Laura Gianas Perez	....	production accountant
Danelle L. Perricelli	....	production assistant
Deborah A. Peters	....	production assistant
Angela Schleker	....	accountant
Colum Slevin	....	checking supervisor
Stephanie Swengel	....	assistant: Ms. Forte
Kelsey S. Timmermann	....	production assistant
Debbie Vercellino	....	sub-contracting coordinator
Mark Weathers	....	director of information technology

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Other Companies

• Capitol Studios  songs recorded at
• Clinton Recording Studios  songs recorded at
• Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, The  score recorded at

Runtime:

67 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:G | USA:G | Iceland:L

Goofs:

Continuity: The key on Ludmilla's arm disappears.

Quotes:

[singing]
Bartok: Bartok, the magnificent, the specifically terrifically magnificent! A mammal so inflammable he saved the day, thanks to B-A-R-T-O-K!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#22.9)" (1999)

Bartok originally seen in Anastasia goes on a quest against his natural inclinations to save the Russian Prince.

As an earlier commentator noted, "Bartok the Magnificent" is a prequel to "Anastasia". I guess animated bats live for a REALLY long time. But if you are going to quibble about dates then just what will you say about the existence of talking bears, musical witches and a huge animated riddle asking skull—just go with it. For all the sequential fuzziness, I find this film a real joy.

The voice talents of Kelsey Grammar as the Russian Dancing (and classical theater loving) bear Zozi is wonderful as are also Tim Curry's, as the Huge Talking Skul and Jennifer Tilly's role as Piloff. I have no idea what Piloff is, She looks life a living fur boa some women might wear around their necks. Whatever she is, Tilly's voice makes her seems gentle and funny (and a little ditsy but in an attractive kind of way) while also being impervious to whatever Bartok does to get her off the bolder (and a strange looking bolder it is too—looks more like a construction girder) as demanded by Baba Yaga. Indestructible gentle femininity is a good thing. Of course Bartok (voiced by Hank Azaria) is himself a hoot. Also Kelsey Grammar's voice in song is as full of life and warm as is his speaking voice. I love to listen to him even when he's the bad guy as in "Toy Story 2" as Stinky Pete. This film is one of the straight to video ones which should have been given a shot as a theatrical run. Both the video and the DVD comes with the songs separate with sing along lyrics--nice touch.