Bartok the Magnificent

Theatrical Release

November 16, 1999

DVD Release

November 16, 1999

Studio

20th Century Fox

Rated

G (General Audience)

Directors

Gary Goldman, Don Bluth

Actors

Hank Azaria, Kelsey Grammer, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Tim Curry, Jennifer Tilly, Phillip Van Dyke, Diedrich Bader, Zachary Charles, Danny Mann, Glenn Shadix, Kelly Marie Berger, French Stewart

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Formats

• Animated
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby
• NTSC

Additional Information

It's no secret that the popular animated feature release Anastasia played fast and loose with Russian Imperialist history. Never mind that the movie's debut coincided with DNA proof--provided by Britain's Prince Phillip, no less--that Anna Andersen was not Tsar Nicholas II's daughter Anastasia, and that Russian-discovered bones were indeed that of the Tsar and his brutally murdered family.

Anastasia's made-for-video sequel, Bartok the Magnificent, doesn't let historical fact get in its way either. Still, the animated adventure, which features Bartok the excitable albino bat (voiced again by Hank Azaria), is cute and funny, thanks to clever writing and great voice work. Bartok and his sidekick bear friend (an excellent Kelsey Grammer, who voiced Vlad in the original) have become street performers and become embroiled in the evil Ludmilla's plot to get rid of the next heir, a prince. While it's not a particularly fresh tale, Bartok the Magnificent is kept alive through Azaria and Grammer's well-timed and -executed voiceovers. --N.F. Mendoza - Amazon.com

When Prince Ivan is kidnapped, it's up Bartok to discover the real hero inside himself and rescue the young Romanoff - even if it means confronting the evil witch Baba Waga. - Description