2. The magically long-haired Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a
tower, but now that a runaway thief has stumbled upon her, she is
about to discover the world for the first time, and who she really is.
4. Background info
Disney’s Tangled – released 24/11/2010
Cast
Mandy Moore as Rapunzel
Zachary Levi as Flynn Rider/ Eugene Fitzherbert
Donna Murphy as Mother Gothel
Brad Garrett as Hook-Hand Thug
Ron Perlman as the Stabbington Brothers
Budget: $260 million
Box Office: $591.8 million
5. Tangled is a 2010 American computer animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney
Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures loosely based on the German fairy tale
"Rapunzel.” Walt Disney Animation Studios, is an American animation studio which creates
animated feature films, short films, and television specials for The Walt Disney Company which was
founded on October 16, 1923, Tangled, being one of their 54 featured films from 1937. Walt
Disney’s success has followed on for over 90+ years, and carrying on this success is Tangled which
doubled in profits. This could arguably be down to the previous success of the company as there
expansion still continues to dominate the film industry. Disney made the decision to change the title
of the film from “Rapunzel ” to “Tangled to promote that is was gender-neutral and became the
second most expensive film to create to this day.
6. Tangled was distributed by Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures owned by The Walt Disney
Company. The film, which has a $260 million dollar budget ensured that they had enough to play
with, when it came to the distribution of the film, by having such a big budget they were able to use a
good quantity of this to make sure that the quality of advertisement was maximized.
7. Tangled was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment as a four-disc
combo pack on March 29, 2011. The combo pack includes a Blu-ray 3D, standard
Blu-ray, DVD, and digital copy. A two-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and single
DVD are also available. In 2011 the film was released onto Netflix, an online
streaming website, making the film widely available. By having all of these ways to
preview the film makes it a lot easier for their audience to what it when they please, they
also have the advantage of being able to choose how they would like to watch it according
to their preference.
8. Tangled is widely available through a variety of streaming website e.g. Netflix, and is
also available on Blu-Ray both distributing the film as HD, making it feel cinematic
at the comfort of your very own home. This could potentially increase the popularity of
the film as more and more people are able to watch it freely.
