Film
995: The Princess and the Frog
Trivia: The
alligator character in the film is named Louis in honor of jazz great Louis Armstrong, who was
nicknamed 'Dippermouth', 'Satchelmouth' and 'Satchmo'.
Animator
Bruce W. Smith described
Dr Facilier as "the love child of Peter Pan's Captain Hook
and 101 Dalmatians's Cruella
DeVil."
The
animation style was influenced primarily by Lady and the Tramp (for
the city scenes) and Bambi
(for the bayou scenes). Those films were, in the directors' opinion, "the
peak of animation in the classic Disney animation style."
Aladdin's
flying carpet can be seen on the right during one of the city shots.
Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, and Tyra Banks were all
considered for the lead role. Keys and Banks personally lobbied the studio for
the part.
Anika Noni Rose (Tiana),
requested that Tiana be left-handed, because Rose herself is left-handed.
When
Louis is describing Mama Odie in the swamp he pulls some Spanish moss down
around his head and leaves his snout sticking out. This mirrors an almost
identical scene in Disney's "The Sword in the Stone" when the Mad
Madam Mim pulls her hair down over her face just before she transforms into an
alligator.


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