Watch Pocahontas (1995)

watch the 33rd movie in Disney Animated Classics series based on the legend that surround the Native American woman; release on June 23, 1995, Pocahontas was a box-office success. 55 animators were involved in designing the character of Pocahontas. A video game based on the movie with the same title, was released on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive.

Characters

Pocahontas, the daughter of the Chief Powhatan that manages to stop an armed conflict between the Powhatans and the British settlers;
John Smith, the only one of the English settlers in the Jamestown Settlement willing to befriend the natives due to his love and learning to accept other cultures from Pocahontas;
Governor Ratcliffe, the primary antagonist of the film who leads an expedition to Virginia to find gold and other riches;
Meeko, Pocahontas's pet raccoon who is friendly to John Smith and loves eating; Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas's father; Thomas, a friend of John Smith and one of the British settlers; Grandmother Willow, a speaking willow tree that acts as Pocahontas's guide; Percy, Governor Ratcliffe's pet pug; Ben and Lon, two of the settlers; Flit, Pocahontas's xenophobic pet hummingbird who prefers Kocoum to John Smith, but eventually warms up to him; Nakoma, Pocahontas's best friend who secretly adores Kocoum; Kocoum, a brave Powhatan warrior who desires to marry Pocahontas; Kekata, the shaman of the Powhatan.

Soundtracks

: "Pocahontas (Instrumental)", "If I Never Knew You", "The Virginia Company", Just Around the Riverbend, "Steady as the Beating Drum", Mine, Mine, Mine, "Listen with Your Heart", Colors of the Wind (win an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Grammy Award), Savages.

Quotes

ENGLISHMAN:Ready to hoist the cannon? Aye! Hey, look. LON: Is that Smith? BEN: That's him, all right. The old sea dog. THOMAS: Captain John Smith? I've heard amazing stories about him. LON: Are you coming on this voyage, too? BEN: Course he is, you half-wit! You can't fight Indians without John Smith! JOHN SMITH: That's right. I'm not about to let you boys have all the fun. SAILOR #1: Full anchor release! Come on, lads! Come on! SAILOR #2: Give me a hand, someone! SAILOR #3: Watch out! SAILOR #1: Faster! She's taking on more water! SAILOR #3: Look out! THOMAS: John! Get down here! The cannons are breaking loose! JOHN SMITH: Reef the topsails! SAILOR #2: Aye, sir! JOHN SMITH: Steady on your course! It's all right, Thomas! We'll get her tied off. SAILOR #1: Say your prayers, lads! SAILOR #2: Look out! JOHN SMITH: Thomas, watch out! THOMAS: Help! SAILOR #3: Man overboard! THOMAS: Help! BEN: Stay your course! He's lost! THOMAS: Help! JOHN SMITH: Pull the pin. SAILOR #1: Aye, sir! BEN: Smith! Are you crazy? JOHN SMITH: Hang on, Thomas. I've got you! LON: Quick... the rope! BEN: Heave! Come on, lads! Pull! Pull! Pull! Put your back into it! SAILOR #1: Pull! Pull! LON: Hang on! Ah, my lucky lad! JOHN SMITH: Well, that was refreshing. LON: Well done, Smith. JOHN SMITH: Of course you'd all do the same for me. BEN: Yes, yes. Sure, sure. LON: Of course we would! BEN: Absolutely! Yeah, we would. RATCLIFFE: Trouble on deck? THOMAS: Governor Ratcliffe! THOMAS: This New World's going to be great! SAILOR #1: It's glory God, and gold And the Virginia Company KEKATA: Ka-ma wingapo Powhatan. POWHATAN: Ay-man-ay-cho, Kekata. It's good to be home. The Massawomecks are defeated! With the help of our brothers, our villages are safe again. KEKATA: Your return has brought much joy to the village. Look at all the smiling faces. POWHATAN: Yes. But there's one smiling face I don't see. Where is my daughter? KEKATA: You know Pocahontas. She has her mother's spirit. She goes wherever the wind takes her. NAKOMA: Pocahontas! Your father's back. Come down here! POCAHONTAS: He's back, Flit. Come on, Meeko! NAKOMA: No! Not that... way. Show-off. Pocahontas? Pocahontas? Are you all right? You'd better be all right, because I'm not coming in after you... Don't you think we're getting a little old for these games? POCAHONTAS: Help me turn this thing over. NAKOMA: What were you doing up there? POCAHONTAS: Thinking. Meeko! NAKOMA: About the dream again? Have you figured it out yet? POCAHONTAS: I know it means something, I just don't know what. NAKOMA: You should ask your father about it. POCAHONTAS: Maybe I should. Come on, Flit. Quit playing around. We have to get back. POWHATAN:...faced a determined enemy. The battle lasted from the rising of the sun until the evening shadows fell. Our warriors fought with courage, but none as bravely as Kocoum, for he attacked with the fierce strength of the bear. He has proven himself to be... NAKOMA: He is so handsome! POCAHONTAS: I especially love the smile POWHATAN: destroying every enemy in his path. Tonight, we will feast in his honour. My daughter. POCAHONTAS: Winggapo, Father. POWHATAN: Seeing you gives me greatjoy. POCAHONTAS: I'm so glad you've come home safely. POWHATAN: Come with me. We have much to talk about. I want to hear everything you've been doing. POCAHONTAS: Father, for many nights now, I've been having a very strange dream. It's telling me something's about to happen something exciting. POCAHONTAS: He wants me to be steady. Like the river. But it's not steady at all. GRANDMOTHER WILLOW: Is that my Pocahontas? POCAHONTAS: Grandmother Willow, I need to talk to you. GRANDMOTHER WILLOW: Good morning, child. I was hoping you'd visit today. Why, your mother's necklace! POCAHONTAS: That's what I wanted to talk to you about. My father wants me to marry Kocoum. GRANDMOTHER WILLOW: Kocoum? But he's so serious! POCAHONTAS: I know. My father thinks it's the right path for me. But lately, I've been having this dream, and I think it's... GRANDMOTHER WILLOW: Oh, a dream! Let's hear all about it! Quiet! Now, child, you were saying? POCAHONTAS: Well, I'm running through the woods, and then right there in front of me is an arrow. As I look at it, it starts to spin. GRANDMOTHER WILLOW: A spinning arrow? RATCLIFFE: Look at it, Wiggins, an entire New World chock-full of gold, just waiting for me. WIGGINS: And scores of adventures waiting for us, right, Percy? Do you think we'll meet some savages? RATCLIFFE: If we do, we shall be sure to give them a proper English greeting. WIGGINS: Gift baskets! RATCLIFFE: And he came so highly recommended. JOHN SMITH: It's perfect, the water's deep enough. We can pull right up to shore. Hey, there, Percy. RATCLIFFE: Very well, then. Give the order. JOHN SMITH: Already done, sir. I've got a crew assembled, and they're ready to go. RATCLIFFE: About the natives. I'm counting on you to make sure those filthy heathens don't disrupt our mission. JOHN SMITH: Well, if they're anything like the savages I've fought before, it's nothing I can't handle. RATCLIFFE: Right. That'll be all, Smith. There's a good man. JOHN SMITH: See ya, Percy. RATCLIFFE: The men like Smith, don't they? I've never been a popular man. WIGGINS: I like you. RATCLIFFE: Don't think I don't know what those backstabbers at court say about me. WIGGINS: Oh, yes, all that talk about being a pathetic social climber who's failed at everything. RATCLIFFE: I'm very well aware that this is my last chance for glory. But mark my words, Wiggins, when King James sees the gold these peasants unearth, success will be mine, at last. BEN: Wake up! Shake a leg! Two of you up on the yardarm! LON: It's incredible. THOMAS: And it's all ours. I've never seen anything like it. BEN: It can look like Ratcliffe's knickers for all I care, just as long as I get off this stinking boat! JOHN SMITH: Come on, men. We didn't come all this way just to look at it. BEN: Keep it taut, lads.

Trivia

Pocahontas herself is now frequently cited as being one of the most beautifully and realistically animated characters in the Disney canon, her fluid movements mainly being attributed to rotoscoping; Irene Bedard, who provided the voice of Pocahontas, was also the physical model for the animated character; John Candy had provided a large amount of voice work into a character named "Redfeather", a turkey as Pocahontas's sidekick; The film's premiere was a huge event in Central Park. With over 100,000 people attending, it holds the record for the largest movie premiere; The film depicts Pocahontas as a woman in her twenties or perhaps late teens, thus making a romance with John Smith, who was in his late twenties at the time, more acceptable; The first film to feature Mel Gibson singing.