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About 1998 animated film directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner and Simon Wells
Genres drama, adventure, musical, romance, sword-and-sandal, coming-of-age
Directed by Brenda Chapman, Simon Wells, Steve Hickner
Written by Nicholas Meyer, Philip LaZebnik
Music Hans Zimmer
Runtime 99 min
Country United States
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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