The Hunchback of Notre Dame II |  | Director: Bradley Raymond
Actors: Jason Alexander, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tom Hulce, Paul Kandel, Charles Kimbrough
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
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Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 68 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 02131700
ISBN: 0788825526
UPC: 786936141450
EAN: 9780788825521
Theatrical Release Date: March 19, 2002
Release Date: March 19, 2002
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Product Description
Now that frollo is gone quasimodo rings the bell with the help of esmeraldas & phoebus son zephyr. But when quasi stops by a traveling circus owned by evil magician sarousch he falls for madellaine sarouschs assistant. But greedy sarousch forces madellaine to help him steal the cathedrals most famous bell. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 01/25/2005 Starring: Jason Alexander Tom Hulce Run time: 68 minutes Rating: G
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Most of the original characters from Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame--plus a few new ones--return for this animated sequel. Esmeralda (Demi Moore) and Phoebus (Kevin Kline) now have a son named Zephyr (Haley Joel Osment), with whom Quasi (Tom Hulce) has become friends. When the circus comes to town, the hunchback becomes enchanted by a magician's assistant, Madellaine (Jennifer Love Hewitt), but the her boss, the vain Sarousch (Michael McKean), is also a thief with an eye for the cathedral's jeweled bell. He forces Madellaine to woo Quasi while he carries out the theft. Will he get away with it? Will Madellaine learn to see the inner Quasi? And will he be able to trust again when he learns of her deception? Songs and humorous high jinks from the gargoyles, including Jason Alexander's Hugo, illustrate the lesson that--as in the first feature--you can't judge a book by its cover. This sequel is squarely aimed at a younger audience than the original was; children from 5 to 10 should be very entertained. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Overkill November 6, 2009
Michael Patrick Boyd (Waukesha, WI)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II is one hour and eight minutes long and was released direct to video on March 19, 2002. This did not live up to The Hunchback of Notre Dame. There are five songs too many in the movie and most of them could of been left out. Basically the movie takes places several years in the future. Esmeralda and Phoebus are married and have a son named Zephyr. Zephyr is either six or eight years old. Quasimodo is now a respected member of the community. One day the circus comes to town and Sarousch is the owner and an evil magician who runs the circus. Sarousch has a young female assistant named Madellaine whom he want her to seduced Quasimodo into telling him where the La Fidèle, a giant bell with jewels in it, so he can steal it. At first Madellaine agrees to do it, but as she grows to like Quasimodo and wants out of the plan. Sarousch convinces her otherwise and leads Quasimodo away from the bell and Sarousch and his men steal La Fidèle. When Captain Phoebus confronts Sarousch about a stolen necklace, Sarousch says that Madellaine stole the necklace. This is a ploy so Sarousch and his men can sneak out of town with the bell. Captain Phoebus arrests Madellaine for the crime of theft. Captain Phoebus learns that La Fidèle has been stolen and Madellaine tells Captain Phoebus that she can lead him to the bell and Sarousch. Captain Phoebus agrees, but let her goes a prisoner with her hands tied. The guards are able to trap Sarousch and his men but, Sarousch has captured Phoebus and Esmeralda son and agrees to only let him go if he is allow to leave town with the bell. Phoebus agrees to Sarousch demand and allows him and his men to escape. Madellaine tells Quasimodo she has a plan to rescue Zephyr and she tells him to trust him. Madellaine, along with Quasimodo help, rescues Zephyr and Sarousch and his men are taken in custody. In the end Quasimodo and Madellaine fall in love. Beyond this being a poor follow-up there are too many drawing mistakes in the movie. The Hunchback of Notre Dame II gets a C-.
DVD FEATURES
Chapter Selection
Set Up
Bonus Features
A. Festival of Fun Activities
B. Behind the Scenes with Jennifer Love Hewitt
C. A Gargoyle's Life: It's Not Easy Being A Gargoyle
Sneak Peeks
A. Beauty and the Beast
B. Tarzan & Jane
C. Max Keeble's Big Move
D. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
E. Disney DVD
F. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
G. Schoolhouse Rock
H. American Legends
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 JUST STUPID October 15, 2009
S. O. fantasty
ANIMATION SUCKS AND NO ONE CAN SING!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEGATIVE 5555555!!!! DON'T BUY IT!!!
PEOPLE WITH GOOD VISION: YOU WILL NEED GLASSES AFTER THE FIRST 3 SECONDS BECAUSE UR EYES WILL MELT BECAUSE OF THE UGLINESS...
PEOPLE WITH BAD VISION: U WILL BE BLIND FOR LIFE...
EVERYONE NEEDS PLASTIC SURGERY, BOTOX, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE THE CHARACTERS AT LEAST 1/3 DECENT!!!!!!!!!! THEY ARE SOOOOOOOOO UGLY THAT U HAVE TO LOOK AWAY EVERY 2 MINUTES TO STOP YOUR VISION FROM GETTING ANY WORSE....(WHATEVER'S LEFT OF IT)....Ai Dios Mio!!!!!!!!!!
DON'T WASTE UR MONEY!!!!!
 Activating Your Senses and The Hunchback of Notre Dame II October 12, 2009
Tim Cimbura (Minneapolis, MN)
Although the animation production quality of Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame II is not as good as the original film, the music and message of the film excel.
One notable sequence is when Quasi Moto falls in love with Madeleine. He takes her on a tour of Paris. Paris is known as a city of incredible outward beauty in its architecture, parks, monuments, etc but on this particular tour Quasi Moto focuses on the beauty of Paris by utilizing the other senses:
First, they TASTE a souffle straight out of the oven.
Second, they SMELL Rosemary that isn't pretty but have a wonderful fragrance.
Third, they HEAR the noisy crowds and from a distance they sound magnificent.
Fourth, they TOUCH the rain that would normally ruin a beautiful day.
In each case, something that potentially negative is seen in a new way. It's really easy for children to see these things and be fascinated by them but we need to make a conscience decision as adults to appreciate them. As with Quasi Moto, you need to look past his exterior to see the beauty of his character. So many things are illusions in life. What you see on the outside is not always what is really there. Often what is really there is more than you can see. Another example of this in the film is the bell in the tower of Notre Dame which looks ugly on the outside but in reality is filled with amazing and valuable jewels.
In this film, magician and juggler Sarousch is the bad guy. Particularly funny was his line at the end as he is taken away "Did I mention I do birthday parties!?"
The film itself is a bit like Quasi Moto. It's not so much to look at, but valuable and good. The movie is less scary than the original and has romance appropriate for all ages.
Jennifer Love Hewitt (the voice of Madeleine) wrote and sang the closing song "I'm Gonna Love You". It has special memories for me as Brenda and I had at our wedding.
An Abomination to the Original June 8, 2009
Enlightening Perception (California, USA)
Before I start the actual review, all I can say is THANK GOD that Walt Disney Pictures shut down the division of DisneyToon studios that cranked out the crappy cheapquels. And THANK GOD that John Lasseter, who's the head of Pixar, told Disney to stop making them because they undercut the value of the originals and were bad in quality. If another studio had to tell Disney to stop making the cheapquels, that just proves how bad they are. Because these cheapquels are made by a completley separate division of Disney, they aren't considered canon or as continuations of the originals (Going to the Disney parks, the Disney stores, the Disney Cruise lines, and the Disney Princess Line is proof of that - there, you don't see them advertising the cheapquels, only the original movies and characters, and plus, do you see "Beauty and the Beast and the Enchanted Christmas" and other cheapquels on Broadway, like with the originals? Don't think so!), but that still doesn't stop me from voicing my opinion about how bad these cheapquels are and rejoicing over the fact that all the cheapquels are being locked in the Disney Vault forever. All the cheapquels are bad in quality - horrible animation, songs and an awful plot, character regression, as opposed to character development, and making all the characters we came to know and love in the originals so out of character to the point that they're unrecognizable - this one, no exception. Let's take a look.
First, the animation is so bad its enough to make one go blind! The animation and cinematography of the original was spectacular, and here, in this movie, the animation looks like a coloring book! The colors aren't bright and vibrant, but are rather dull. Notre Dame no longer looks majestic and grand, but instead looks more like the Leaning Tower of Cheeza. Additionally, the characters look nothing like themselves! Their faces look completley different, and Esmeralda's eye and skin color change every few frames. The characters' movements are rather choppy and are proof of a lack of quality in the animation. Its apparant that no effort was put into animating the characters we've come to know and love, nor was any effort put into making the new characters look presentable.
Next, the songs. There are only a few, but they're horrible. I know the people in charge of the music aren't Menken and Schwartz, but the lack of effort put into these songs is inexcusable. Did the songwriters write the songs in five minutes? They're completley forgettable, and don't fit into the movie at all. The songs just seem "there" and don't serve any purpose. Also, the song "I'll Stick By You", sung by Quasimodo and Zeypher, is by far the worst. The lyrics are horrendous, and Tom Hulce, as talented as he is, can't save it.
The story is also horrible. The great thing about the first movie was that it wasn't afraid to confront a more mature story. Though the demographic of the original movie was little kids, Walt Disney Pictures still made Frollo out to be the cruel villian everyone knows he always was, and put very mature themes into that movie, such as infanticide, lust, religious hypocrisy, social injustice, and genocide. The first movie introduced a story with a timeless moral, that we should always look on the inside as opposed to just one's outside appearance in order to know who the person actually is, and that we should appreciate all those who come from backgrounds different than our own. The cheapquel, however, has a storyline that's so ridiculously laughable - a circus comes to town, and the villian, the owner of the circus, wants to steal a bell. A bell. We go from a judge who was bent on exterminating the Roma and lusting after a Romani girl, and knowing that he can't have her, plans on burning her to death while justifying his cruelty toward a young Hunchback, to... a pansy, narcissist circus leader who wants to steal a bell. What a huge setback that is! Also, Sarousch has nothing on Frollo. He's neither cunning or menacing, but comes off as selfish, arrogant, and self-absorbed. Also, we have Quasimodo falling in love with Madeline, an aspiring trapeze artist. It'd be one thing if Madeline, like Esmeralda, and the other Disney heroines we've come to know and love, had a mind of her own, was assertive, and confident, but instead, she constantly belittles herself! How does Quasimodo find that attractive? And its not like Madeline develops into a more confident young woman who knows of her worth, either. Throughout the movie, she always puts herself down! Its ridiculous.
Then, we have the characters. They aren't themselves. It was like the makers over at DisneyToon completley forgot the original movie! Phoebus goes from the brave, idealistic, solider and the compassionate man who respects others - basically, the man he developed into in the original movie, to the stupid, pompous, capitan who's prejudiced of those who are different from him. It was as though he learned nothing in the original movie. Plus, he's prejudiced against Esmeralda's - his wife's, people! He completley forgets the fact that Esmeralda is of Roma descent and that his son, Zeypher is part Roma as well, even though he doesn't look the part. Ridiculous. Zeypher serves no purpose whatsoever. He just screams and is annoying. Esmeralda is nothing like herself. In the first movie, she was beautiful, vibrant, yearned for justice, and stood up for those who needed it. Now, she's submissive, quiet, and watches on the sidelines as bad things happen to those in Paris, and as her son gets kidnapped. The Esmeralda in the original movie would've taken matters into her own hands! Here, she just stands by the sidelines and watches everything play out. She's no longer apart of it. That was a major character regression, and a horrible one at that. Esmeralda went from being a strong heroine to a weak young woman with nothing to live for.
Next, there's Clopin. Clopin is not himself in this movie. In the first movie, he was the lively Gypsy King, the most morally ambiguous character in the Disney canon - you never knew what his true motives were, one minute putting on puppet shows for children, and the next, wanting to hang Quasimodo and Phoebus for trespassing. His mysteriousness, and the fact that you never knew which side he was on, made him an intriguing character. Now, he's reduced to one song, reapperances every couple of scenes, and worst of all, he's reduced to complaining about a bell! What a shame! How tragic that Paul Kandel, a Tony nominated actor and critically acclaimed theatre and Broadway performer, wasted his time and talent on this crappy movie! Also, the gargoyles aren't themselves, either. They don't look themselves, and it seemed like they were only used to take up time, serving no purpose. Quasimodo didn't regress in this movie, but he doesn't develop, either. But not even the talented Tom Hulce could save this horrible movie.
Obviously, I don't recommend this movie. I'd skip it, as it's not worth watching. Of course, I'd just skip it anyway since its not considered canon, but if you want to watch a great Disney movie with a good plot, fantastic songs, brilliant animation, and characters who develop throughout the story, then this movie isn't for you. In fact, none of the cheapquels do any of the things that made the original movies so great. There's a reason why the public hated the cheapquels. There's a reason why they're not being made anymore and why Disney is doing all they can to make sure they're never seen again. This movie is proof of that.
Haven't received the package, Where is the movie? December 15, 2008
Maria Madrid
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I am still waiting for this package. I don't know what happen, but has not arrived.The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
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