Cinematic background from The Little Mermaid 1989 - This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the villainous sea witch Ursula.

The Little Mermaid

1989

Adventure, Animation, Family

Directors:
John Musker, Ron Clements
Writers:
John Musker, Hans Christian Andersen, Gerrit Graham, Chris Hubbell, Sam Graham, Howard Ashman, Ron Clements
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Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A painting of a man riding a horse drawn carriage down a street; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A cartoon character with his mouth wide open; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A woman and a little girl in front of a christmas tree; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – An old man and a young man are in a cartoon; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A man and a dog on a boat in the ocean; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A painting of a bird flying over a body of water; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A man that is smiling for the camera; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A man is playing a flute in the dark; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – An animated character is holding a plant in his hand; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A painting of a pier with purple drapes on it's sides; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A painting of a castle with a bridge in front of it; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A cartoon of a chef holding a red pepper; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A man in a white dress shirt is smiling; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A man holding a cat in front of a fence; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – An animated scene of a town with people and a carriage; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A man sitting in front of a painting of a castle; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A man and a woman are looking at one another; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A group of people on a boat with a white dog; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A statue of a man holding a sword; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A group of people standing on top of a wooden deck; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – An animal swimming in a body of water; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A painting of a castle with a boat in it; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – An illustration of a boat floating on the water; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – An image of an underwater city at night time; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A cartoon of a man in a chef's outfit holding a pair of red hot chili peppers; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – An underwater scene with many different colored fish; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A painting of a castle on the beach; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – An artistic rendering of a castle with a tower; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A painting of a small town with a bridge going over the water; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A painting of two people in a large room; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A cartoon of a chef and a bowl of food; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A painting of two people in a boat on a lake; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A cartoon character with a bunch of apples in front of him; Medium shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A man with long black hair and blue eyes stares at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A person looking out at the sun in the distance; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – An animated picture of a baseball player and an animated character; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A couple of people that are sitting down in front of each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – Two people sitting at a dinner table with a basket of fruit on the table; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – An image of an underwater scene with trees; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A boat floating in the middle of the ocean; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – An old man holding a cup in front of a green wall; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – Ursula from the little mermaid; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A man sitting in front of a mirror with his hand on his shoulder; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A painting of a man sitting on a rock wall; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A cartoon character with a bow tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A painting of a scene with a king and a crowd of people; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A man in a white shirt and red pants; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A man's face with blue eyes; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A cartoon character's face; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – An illustration of a pan of food cooking on a grill; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A painting of a man in a boat in the water; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A woman in the water in front of an orange sunset; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A cartoon of a man with a white shirt and black hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A man and a woman are smiling for the camera; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A man holding a sword in front of a building; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A woman standing in front of a window with a plate in front of her; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A painting of a woman sitting in a chair next to a painting of a boat; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – An old man and a young man are looking at one another; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A man holding a wine glass while sitting at a dinner table; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A person sitting on a bench in front of a fire; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – An image of an object on the counter; Extreme Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A cartoon of ursula and the evil queen from the little mermaid; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A cartoon of a man dressed as a chef pointing; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A character from the little mermaid; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – An old man and a young man are in a cartoon; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A man and an old man are sitting next to each other in front of a sky background; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A painting of a woman and a man in front of an archway in a room; Extreme Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – The sun is setting over the ocean as seen from a balcony; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – An animated scene of a man on a boat with an old woman; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A man and a woman riding in a carriage in front of a castle; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A painting of a man and a dog in front of a statue; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A painting of people in a large room with a large waterfall in the center; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A painting of people sitting at a dinner table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A man is holding a steering wheel with frogs on it; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A large wedding cake with a pink heart on the top of it; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Little Mermaid” (1989), directed by John Musker – A man and a woman are standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle