The voices of Carol Channing, John Hurt, Jodi Benson and Gilbert Gottfried help bring this wonderful Hans Christian Andersen story to life. Barry Manilow contributed heavily to the film's music. Children still seem to enjoy this story about a young girl who was the size of a human thumb. She was kidnapped by a toad, just when she hoped to continue her life with Cornelius the Fairy Prince. This is a good "family film" with few, if any, parts that might be considered questionable for children. Kids are likely to enjoy how Gilbert Gottfried does the voice of a strange beetle and how Carol Channing breathes life into Ms. Fieldmouse.
With its pretty songs and good characters, THUMBELINA will delight children. The film--which uses more computer graphics than previous Don Bluth films--tells the fable of the Hans Christian Andersen heroine Thumbelina (Jodi Benson), a tiny girl born to a childless woman from a flower. Longing to find someone her size, she falls in love with a fairy prince, Cornelius (Gary Imhoff), only to be kidnapped by a band of show business toads and their singing Ma (Charo). That's just the beginning of Thumbelina's adventures and her quest to be reunited with her prince--and it's an adventure filled with danger and excitement.
1. Opening Credits: Let Me Be Your Wings
2. Follow Your Heart (Intro)
3. Jacquimo Tells the Story
4. Thumbelina
5. Soon
6. Entrance of the Fairies
7. Let Me Be Your Wings
8. Mama Toad Kidnaps Thumbelina
9. On the Road
10. Over the Waterfall
11. Follow Your Heart
12. Yer Beautiful, Baby
13. Cornelius Searches for Thumbelina
14. Soon (Reprise)
15. Let Me Be Your Wings ("Sun" Reprise)
16. Marry the Mole
17. Thumbelina Escapes
18. Finale: Let Me Be Your Wings/Follow Your Heart
19. Let Me Be Your Wings (End Title Duet)
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