East of the Sun and West of the Moon

East of the Sun and West of the Moon is a 1992 American animated musical fantasy adventure film produced by Multimedia Animation. Based on the Norwegian fairy tale of the same name, the film was written and directed by Michael Wildshill and features the voices of Karen Allen, Richard Dreyfuss, Lou Diamond Phillips, Sally Field, Linda Hamilton, Billy Crystal and Amy Hill.

The film was released in the United States on November 25, 1992, by Universal Pictures, receiving mostly positive reviews. It was a modest box office success, costing $53.7 million on a $27 million budget, but later fared better on home video sales. Its success, along with the home video sales of the previous Wildshill film Liche's Wish, led Universal to have Wildshill set up a new animation division (which would become Universal Animation) and take over distribution for Wildshill's Romeo and Juliet from Columbia Pictures.

Plot
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Voice cast

 * Karen Allen as Princess Misa
 * Richard Dreyfuss as The White Bear
 * Lou Diamond Phillips as Prince Valor
 * Sally Field as Ala, the Troll Queen
 * Linda Hamilton as The Troll Princess
 * Billy Crystal as Olav
 * Amy Hill as The Old Lady

Additional Voices

 * Jack Angel
 * Robert Carpenter
 * Jennifer Darling
 * Renee Edwards
 * Sherry Lynn
 * Cynthia Marion
 * Mickie McGowan
 * Samuel Mokugusn
 * Patrick Pinney
 * Alicia Tabitha Redford
 * Michael Wildshill

Production
Plans for an adaptation of the Norwegian fairy tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon dated back in the early 1980s, when Don Bluth Productions began work on an adaptation of the fairy tale. Ultimately, the film was never made due to a loss of financial backing, even though the film was heavily into production at the time of its cancellation. In the late 1980s, the proposal was revised by Michael Wildshill, who bought out the rights to the original East of the Sun and West of the Moon story.

Even though the film was completed in 1990, it was not released in theaters until 1992. At that time, the film was originally slated for an April 1992 release by Orion Pictures worldwide, but due to production difficulties and Orion suffering crippling financial losses and filing for bankruptcy, Universal Pictures completed the film and handled the film's domestic distribution, while Orion retained the international rights, and the release date was changed to November 25, 1992, which happened to be the same day as Walt Disney Feature Animation's Aladdin.

Soundtrack
The film's score is composed by James Horner.

Box office
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Critical response
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Home media
East of the Sun and West of the Moon was released on VHS and LaserDisc on July 7, 1993 by MCA/Universal Home Video. In 1997, Universal rereleased the film on home video.

Video games
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Main
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Trailers
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