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Anastasia is an animated feature film produced and directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman at Fox Animation Studios, and it was released on November 21, 1997 by Twentieth Century Fox.

The idea for the film originates from Fox's 1956 live-action film version of Anastasia. Fox executives gave Bluth and Goldman the choice of creating an animated adaptation of either the 1956 film or the musical My Fair Lady.

The film features the voices of Meg Ryan as Anastasia, John Cusack as Dimitri, Kelsey Grammer as Vladimir, Christopher Lloyd as Rasputin, Hank Azaria as Bartok, Bernadette Peters as Sophie, Kirsten Dunst as the young Anastasia, Angela Lansbury as Dowager Empress Marie, Rick Jones as Tsar Nicholas II, and Liz Callaway as the adult Anastasia's singing voice. The film features songs by Stephen Flaherty and David Newman. The Spanish soundtrack for Latin America features the voice of the Latina singer and actress Thalía as Anastasia. The Spanish soundtrack for Spain has a different cast of voices.

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