All language subtitles for Hercules (Extra) - The Making of Hercules (480p - DVDRip)

"NARRATOR". Walt
Disney Pictures invites you

to take a special
Zero to Hero look

at the making of Hercules, Disney's
35th full-length animated feature.

All right! All right!

Oh, yeah.

Bless my soul
Herr; was on a roll.

Person oi the week in
every Greek opinion poll.

"NARRATOR". Drawing its story
from the mythical muscle man,

Hercules is an
over-the-top comedy

with a unique place in the
history of Disney animation.

The first Disney feature,
really, that's based on mythology,

rather than fairy
tales or folktales.

Well, what do ya know?

"NARRATOR". The story follows
the amazing journeys of Hercules,

as he grows from a boy to a
young man, battles the forces of evil,

and along the way learns
what it takes to be a real hero.

He, uh... He was a
god, um, son of Zeus.

Look how cute he is.

Thank you. Thank you.

And he basically came to the
Earth, which made him mortal,

and he can't return to Mount Olympus
unless he proves himself a true hero.

Isn't that too nutty'?

I think he starts out the movie
really wanting to be a hero

just for the, sort of, you
know, glamour of it all.

I'm an action figure!

And he sort of discovers
through beating up huge monsters

what a true hero is.

NARRATOR: By creating hit movies
like The Little Mermaid and Aladdin,

directors John Musker
and Ron Clements

helped usher in a new
generation of Disney animation.

Now these talented filmmakers
are updating the legend of Hercules

with their own
outrageous brand of humor.

Yes, yes. Thank
you for the info.

We call this thing
sort of an epic comedy.

So, playing comedy against people's
expectations of Greek mythology,

which are often kind of
stuffy or something academic,

and we tried to make it very
contemporary and accessible.

I think I'm gonna like it here.

John Musker and Ron
Clements, our directors and writers,

are some of the funniest
people I've ever worked with.

Yeah.

And certainly their signature is

that kind of zany, irreverent,
anachronistic comedy.

NARRATOR: Music plays an
important part in every Disney film.

The genius oi eight-time
Academy Award-winning composer,

Alan Menken, and Tony
Award-winning lyricist David Zippel,

give Hercules a
knockout soundtrack.

I aim in each score to write a
score that has its own personality.

Um...

And in the case of Hercules, it's the
combination of the gospel and R&B,

mixed with this, um,
heroic classical theme.

And that really makes
up the spirit of Hercules.

NARRATOR: It “was decided early
on that the gospel-belting muses

would play an important role
in telling this larger-than-life tale.

In some way, gospel
really fit this movie

because it's so big and it's
about hope and it's about dreams.

They're harmonizing,
they blend perfectly.

And they are hitting notes
that are in the stratosphere.

(VOCALIZING)

I think they're
used as guide posts

to kind of keep the story in focus
and keep it going along smoothly.

ALL: Shoo-doc, shoo-doo.

Sha-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia.

The music is R&B
gospel, and it rocks.

- Now he's a honcho.
- He's a hero.

Here was a kid with
his act down pat.

"NARRATOR". Musker, Clements
and the rest oi their creative team

work out the characters
and scenes ahead of time

in lively story pitch sessions.

I'm right behind ya, kid! Whoa!

I'm way behind ya, kid.

NARRATOR: Once
the stow is completed,

actors perform voiceovers,

adding yet another
dimension to the characters.

I'm right behind ya, kid! Whoa!

I'm way behind ya, kid.

"NARRATOR". The Olympian cast
includes the talents oi Tate Donovan

as the legendary Hercules.

You're only interested in
me because I'm famous.

NARRATOR: Danny DeVito
as his half-goat, half-man

hero trainer Philoctetes.

Two words.

Trouble!

"NARRATOR". Susan Egan as
Meg, Hero's Grecian heartthrob.

So, they give you a name along
with all those rippling pectorals'?

(SHY CHUCKLE)

Can I ask you a question'?

"NARRATOR". James Woods
as the hot-headed Hades,

Lord of the Underworld.

Everybody knows it's
working if we're all laughing.

If we're laughing, it's working.
And if we're not laughing,

then let's think of
something better.

"NARRATOR". And Hades' stumbling,
bumbling Sidekicks, Pain and Panic,

are given hilarious treatment by
Bobcat Goldthwait and Matt Frewen.

Pain! Ohh!
- And Panic!

Reporting for duty!
Reporting for duty!

"NARRATOR". Rip Tom plays
Hero's mighty, yet lovable father Zeus.

ZEUS: and turned you mortal.

"NARRATOR". Paul
Shaffer lends his hip persona

to Zeus's mem/ messenger Hermes.

We're a little low on nectar.

- Hmm... Bacchus got here early.
- (SLURPING)

- (SMACKS LIPS)
- (BELCHES)

Long ago...

NARRATOR: And Chaflton
Heston's lofty narration

helps set the stage
for comic relief.

MOVIE NARRATOR: Powerful
gods and extraordinary heroes.

He's makin' the story sound
like some Greek tragedy.

Lighten up.

NARRATOR: Once
the voicing is completed,

the handiwork oi the
animators takes center stage.

My favorite part of the game.

There's a voice and a drawing,
I want the two to combine nicely.

With James Woods, it was so funny.
He was really emoting, jumping around.

Ah! You have the
voice of a siren.

When I went back to the studio,
the design sort of took on his features.

We're trying to come
up with a character

that's defined mostly by an
emotion that comes from his name.

'Oh. My gods! 'Oh. My gods!

You could see that in his eyes,

and then just build the rest of
it from that particular emotion.

"NARRATOR". Known
for such memorable villains

as Scar in The Lion
King and Jafar in Aladdin,

veteran Disney animator Andreas
De}a takes on a new challenge

as the artistic muscle behind the
film's bigger-than-life hero Hercules.

ANDREAS DEJA: And I
thought, "What about a hero?"

I've been critical of some of
our hero characters in the past.

And maybe I can put my pencil
where my mouth was and just animate.

This is great!

"DEJA". With Tate
Donovan's voice,

uh, it just gave me
a good springboard

because he's a very,
very good actor, very lively.

(YELLING)

And there's an energy and
a naive quality in Hercules,

which we found through time.

"NARRATOR". Working
with the talented Disney team

is renowned British political
satirist and artist Geraid Scarf e,

designer of the avant-garde
film Pink Floyd The Wall.

Well, I'm called a
design consultant.

And Ron and John,
the two directors,

seem to want to get my
kind of look into the movie,

the way that I draw and
the characters that I have,

they seem to want to try and infuse
that into the movie as much as is possible.

NARRATOR: Scarfe's
influence as artistic adviser

helps set Hercules apart
from other Disney films.

Gerald Scarfe's style
demanded being bold and simple

and not fussy with details.

It's such a departure from what we've
done previously, in terms of the styling.

I think this, more than any
of our recent Disney films,

really moves forward

and shows a whole different
world, a whole different look.

Nice work! Excelente!

"NARRATOR". Always at the
forefront of entertainment technology,

Disney animators combine
traditional animation techniques

with the latest in
computer-generated imagery-P.

CG! Wizard Roger Gould

explains how the two creative
approaches work together.

ROGER GOULD:
Over the last 10 years,

the studio's been using computers
more and more in each film

to do that thing that
we couldn't do before.

The Hydra, which is a
great mythological monster

that you slice off a
head and it regenerates,

and it becomes more and more
horrible and ferocious. And...

Except now, previous depictions, we've
seen three Hydra heads or six or nine,

but can we do 30?

Holy Hera.

The Hydra is a particular challenge
and a natural for the computer

since we didn't want to
draw a 30-headed Hydra.

We can duplicate aspects of it.

Will you forget the
head-slicing thing'?

DEWEY: But it is
quite a challenge

to organize it and animate it in a
way that doesn't look like duplication.

Phil'? What do
you call that thing'?

Definitely not good!

(MONSTER SNARLING)

"NARRATOR". Although the Hydra
presented the greatest challenge,

the Disney CG! Team looked for other
ways to take audiences to new heights.

We have Olympus, which is this
city that's not simply built in the clouds,

but it's actually a
city made of cloud.

And the directors wanted
some way to realize that.

So by using morphing, we were able
to iake a very small number of paintings,

like two or three paintings,

and actually have the computer create
the animation that goes between them.

So, we suddenly can have Hercules's
crib rising up out of the clouds.

NARRATOR: The results are
nothing short of spectacular visuals

and powerful storytelling.

More than 700 artists,
animators and technicians

will eventually contribute
to this Herculean effort.

We really embrace the art form
and don't take ourselves too seriously.

NARRATOR: So, how do you
make a great animated comedy

that takes over three
years to produce?

Two words.

NARRATOR: Keep it fun!

(INSTRUMENTAL GOSPEL PLAYING)

(LOUD BURP)

We dance, we kiss, we schmooze,
we carry on, we go home happy.

What d'ya say'? Come on.

(GOSPEL MUSIC CONTINUES)

Yes, indeed.

Thanks for everything,
Herc. It's been a real slice.