Mythically Ever After

Mythically Ever After is a 1989 American animated fantasy comedy adventure film, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. The film was written by Tad Stones, Michael Reaves, David Wise, Gordon Kent and directed by Paul Sabella and Kent Butterworth. It premiered in theatres on November 17, 1989 for theatrical release.

Synopsis
A fearsome elf named Timothy (Michael J. Fox) has to battle against the ugly, villainous and menacing Goblin Prince (Michael Bell) in order to win the heart of the beautiful Fairy Princess (Lucille Bliss), who is kidnapped by a weasel (Tim Curry) who wants to marry her.

Characters

 * Timothy Elf (voiced by )
 * Fairy Princess (voiced by )
 * Goblin Prince (voiced by Michael Bell)
 * Fortune Teller (A.K.A Spriticus, voiced by Kelsey Grammer)
 * Fairy Bard (voiced by )
 * King of the Fairies (voiced by )
 * Mr. Weasel (voiced by Tim Curry)
 * Lord Sprite (voiced by )
 * Mr. Rat and Mr. Crocodile (voiced by and Tim Curry)

Additional Voices

 * Dana Hill
 * June Foray
 * Michael Bell
 * Frank Welker
 * Dayton Allen
 * Nancy Cartwright
 * Pat Musick
 * Noelle North
 * Charlie Adler
 * Jim Cummings

Background
In 1985, Tad Stones came up with an exclusive story about mythical creatures.

Animation
The animation is handled by the same crew who worked on Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures for Ralph Bakshi. Layout artists, such as adult animation pionner John Kricfalusi, Bob Camp, Jim Smith, Eddie Fitzgerald, Lynne Naylor and Chris Reccardi had worked on the film, giving the characters more expression and movement.

Reception
The film was praised for its beautiful atmoshpere, its cartoonish comedy in mix with more realistic heartwarming moments, its mix between the realistically-drawn and cartoonishly-drawn characters in animation, and its wonderful changes of mood and tone between classic, rock and roll, and jazz.

Trivia

 * Cartoonist Jeff Smith (creator of Bone) and former Disney/Lantz animator Ed Love were two of the story artists to work on this film.