australian american animated musical fantasy film directed produced screenplay written adapted book written years prior composed film score film features voices set fictitious australian inhabited including accidentally young named size fairy rally animals protect home pollution entity film released mainly positive reviews generally considered moderate financial success box office home video sales followed direct video sequel original voice cast reprised roles plot fairy curious nature living free human intervention lived harmony humans believe gone extinct driven away spirit named apprentice figure fairy imprisoned tree day explores new forest meets bat claims experimented humans giving unstable personality refuses believe encounters cutting trees sees young human accidentally tries save crushed falling tree know restore normal size tree imprisoned cut tony superiors quickly begins regain powers feeding pollution humans drive meets fairy male relationship begins fall love hides true reason humans returned signs resurrection begin manifest poisoned trees rivers finally admits humans destroying forest mount attempt defend homes knowing fight hopeless convinces aid stopping machine destroys makes presence known bosses takes machine begins wildly destroy forest sacrifices chance tells remember learned manages stop machine seemingly killing stopping power source oil machine begins forest seemingly sacrifices allowing lost begins limbs leaves like tree rest rally powers given causes seed fed start growing wildly dormant turned twisted tree border appears fight having survived ordeal successfully succeeded magical fairy gives seed begging remember sadly human size remembering seed hand promises remember adventure seed soil telling superiors things got change leaving forest seed new growth follows cast themes book disney states focuses theme destruction earth case located near eastern coast australia theme global specific location particularly emphasized despite environmental theme booker stated film somewhat vague explanation dire consequences destruction addresses economic impetus destruction hardly fact saved end film urgency message character real blame environmental destruction real perpetrators supernatural perpetrators political message character said introduce secondary theme animal experimentation light touch presents potentially motif essentially humorous book comment radical views ecology flourished film aimed younger generation belong relatively genres fairy size integrated fairy world similarities differences implied characters said defeat evil manner classic western genre heroes key difference weapon seed revolver allowing produce nature share heroic role production producer said passion environment motivation making film saying film environmental gone lot trouble avoid preaching want viewed entertainment inspiration came stories written wife diana wrote story years prior film release wayne said couple planned film adaptation years spent seven years dreaming followed years production wayne stated dream possible success film little brought popularity animation hand drawn scenes film complimented computer animation create elements flocks birds taken longer traditionally states frames computer animation film use animation production time film million budget spent animation soundtrack film marked animation role character created specifically williams provided hours worth improvised lines originally supposed minute role director impressed voice work ended screen time given character williams went provide critically applauded voice disney later year williams accepted role agreed film message rest voice cast worked scale wages film marked time members worked years voicing beetle brothers root said like old times worked hours pizza split soundtracks soundtrack album released allmusic gave album stars commenting songs lighter pop driven disney soundtracks 90s score composed released sale consisted tracks ran minutes length release released united_states april australia september film shown april box office grossed worldwide including united_states million australia box office performance described moderate success considered expected possibly ecological message newsday described box office performance dismal noted successful recent non disney animated film executive producer worked film marketing spoke difficulties getting attention animated film produced disney stating box office revenue doubled simply having headline presents film article usa today noted combined box office gross non disney animated films released equal gross disney film beauty beast critical response received generally positive reviews film holds approval rating rotten tomatoes based reviews positive negative film critic roger_ebert gave stars saying film visually pleasing told useful lesson movie masterpiece pleasant watch humor sweetness added film funny pretty touching scary magical stuff new_york_times unfavourable impression film describing uncertain blend principles saturday morning cartoon aesthetics according ceo called producers tell loved film legacy stated portions film gross donated special fund environmental projects worldwide administered disclose exact figures film followed direct video sequel original voice cast reprised roles film critically successful original calgary herald gave negative review loss originality film reviewers commented film avatar thematic plot elements comparison home media months theatrical release 20th century released vhs laserdisc august sales strong approximately million units sold including australia fox released film dvd dvd talk gave dvd half stars audio video star special features noting extras included trailers films family fun edition dvd released special features included commentary director art director art director including original music video gon eat somebody trailers spots dvd talk gave version stars audio video stars special features released march containing special features family fun edition aaron high digest gave stars video quality stars audio half stars extras gave release stars video quality half stars audio stars special features
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