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The Secret of Mulan

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Produced by
  
Bill Schwartz

Starring
  
Elaine Tse

Story by
  
Bill Schwartz

The Secret of Mulan

Directed by
  
Peter Fernandez (voice director)

Screenplay by
  
Katherine Lawrence Christy Marx

Music by
  
Score: Nathan Wang Songs: Megan Cavallari (music) David Goldsmith (lyrics)

The Secret of Mulan is the 1998 entry in the series of "Secret of..." films released direct to video by UAV/Sterling Entertainment Group, which generally were adaptations of popular theatrical animated films released in a given year, such as The Secret of Anastasia and The Secret of the Hunchback. This film, written by Katherine Lawrence and Christy Marx, is based on the poem about Hua Mulan, which had been made as a film by Walt Disney Pictures the same year as Mulan, and combined with elements from another popular 1998 animated film, A Bug's Life. The film is one of the early collaborations of the composer-lyricist team of Megan Cavallari and David Goldsmith, and some copies were released with a CD soundtrack attached to the back cover.

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Synopsis

When Mala-Khan declares war, the Emperor orders all able-bodied males to fight. A young female caterpillar named Mulan disguises herself as a male warrior named Hua and leaves home to take her elderly father's place in the Emperor's army. She proves to be a capable warrior and quickly rises through the ranks with each winning battle.

Mala-Khan, starting to panic with each loss, finds a traitor in the Emperor's ranks to kidnap Mulan. However, when she matures into her pupa stage, she is mistakenly assumed to have escaped. She returns as a butterfly to the Emperor's camp where she romances her commanding prince, who, also being a butterfly, understands.

Cast

(in credits order)

  • George Bettinger
  • Tom Clifford
  • Leo Burmester
  • Abigail Revasch
  • Gregory Abbey
  • Loren Brown
  • Lionel G. Wilson
  • Jack Gwaltney
  • Elaine Tse
  • Robert Lydiard
  • Jeff Bergman
  • Lisa DeSimone
  • Jonathan Dokuchitz
  • The voice director of the film was Peter Fernandez. No overall director is credited.

    References

    The Secret of Mulan Wikipedia