Anastasia: Once Upon a Time

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Blake Harris directs. Dean Cundey behind the camera. Nami Melumad scores. Colleen Halsey cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Released 6 years ago.
• 3Directed by Blake Harris, shot by Dean Cundey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 4Original score by Nami Melumad. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 5Editor Colleen Halsey shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 6Brandon Routh and Emily Carey and Amiah Miller carry the top of the cast.
• 7Marketing tagline: "She's a long way from home.".
• 8IMDB entry: tt7014356 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 9Only 98 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography

Dean Cundey

Original score

Nami Melumad

Editing

Colleen Halsey

Production design

George Goodridge

Costume design

Jordan Tomback

Runtime

89 min · 1h 29m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

PG

IMDB

Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020) ↗

IMDB rating

2.9/10 · 934 votes

MPAA

PG

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Anastasia: Once Upon A Time Trailer | 2020

  Trailer · Official

Production companies

Who made it

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  Conglomerate Media

  US

Key crew

• ProducerArmando Gutierrez
• Executive ProducerEli Lipnik
• Line ProducerClaudia Vilches
• Costume DesignJordan Tomback
• Co-Executive ProducerJames Bernstein
• Production DesignGeorge Goodridge
• Co-ProducerBret Jones
• Executive ProducerMurray Lipnik
• Costume DesignIohana Sagaro
• EditorColleen Halsey
• Costume DesignElizabeth Kline Bibal
• CastingValerie McCaffrey
• Associate ProducerChristopher Dosen
• Art DirectionLindsay Moremen
• Costume DesignKatie Quinn
• Co-Executive ProducerPeter A. Lees

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• time travel

Release history · US

When it landed

• Digital2020-04-07PG

Also known as

International titles

• Anastasia: Once Upon a TimeUS
• AnastasiaUS
• Érase una vez: AnastasiaES
• Érase una vez: AnastasiaMX
• Érase una vez: AnastasiaEC