Moana

Moana Produced By: Osnat Shurer Story writer: * Ron Clements John Musker Chris Williams Don Hall Pamela Ribon Aaron Kandell Jordan Kandell Starring: * Dwayne Johnson Auliʻi Cravalho Screenplay writer: Jared Bush Cinematography: * Rob Dressel (layout) Adolph Lusinsky (lightning) Editor: Jeff Draheim Music composer: * Mark Mancina (score and songs) Lin-Manuel Miranda (songs) Opetaia Foaʻi (songs) Production studio: Walt Disney Animation Studios Release Date: November 23, 2016 Runtime: 107 minutes Country: United States Language: English Budget: $150–175 million Box Office: $687.2 million

Moana is a 2016 American animated musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. The film was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements from a screenplay by Jared Bush and stars Dwayne Johnson and Auliʻi Cravalho in her film debut. It features songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foaʻi, and Mark Mancina, and an original score also composed by Mancina. The film is set in ancient Polynesia and tells the story of Moana, the strong-willed daughter of a chief of a coastal village, who is chosen by the ocean itself to reunite a mystical relic with the goddess Te Fiti. When a blight strikes her island, Moana sets sail in search of Maui, a legendary demigod, in hopes of returning the relic to Te Fiti and saving her people. The screenplay takes inspiration from Polynesian myths.

plot

On the Polynesian island of Motunui, the inhabitants worship the goddess of nature, Te Fiti; a living island who, long ago, brought life to the ocean using a pounamu stone as her heart and the source of her power. One day, Maui, the shape-shifting demigod of the wind and sea and master of wayfinding, stole Te Fiti's heart to give humanity the power of creation. This caused Te Fiti to disintegrate, and Maui was attacked by Te Kā, a volcanic demon. Maui lost both the heart and his magic fish hook to the depths of the sea.

Cast

• Auliʻi Cravalho as Moana
  • Louise Bush as young Moana
• Dwayne Johnson as Maui
• Rachel House as Tala
• House reprised her role in the film's Māori-language dub.
• Temuera Morrison as Tui, Moana's overprotective father, Sina's husband, and Tala's son. He is chief of Motunui Island.
  • Morrison reprised his role in the film's Māori-language dub.
  • Christopher Jackson as Tui's singing voice
• Jemaine Clement as Tamatoa, a giant, villainous, treasure-hoarding coconut crab from Lalotai, the Realm of Monsters.
  • Clement reprised his role in the film's Māori-language dub.
• Nicole Scherzinger as Sina, Moana's mother, Tui's wife, and Chieftess of Motunui.
  • Scherzinger also reprised her role in the film's Hawaiian-language dub.
• Alan Tudyk as Heihei, Moana's pet rooster
• Oscar Kightley as a fisherman
• Troy Polamalu as Villager No. 1
• Puanani Cravalho (Auli'i Cravalho's mother) as Villager No. 2