Mulan is a 1998 American animated musical film directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook, with story by Robert D. San Souci and screenplay by Rita Hsiao, Philip LaZebnik, Chris Sanders, Eugenia Bostwick-Singer, and Raymond Singer. It was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 19, 1998. Ming-Na, Eddie Murphy, Miguel Ferrer and BD Wong star in the English version, while Jackie Chan provided his voice for the Chinese dubs of the film. The 36th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics, and a part of the Disney Renaissance, the film is based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan.
Mulan was the first of three features produced primarily at the Disney animation studio at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida. Development for the film began in 1994, when a number of artistic supervisors were sent to China to receive artistic and cultural inspiration. Mulan was well received by critics and the public, grossing $304 million, earning Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations, and winning several Annie Awards including Best Animated Feature. A 2005 direct-to-video sequel, Mulan II, followed.
Look at me, you may think you see who I really am
But you’ll never know me
Every day it’s as if I play a part
Now I see if I wear a mask I can fool the world
But I cannot fool my heart
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside
I am now in a world where I have to hide my heart
And what I believe in
But somehow I will show the world what’s inside my heart
And be loved for who I am
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me
Why is my reflection someone I
Don’t know
Must I pretend I’m someone else
For all time
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside
There's a heart that must be free to fly
That burns with a need to know the reason why
Why must we all conceal what we think, how we feel
Must there be a secret me
I’m forced to hide
I won’t pretend that I’m
Someone else for all time
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside
(chang)
Let's get down to business
To defeat the huns
Did they send me daughters
When I asked for sons
You're the saddest bunch I've ever met
But you can bet
Before we're through
Mister, I'll make a man out of you
Tranquil as a forest
I'm gonna find within
Once you find your center
You are sure to win
You're a spineless, pale, pathetic lot
And you haven't got a clue
Somehow I'll make a man out of you
(men)
I'm never gonna catch my breath
Say goodbye to those who knew me
Why was I a fool in school for cutting gym
This guy's got me scared to death
(mulan)
Hope he doesn't see right through me
(men)
Now I really wish I knew how to swim
Be a man
(chang)
We must be swift as the coursing river
(men)
Be a man
(chang)
With all the force of a great typhoon
(men)
Be a man
(chang)
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon
Time is racing toward us
Till the huns arrive
Heed my every order
And you might survive
You are soon for the rage of war
So I got to hold you through
How could I make a man out of you
(men)
Be a man
(chang)
You must be swift as the coursing river
(men)
Be a man
(chang)
With all the force of a great typhoon
(men)
Be a man
(chang)
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon
For a long time we've been marching off to battle.
In our thundering herd we feel a lot like cattle.
Like the pounding beat our aching feet aren't easy to ignor.
Hey think of instead a girl worth fighting for
huh?
Thats what I said! a girl worth fighting for!
I want her paler than the moon, with eyes that shine like stars.
My girl will marvel at my strength adore my battel scars.
I couldent care less what she'll wear or what she looks like!It all depends on what she cooks like beef pork chiken!mmmmm
Bet the local girls thought you were quite a charmer!
And I bet the ladies love a man in armour!
You can guess what we have missed the most since we went off to war!
What do we want?A girl worth fighting for.
My girl will think I have no flaws that I'm a major find.
How 'bout a girl who's got brain and always speaks her mind?
Nah
My manly ways and turn a frase are sure to thrill her.
He thinks he's such a lady killer.
I've a girl back home who's unlike any other.
Yeah the only girl who'd love him is his mother.
But when we come home in victory. They'll be lining at the door.What do we want?A girl worth fighting for.Wish that I had a girl worth fighting f--
Live life day by day
never knowin' whats going to happen
Live life Never Knowin'
live life day by day
oohh
so live life
I'm stuck in dreams still thinkin'
you're alive
But still reality punches me in the face
you are gone
it is still so unfair
live, live
why can't you just live
in my dreams i see flashes of you dying
in my dreams i see you fading away
but still i live
im stuck in reality soo
why cant i die
unfinished
Ting-ting)
the life of a princess
from her birth is well defined
she must humbly surve her country
play the part she's been asside
she guards the hopes of her people
we care mighty, rich and poor
who could ever ask for more
who could ever ask for
who could ever ask for more
(May&Su;)
I wanna be like other girls
Climb up a tree like other girls can
Just to be free like other girls
Get to be
(May&Su;)
To slouch when I sit
To eat a whole cake
Feel the sun on my feet
(May&Su;)
Get dirty
Act silly
Be anything I want to be
dance around
In my underwear
(May&Su;)
To run really fast
get rid of this fan
To eat a whole cake
Get crazy
With frosting
(May&Su;)
No escorts
No manners
No nursemaids
No worrys
No hands folded perfect,
like holding a lily
(Ting-Ting)
No pinchy shoes?
(May,Su,Ting-Ting)
I wanna be like other girls
Scrape up my knee like other girls can
Just to be free,
like other girls
Get to be
(May,Su,Ting Ting)
To speak for myself
To sing way off key
Marry someone I've met,
who loves me for me
(May,Su,Ting Ting)
No escorts
No manners
No nursemaids
No worrys
No hands folded perfect,
like holding a lily
No pinchy shoes
(May,Su,Ting Ting)
I wanna be like other girls
Climb up a tree like other girls can
Just to be free like other girls
Get to be
[Mulan]-One alone is not enough.
You need both together.
Winter,summer.
Moon and sun.
Lesson number one.
[all]-wow!
[Mulan]-Like a rock, huh-huh.
You must be hard, huh-huh.
Like an oak, mmmuh.
You must stand firm, huh-huh.
Cut quick like my blade.
Think fast, huh-huh
Unafraid.
[all]-Like a rock, huh-huh.
I must be hard, huh-huh.
Like an oak, mmmuh.
I must stand firm, huh-huh.
Cut quick like my blade.
Think fast, huh-huh
Unafraid.
speaken-
[Sha-Ron]-Okey Mulan, I'm ready!
[Mulan]-Uh-huh. But you're still out of balance.
You're only halfway there.
[Mulan]-Like a cloud.
You are soft.
Like bamboo.
You bend in the wind.
Creeping slow.
You're at peace because you know.
It's okey to be afraid.
[all]-Like a cloud.
I am soft.
Like bamboo.
I bend in the wind.
Creeping slow.
I'm at peace because I know.
It's okey to be afraid.
[Mulan]-One alone is not enough.
[all]-(One alone is not enough.)
[Mulan]-You need both together.
[all]-(You need both together.)
[Mulan]-Winter,summer.Moon and sun.
[all]-(Winter,summer.Moon and sun.)
[Mulan]-Lesson # 1!
[Group 1]-Like a cloud.
[Group 2]-Like a rock, huh-huh.
[Group 1]-I am soft.
[Group 2]-I must be hard, huh-huh.
[Group 1]-Like bamboo.
[Group 2]-Like an oak, mmmuh.
[Group 1]-I bend in the wind.
[Mulan]-(You can fly!)
[Group 2]-I must stand firm, huh-huh.
[Group 1]-Creeping slow.I'm at peace because I know.
[Group 2]-Cut quick like my blade.Think fast, huh-huh
[Group 1]-It's okey to be afraid.
[Group 2]-Unafraid.
[Mulan]-You have begun!
[all]-Lesson # one (x5)
Lesson # 1!!
Look at me, I will never pass for a perfect bride
or a perfect daughter.
Can it be, I'm not ment to play this part?
Now I see, that if I were truly to be myself
I would break my fathers heart.
Who is that girl I see? Staring straight back at me. Why is my reflection someone I don't know? Some how I cannot hide who I am, though I've tried.
When will my reflection show who I am inside?
When will my reflection show who I am inside?
Look at me
I will never pass for a perfect bride or a perfect
Daughter.
Can it be, I'm not meant to play this part?
Now I see, that if I were truly to be myself I would
Break my family's heart.
Who is that girl, I see staring straight back at
Why is my reflection someone I don't know?
Some how I cannot hide who I am
Though I've tried
When will my reflection show who I am
Inside.