Learn to Do It (Anastasia)

from the 1997 film by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, music by Stephen Flaherty

[@KiaraLioness]

I love the detail of Dimitri being bad at horse riding but good at riding a bike and then Vlad being good at horse riding but bad at riding a bike. Bcos Dimitri grew up poor and Vlad didn't!!! The details man.

[@kitkatkruncher22]

@@annabelvanpelt bikes were for commoners and horses were trained to royals and other palace officials

[@AnthonyLeachman-sc6es]

​@@annabelvanpeltstill working in movie 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@blueberryoatmeal4009]

And Anya surpassing both of them at horseback riding, after muscle memory took over!

[@whatsanenigma]

@@blueberryoatmeal4009 I really like how the animation is so good, it seems Vlad's obvious stiffness might very well be due to age and decreasing physical flexibility. Compare the scene on the bikes, where it's clearly due to lack of practice/experience/long term muscle memory.

[@spiritgirl41192]

"I don't believe we told her that." And...that wasn't a hint enough for you and Dimitri that it was actually Anastasia, Vlad?

[@CodyHomes]

For me it was, after I watched the movie a few times. One of my favorites.

[@blueberryoatmeal4009]

They probably lost count of what details they have already told her. Wee see a short montage, but in the movie all this happens in the span of days, if not weeks. Also, people generally see what they expect to see.

[@whatsanenigma]

@@blueberryoatmeal4009 Exactly! IIRC they think the real Anastasia is dead. They think the girl with them is just one random girl out of millions of Russian orphans. So what's more likely? The random Russian orphan happens to misremember something she's been told and think she's been told about a yellow cat? Or that the real Anastasia came back from the dead?

[@anastasiapierce214]

I love this movie always and forever 💍

[@PaulStregevsky]

Gee, Anastasia, I van't imagine why! :) In truth, it's my favorite full-length animated film.

[@allanabowen1333]

Me too! I love it sooo much!

[@mollymcmurtrie8037]

Me Too! I like this movie too.

[@MsRika1996]

"Was I wild?" "Wrote the book!" 23 years old and I finally understand that line 😅

[@kawaii_hawaii222]

What does it mean?

[@thomasgrunau5177]

The real Anastasia was very wild and playful. And Dmitry probably did read about her, so he can teach her to behave like that

[@leniamalik1394]

@@kawaii_hawaii222 probably thay she wrote the book at being wild, as in she was the wildest 😂

[@ItsMe-kk4kf]

I thought it was broke the book

[@fearlessfozzy749]

I love how comfortable Anya is in the saddle 1:39 it’s like falling into an old rhythm, i experience this every time I get back in the saddle after a while of not riding. You can tell by her posture and the way she falls into rhythm with her horse she’s clearly more comfortable than the other two. That includes vlad, he’s a bit stiff in the saddle and dimitrie ends up in the mud. They did really good on this

[@Ethan_488]

Muscle memory is a hell of a thing

[@whatsanenigma]

Vlad's a bit stiff but that could be attributable to age. The animation is really well done - you can see he's had a lot of horseback riding experience (at least compared to Dimitri, LOL) but you can tell he's both out of practice and not as physically flexible. Compare them on the bikes - Vlad is really clumsy at that.

[@user-kh4lg9id3p]

I love Anya's face when she sings "I simply knew it!" It's like it's the first time she actually started to believe she could be Anastasia. But, then, she pulls back her excitement, because she doesn't want to get too ahead of herself, just in case it was a lucky guess. It's beautiful, yet heartbreaking at the same time, because we know she is, but you totally understand why she's feeling the way she does. My goodness, this movie is so good!

[@PaulStregevsky]

Great insights! Yes, despite all the good films from Disney/Dreamworks/Pixar, Anastasia remains my favorite animated full-length film. And the Broadway stage musical was even better!

[@jewelbass2914]

My absolute favorite animated movie.❤️

[@PaulStregevsky]

Mine, too! The Broadway musical version is great, too.

[@jewelbass2914]

@@PaulStregevsky Absolutely! I haven't been able to see it personally, but I've seen clips of it and Christy Altomare really does the character justice. I've been a fan of her since Carrie.❤️

[@PaulStregevsky]

@@jewelbass2914 I'm ashamed to say that I watched a bootleg version of the Broadway show. The bootleg version is gone but here's a similar one from a pre-Broadway tryout in Hartford, Connecticut: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZycqGOmlrWfe7c

[@gorrow1990]

The music for that final scene is just pitch perfect.

[@skyaltaria]

this movie was everything to me

[@benv7933]

I'm SOOOO happy they made this a musical

[@VentGremlin-47]

I love how smug Dimitri looks riding past her on the bike😂

[@nathanielgarza9198]

Just thinking how better this movie would’ve been if they never said she was the real Anastasia at the beginning

[@user-rh2io7gm1l]

Yeah, they should've cut out the whole prologue and just started the movie with the first musical number, "A Rumor in St. Petersburg," which introduces the mystery and tells you all you need to know at that point in the story.

[@nathanielgarza9198]

@@user-rh2io7gm1l I mean you also must explain Rasputin selling his soul to kill the romanovs but like I think everyone knows that is such a Rasputin thing to do

[@whatsanenigma]

You both have a really good point but I think it depends on which story they want to tell. If they want to tell Anastasia's story more or less from her point of view, the way it is, is better. But if they want to tell the story from a third person perspective, your way is better. Anastasia's story versus the story of Anastasia, maybe, if you will.

[@nathanielgarza9198]

@@whatsanenigma I mean it is in third person The next scene after the origin is with the two fellars separate from Anastasia so it is not just Anastasia’s perspective

[@happywithdrawal]

i really thought that was the direction they were going to go. i just saw the movie for the first time the other day, and i was really surprised they just told her at the jump lol

[@macekreislahomes1690]

Thanks for leaving the comments on. The longer I live the more I can relate to her story.

[@loadingloadingloading3175]

I'm looking for this movie 😳 me wants to watch it all over again

[@PaulStregevsky]

If you live in the United States, you can also see Anastasia on Broadway ( anastasiathemusical.com/ ) or in the Broadway tour ( anastasiathemusical.com/tour/ ). The musical is also on stage in Germany, Russia, and a couple other countries.

[@suzie3778]

Dimitri’s face at 1:07 😏

[@broadwaymike92]

Love how the song LEARN TO DO IT is done in BOTH the film and in the Broadway show version of ANASTASIA. Both different timings though.... Movie - Dimitry, and Vlad train Anya to becoming Anastasia while traveling to Paris Stage Musical - Dimitry and Vlad train Anya in the abandoned Palace in Russia where they first meet (there's even an extra verse after the 2nd chorus) -While drilling Anya on the members of the Romanov family, she gets contradicted by Vlad and Dmitry about who was Anastasia's best friend. She breaks down and then Vlad cheers her up. -Additional Verse after the 2nd chorus in the stage version - [VLAD] Who is your great-grandmother? [ANYA] Queen Victoria [VLAD] Great-great grandmother? [ANYA] Uh--- Princess Victoria of Saxe-Colburg-Saalfeld [VLAD] Your best friend is? [ANYA] My little brother, Alexei [DIMITRY] Wrong! Your best friend? [ANYA] I know who my best friend is! [DIMITRY] What a temper! [ANYA] I don't like being contradicted! [DIMITRY] That makes two of us! [VLAD] Continuing on... [ANYA] I've had it, and I hate you both I'm sorry that we ever met I'm hungry, I'm frightened And I'm only human, don't forget! I don't remember anything Get out and let me be! [VLAD] Anya, darling, look at me We're all frightened Well, slightly, now and then Shall we start again? Take a breath, count to ten You have courage And strength you barely know So blow that little nose And dry those pretty eyes A princess like your majesty Can do this if she tries! Ready? [DIMITRY] Set [ANYA] Go

[@happywithdrawal]

i love the build-up to that "yellow cat" line 😂 it's so simple but so effective

[@ultimatealdo1922]

This is scene is so important to help someone remember good things what happened before to restore some memories

[@florencereianelouricevilla7272]

I love this song

[@michellesmith6078]

My niece Doe, loves this song.

[@whatsanenigma]

Your niece Doe has great taste! Did she perhaps get it from you?

[@user-yr7op2ey1k]

Anastasia:*Throws Her Winter Outfit* Anastasia:*Leaves Them Behind*

[@ScroogeKamaziMD]

One of my favorite Warner Bros. Movies of all time 🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@PaulStregevsky]

It's my favorite full-length animated film. I loved the Broadway musical, too. My mother-in-law came from Russia and she loves the songs in Russian. And in 2018, I danced to "Once Upon a December" for the father-daughter dance at my daughter's wedding.

[@PaulStregevsky]

If you are in Japan, watch Sally's Song in Japanese at kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGPae3uciqhqq80 . It sounds so perfect, you could believe that the song writer was Japanese.

[@declancolwell5443]

It's actually by 20th Centuary Fox

[@HPofNARNIA]

I used to have a school teacher who looked like Vlad, but he was just mean. I couldn’t stand him! 😡

[@hajer4429]

Me too 😂😂😂😂

[@drekthar2447]

You have teachers who must have been very beautiful then 🥰(although nasty 😞😡)

[@HPofNARNIA]

@@drekthar2447 i had some great teachers who were nice! but a few were just mean!

[@Junpeixizumi]

When I was younger I always asked myself what town/city is the one that appears in the end. It looks like Germany, but I don't think they would need a boat to arrive in France from there

[@nukacolanut9274]

But then we wouldn’t have that epic scene where Rasputin almost makes Anya jump off the ship during the storm! 😆😂🤣

[@rustyrussell2537]

Well they most likely choose to take the longest route so they would have more time to teach Anya the lessons, the longer the journey the more lessons Anya learns, the more Anya learns the more convincing she'll be to the Grand Duchess.

[@MrWill9002]

@@rustyrussell2537 makes sense to me

[@chiaria8218]

They wouldn’t technically need a boat, but taking one would be easier, less boarders to cross (belgium) it’s likely faster and more comfortable. It’s likely they were in Hamburg or another city further up north of Germany, there’s plenty of harbors there

[@RileyAndersen2015]

Pigs 🐖 1:23 Horse riding 🐎 1:36 Car 1:49 Bicycles 2:12 Bus 2:24

[@paidensmith966]

0:54 *tiktok has entered the chat*

[@whatsanenigma]

Something just occurs to me - she was just a little kid when she lost her memory. Of course she would not remember anything about who got shot in the bottkin or who loved vodka. She's going to remember somebody's yellow cat. And that's exactly what she spontaneously does remember, after being reminded of a feathered hat, which is another thing that might have caught a little girl's attention.

[@Mslutter236]

I like how when they were each riding a horse the horse Dimitri was riding he threw him into the mud

[@ilovecatsanddogs1207]

At 1:10

[@naijashi]

2:26 is the best animated movement in this movie, 0:41 is it at its worst.

[@fearlessfozzy749]

The way it pans around the bus is cool

[@matthewroth9196]

Nostalgia Critic: Too bad it’s followed by Dimitri’s Weinstein hands. 1:33-1:36 Nostalgia Critic: I do not remember him coming off this creepy.

[@whatsanenigma]

I have to question, if we are memorizing the names of the Russian royalty...how good exactly is "loved his vodka" as a distinguishing characteristic? LOL, I love this movie so much!

[@PaulStregevsky]

@@whatsanenigma Good point!

[@elisabethstorhaug9]

So are you ready to become the grand duchess Anastasia?

[@ScroogeKamaziMD]

2:06 she mentions Top Cat

[@marianarivas3770]

Coitado do Dimitri ele só sofre o filme todo KAKAKAKAKAKAKA

[@joshbarreras7255]

1:46 he gets thrown off the horse XD

[@whatsanenigma]

It's almost too bad the show "Fraiser" had to exist. KG could have made so much more of his Juliard training.

[@gnomegirl9593]

In 2:29 do you notice she is wearing Fivel's hat from an American Tail

[@ScroogeKamaziMD]

And cloth but with different color

[@whatsanenigma]

@@gnomegirl9593 I wonder if that was a deliberate homage. I don't know if it was, but if it was, that would be amazingly cool.

[@AmhedEnriqueTarinAcosta-cg8ej]

Everything is in Paris. 0:10

[@ellifsyaa]

slay

[@christinaciminelli7319]

Phoenix

[@AmhedEnriqueTarinAcosta-cg8ej]

Nooooo! 1:48

[@ItsMe-kk4kf]

Kanye knows who’s in paris

[@adrianaparker5401]

Disney's Anastasia Dimitri Disney prince Anastasia Dolls Collection Prince Dimitri From adriana Parker

[@justanobadi6655]

I only know this song because of the Arma 3 parody

[@PaulStregevsky]

I'll check it out; I love parodies. Thanks!