The Trumpet of the Swan (film)

The Trumpet of the Swan is a 2000 American animated film produced by Nest Family Entertainment and RichCrest Animation Studios, directed by Richard Rich & Terry L. Noss, and distributed by TriStar Pictures.

Directed by Richard Rich & Terry L. Noss. Produced by Paul J. Newman and Lin Oliver. Screenplay by Judy Rothman Rofé. Based on The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White.

Father

• May the hills echo with your new voice, my son.

Dialogue

Boyd: [while playing Marco Polo] No fair! Louie didn't say "polo"!

Ella: Well, he can't talk.

Boyd: Can't talk? And he calls himself a Trumpeter Swan? I don't think so.

Billie: Louie can't help it. Father says he's, you know, [whispering] defective.

Boyd: Well, defect, Marco Polo is a talking game, and if you can't talk, you can't play!

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[while Ella and Billie are playing a game, Louie stands nearby]

Ella: You've got the beat, bro. Wanna join in?

Louie: [to himself] If only she knew how much.

Ella: Oh, sorry.

Billie: Now see what you did?

Ella: Sorry. It's not my fault he's, you know, defective.

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Serena: [seeing Louie's heart-shaped cloud] It's beautiful.

Boyd: Okay, okay, what does it say?

Serena: It says that Louie is mine, and I am his, forever.

Boyd: [angrily; to Louie] So you can talk now, huh? Well, let's see what you have to say without your horn!

[Boyd attacks Louie and knocks his horn into the water]

Louie: No! My voice!

Boyd: Ha, ha, there goes your love call, songbird! Now get off my lake, and this time, don't come back!

[They both fight]

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[after Sam saves Ella and Billie from a wolf, with Louie's warning]

Father: Thank goodness you are safe, my precious daughters. When I think of what could have happened with poor Louie here unable to cry out a warning! But I'm sure you tried your best, son.

Louie: I did try! Can't he see how hard I tried?

Mother: Darling, that human boy, he saved the lives of our children.

Father: He has my eternal gratitude.

Sam: Hey, it was no problem.

Voice cast

• Dee Bradley Baker as Louie
• Jason Alexander as Father
• Mary Steenburgen as Mother
• Reese Witherspoon as Serena
• Seth Green as Boyd
• Carol Burnett as Mrs. Hammerbotham
• Joe Mantegna as Monty
• Sam Gifaldi as Sam Beaver
• Melissa Disney as Billie
• Kath Soucie as Serena (cygnet) / Paramedic / Newscaster
• E.G. Daily as Ella
• Pamela Segall Adlon as A.G. Skinner
• Steve Vinovich as Maurice / Roger
• Gary Anthony Williams as Sweets
• Corey Burton as Senator
• Michael Winslow as Chief
• David Jeremiah as Squirrel / Hawk
• Julie Nathanson as Felicity
• Dana Daurey as Apathy
• Michael Kostroff as Waiter
• Lee Magnuson as Clerk
• Steve Franken as Bud
• Norman Parker as Policeman
• Jack Angel as Justice of the Geese