November 27, 2013: Frozen premieres. It was the best , and the most popular, film featuring somebody with superpowers released that year, in a year that saw the release of Zack Snyder's cinematic atrocity Man of Steel. (No, I will not let it go.)
Walt Disney Pictures adapted Hans Christian Andersen's 1844 fairy tale "The Snow Queen." Jennifer Lee wrote the screenplay with Chris Buck and Shane Morris. Lee, in directorial debut, and Buck co-directed.
The story tells of Anna (voiced by Kristen Bell), an 18-year-old Princess of Arendelle, who sets off on a journey with the iceman Kristoff (Jonathan Groff), his reindeer Sven (a non-speaking character, but his grunts were supplied by an uncredited Frank Welker, the established king of cartoon animal voices), and the snowman Olaf (the film's comic relief and, as it turned out, its breakout toy character, voiced by Josh Gad), to find her estranged sister, 21-year-old Elsa (Idina Menzel), who has accidentally trapped their kingdom in eternal Winter with her ice powers.
The Princesses' father, King Agnarr, is voiced by Maurice LaMarche (best known for voicing The Brain in Pinky and the Brain). Lee herself served as the voice of their mother, Queen Iduna. Both characters die early in the film -- it wouldn't be a true Disney film without at least one parent dying -- and Elsa's worthiness to be monarch is severely tested, but she comes through in the end.
Husband & wife songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez wrote the music for the film, including what became its best-remembered feature, Menzel's performance of "Let It Go." They figured out that, instead of the villain originally envisioned by the producers, Elsa was really just "a scared girl struggling to control and come to terms with her gift."
Frozen II was released in 2019, with Queen Elsa fighting elemental spirits, realizing she is one, and abdicating the throne to Anna in order to protect the Enchanted Forest.
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November 27, 2013 was a Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, a common day to release big films, especially with kids as the target audience.
Baseball was out of season. Football was in midweek. There were 13 games in the NBA:
* The New York Knicks lost to the Los Angeles Clippers, 93-80 at the Staples Center (now the Crypto.com Arena) in Los Angeles.
* The Brooklyn Nets lost to the Los Angeles Lakers, 99-94 at the Barclays Center.
* The Memphis Grizzlies beat the Boston Celtics, 100-93 at the TD Garden in Boston.
* The Indiana Pacers beat the Charlotte Bobcats, 99-74 at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte. The next season, the Bobcats were allowed to reclaim the Charlotte Hornets name. In 2016, their venue was renamed the Spectrum Center, which probably confused a few people who root for Philadelphia teams.
* The Orlando Magic beat the Philadelphia 76ers, 105-94 at the Amway Center (now the Kia Center) in Orlando.
* The Dallas Mavericks beat the Golden State Warriors, 103-99 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
* The Houston Rockets beat the Atlanta Hawks, 113-84 at the Toyota Center in Houston.
* The Miami Heat beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 95-84 at the Quicken Loans Arena (now the Rocket Arena) in Cleveland.
* The Chicago Bulls beat the Detroit Pistons, 99-79 at The Palace in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills, Michigan.
* The Washington Wizards beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 100-92 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.
* The Denver Nuggets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves, 117-110 at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
* The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the San Antonio Spurs, 94-88 at the Chesapeake Energy Arena (now the Paycom Center) in Oklahoma City.
* And the Phoenix Suns beat the Portland Trail Blazers, 120-106 at the US Airways Center (now the Mortgage Matchup Center) in Phoenix.
Speaking of things that are frozen: There were 13 games in the NHL. Like the NBA, the NHL likes to get a bunch of games out of the way before Thanksgiving weekend, because trying to compete with the family dinner the next day and football through the entire 4-day weekend is a bit much to ask:
* The New York Rangers beat the Florida Panthers, 5-2 at the BB&T Center (now the Amerant Bank Arena) in the Miami suburb of Sunrise, Florida.
* The New York Islanders lost to the Winnipeg Jets, 3-2 at the Nassau Coliseum.
* The New Jersey Devils lost to the Carolina Hurricanes, 4-3 at the Prudential Center.
* The Ottawa Senators beat the Washington Capitals, 6-4 at the Verizon Center (now the Capital One Arena) in Washington.
* The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-2 at the Amalie Arena (now the Benchmark International Arena) in Tampa.
* The Montreal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres, 3-1 at the First Niagara Center (now the KeyBank Center) in Buffalo.
* The Toronto Maple Leafs lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins, 6-5 in a shootout at the Consol Energy Center (now the PPG Paints Arena) in Pittsburgh.
* The Nashville Predators beat the Columbus Blue Jackets, 4-0 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus.
* In an "Original Six" matchup, the Detroit Red Wings beat the Boston Bruins, 6-1 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
* The Phoenix Coyotes beat the Minnesota Wild, 3-1 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
* The St. Louis Blues beat the Colorado Avalanche, 4-1 at the Pepsi Center (now the Ball Arena) in Denver.
* The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Calgary Flames, 3-2 a the Saddledome in Calgary.
* The San Jose Sharks beat the Los Angeles Kings, 3-2 in a shootout at the SAP Center in San Jose.
* And the Dallas Stars, the Vancouver Canucks, the Edmonton Oilers, the Anaheim Ducks and the Winnipeg Jets were not scheduled.
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