The Emperor's New Groove (2000)

Director:

Mark Dindal

Writers:

Chris Williams (story) &
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Release Date:

15 December 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

It's All About... ME

Plot:

Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by his ex-administrator Yzma, and must now regain his throne with the help of Pacha, the gentle llama herder.

Plot Keywords:

Rain | Narration | Thrown Through Window | Spoiled Child | Freeze Frame

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 23 nominations

Cast

David Spade	...	Emperor Kuzco / Narrator (voice)
John Goodman	...	Pacha (voice)
Eartha Kitt	...	Yzma (voice)
Patrick Warburton	...	Kronk, Yzma's Sidekick (voice)
Wendie Malick	...	Chicha, Pacha's Wife (voice)
Kellyann Kelso	...	Chaca, Pacha's Daughter (voice)
Stephen J. Anderson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Eli Russell Linnetz	...	Tipo, Pacha's Son (voice)
Bob Bergen	...	Bucky the Squirrel (voice)
Rodger Bumpass	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Tom Jones	...	Theme Song Guy (voice)
Robert Clotworthy	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jennifer Darling	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Patti Deutsch	...	Waitress (voice)
John Fiedler	...	Old Man (voice)
Miriam Flynn	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Geri Lee Gorowski	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jess Harnell	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Sherry Lynn	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Danny Mann	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Mickie McGowan	...	Additional Voices (voice)
D.F. Reynolds	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Andre Stojka	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Steve Susskind	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Joe Whyte	...	Official (voice)

Directed by
Mark Dindal

Writing credits
Chris Williams		(story) &
Mark Dindal		(story)
David Reynolds		(screenplay)
Roger Allers		story
Matthew Jacobs		story

Produced by
Prudence Fenton	....	development producer
Randy Fullmer	....	producer
Don Hahn	....	executive producer
Patricia Hicks	....	associate producer

Original Music by
John Debney
David Hartley

Cinematography by
Thomas Baker

Film Editing by
Tom Finan
Pam Ziegenhagen		(as Pamela Ziegenhagen-Shefland)

Casting by
Matthew Jon Beck
Mary Hidalgo
Ruth Lambert

Production Design by
Paul A. Felix

Art Direction by
Thomas Cardone		(co-art director)
Colin Stimpson

Production Management
Monica Lago-Kaytis	....	assistant production manager: layout
Cathy McGowan Leahy	....	production manager
Berenice Le Maitre	....	post-production supervisor
Tod C. Marsden	....	production manager

Art Department
Stephen J. Anderson	....	artistic supervisor: story (as Stephen Anderson)
David T. Blum	....	artistic coordinator
Ricardo F. Delgado	....	visual development
Craig Elliott	....	visual development artist
Natalie Franscioni-Karp	....	artistic supervisor: background
Billy George	....	senior layout artist
Dan Hansen	....	artistic coordinator
Rick Moore	....	art layout
Sue C. Nichols	....	visual development artist
Vera Pacheco	....	artistic supervisor: clean-up
Jean-Christophe Poulain	....	artistic supervisor: layout
Robh Ruppel	....	layout stylist
Marcelo Vignali	....	art department
Nathan Warner	....	visual development

Sound Department
Carmen Baker	....	assistant sound editor
Vince Caro	....	additional dialogue recordist
Tim Chau	....	sound designer
Tim Chau	....	supervising sound editor
Mathieu Cox	....	Flemish dubbing recordist
Albert Gasser	....	sound editor
Bill Higley	....	additional dialogue recordist (as Bill Higgley)
Nils C. Jensen	....	sound editor
Doc Kane	....	original dialogue recordist
David Kern	....	sound editor
Mel Metcalfe	....	sound re-recording mixer
Douglas Parker	....	assistant sound editor
Terry Porter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Donald Sylvester	....	sound editor
Thomas Whiting	....	adr supervisor (as Thomas G. Whiting)
Dean A. Zupancic	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Roesch	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Carolyn Tapp	....	foley recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Dorse A. Lanpher	....	special effects animator
Joseph C. Pepe	....	effects key assistant
Phillip Vigil	....	effects animator

Visual Effects by
Sean Applegate	....	animator: visual effects
Virgilio John Aquino	....	visual effects
Gordon Baker	....	animator: visual effects
Jay Baker	....	visual effects
Diana Blazer	....	assistant production manager: Sweatbox
Jason Buske	....	digital compositor
Earl Coffman	....	compositor
Ian J. Coony	....	technical director: 3D Effects
Aliza Corson Chameides	....	animator: visual effects
Chris Darroca	....	visual effects
Angela Anastasia Diamos	....	key assistant visual effects
Colbert Fennelly	....	animator: special effects
Kristin K. Fong-Lukavsky	....	visual effects
Jazno Francoeur	....	animator: visual effects
Mabel Gesner	....	key assistant visual effects (as Mabel L. Gesner)
Kim Gray	....	assistant production manager: visual effects
Doeri Welch Greiner	....	assistant production manager: animation
Michael Cadwallader Jones	....	animator: visual effects
Dorse A. Lanpher	....	visual effects animation supervisor
Sean Locke	....	technical director
Dan Lund	....	animator: visual effects
Mauro Maressa	....	visual effects artistic supervisor
Stephen McDermott	....	animator: visual effects
Thomas C. Meyer	....	technical director: production support
David Mildenberger	....	animator: supervising visual effects
David 'Joey' Mildenberger	....	visual effects animation supervisor
Michael Todd Montgomery	....	assistant visual effects
Christopher R. Page	....	visual effects
Peter Pepe Jr.	....	effects key assistant (as Pete Pepe)
Frederika Pepping	....	assistant production manager: animation: Paris
Phillip Pignotti	....	visual effects
Sean Simon Ramirez	....	visual effects
Paitoon Ratanasirintrawoot	....	key assistant visual effects
Samuel E. Recinos	....	assistant visual effects (as Sam Recinos)
Gary Schumer	....	assistant visual effects
Brad Smith	....	render I/O administrator
Stephanie M. Spahn	....	assistant production manager: visual effects: Florida
Dennis Spicer	....	assistant visual effects
Steve Starr	....	key assistant visual effects
Marie St. Clair	....	color stylist
Kip Lanai Stone	....	visual effects: data entry
John Tucker	....	key assistant visual effects
Phillip Vigil	....	animator: visual effects
Melinda Wang	....	visual effects
Marlon West	....	additional effects animator
Tony West	....	visual effects animator
Nicole Alene Zamora	....	visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department
David J. Rowe	....	camera operator: digital camera

Animation Department
Laurence Adam-Bessière	....	assistant animator: miscellaneous
Olivier Adam	....	head of layout: Paris
Olivier Adam	....	layout supervisor: overseas
Cent Alantar	....	layout artist: Paris
Pierre Alary	....	animator: Paris
Tim Allen	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Sunny Apinchapong	....	background artist: journeyman
Debra Armstrong	....	supervising character lead: "Kronk"
Dale Baer	....	supervising animator: "Yzma"
James Baker	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Tony Bancroft	....	supervising animator: "Kronk"
Javier Espinosa Bañuelos	....	key assistant animator: miscellaneous
Jared Beckstrand	....	animator: "Pacha"
Janelle C. Bell-Martin	....	assistant animator
George Benavides	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris
David Block	....	animator: "Kronk"
Nicolette Bonnell	....	animation checker
Claire Bourdin	....	assistant animator: "Yzma"
Justin Brandstater	....	background artist: journeyman
Max Braslavsky	....	key layout assistant: Paris
Valerie Braun	....	blue sketch artist: Paris
Philippe Briones	....	key assistant animator: "Kronk"
Jennifer Cardon Klein	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Borja Montoro Cavero	....	animator: Paris
Christophe Charbonnel	....	clean-up supervisor: Paris
Farouk Cherfi	....	key assistant animator: "Kuzco" and "Tipo"
Jerry Yu Ching	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Chang Yei Cho	....	breakdown animator
Sandro Cleuzo	....	lead animator: "Theme Song Guy/Waitress/Old Man/Official/Maidens"
Regina Conroy	....	breakdown artist
Bob Davies	....	animator: "Kronk"
Nicole de Bellefroid	....	breakdown artist: "Yzma"
Thomas Debitus	....	layout artist
Antony De Fato	....	assistant animator
Jeroen Dejonckheere	....	key assistant animator: "Yzma"
Patrick Delage	....	animator: Paris
Eric Delbecq	....	animator: Paris
Roberto Espanto Domingo	....	animator: "Yzma"
Bernard Dourdent	....	breakdown artist: "Yzma"
Donna Dubuc-Curtis	....	inbetween artist: feature characters
Marc Eoche-Duval	....	animator: Paris
Thomas Estrada	....	clean-up artist
Perry Farinola	....	breakdown artist: "Kuzco Llama"
Brian Ferguson	....	lead animator: "Chaco" and "Bucky"
Larry R. Flores	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris
Doug Frankel	....	lead animator: "Chicha"
Maria Angela Iturriza Freire	....	assistant animator: "Kronk"
Marec Fritzinger	....	key layout assistant: Paris
Edmund Gabriel	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris
Tom Gately	....	animator: "Pacha"
Miguel Gil	....	background artist: journeyman
Pierre Girault	....	assistant animator: "Kronk"
Ben Gluck	....	story artist
Neal Goldstein	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris (as Neal Stanley Goldstein)
Matthieu Gosselin	....	layout assistant: Paris
Thierry Goulard	....	animator: Paris
Gizella Gregán	....	assistant animator: "Kuzco" and "Tipo" (as Gizella Maros Gregan)
David Hancock	....	animator: "Pacha"
James A. Harris	....	key assistant animator
Brad Hicks	....	background artist: journeyman
Gontran Hoarau	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris
Chris Hubbard	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris (as Christopher Hubbard)
Carl Jones	....	background artist: journeyman
Clay Kaytis	....	animator: "Pacha"
Karen A. Keller	....	key layout artist
Nicolas Keramidas	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris
Sang-Jin Kim	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Bert Klein	....	animator: "Pacha"
Jody Kooistra	....	breakdown artist
Calvin Le Duc	....	key assistant animator: "Yzma"
Ludovic Letrun	....	assistant animator: miscellaneous
H.B. 'Buck' Lewis	....	character designer
James Lopez	....	lead animator: "Tipo"
William Lorencz	....	background artist: journeyman
Jerry Loveland	....	background artist: journeyman
Brian Mainolfi	....	clean-up animator
Philippe Malka	....	breakdown artist: "Kronk"
Vincent Massy	....	layout artist: Paris (as Vincent Massy de la Chesneraye)
Joseph Mateo	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris
Kelly McGraw	....	background artist: journeyman
Benoit Meurzec	....	assistant animator: "Kuzco" and "Tipo"
Lieve Miessen	....	lead key clean-up animator: miscellaneous
Gregory C. Miller	....	background artist: journeyman
Mark Mitchell	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Dominique Monfery	....	supervising animator: Paris
Joseph C. Moshier	....	character designer
Dave Mullins	....	assistant animator
Jan Naylor	....	key assistant animator: "Yzma"
Joe Oh	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Jamie Oliff	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Anne Pellerin	....	breakdown artist: "Kronk"
Robert Persichetti Jr.	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris (as Bob Persichetti)
Eddie Pittman	....	inbetween artist
Catherine Poulain	....	animator: Paris
Mark Pudleiner	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Nik Ranieri	....	supervising animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Loïc Rastout	....	layout artist: Paris
Peter Raymundo	....	breakdown artist: "Kuzco Llama"
Dan Read	....	background artist: journeyman
Robyn Roberts	....	caps supervisor: 2-D animation processing (as Robyn L. Roberts)
Leonard Robledo	....	background artist: journeyman
Bobby Rubio	....	rough inbetween artist
Bobby Rubio	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris (as Bobby Alcid Rubio)
Nicolas Ruedy	....	breakdown artist: "Kuzco" and "Tipo"
Pierre Seurin	....	assistant animator: "Kronk"
Mike Show	....	animator: "Nina"
Lon Smart	....	key assistant animator: "Patcha"
Bruce W. Smith	....	supervising animator: "Pacha"
Marc Smith	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Chris Sonnenberg	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris (as Chris Sonnenburg)
Phirum Sou	....	assistant animator: "Kuzco" and "Tipo"
Chad Stewart	....	animator: "Yzma"
Michael Stocker	....	animator: "Kronk"
George D. Sukara	....	assistant clean-up animator: "Kuzco Llama" (as George Sukara)
Trevor Tamboline	....	key clean-up artist
Sylvaine Terriou	....	assistant animator: "Yzma"
Steven K. Thompson	....	assistant animator: "Kronk"
Kathleen Thorson	....	rough inbetween artist: Paris
Marc Tosolini	....	assistant animator: miscellaneous
JC Tran-Quang-Thieu	....	animator: Paris
Xavier Villez	....	assistant animator: "Yzma"
Stevan Wahl	....	animator: "Yzma"
Stevie Wermers	....	story artist
Andreas Wessel-Therhorn	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama"
Matt Whitlock	....	inbetween artist
Barbara Wiles	....	caps supervisor: animation check
Theresa Wiseman	....	animator: "Pacha"
Anthony Ho Wong	....	animator: "Pacha"
Thomas Woodington	....	background artist: journeyman
Phillip Young	....	animator: "Kuzco/Kuzco Llama" (as Phil Young)
Andrew Hickson	....	layout artist: "Kingdom in the Sun" (uncredited)
James Young Jackson	....	animator: "Pacha" (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Robert Bagley	....	post-production coordinator
Paul Carrera	....	first assistant editor
Terry Claborn	....	color timer
Valerie Flueger	....	post-production coordinator
Robert J. Hansen	....	telecine operator
Lisa Linder	....	associate editor
Rich Mackay	....	negative cutter (as Rick Mackay)
Mary Beth Smith	....	negative cutter
Patrick J. Voetberg	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Wolfgang Amadeus	....	electronic scoring mixer
Frank Bennett	....	orchestrator
Joel Berke	....	music production assistant
John Debney	....	conductor
John Debney	....	score producer
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor
David Hartley	....	vocal arranger
Christopher Klatman	....	orchestrator (as Chris Klatman)
Deniece LaRocca	....	music production coordinator (as Deniece Larocca-Hall)
Edie Lehmann	....	vocal contractor (as Edie Lehmann Boddicker)
Tom MacDougall	....	music production manager
Michael Mason	....	score co-producer
Chris Montan	....	executive music producer
Shawn Murphy	....	score recordist
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
Don Nemitz	....	orchestrator
Paul Silver	....	music editor
Mark Tucker	....	music producer
Nick Vidar	....	music programmer
Booker White	....	music preparation
Reggie Wilson	....	music contractor
David Wolowic	....	assistant music editor

Other crew
Lia Abbate	....	administrative assistant
Graham S. Allan	....	manager: systems software development
Ross Allard	....	technology crew
Thomas Baker	....	caps supervisor: scene planning
Richard M. Barnes	....	technology supporter
Ron Betta	....	assistant production manager: clean-up, Florida
David Biello	....	assistant production manager: story/visual development
Derek M.C. Billings	....	production assistant
Cathy E. Blanco	....	software engineer
Michael S. Blum	....	software developer
Robert Boas	....	technical supporter
Froydis Boe	....	production assistant
Susan Bradley	....	title designer
Liza Breuninger	....	production accountant
John Henry Brooks	....	manager: applications software development
Tara Joan Brown	....	production assistant
Steve Buddie	....	additional production supporter
Kirsten Bulmer	....	production coordinator
Scott L. Burris	....	systems engineer
Scott L. Burris	....	technology supporter
Rudy Cardenas-Rios	....	production assistant
Steve Carpenter	....	systems administrator
Steve Carpenter	....	technology supporter
Hortensia Casagran	....	caps supervisor: final check (as Hortensia M. Casagran)
Hortensia Casagran	....	caps supervisor: paint (as Hortensia M. Casagran)
Michael Clay	....	systems administrator
Michael Clay	....	technology supporter
Philip M. Cohen	....	production assistant
Ray C. Coleman	....	technology supporter: hardware
Karen Comella	....	caps supervisor: color models
Tony Cosanella	....	production assistant: "Kingdom of the Sun"
Jefferson Crutchfield	....	technical supporter
Tim David	....	technical supporter
Maureen Mo O'Hare Davis	....	additional production supporter
Mark Dawson	....	manager
Mark Dawson	....	technical supporter
Michael De La Cruz	....	assistant production manager: layout, Paris
Joshua P. Edwards	....	production assistant
Patricia Feldstein-Reed	....	assistant production manager: clean-up
Marc Fleury	....	systems engineer
Marc Fleury	....	technology supporter
David Patrick Flynn	....	systems engineer
David Patrick Flynn	....	technology supporter
Kevin G.J. Freels	....	systems administrator
Kevin G.J. Freels	....	technology supporter
Lynne Freels	....	technology assistant: software
Bérangère Frésard	....	production assistant
Scott Garrett	....	hardware lead
Scott Garrett	....	technology supporter
Massimiliano Gasparri	....	technology crew
Jefry G. Georgianni	....	production assistant
Eric Gervais-Despres	....	scene planner
Sean Goldman	....	technology crew
Patrick Golier	....	additional production supporter
Thomas Grealy	....	production coordinator: layout
Thomas Greer	....	systems engineer
Thomas Greer	....	technology supporter
Steven L. Groom	....	manager: systems
Mark Henley	....	scene planner
Brandy Hill	....	caps supervisor: digital film print
Greg Hill	....	production assistant
Suzanne Henderson Holmes	....	assistant production manager: backgrounds
Kevin J. Hussey	....	manager: management applications development
Allana Michelle James	....	technology supporter (as Michelle 'Buggy' James)
Darrian M. James	....	avid technical support
Marc Jordan	....	technology supporter: network administration
Christelle Kam	....	production assistant
Frank William Knittel	....	assistant production accountant
Hans Ku	....	technology crew
Tim Kwan	....	production assistant
Renato Lattanzi	....	production assistant
Gay Lawrence	....	key visual development
Nicholas Lefebvre	....	production assistant
Etienne Longa	....	assistant production manager: clean-up, Paris
James MacBurney	....	technology supporter: network administration
Jenni Magee-Cook	....	assistant production manager: editorial/recording
Nathan Massmann	....	production assistant
Michael McClure	....	technology crew
Teri McDonald	....	assistant final check supervisor
Kevin A. McGuire	....	technology crew
Kevin A. McGuire	....	technology supporter
Christophe Meslin	....	technology production supporter
Christophe Meslin	....	technology supervisor
Tracey Miller-Zarneke	....	assistant production manager: story/publicity
Allyson Mitchell	....	production assistant
Charlene Moncrief	....	production assistant
Thomas Moore Jr.	....	manager: media group
Ninka Katarina Mortensen	....	production assistant
Jack Muleady	....	technology supporter: hardware
Jeff Nash	....	technology crew
Tom Naylor	....	technology supporter: hardware
Leigh Nelson	....	production assistant
Alexander Nicolas	....	marketing
Aisling O'Gorman	....	production assistant
David Oguri	....	technology supporter
Madlyn O'Neill	....	senior blue sketch artist
David E. Ortega	....	technology supporter: hardware
Vera Pacheco	....	clean-up supervisor
Tim Pauer	....	production assistant
Tina M. Pedigo	....	production assistant
Daniel Pickett	....	operations manager
Clint G. Reagan	....	production assistant
Jeff Rochlin	....	manager: systems support
James 'J.R.' Russell	....	caps supervisor: compositing (as James 'JR' Russell)
James 'J.R.' Russell	....	caps supervisor: digital file services (as James 'JR' Russell)
Atiq Sajawal	....	systems administrator
Nasser B. Salomon	....	lead technical administrator
James A. Sandweiss	....	technology crew
Melissa K. Schilder	....	production assistant
Matthew F. Schnittker	....	software engineer
Craig Sost	....	digital production manager
John Stimson	....	technology supporter: network administration
Jason I. Strahs	....	production assistant
Sandy Sunseri	....	technology supporter: network administration
Mark M. Tokunaga	....	render i/o technical lead
Ann Tucker	....	caps supervisor: technical coordinator
Valerio Ventura	....	key visual development
Eric Vignola	....	motion technical director
Kevin Waldvogel	....	human resources coordinator
Kevin Waldvogel	....	human resources: director
Sabrina Waterman	....	production assistant
Dawn Watson	....	production assistant
Doug White	....	technology supporter: network administration
Fran R. Zandonella	....	technology crew
Michael Zarembski	....	technology crew
Suzy Zeffren	....	production assistant
Lisa Fisher	....	digital trainer (uncredited)
Susan Hegarty	....	dialect consultant (uncredited)
Pixote Hunt	....	development artist (uncredited)
John Damien Ryan	....	foley/live action reference for guards (uncredited)

Thanks
Doug Engalla	....	special thanks
Chad Frye	....	special thanks
Ramiro Camilo Gomez	....	special thanks
Katie Hooten	....	special thanks
Tamara Khalaf	....	special thanks
Doug Nichols	....	special thanks
Daniel Pickett	....	special thanks
Ian Truitner	....	special thanks
Peter John Vaughan	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Feature Animation
• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (2000) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2001) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Buena Vista International (2001) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Finland (2001) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (2001) (France) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Spain (2001) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Filmes Lusomundo (2001) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Gativideo (2001) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Walt Disney Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Buena Vista Imaging  titles and opticals
• Buena Vista Sound  sound effects (as Buena Vista Sound Services)
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  MIDI file transcriptions (as Jo Ann Kane Music Service)
• Susan Bradley Film Design  title design
• Technicolor  prints
• Walt Disney Music Library, The  music preparation
• Walt Disney Pictures and Television  for purposes of copyright law in the United Kingdom this picture was created by
• Walt Disney Records  soundtrack
• Warner Bros. Studio Facilities  foley (as Warner Bros. Hollywood)

Also Known As:

Kingdom in the Sun (USA) (working title)
Kingdom of the Sun (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Iceland:L | USA:G (certificate #37796) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Denmark:7 | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Hong Kong:I | Netherlands:AL |