Cinderella (1997) (TV)

Director:

Robert Iscove

Writers:

Robert L. Freedman (teleplay)
Oscar Hammerstein II (book)

Release Date:

2 November 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Musical | Romance | Fantasy | Family

Plot:

Updated version of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical of the classic fairy-tale, with an all-star, multi-racial cast.

Plot Keywords:

Fairy Tale | Stepsister | Glass Slipper | Fairy Godmother | Cinderella

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 16 nominations

Cast

Brandy Norwood	...	Cinderella (as Brandy)
Bernadette Peters	...	Cinderella's Stepmother
Veanne Cox	...	Calliope
Natalie Desselle	...	Minerva
Paolo Montalban	...	Prince Christopher
Jason Alexander	...	Lionel
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Queen Constantina
Victor Garber	...	King Maximillian
Whitney Houston	...	Fairy Godmother
Michael Haynes	...	The Coachman
Scott Fowler	...	Dancer #1
Noel Peters
Nathan Prevost	...	Dancer #2
Travis Payne	...	Dancer #3
Jennifer Lee Keyes	...	Dancer #4

Also Known As:

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:U | Australia:G | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

BrownHouse Productions

Trivia:

The production won two awards: The Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Award and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Lionel is walking through the women carrying loaves of bread, he is walking past the last row of them in the wide shot, but in the next close-up, he is in front of some of them.

Quotes:

Lionel: You know, I honestly wish there WAS something between us.
Stepmother: Really?
Lionel: Yes. A continent.
[walks away]

Movie Connections:

Featured in Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits (2000) (V)

Soundtrack:

Ten Minutes Ago

Rodger and Hammerstein Did It Again!

One of Rodger and Hammerstein's masterpiece. Although this TV movie is a remake, you just can't get enough of Brandy, Paolo Montalban, Whoopi Goldberg, Whitney Houston, Bernadette Peters, and all of the casts that makes this movie a classic. Listen to the music. Hear its glory.