Happily N'Ever After (2006)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Directors:

Paul Bolger
Yvette Kaplan

Writers:

Douglas Langdale (additional writer)
Robert Moreland (writer)

Release Date:

5 January 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Don't Let Your Hair Down. Don't Go To The Ball. Don't Visit Grandma.

Plot:

An alliance of evil-doers, led by Frieda, looks to take over Fairy Tale Land. But when Ella realizes her stepmother is out to ruin her storybook existence, she takes a dramatic turn and blossoms into the leader of the resistance effort.

Plot Keywords:

Cinderella | Princess | Based On Fairy Tale | Computer Animation | Rapunzel

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

George Carlin	...	The Wizard (voice)
John Di Maggio	...	Dwarf 1 / Dwarf 2 / Giant (voice) (as John De Maggio)
Andy Dick	...	Mambo (voice)
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Ella (voice)
Lisa Kaplan	...	Fairy Godmother (voice)
Jill Talley	...	Stepsister 2 / Witch 2 / Baby's Mother (voice) (as Jill Talley Kenny)
Tom Kenny	...	Amigo 3 / Dwarf 3 / Messenger / Wolf 2 (voice) (as Tom J. Kenny)
Tress MacNeille	...	Witch 1 (voice) (as Tress Mac Neille)
Michael McShane	...	Rumplestiltskin (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Amigo 2 (voice) (as Robert F. Paulsen III)
Jon Polito	...	Wolf 1 (voice) (as John Polito)
Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Rick (voice)
Phil Proctor	...	Amigo 1 (voice) (as Philip G. Proctor)
Wallace Shawn	...	Munk (voice)
Kath Soucie	...	Stepsister 1 / Baby / Red Riding Hood (voice) (as Kath E. Soucie)
Patrick Warburton	...	Prince Humperdink (voice)
Sigourney Weaver	...	Frieda (voice)
Lee Arenberg	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Lee Arenburg)
Bob Bergen	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Robert Bergen)
John Cygan	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jennifer Darling	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Debi Derryberry	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Patti Deutsch	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Shae D'Lyn	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Shae D'Lynne)
Andrew Dolan	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Bill Farmer	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jack Fletcher	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Roger Jackson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Sherry Lynn	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Mickie McGowan	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Mickie T. McGowan)
Laraine Newman	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jan Rabson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jim Ward	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as James Kevin Ward)
April Winchell	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Directed by
Paul Bolger		(as Paul J. Bolger)
Yvette Kaplan		(additional director)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Douglas Langdale		additional writer
Robert Moreland		writer

Produced by
Wilhelm Auer	....	co-producer: BAF
Dr. Volker Baas	....	co-producer: BAF (as Volker Baas)
Stefan Beiten	....	co-executive producer
Delna Bhesania	....	unit producer: Bardel Entertainment
George Elliott	....	unit producer: Elliott Animation Inc.
Louise Goodsill	....	executive producer
Chad Hammes	....	co-producer (as J. Chad Hammes)
Michael Hefferon	....	co-producer
Brian Irving	....	unit producer: Elliott Animation Inc.
Ralph Kamp	....	executive producer
Ken Katsumoto	....	executive producer
John McKenna	....	line producer
Tom Ortenberg	....	executive producer
Andre Sikojev	....	co-executive producer (as André Sikojev)
Rainer Söhnlein	....	executive producer (as Rainer Soehnlein)
Nicole Stinn	....	studio producer: Nitrogen Studios Canada Inc.
Rose-Anne Tisserand	....	supervising producer: Bardel Entertainment (as Rose Ann Tisserand)
Barry Ward	....	unit producer: Bardel Entertainment
Nikolaus Weil	....	co-executive producer
Peter Widmann	....	co-producer: BAF
John H. Williams	....	producer
Charlie Woebcken	....	co-producer: BAF
Silke Zakarneh	....	co-producer: BAF

Original Music by
Paul Buckley

Cinematography by
David Dulac		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Ringo Waldenburger

Casting by
Jack Fletcher
Ruth Lambert

Production Design by
Deane Taylor

Production Management
Antje Burkard	....	production manager
Brynne Orloski	....	production manager: Vanguard Animation
Tony Power	....	production manager: Bardel Entertainment
Dieter Reinhold	....	production manager

Art Department
Akis Prokopios Dimitrakopoulos	....	additional storyboard artist (as Akis Dimitrakopoulos)
Desmond Downes	....	assistant art director
Hayley Easton	....	painter (as Hayley Easton-Street)
Sahin Ersöz	....	additional storyboard artist
Juan Antonio Torres Garcia	....	additional storyboard artist (as Juan Antonio Torres)
Lee Hong	....	storyboard artist
Andy Kelly	....	storyboard artist
Nondas Korodimos	....	additional storyboard artist
Ravinder Kundi	....	layout
Ravinder Kundi	....	set designer
Hervé Leblan	....	set designer
Fernando Moro	....	storyboard artist
Garrett O'Donoghue	....	storyboard artist
Børge Ring	....	additional storyboard artist
Gabor Tom Steisinger	....	storyboard artist (as Gabor Steisinger)
Ambika Thompson	....	prop coordinator

Sound Department
Elliot Anders	....	dialogue editor
James Austin	....	engineering services (as Jim Austin)
Christopher Barnett	....	sound
Chris Barron	....	digital transferer (as Christopher Barron)
Mark Berger	....	supervising re-recording mixer
Devon Bowman	....	adr mixer
Karen Brocco	....	supervising assistant sound editor (as Karen A. Brocco)
Tim Burby	....	digital editorial services
Kyrsten Mate Comoglio	....	sound effects editor (as Kyrsten Mate)
Ben Conrad	....	foley mixer
John Countryman	....	digital transferer
James Doser	....	adr recordist
Edwin Dunkley	....	video services (as Ed Dunkley)
Luke Dunn Gielmuda	....	foley editor
Teresa Eckton	....	sound effects editor
Coya Elliott	....	assistant sound effects editor
Erik Foreman	....	assistant sound editor
Jonathan Greber	....	digital transferer
Scott Guitteau	....	sound effects editor
Howie Hammerman	....	engineering services (as Howard Hammermann)
Ellen Heuer	....	foley artist
David Hunter	....	digital editorial services
Eric Lewis	....	dialogue recording engineer: Studiopolis, Inc.
Laura Lopez	....	sound studio operations: Studiopolis, Inc.
Brian Magerkurth	....	machine room operator
Marnie Moore	....	foley artist
Timothy Nielsen	....	sound designer
Larry Oatfield	....	foley editor (as E. Larry Oatfield)
Larry Oatfield	....	sound
Brandon Proctor	....	sound mix technician
Richard Quinn	....	adr editor
Andre Rivera	....	assistant adr recordist
Gary Rizzo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ronald G. Roumas	....	machine room operator (as Ron Roumas)
Dee Selby	....	assistant sound effects editor
Ernie Sheesley	....	dialogue recordist
Robert Shoup	....	supervising sound editor
John Torrijos	....	video services (as John 'J.T.' Torrijos)
James Twomey	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Christophe Messier	....	matte painter
Christophe Messier	....	texture artist

Visual Effects by
Bermond Alexandre	....	lighting artist
Bermond Alexandre	....	shading artist
Ohkba Ameziane-Hassani	....	render wrangler/render support
Albert Ang	....	senior modeling supervisor
Quentin Auger	....	character setup and animation
Rafi Ben Aharon	....	character animator
Rafi Ben Aharon	....	character modeler
Dennis Berardi	....	visual effects executive producer: Mr. X Inc.
Daniele Bigi	....	digital lighter
Kevin Blom	....	visual effects
Pierre-Luc Boily	....	visual effects lead
Gavin Boyle	....	pre-viz animator
Tina Braham	....	unit producer: The Lab Sydney
Jamie Briens	....	pipeline technical director
Jamie Briens	....	render wrangler
Nadav Brill	....	visual effects artist: simulations dev
Steve James Brown	....	visual effects
Dan Carnegie	....	visual effects artist: Mr. X
Erik Charlebois	....	visual effects artist: Mr. X
Cyril Frederick Chu	....	texture painter
Michael Crippin	....	surface/texture artist
Tom Cushwa	....	character modeling
Christophe Damiano	....	lighting technical director
Timm Dapper	....	digital effects artist
Tony Davidson	....	texture supervisor: Bardel
Fabrice Delapierre	....	supervisor
Kay Delventhal	....	digital compositor
Kay Delventhal	....	lead modeler
Jeremy Dineen	....	visual effects animator
Jon Dobson	....	lead pipeline technical director
Hayley Easton	....	lead texture artist
Erich Eder	....	digital compositor
Alexander Feigin	....	visual effects
Luke Groves	....	visual effects coordinator: Mr. X Inc.
Vinnakota Gupta	....	pipeline technical director: Berliner Film Company
Matthias Haase	....	animation director
Daniel Hasenbring	....	effects/cloth simulation
Di He	....	digital artist
Maura Hogan	....	render support: Berliner Film Companie
Tyler Hoolaeff	....	character animator
Rob Hopper	....	visual effects
Benny Min Huang	....	senior texture painter
Inna Itkin	....	character modeler
Peder Kallin	....	character modeler
Alexander Kaminski	....	effects technical director
Volodymyr Kazantsev	....	visual effects artist
Mark Kennedy	....	visual effects artist: The Lab
Igor Kreinin	....	modeler
Robert Kuczera	....	senior animator
Ravinder Kundi	....	pre-viz animator
Vicky Kwan	....	previz artist
Grant Laker	....	lead cloth technical director
Grant Laker	....	supervising lead rigger
Ronen Lanovoi	....	rigger
Ronen Lanovoi	....	technical artist
Jesse Lehrman	....	pipeline technical director
Yoan Lepesme	....	lighting artist
Yoan Lepesme	....	shading supervisor
Bjorn Liljequist	....	lead lighting technical director
Duncan MacLaren	....	animator
Ian MacLeod	....	digital artist
Elliot Mallon	....	modeller
Daniel Martin Peixe	....	character animator
Nathan McConnel	....	compositor
Nathan McConnel	....	lead animator
Rebecca Melander	....	texturing supervisor: Berliner Film Companie
Taylor Moll	....	texturing supervisor
Giuseppe Motta	....	technical director: shader
Mike Mulock	....	rigger
Dennis J. Murphy	....	render wrangler
Jan Natarajan	....	visual effects technical director (2005)
Tino Nettling	....	lighting/efx
Tino Nettling	....	pre compositor
Tino Nettling	....	shading artist
Erin Nicholson	....	modeling supervisor: Elliott Animation Inc.
Anton Ognyev	....	lighting technical director
Sebastien Potet	....	lead character technical director
Christel Pougeoise	....	character animator
Darcy Reno	....	senior systems administrator (as Darcy Bangsund)
Robert Rioux	....	set modeling supervisor: Bardel
Paul-George H. Roberts	....	tools developer
Jose A. Rodriguez	....	previz/layout/render manager (as Jose A. Rodriguez Diaz)
Gabriel G. Roy	....	senior digital compositor
Garry Runke	....	digital artist
Lucy Salter	....	pipeline technical director (as Lucy Ward)
Ran Sariel	....	character technical director supervisor
Alex Schott	....	digital matte artist
Alex Schott	....	shading technical director
Christian Schuppe	....	modeler
Geoff D.E. Scott	....	digital artist
Nicolas Seck	....	character animator
John Silander	....	character modeller: Bardel Animation
David Singer	....	visual effects producer: Mr. X Inc.
Bart Skorupski	....	animator
Chris Spry	....	CG Supervisor: the LaB sydney
Ben Staples	....	animator
Avrill Stark	....	unit executive producer: The Lab Sydney
Mark Stepanek	....	CG supervisor
Matthew Street	....	unit executive producer: The Lab Sydney
Ray Van Steenwyk	....	lead animator
Ruslan Vasylev	....	lead character modeler: Bardel
Frantz Vidal	....	character animator
Romain Villemaine	....	character animator
Bernie Wempe	....	character modeling supervisor: Bardel
Bob White	....	technical director
Lee Willock	....	animator
Tylney Taylor	....	senior technical director (uncredited)
Angus Wakefield	....	UV layout artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Devan Mussato	....	rigger

Animation Department
José Sánchez Alonso	....	additional character designer (as Pepe Sanchez Alonso)
Dino Athanassiou	....	animation director
Jeff Bailey	....	animator: Nitrogen Studios
Nicolas Bauduin	....	animator
Patricia Binga	....	animator
Bart Boirot	....	senior animator
Phil Bonner	....	animator (2005)
Sascha Borchert	....	layout artist (as Alexander 'Sascha' Borchert)
Julia Bordeau	....	shot lighter
Gavin Boyle	....	senior layout artist
Izabela Byzmek	....	additional animator: Nitrogen Studios
Cyrille Caron	....	layout supervisor
Katrina Conwright	....	additional animator
Laura Dundas	....	animation coordinator
Sébastien Ebzant	....	lead animator
Pedro Daniel García Pérez	....	additional character designer
Scott Glynn	....	animation supervisor: Elliott Animation
Keith Graves	....	additional character designer
Francisco Alaminos Hódar	....	additional character designer
Miguel Alaminos Hódar	....	additional character designer
Lee Hong	....	character designer
Bastian Hopfgarten	....	assistant animation coordinator
Andy Kelly	....	character designer
Thorsten Kiecker	....	additional character designer
Marcus Koch	....	lead character designer
Ravinder Kundi	....	character designer
Ravinder Kundi	....	layout artist (as Ravinder Singh Kundi)
Michael Linton	....	additional animator: Nitrogen Studios (as Mike Linton)
Dave Mah	....	animator
Victor Marchetti	....	animation supervisor: Bardel Entertainment
Alexa Müller-Heyn	....	animator
Andrew Ogawa	....	additional animator
Keith Oliver	....	animation supervisor: Elliott Animation
Maurizio Parimbelli	....	lead animator
Fernando Pazos	....	animator
Claus Pedersen	....	lead animator
Barry Reynolds	....	additional character designer
Tsahi Reznick	....	animator: DPSI
Craig Roberts	....	animator
Tom Roth	....	lead animator: Bardel Entertainment
Brad Semple	....	animator
Nuranee Shaw	....	animator: Nitrogen Studios
Benson Shum	....	animator
Emil Simeonov	....	lead animator: Bardel Entertainment
Simon Sonnichsen	....	lead animator
Gabor Tom Steisinger	....	character designer (as Gabor Steisinger)
Hugo M. Takahashi	....	additional character designer (as Hugo Takahashi)
Jenn Taylor	....	animator
Steven Taylor	....	animator: Nitrogen Studios
Greg Tiernan	....	animation director: Nitrogen Studios
Ed Wou	....	animator

Editorial Department
Naomi Bowden	....	editorial manager
Rod Dean	....	additional editor
Jack Lewars	....	assistant color timer: Efilm
Ingo Schmidt	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Brian Dixon	....	score mixer
Josh Evans	....	assistant score engineer
Jay Faires	....	soundtrack producer
Liz Gallacher	....	music supervisor
Ran Galor	....	music editor
Tricia Holloway	....	additional music supervisor
Will Johnstone	....	composer: additional music
Robyn Klein	....	executive in charge of music
Kory Kruckenberg	....	scoring engineer
Robin Lee	....	music editor
Robert Puff	....	additional music preparer
Robert Puff	....	music librarian
Jennifer Kes Remington	....	music pre-mix
Erica Weis	....	supervising music editor

Other crew
Pierre-Luc Boily	....	technical director rendering
Venecia Duran	....	assistant: Mr. Williams
Yon Elvira	....	supervisor of assets and unit publicity: Lionsgate
Kathrin A. Fuhrmann	....	assistant: Mr. Soehnlein
Kathi Gaudig-Hesse	....	hr coordinator
Matthew Hampton	....	international marketing
Dennis Harms	....	render technician
Jasmin Hazem	....	assistant: Mr. Hefferon
Eliot M. Henning	....	production coordinator: pipeline
Greg Huculak	....	creative lead supervisor: Bardel Entertainment
Martin Katic	....	production assistant
Mike Lane	....	client services
Steven Lewis	....	finance legal
Hailon Li	....	assistant: Mr. Soehnlein
Gordon Ng	....	client services
Eva Porter	....	client services
Anthony Power	....	sequence director
Michelle Rose	....	production coordinator
Renee Russo	....	client services
Aileen Schüler	....	assistant to producers
Sebastian Thiel	....	pipeline engineer
Greg Tiernan	....	studio director: Nitrogen Studios
Florian Wagner	....	development artist
Nadine Wagner-Westerbarkey	....	development artist
Marc Wehe	....	production assistant
Martin Wellens	....	production assistant
Tobias Wiegand	....	managing director
Maximilian Winchester	....	production coordinator
Ulla Ziemann	....	script editor

Production Companies

• BAF Berlin Animation Film
• BFC Berliner Film Companie
• Odyssey Entertainment
• Vanguard Films
• Vanguard Animation

Distributors

• DNC Entertainment (2008) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Maple Pictures (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• EuroVideo (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Europa Filmes (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Odyssey Entertainment (2003) (worldwide) (all media) (non Germany)
• Odyssey Entertainment (2007) (UK) (all media) (world sales)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2008) (Finland) (all media)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Mr. X
• Quadriga FX

Other Companies

• Complex Studio, The  sound post-production
• Marshall/Plumb Research Associates  script research
• Scarlet Letters  titles
• Screen Music Studios (SMS)  dialogue recording facilities
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Studiopolis  adr recording

Also Known As:

Es war k'einmal im Märchenland (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild action and rude humor.

Runtime:

75 min | USA:87 min | 66 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

USA:PG | Singapore:G | Hong Kong:I | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:Atp | Ireland:G | Portugal:M/6 | Germany:o.Al. | Peru:PT | South Korea:All | New Zealand:G | Finland:K-7 | Sweden:7 | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

BAF Berlin Animation Film

Trivia:

All the actors except Wallace Shawn and George Carlin voiced their parts in Los Angeles, Califora. Carlin voiced his roll in Las Vegas over the phone.

Quotes:

Munk: Are you sure about this?
Rick: No. Act cool.
Rick: [to Troll guards] Hey I'm just tryin' to put money in your pocket playa. Yo.
Munk: Umm... Yo?
Mambo: Yo! We're cool. We're low. We're on the down low. The DL. Down low. Way down we're slowly rolly polly oly.
Mambo: [after Munk pulls him away from the guards] Hey! What's wrong with you? I'm down!

Movie Connections:

References Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Soundtrack:

Happy Doesn't Have to Have an Ending

Disappointing

While this had some good points, there were many weaknesses. The characters didn't always fit their voices and the animation was pretty weak. Freddie Prinze, Jr.'s character, Rick, looked like Justin Timberlake, for some unknown reason. Characters walked as if they were automatons, not with the fluidity of humans. And Sarah Michell Gellar, while I'm a big fan of hers from her Buffy days, seemed bored the whole time. In fact, her (Cinder)Ella spoke with the same stilted simplicity as the robot Buffy from Season Five of the series. The monumental talents of George Carlin were wasted in such a small role. The whole thing seemed as if it were a rushed rip-off of Shrek and Hoodwinked.