Ella Enchanted (2004)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Tommy O'Haver

Writers (WGA):

Gail Carson Levine (novel)
Laurie Craig (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

9 April 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

Get enchanted

Plot:

Ella is under a spell to be constantly obedient, a fact she must hide from her new step-family in order to protect the prince of the land, her friend for whom she's falling.

Plot Keywords:

Prince | Obedience | Quest | Curse | Ogre

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Nov. 14	4:00 PM	ABCF
Sun. Nov. 15	1:30 PM	ABCF

Cast

Anne Hathaway	...	Ella
Hugh Dancy	...	Char
Cary Elwes	...	Edgar
Aidan McArdle	...	Slannen
Joanna Lumley	...	Dame Olga
Lucy Punch	...	Hattie
Jennifer Higham	...	Olive
Minnie Driver	...	Mandy
Eric Idle	...	Narrator
Steve Coogan	...	Heston (voice)
Jimi Mistry	...	Benny
Vivica A. Fox	...	Lucinda
Parminder Nagra	...	Areida
Jim Carter	...	Nish
Patrick Bergin	...	Sir Peter
Donna Dent	...	Ella's Mother
Ankita Malkan	...	Young Areida
Sally-Ann Tingle	...	Mean Little Girl
Aimee Brigg	...	Ella (Aged 8)
Helen Norton	...	Prof. Edith
Emmet Kirwan	...	Vendor
Christopher Kelly	...	Salesman
Audrey Hamm	...	Perfume Sprayer
Mikel Murfi	...	Mall Cop
Rory Keenan	...	Otto
Aonghus Og McAnally	...	Bluto
Aaron Monaghan	...	Pug
Heidi Klum	...	Brumhilda
Alvaro Lucchesi	...	Koopooduk
Paraic Breathnach	...	Ogre No. 2
Daniel Naprous	...	Ogre No. 3
Nora-Jane Noone	...	Fairy No. 1 (as Nora Jane Noone)
Pat Kinevane	...	Make-Up Artist
Andrea Irvine	...	Tour Guide
Merrina Millsapp	...	Hall of Records Attendant
Amelia Crowley	...	Fairy Administrator
Pat McGrath	...	Dungeon Guard
Susan Ward	...	Fan Club Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Johnny Nguyen	...	Red Knight (uncredited)
Anna Nugent	...	Backing Singer (Giant) (uncredited)
Tommy O'Haver	...	Squirrel-on-a-Stick Vendor (uncredited)
Rachel Rath	...	Elf (uncredited)
Claire Michelle Scally	...	Background Artist (uncredited)
Gerry Wade	...	Wedding Giant (uncredited)
Ron Yuan	...	Red Guard (uncredited)

Directed by
Tommy O'Haver

Writing credits (WGA)
Gail Carson Levine		(novel)
Laurie Craig		(screenplay) and
Karen McCullah Lutz		(screenplay) &
Kirsten Smith		(screenplay) and
Jennifer Heath		(screenplay) &
Michele J. Wolff		(screenplay)

Produced by
Su Armstrong	....	executive producer
James Flynn	....	co-producer
Julie Goldstein	....	executive producer
Susan Miller Lazar	....	co-producer
Morgan O'Sullivan	....	co-producer
Jane Startz	....	producer
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Nick Glennie-Smith

Cinematography by
John de Borman		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Masahiro Hirakubo

Casting by
Susie Figgis

Production Design by
Norman Garwood

Art Direction by
Matthew Gray
Anna Rackard
Lucy Richardson		(supervising art director)

Costume Design by
Ruth Myers

Makeup Department
Lorri Ann-King	....	assistant hair stylist
Eileen Buggy	....	hair stylist
Martina Byrne	....	additional makeup artist
Dee Corcoran	....	chief hair stylist
Sharon Doyle	....	makeup assistant
Sallie Jaye	....	chief makeup artist
Niamh O'Loan	....	makeup assistant
Roisin O'Reilly	....	makeup assistant: extras
Marion O'Toole	....	hairdresser: extras
Neal Scanlan	....	animatronics & special makeup effects

Production Management
Richard Lloyd	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Agnew	....	first assistant director: second unit
Keith Barry	....	third assistant director
David Daniels	....	first assistant director
Micky Finch	....	first assistant director: model unit
Konrad Jay	....	first assistant director: second unit
Paul Jennings	....	second unit director
Raymond Kirk	....	third assistant director
Owen Magee	....	trainee assistant director
Gail Munnelly	....	second assistant director
Karen Richards	....	second assistant director
Nick Thomas	....	trainee assistant director
Anne Warter	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Nathan Amondson	....	storyboard artist
Ben Ansell	....	art department assistant
Russ Bailey	....	construction coordinator
Graeme Bird	....	propmaker
Sharon Bruton	....	art trainee
June Connon	....	props
Jenni Cooney	....	propmaker
Keith Cullen	....	props
Stephen Daly	....	storyboard artist
Conor Dennison	....	unit art director
Alan Harvey	....	props
Darren Kearney	....	painter
Anna Kirwan	....	assistant buyer
Rene Knol	....	dressing props
Rene Knol	....	propmaker
Jason Knox-Johnston	....	set designer
Philip Murphy	....	props
Tony Nicholson Jr.	....	supervising propsman
Irene O'Brien	....	graphic designer
Brendan Rankin	....	draughtsman
Edwin Ryan	....	sculptor
Christian Tobin	....	props
Remo Tozzi	....	draughtsman
Jil Turner	....	props buyer
Ashley Winter	....	draughtsman
Helen Xenopoulos	....	set designer
Jack Garwood	....	dressing props (uncredited)
Frank Matthews	....	master plasterer (uncredited)
Harry Pain	....	model maker (uncredited)

Sound Department
Patrick Cutliffe	....	assistant sound editor
Caoimhe Doyle	....	foley artist
Andrew Felton	....	sound trainee
John Fitzgerald	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sarah Gaines	....	dialogue editor
Brendan Geaney	....	assistant sound editor
Brendan Geaney	....	transfer recordist
Aura Gilge	....	sound effects editor
Jeff Gomillion	....	adr mixer
Fionn Higgins	....	additional adr recordist
Tom Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andrew Lackey	....	sound effects editor
Anthony Litton	....	foley editor
Malcolm Luker	....	sound mixer
Malcolm Luker	....	sound recordist
Paul Lynch	....	adr recordist
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Brian Masterson	....	sound mixer
Brian Masterson	....	sound recordist
Jean McGrath	....	adr recordist
Hugo Monks	....	first assistant sound editor
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
Christopher Scarabosio	....	sound designer
Jon Stevenson	....	sound effects editor
Daniel Ward	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Aidan Byrne	....	senior special effects technician
Kevin Byrne	....	special effects supervisor
Paul Byrne	....	special effects technician
Luke Marcel	....	models
Craig Narramore	....	modeller
Robert Schofield	....	wire supervisor (as Bob Schofield)
Nigel Stone	....	model unit photography
Roy Weatherly	....	special effects wireman

Visual Effects by
Kevin Ahern	....	visual effects editor
Oliver Atherton	....	scanning and recording
Henry Badgett	....	digital compositor
Viv Baker	....	visual effects
James Ballan	....	visual effects model maker
Adrian Banton	....	digital compositor
Angela Barson	....	compositing supervisor: MPC
Pete Bebb	....	previs lead
John Benn	....	line-up: Cinesite
Dan Bethell	....	tools development: MPC
Angus Bickerton	....	visual effects designer
Paul Brannan	....	data operator: MPC
Paul Brannan	....	render wrangler: MPC
Danny Brunton	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Chas Cash	....	animator: Cinesite
Damien Cheetham	....	data manager
Lee Chidwick	....	digital I/O: Cinesite
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
James Clarke	....	visual effects
Simon Clutterbuck	....	visual effects supervisor: MPC
Grant Connor	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Laurent Cordier	....	3D supervisor: Cinesite
Hal Couzens	....	visual effects producer: Double Negative
Tyson Cross	....	animator: Cinesite
Aimee Dadswell-Davies	....	visual effects coordinator: Cinesite
Ken Dailey	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Neil Damman	....	model maker
Martin R. Davison	....	digital I/O: Cinesite
Merche Delgado	....	animator: Cinesite
Keith Devlin	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Caine Dickinson	....	lighting technical director: MPC
Gavin Digby	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Noel Donnellon	....	video operator: visual effects unit
Paul Edwards	....	visual effects co-coordinator: Cinesite
James Eggleton	....	digital I/O: Cinesite
Erik Ellefsen	....	animator: Cinesite
Michael Elson	....	head of production: MPC
James D. Etherington	....	digital artist
James Farrington	....	3D character animator: MPC
Sean Farrow	....	assistant visual effects supervisor
Sean Farrow	....	digital supervisor: Nexus Visual Effects
Zac Franks	....	digital I/O: Cinesite
Mark Gardiner	....	motion control camera operator
David Gibbons	....	matte artist
John Haddon	....	shader writer
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager: Double Negative
Andy Hargreaves	....	animator: Cinesite
Mick Harper	....	digital artist
Tiana Harper	....	digital coordinator
Dan Harrod	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Jeremy Hattingh	....	digital compositor
Barrie Hemsley	....	visual effects producer
Charley Henley	....	digital compositor
Clare Herbert	....	visual effects coordinator
Grant Hewlett	....	3D tracking: Cinesite
Tim Hey	....	digital compositor
Matt Hicks	....	lead character rigger
Martin Hobbs	....	visual effects producer
Bastian Hopfgarten	....	visual effects assistant
Robin Huffer	....	digital artist
Tim Jones	....	render wrangler: MPC
Tim Jones	....	digital artist
Duncan Kinnaird	....	digital supervisor: Nexus Visual Effects
Duncan Kinnaird	....	senior visual effects compositor
Jesper Kjölsrud	....	3D supervisor: Double Negative
Andreas Krein	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Jeremy Lazare	....	3D animator
David Lloyd	....	render engineer: MPC
Sarah Lockwood	....	digital compositor
Clare Longhurst	....	visual effects coordinator
Charlotte Loughnane	....	visual effects line producer
Natalie MacDonald	....	digital compositor
Tony Man	....	roto artist
Zebedee Massey	....	data wrangler
Nadia Mattera	....	visual effects assistant editor
Andy Middleton	....	lead texture artist: MPC
Ivor Middleton	....	3D supervisor: Cinesite
Warren J. Mills	....	production assistant
John Moffatt	....	digital compositor
Andrew Morley	....	lighting supervisor: MPC
Gareth Murphy	....	digital I/O: Cinesite
Jonathan Neill	....	3D supervisor: Cinesite (as John Neill)
Nick New	....	digital artist
Jeff North	....	digital effects
Paul Oakley	....	3D tracking: Cinesite
Steve Parsons	....	scanning and recording
Joe Pavlo	....	digital compositor
Joe Pavlo	....	digital supervisor: Nexus Visual Effects
Aleksandar Pejic	....	CG artist: Double Negative
Dylan Penhale	....	digital systems manager
Kevin Phelan	....	digital enhancement producer: Lip Sync Post
Glen Pratt	....	digital compositor
David Rey	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Gillian Roberts	....	production development: Cinesite
Xavier Roig	....	visual effects: double negative
Tom Rolfe	....	digital compositor
Sue Rowe	....	visual effects supervisor: Cinesite
Neal Scanlan	....	creative supervisor: Neal Scanlan Studio
Robbie Scott	....	model supervisor: Cutting Edge
David Sewell	....	digital effects artist
Foad Shah	....	digital compositor
Catherine M. Shaw	....	in-house visual effects coordinator
Matthew Shaw	....	roto artist
Kevan Shorey	....	matchmove artist: Double Negative
Matina Skouteri	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
John Slattery	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Alex Smith	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Nigel Stone	....	photographer: model unit
Maria Stroka	....	film recording producer
Åsa Svedberg	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Richard Thomas	....	model maker
Ben Thompson	....	lighting technical director: MPC
Tony Thorne	....	senior animator
Leigh Took	....	miniature supervisor: mattes & miniatures
Mark Topping	....	visual effects model maker
Matthew Twyford	....	visual effects supervisor: Double Negative
Courtney Vanderslice	....	production development: Cinesite
Victor Wade	....	digital compositor
Tara Walker	....	digital lab operator
Daniel Walton	....	digital artist
Tim Walton	....	digital effects artist
Karen Wand	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Pieter Warmington	....	3D animator: Double Negative
Sheila Wickens	....	digital compositor: MPC (as Sheila Gorman)
Kathy Wise	....	digital I/O: Cinesite
Pat Wong	....	senior compositor
Anthony Wonsoff	....	model maker
Max Wood	....	visual effects: MPC
Aviv Yaron	....	2D technical director: Cinesite
Keith Barton	....	technical services (uncredited)
Howard Berry	....	visual effects runner: MPC (uncredited)
Gary Coulter	....	digital effects artist: Fuzzygoat Ltd (uncredited)
Martyn Drake	....	systems: MPC (uncredited)
Caroline Garrett	....	digital effects artist: Fuzzygoat Ltd (uncredited)
Steve Lynn	....	technical support (uncredited)
Roma O'Connor	....	bidding producer (uncredited)
Richard Poet	....	editorial assistant: MPC (uncredited)
Sarah Soulsby	....	digital compositor: Goldcrest (uncredited)

Stunts
Nicola Berwick	....	stunt double: Anne Hathaway
Tony Brown	....	stunt performer
Sophia Crawford	....	stunt double: Anne Hathaway
Nicholas Daines	....	stunt performer
Amanda Foster	....	stunt double
Dominick Hewitt	....	stunt performer
Rowley Irlam	....	stunts
Paul Jennings	....	stunt coordinator
Giedrius Nagys	....	stunts
Johnny Nguyen	....	stunt double
Johnny Nguyen	....	stunts
Lin Oeding	....	stunts
Donal O'Farrell	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Bean Peel	....	stunt double: Anne Hathaway
Gary Robinson	....	stunts
Roger Yuan	....	fight choreographer
Ron Yuan	....	co-fight coordinator
Ron Yuan	....	fight consultant
Philippe Zone	....	stunts
Rob Inch	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
David Appleby	....	still photographer
Garret Baldwin	....	best boy
Ciarán Barry	....	camera operator
Steve Brooke Smith	....	first assistant camera: model unit
Alan Butler	....	focus puller
Sean Corcoran	....	director of photography: second unit
Adam Dale	....	aerial director of photography
Richie Egan	....	grip: 2nd unit
Sarah Francis	....	assistant camera
Mark Gilleece	....	video assist trainee
David Grennan	....	focus puller
Alan Hall	....	assistant camera
Robert Hamilton	....	video assist operator
Kevin Johanssen	....	video assist operator
Patric Kickham	....	video assist operator
Karl Morgan	....	focus puller
Philip Murphy	....	grip
Ben Perry	....	assistant camera
Alastair Rae	....	Steadicam operator
Alastair Rae	....	camera operator: "a" camera
J. Glyn Williams	....	first assistant camera: aerial unit

Animation Department
Jamie Beard	....	animator

Casting Department
Vanessa Baker	....	adr voice casting
Brendan Donnison	....	adr voice casting
Rebecca Roper	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eleonara McNamara	....	trainee costume craft
William McPhail	....	costume supervisor
Jessica O'Leary	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Michael Eaves	....	digital color timer
Jennifer Lane	....	post-production executive
Jack Lewars	....	assistant color timer: Efilm
Anna Maria O'Flanagan	....	assistant editor
Scott Richter	....	additional editor
Jeff Schweikart	....	post-production assistant
Mike Stanwick	....	color timer
Neil Williams	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
James Seymour Brett	....	conductor: additional music (as James Brett)
James Seymour Brett	....	music arranger (as James Brett)
James Seymour Brett	....	orchestrator (as James Brett)
James Seymour Brett	....	orchestrator: additional music (as James Brett)
Michael Connell	....	supervising music editor
Shaun Davey	....	composer: additional music
Mark Dwyer	....	assistant music engineer
Karen Elliott	....	score coordinator: UK
Elizabeth Finch	....	orchestrator
Bruce Fowler	....	orchestrator (as Bruce L. Fowler)
Walt Fowler	....	orchestrator
Rick Giovinazzo	....	orchestrator
Eddy Grant	....	composer: song "Walking On Sunshine"
Steven Greenberg	....	composer: song "Once Upon A Broken Heart"
Fionn Higgins	....	assistant scoring mixer
Rachel Levy	....	co-music supervisor
Malcolm Luker	....	music scoring mixer
Kieran Lynch	....	music engineer
Gerard McCann	....	additional music editor
Richard McCullough	....	assistant music engineer
Ladd McIntosh	....	orchestrator
Yvonne S. Moriarty	....	orchestrator
Vini Poncia	....	composer: song "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"
Kimberley Rew	....	composer: song "Walking On Sunshine"
Alan Smale	....	orchestra leader: The Irish Film Orchestra
Randy Spendlove	....	executive music producer
Matthew Rush Sullivan	....	music engineering
Fiachra Trench	....	conductor
Caitriona Walsh	....	musician contractor
Matthew Wilder	....	composer: song "True To Your Heart" from film "Mulan"
Hans Zimmer	....	executive score producer
David B. Baron	....	music editor (uncredited)
Jamie Lowry	....	music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Alan Dixon	....	unit driver
Brendan King	....	unit driver
Eamonn Murphy	....	transportation coordinator
Michael Phelan	....	driver: Tommy O'Haver

Other crew
Vince Abbott	....	mechanical design supervisor
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Jean Bourne	....	script supervisor
Sarah Burn	....	copyist
Gillian Cody	....	first assistant accountant
Suzanne Fitzgerald	....	assistant: Mr. O'Haver, Eire
Gillian Flood	....	choreographic coordinator
Gregg Goldston	....	mime coach: Ms. Hathaway
Ingrid Goodwin	....	assistant location manager
Barrie Gower	....	prosthetic artist
Jennifer Griffin	....	assistant accountant
Brendan Gunn	....	dialogue coach
Iseult Harrington	....	production assistant
Bastian Hopfgarten	....	production assistant
Stephen Kendrick	....	assistant: Ms. Startz and Ms. Armstrong, Eire
Harriet Lyons	....	art finisher
John McKenna	....	weapons armorer
Iain Montgomery	....	location assistant
Lucy Morgan	....	aerial choreographer
Lucy Morgan	....	aerial coordinator
Richard Morrison	....	title designer
Billy Mulligan	....	assistant: Ms. Startz, USA
Jake Myers	....	production executive
Georgina O'Connor	....	assistant location manager
Andrew O'Malley	....	production assistant
Maggie Phelan	....	production accountant
Julia Sellwood	....	assistant: Mr. O'Haver, UK
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Meredith Shevory	....	assistant: Ms. Hathaway
Georgina Shortt	....	extras coordinator
Heather Thomas-Hughes	....	unit nurse
Bruno Tonioli	....	choreographer
Desi Vanrintel	....	3-D scanning supervisor
Booker White	....	copyist (as Booker T. White)
Sabine Wührer	....	script supervisor: second unit

Production Companies

• Miramax Films
• Jane Startz Productions
• Blessington Film Productions
• Enchanted Productions (co-production)
• Investment Incentives for the Irish Film Industry (produced with the support of) (as Investment Incentives for the Irish Film Industry provided by the Government of Ireland)
• World 2000 Entertainment (co-production)

Distributors

• Miramax Films (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Italia (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Golden Village (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2004) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2004) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• TFM Distribution (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• West (200?) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Avsar Film (2004) (Turkey) (all media)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Argentina) (all media)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Miramax Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film (2004) (Sweden) (all media)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Talpa (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Walt Disney Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Cutting Edge (miniature visual effects)
• Mattes & Miniatures Atlantic Digital (MMAD) (miniature visual effects)
• Senate Visual Effects, The (visual effects)
• Moving Picture Company (MPC) (character animation: "Heston")
• Cinesite (digital visual effects and computer animation)
• Double Negative (digital visual effects)
• Neal Scanlan Studios (animatronic characters and special makeup effects)
• Lip Sync Post (custom digital enhancement)
• Nexus Visual Effects Ltd.

Other Companies

• Hyperactive Broadcast  editing equipment
• Shepperton Studios  movie studio
• Ace Helicopters  helicopter services
• Ardmore Sound  sound post-production (as Ardmore Sound)
• Cutting Edge  negative cutting
• DeLuxe Laboratories  color timing
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Eyetronics  3D scanning services (as Eyetronics NV)
• Fig Productions  title design
• Flying Pictures  camera and equipment provided by
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional Avid systems supplied by
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Hollywood Records  soundtrack available on
• Hollywood Records  soundtrack published by
• Hothouse Music  score coordination
• Kodak  color timing
• Lee Lighting  lighting
• Lip Sync Post  adr recording
• Lip Sync Post  custom digital enhancement
• Malde & Co.  production auditors
• Motion Control Cameras  visual effects
• Movietech  camera equipment provided by
• One Post  titles
• Post Logic Studios  digital film mastering
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services
• Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ)  score recorded at (as RTE, Dublin)
• Sapex Scripts  continuity spotting list
• The Irish Film Orchestra  score performed by
• Windmill Lane Recording Studios  score mixed at (as Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin)
• Windmill Lane Recording Studios  score recorded at (as Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some crude humor and language.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA | Ireland | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #40090) | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:6 | Portugal:M/6 | Germany:o.Al. | New Zealand:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:G | Finland:K-7 | Ireland:PG | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

Ardmore Studios - Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland

Company:

Miramax Films

Trivia:

Several references are made to Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) including "It's only a scratch" and the line about rabbits rarely attacking anyone. Eric Idle, of course, is the narrator and one of the members of the Monty Python team.

Goofs:

Plot holes: At one point in a restaurant, Ella tries to convince Slannen to reveal his secret aspirations to her, and he tells her, "No, forget it." Following the film's premise that she must obey all orders that she receives, she should have literally forgotten what they were talking about. Yet she does not, and continues to nag the elf until he relents.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: Fairy tales tell, as their labels imply / Stories of magic, of creatures that fly / With giants and dragons and ogres and elves / And inanimate objects that speak for themselves / There's romance and danger and plotting of schemes / There's good guys...

Movie Connections:

Featured in Ella Enchanted: A Red Carpet Premiere Special (2004) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Let Me Entertain You

One for the vaults

Ella Enchanted, starring Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Minnie Driver, and Eric Idle, is a contemporary epic fairy tale, sitting on the top shelf with such classics as The Wizard of Oz, and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

A deeply telling and romantic tale, set in the land of magic, with many important messages, ranging from personal freedom, self empowerment, truth, and equality, to the simple pleasures that create the beautiful contrast of fairy tales, humor, song, beauty, friendship.

A family movie, Ella Enchanted will be enjoyed by adults and children, and is sure to bring a warmth to your heart.

Anne Hathaway steals your heart with her charm, personality, and ability to carry the movie no matter where it leads, with great beauty and skill. The supporting roles are cute, witty, and fill out the movie in all the right places.

This is one for the vaults, and the DVD collection.