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==Stereotypes== |
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The Film is notable for its largely [[Stereotypical]] choice of Cast. |
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* The likeable Protagonist, Ella, along with her Father, Biological Mother, and Aunt, are American. |
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* The Clueless and/or Antagonist Characters including the Trolls, a few of the Giants, the King, the Prince, the Evil Stepmother & the Evil Stepsisters are all British. |
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* Two African-American characters appear; an incompetent drunkard of a Fairy Godmother and a Perfume Saleswoman. |
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* The only Asian character with a speaking part is Ella's best friend, Areida, who has the barest of lines and no other role save to be Ella's best friend. |
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| Ella Enchanted | |
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| File:Ella Enchanted original theatrical poster.jpg Original theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Tommy O'Haver |
| Starring | Anne Hathaway Hugh Dancy Cary Elwes |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
Release dates | April 9, 2004 |
Running time | 96 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$35,000,000 |
Ella Enchanted is a comedy-drama film and the screen adaptation of Gail Carson Levine's 1997 novel of the same name. The film stars Anne Hathaway as Ella and Hugh Dancy as Prince Charmont. It was released to North American theatres on April 9, 2004 (see 2004 in film).
Plot
Template:Spoiler Shortly after her birth, Ella (Anne Hathaway) is granted the "gift" of obedience by a fairy named Lucinda (Vivica A. Fox). She is forced to obey every order she is given. Several years later, Ella's mother dies and she is left with her father who, in need of money, remarries a wealthy socialite. His greedy, expedient new wife and her two spoiled daughters Hattie and Olive treat Ella poorly and when they find out about her gift they start using her and try to make her life a misery and ruin it. Nagra]]). Hattie takes malicious joy in Ella's suffering. Ella cannot bear to live under the obedience spell and Hattie's schadenfreude any longer and sets out to find Lucinda in hopes of her removing the spell. During her journey, she encounters an elf named Slannen, who refuses to be an entertainer, which all elves are expected to be under kingdom restrictions.
Slannen joins Ella on her quest to find Lucinda, but run into trouble with a group of ogres. They are rescued by Prince Charmont (Hugh Dancy), the heir to the kingdom of Frell, who is openly infatuated with Ella. He follows her to a giant wedding, where Ella hopes to find Lucinda. At the wedding, Ella is forced to perform a rendition of Queen's "Somebody to Love". After the wedding, Prince Charmont recommends that Ella visits the Hall of Records to track down Lucinda and so that he can attend his coronation. As they make their way to the palace, Prince Charmont and Ella fall in love.
At the palace, Ella's "gift" is brought to the attention of Sir Edgar (a non-existent character in the book; played by Cary Elwes), the Prince's uncle and the regent of Frell until Char's coronation. Ella's stepsisters explain that she does everything she is told and he orders her to stab Prince Charmont when they are alone and not to tell anyone of the plan. Sir Edgar reveals that he was the murderer of Prince Charmont's father (Charmont's father was not dead in the book). Ella asks Slannen to tie her to a tree outside the city and to find the giants in order to help them.
In somewhat of a predicament, Lucinda appears before Ella and she asks the fairy to undo the gift of obedience. Offended by her request, Lucinda says that she cannot take it back and that if she no longer wants the spell, she must find a way to remove it herself. To make matters worse, she unties Ella from the tree. When Ella gets to the ball, Charmont immediately takes her to the hall of mirrors and asks her to marry him at midnight. She is about to stab him with the dagger, when she frees herself from the curse and saves Prince Charmont from his uncle's treachery.
Charmont believes she tried to kill him, and Edgar (who was watching the entire scene behind a double-view mirror) order the guards to lock her up and have her executed in a few days. Slannen gets the giants, and the ogres come to help as well. They sneak into the castle. They rescue Ella and find out that Sir Edgar is poisoning the crown that is to be put on Char's head. Just when the crown is just inches above his head, Ella and the ogres and Slannen barge in and the crown is put on a table. Knights are ordered out by Edgar, but Prince Char and Ella along with the ogres and Slannen defeat them all. During the fight, Ella reveals everything that happened and Mandy (Ella's homemaker fairy) finally is able to change Benny (her boyfriend who was accidentally transformed into a book, and helps Ella to find Lucinda) back into a man.
Sir Edgar then admits to it, but yells to all that only he is fit to wear the crown. He then puts it on his head, and falls to the ground from the poison. A few seconds later Char asks Ella to marry him and she agrees.
During their wedding, which ends with a musical number (Elton John's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"), it is revealed that Sir Edgar did not die, but was very badly poisoned.
Cast
| Actor | Role(s) |
|---|---|
| Anne Hathaway | Ella |
| Hugh Dancy | Prince Charmont |
| Cary Elwes | Sir Edgar |
| Aidan McArdle | Slannen |
| Joanna Lumley | Dame Olga |
| Lucy Punch | Hattie |
| Jennifer Higham | Olive |
| Minnie Driver | Mandy |
| Eric Idle | Narrator |
| Steve Coogan | Heston |
| Jimi Mistry | Benny |
| Vivica A. Fox | Lucinda |
| Parminder Nagra | Areida |
| Jim Carter | Nish |
| Patrick Bergin | Sir Peter |
| Heidi Klum | Giantess |
| Donna Dent | Ella's Mother |
| Ankita Malkan | Young Areida |
| Sally-Ann Tingle | Mean little Girl |
| Aimee Brigg | Ella (aged 8) |
| Helen Norton | Prof.Edith |
Box office
Ella Enchanted cost $35 million to make, but only grossed $22.9 million in theaters. DVD sales, however, helped make the bottom line.
Soundtrack
Stereotypes
The Film is notable for its largely Stereotypical choice of Cast.
- The likeable Protagonist, Ella, along with her Father, Biological Mother, and Aunt, are American.
- The Clueless and/or Antagonist Characters including the Trolls, a few of the Giants, the King, the Prince, the Evil Stepmother & the Evil Stepsisters are all British.
- Two African-American characters appear; an incompetent drunkard of a Fairy Godmother and a Perfume Saleswoman.
- The only Asian character with a speaking part is Ella's best friend, Areida, who has the barest of lines and no other role save to be Ella's best friend.