Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
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| Directed by | John Kafka |
| Produced by | Mary Thorne Mary Alice Drumm |
| Written by | Jill E. Blotevogel Tom Rogers Jule Selbo |
| Starring | Jennifer Hale Corey Burton Russi Taylor Christopher Daniel Barnes Gina La Piana |
| Music by | Michael Tavera Brooke Allison |
| Editing by | Julie Ann Lau |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Home Video |
| Release date(s) |  February 23, 2002 (premiere}February 26 (video release)  April 24 September 11 October 25, 2005 March 16, 2006 |
| Running time | 73 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5,000,000 (estimate) |
| Preceded by | Cinderella (1950) |
| Followed by | Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007) |
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Cinderella II: Dreams Come True is a direct-to-video film sequel to the 1950 Disney film Cinderella. It was released on February 26, 2002. It was followed by Cinderella III: A Twist in Time in 2007. It consists of three segments featuring Cinderella planning a party, Jaq the mouse being turned into a human and living as Cinderella's page boy, and one of Cinderella's brutal stepsisters (Anastasia, the redheaded one in a pink dress) reaching her redemption through falling in love with a young baker, a low-class man of whom Lady Tremaine and Drizella do not approve. Estimated to cost $5 million to produce, Dreams Come True was Disney's top selling animated sequel that year, grossing approximately $120 million in direct-to-DVD sales.
Tagline: The magic didn't end at midnight!
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[edit] Plot synopsis
Cinderella's mice friends from the first movie narrate what happens after the happily ever after, by stringing three segments of stories together into one movie. It is believed to be a pilot for an original television series, which was never put on air.
Aim to Please (Cinderella's story) Cinderella is put in charge of the palace banquets and parties, but realizes she doesn't agree with the way it's used to being run, led by a sharp woman named Prudence, who takes her from her husband and stepmother Tremaine and stepsisters Drizella and Anastasia (although the stepfamily are only seen in the An Uncommon Romance segment). With the help of other characters, Cinderella convinces everyone in the palace that everyone in the kingdom, including the peasants, should be allowed to participate in the next royal banquet and not everything has to agree with traditional ways.
Tall Tail (Jaq's story) One of Cinderella mouse friends, Jaq, thinks he's too small to help Cinderella in the palace like he did in the first movie. The Fairy Godmother shows up to help him out, and turns him into a human so he can help out like everyone else. However, this does not stop a white cat named Pom Pom (who became the mice's new nemesis as soon as they moved to the palace along with Cinderella and becomes Lucifer's crush in the third segment) from chasing Jaq around (Pom Pom thought Jaq in human form was worth approximately ten mice). Mistakenly taken for "Sir Hugh", after an incident with an elephant at a fair, he learns to be happy for who he is. It is also made evident that Jaq is in love with another mouse named Mary and that Pom Pom belongs to the same woman who was terrified of Jaq.
An Uncommon Romance (Anastasia's story) Anastasia, Cinderella's stepsister, falls in love with a common baker, which her mother and older sister Drizella aren't too happy with. Her mother and Drizella still want her to marry a rich man, and convince her to forget about the baker and say that everything in the baker's shop is inferior; thus Anastasia has to go against her mother for the first time. At the same time, Lucifer starts chasing Cinderella's mice and Anastasia is kicked by a horse when she and the baker meet, causing her to be left in rags by getting bread all over herself and breaks in tears when she crashes into the baker's shop. However, Cinderella finds out about Anastasia's feelings and tries to push her and the baker together. During the process, Lucifer enters the palace and continues to chase Cinderella's mice, but during the chase, he falls in love with Pom Pom despite her hating him. The mice help their old nemesis Lucifer fall in love with Pom Pom, that is, if Lucifer promises to stop chasing mice. When Lucifer and Pom Pom get together, Lucifer breaks his promise and the two work together to terrorize the mice. The baker asks Anastasia to the upcoming ball, which her mother and Drizella are very unhappy about and Drizella tells her mother that Anastasia's become a disaster, and that she (Drizella) and her mother will become the laughingstock of the entire town. Anastasia stays with the baker and falls in love.
[edit] Soundtrack
The songs for the film were performed by Brooke Allison, and while a true soundtrack was never released, all the songs were included on the compilation album Disney's Princess Favorites, which was released shortly before the film.
[edit] Reception
While the movie did sell extremely well (surpassing the $120 million mark), critical reception was extremely negative. Many critics agreed that it looked like pieced together remains of a rejected television series (akin to Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World and Atlantis: Milo's Return).[1] It currently holds a rare 0% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
[edit] Cast
- Jennifer Hale as Cinderella
- Christopher Daniel Barnes as Prince Charming
- Rob Paulsen as Jaq/Grand Duke
- Corey Burton as Gus
- Holland Taylor as Prudence
- Frank Welker as Lucifer/Pom-Pom/Bruno
- Tress MacNeille as Anastasia Tremaine
- Russi Taylor as Fairy Godmother, Drizella Tremaine, Mary Mouse, Beatrice, and Daphne
- Susanne Blakeslee as Lady Tremaine
[edit] Trivia
- Because Anastasia and the baker fell in love in the third segment of this movie, and at the end of Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, Anastasia is just now falling in love with the baker (during the end credits), it looks as if the third segment, (as well as the second) takes place after Cinderella III: A Twist in Time.
- This movie is narrated by the mice.
- The castle is red in this movie, despite being white in the original.
- Like Lucifer, Pom Pom became the mice's new nemesis.
- Curiously, Pom Pom does not chase birds and that she never became Bruno's new nemesis.
- The An Uncommon Romance segment centering on Anastasia looks similar to the movie Kronk's New Groove (the sequel to The Emperor's New Groove) centering on Kronk.
- Iago, Jafar's pet parrot from Aladdin was also reformed in his second movie.
- Cinderella II: Dreams Come True was re-released on December 18, 2007 as a special edition DVD. All details were posted at UltimateDisney.comThe movie is currently in the Disney vault, being admitted on January 31, 2008.
- In the original movie, Lucifer fell to his doom, yet he is alive and unscathed in this movie and its sequel.
[edit] See also
- Cinderella (1950 film)
- The Walt Disney Company
- List of Disney direct-to-video films
- List of Disney theatrical animated features
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Cinderella II: Dreams Come True at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Cinderella II: Dreams Come True at the Internet Movie Database
- Cinderella II: Dreams Come True at Rotten Tomatoes
- Cinderella II: Dreams Come True - The Official Disney DVD Website
