A Little Princess
by Alfonso Cuar?n
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Actor: Arthur Malet, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, Liesel Matthews, Rusty SchwimmerDirector: Alfonso Cuar?n
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Alan C. Blomquist
Producer: Amy Ephron
Producer: Dalisa Cohen
Producer: Mark Johnson
Writer: Elizabeth Chandler
Writer: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Writer: Richard LaGravenese
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1997-11-19
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of A Little Princess
Movie Review: If you love the book, don't bother with the movie!
Summary: 2 Stars
The book on which this film is based was my very favorite book growing up. I hated this movie because of the vast discrepancies (starting with the way-off depiction of Sara) and because it fails to provoke the pathos of the original story. I normally love this director, but this film's a dud.
I'd recommend it only to someone who's never read the book and wants a nice, bland family film to watch with their daughters.
Summary of A Little Princess
The beloved story from the author of the Secret Garden becomes 1995's best reviewed film. A young girl must rely on her wits and imagination when she is separated from her soldier father and sent to a strict boarding school. Year: 1995 Director: Alfonso Cuaron Starring: Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, Liesel MatthewsDVD Features:
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After the critical success of 1993's The Secret Garden, Warner Bros. returned to the novels of Frances Hodgson Burnett to create this 1995 adaptation of A Little Princess, which instantly ranked with The Secret Garden as one of the finest children's films of the 1990s. Neither film was a huge box-office success, but their quality speaks for itself, and A Little Princess has all the ingredients of a timeless classic. A marvel of production design, the film features lavish sets built almost entirely on a studio backlot in Burbank, California. The story opens in New York just before the outbreak of World War I, when young Sara (Liesel Matthews) is enrolled in private boarding school while her father goes off to war. Under the domineering scrutiny of the school's wicked headmistress, Miss Minchen (Eleanor Bron), Sara quickly becomes popular with her schoolmates, but fate intervenes and she soon faces a stern reversal of fortune, resorting to wild flights of fancy to cope with an unexpectedly harsh reality. Rather than label her fanciful tales as escapist fantasy, A Little Princess actively encourages a child's power of imagination--a power that can be used to learn, grow, and adapt to a world that is often cruel and difficult. It's also one of the most visually beautiful films of the '90s and creates a fully detailed world within the boarding school--a place where imagination is vital to survival. A first-class production in every respect, this is one family film that should (if it's not too stuffy to say it) be considered required viewing for parents and kids alike. --Jeff Shannon
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