Cinderella story

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Movie
German title Cinderella story
Original title A Cinderella story
Country of production USA , Canada
original language English
Publishing year 2004
length 96 minutes
Age rating FSK without age restriction
JMK 0
Rod
Director Mark Rosman
script Leigh Dunlap
production Ilyssa Goodman
Hunt Lowry
Dylan Sellers
Clifford Advertiser
music Christophe Beck
camera Anthony B. Richmond
cut Cara Silverman
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Another Cinderella Story

Cinderella Story (Original title: A Cinderella Story ) is a romantic family comedy from 2004 by director Mark Rosman with Hilary Duff in the lead role. In 2008 a remake was released under the title Another Cinderella Story .

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Sam Montgomery lives a fairytale life in the San Fernando Valley with her widowed father Hal. When he marries Fiona, she brings her two twin daughters Brianna and Gabriella into the new family.

In the Northridge earthquake in 1994 when Sam was eight years old, her father was killed and Sam was left alone with the two stepsisters and her stepmother Fiona, who inherits everything from her father.

Eight years later, stepmother Fiona redecorated Sam's father's diner in the style of the 1950s and forced Sam to work there, otherwise she would not get paid for her studies. Her only hope is her good friend Carter and her e-mail acquaintance "Nomad609", whom she met in a chat room at Princeton University , but has never met and does not know her real name.

Austin Ames, the quarterback of the football team and heartthrob, just do not know that behind his acquaintance "Princetongirl818" Sam. Sam also believes that schoolmate Austin, who seems arrogant at school, would never be interested in her. But Austin is also struggling with some problems. His father doesn’t like to see Princeton visit, instead he’s supposed to take over his father’s car wash business.

Austin wants to Sam on Halloween - Homecoming meet -Ball to finally see. But Fiona forbids her to attend the school ball and lets her work in the diner instead. With the help of Rhonda, a clerk in the diner, Sam manages to leave the workplace. Rhonda gives Sam her wedding dress for the ball and together they get her a mask. She meets Austin at the school ball and since he is disguised but not wearing a mask, she recognizes him immediately. However, she keeps her mask on the whole evening, Austin does not recognize it and she does not reveal her real name either. Shortly before her secret is about to be revealed, her preset alarm rings - it is 11:45 p.m. and Sam has to go back to the diner by midnight so that Fiona does not notice that she has disappeared. In the rush, she loses her cell phone on the steps and Austin takes it. Meanwhile, both were elected prince and princess of the ball.

A few days later, Sam's stepsisters find out she is writing to Austin Ames and devise a nasty plan: They pass the emails on to the cheerleader leader Shelby, whom Austin has only recently split from, and embarrass Sam with one Performance in which their mails are presented and Sam is exposed. Sam, who is a high school student, hopes to be accepted at Princeton every day. When this arrives, however, Fiona exchanges it for a cancellation.

One day, Sam has had enough of her stepfamily and moves in with Rhonda. After putting her stepmother and Austin in their place, she and Carter go to the last football game of the year. When all the attention to Austin gets too much for Sam, she wants to leave. Austin sees it from the field, walks up to her in the stands and kisses her in front of all the spectators. Last but not least, a will is found from Sam's father, stating that all of his former possessions - including the house and diner - will go to Sam. Fiona is arrested because she signed the will as a witness but claimed there was none.

Sam finally visits Princeton University with Austin, who has also been admitted, and starts a happy future with him while Fiona, Gabriella and Brianna have to work off their sentence in the diner.

background

  • The film is based on the fairy tale Cinderella , which is called Cinderella in the English-speaking world . The plot was moved to the present day; the lost shoe was replaced here by a cell phone .
  • Production costs were estimated at around $ 20 million. The film grossed around 70 million US dollars in cinemas worldwide, including around 51 million US dollars in the USA and around 0.7 million US dollars in Germany.
  • It was released in theaters in the USA on July 16, 2004 and in Germany on October 7, 2004.

synchronization

role Voice actor
Sam Montgomery Yvonne Greitzke
Austin Ames Nicolás Artajo
Fiona Rita Engelmann
Carter Ozan Unal
Rhonda Peggy Sander
Shelby Maria Koschny
role Voice actor
Mrs. Wells Irmelin Krause
Brianna Manja Doering
Gabriella Luise Helm
Sam's father Viktor Neumann
Austin's father Tom Vogt
Madison Ursula Hugo
Terry Vanya Gerick

Reviews

  • The lexicon of international films described the comedy as "fast [...] with a moral undertone". It modernizes "the Cinderella fairy tale" "not without charm" and contains "some pretty satirical punchlines".
  • Cinema said: "Girls under 16 will probably find it 'sweet' that the prince finds his princess in the end thanks to her lost cell phone - everyone else will clap their hands over their heads." Conclusion: "High school posse with an unbearably high kitsch factor - only suitable for young girls".
  • Frank Brenner said on schnitt.de: "Cinderella Story is certainly not an asset to film history, but it is definitely the better alternative compared to the current Hollywood products made for a predominantly male teen audience."

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Age rating for Cinderella Story . Youth Media Commission .
  2. ^ Cinderella Story. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ^ Cinema
  4. ↑ schnitt.de