Ever After (A Cinderella Story)

This episode we’re having a spoiler-filled discussion about the 1998 Cinderella reimagining Ever After, starring Drew Barrymore. 

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0:02:30 Ever After (1998)

available on Disney+ in the US

0:06:10 Spoiler-free Evaluations

0:14:10 Cinematographer Andrew Dunn (Practical Magic, Hot Rod, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, What A Girl Wants) and Amanda Bynes

0:16:45 Crew

Directed and co-written by Andy Tennant (It Takes Two, Sweet Home Alabama) 

Screenplay also by Rick Parks and Susannah Grant (Erin Brokavich, In Her Shoes, and 28 Days)

Produced by Mireille Soria (Dreamworks animation) & Tracey Trench (Herbie reboot with LL)

Costume head: Jenny Beavan - Fury Road, Cruella, Sense & Sensibility (1995)

0:22:42 Cast & the Baz Lurhmann influence

Drew Barrymore as Danielle de Barbarac

Dougray Scott as Prince Henry (Batwoman)

Anjelica Huston as Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent (The Witches, Addams Family, John Wick 3)

Megan Dodds as Marguerite de Ghent (For All Mankind) 

Melanie Lynskey as Jacqueline de Ghent (Castle Rock, Coyote Ugly, Perks, 2 1/2 men)

Patrick Godfrey as Leonardo da Vinci

Lee Ingleby as Gustave

Richard O'Brien as Pierre Le Pieu (w - Rocky Horror Picture Show)

Timothy West as King Francis

Judy Parfitt as Queen Marie

Toby Jones as Royal Page (First Cow, Atomic Blonde, Hunger Games)

0:36:00 Cinderella as a meme

0:43:15 Plot synopsis 

1:18:00 Jarret’s observations

1:30:00 Role Around

Remake, reboot, sequelize the main topic and pick female cast separately and see how many roles match.

1:37:30 Other Cinderella Adaptations - Disney TV musical 

starring Brandy, Whitney Houston, Bernadette Peters as Stepmother, Veanne Cox and Natalie Desselle as sisters

Falling in Love with Love added for Peters form 30s Rodgers musical

choreographer directing the Halle Bailey Little Mermaid LA remake

Disney’s 2015 adaptation

2021 musical adaptation

now available on Prime

directed by Kay Cannon (Blockers)

A Cinderella Story

1:46:00 Game - Soundtracking 

Melissa picks a movie related to any Cinderella adaptation for Jarret to guess based on the soundtrack and a few other clues as needed.

1:54:45 Game - Tags and Rags

Jarret gives Melissa keywords and quotes from reviews or comments from a movie related to an upcoming topic. Melissa tries to guess the movie. 

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