Little Princess

UPC: 085391910022

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: G   Contains:[Mild Violence, Child Classic, Excellent For Children]

Summary: A privileged, free-spirited young girl tries to adapt to life in a strict boarding school in this charming, critically acclaimed children's fantasy. Adapting a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, also the author of The Secret Garden, the film shifts the story's setting to World War I. 10 year-old Sara Crewe (Liesel Matthews) has been left in a respected New York City boarding school while her British father heads overseas to fight. Filled with wild stories and a playful attitude, the unconventional Sara becomes popular amongst her classmates but quickly comes into conflict with the harsh headmistress, Miss Minchin (Eleanor Bron), who attempts to quash the child's individuality. The young girl's situation takes a serious turn for the worse when she unexpectedly receives word of her father's death, and, suddenly impoverished, is forced into life as a servant. Treated as a lesser class of person by her former companions, Sara instead befriends her fellow servants and turns to the power of imagination in order to maintain hope for the future. In addition to changing the story's setting, screenwriters Richard LaGravenese and Elizabeth Chandler add a layer of Indian mythology to the tale, allowing director Alfonso Cuaron the chance to punctuate the riches-to-rags fable with a series of lush, imaginative fantasy sequences. Though A Little Princess had difficulty attracting audiences during its initial run, its visual splendor and touching storytelling were praised by many critics, several of whom proclaimed the film one of the best family-oriented productions of its time. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi

Category: Children's/Family

Awards: Best Music Score – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Production Design – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Cinematography – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Features: Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1
Interactive menus
Production notes
Scene access
Three theatrical trailers
Languages and subtitles: English, Fran?ais, Espa?ol

Little Princess

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 09/19/2000

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 97 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1
0. Jump to a Scene
1. A Woman's Right [3:03]
2. My Little Princess [1:22]
3. A Gift for Sara [2:07]
4. Miss Minchin's Seminary for Girls [4:09]
5. Known by Heart [3:46]
6. First Day: Too Many Rules [4:54]
7. Whistling for Angels [3:13]
8. A Gift for Becky [2:00]
9. No More Make-Believe [3:21]
10. Parents Day Blues [3:48]
11. Poison from the Sky [1:30]
12. Unhappy Birthday [5:14]
13. A Circle of Safety [3:09]
14. Ram Dass-and Randolph's Bad News [2:46]
15. No Magic [2:55]
16. Others in Need [3:09]
17. An Indian Fantasy [3:19]
18. The Dirt on Miss Minchin [2:35]
19. Lavinia's Curse [1:15]
20. A Soldier Requiring Care [3:46]
21. Rescue Mission; Romantic Advice [5:05]
22. All Girls Are [5:23]
23. Make-Believe Menu; Prince Rama's Victory [2:56]
24. A Real Feast [2:43]
25. An Elopement [1:48]
26. A Risky Escape [5:01]
27. Inside Randolph's House [1:22]
28. "You've Got to Know Me!" [2:09]
29. A Princess Again [1:12]
30. Goodbyes and Just Desserts [2:58]
31. End Credits [5:06]
Side #2
0. Jump to a Scene
1. A Woman's Right [3:03]
2. My Little Princess [1:22]
3. A Gift for Sara [2:07]
4. Miss Minchin's Seminary for Girls [4:09]
5. Known by Heart [3:46]
6. First Day: Too Many Rules [4:54]
7. Whistling for Angels [3:13]
8. A Gift for Becky [2:00]
9. No More Make-Believe [3:21]
10. Parents Day Blues [3:48]
11. Poison from the Sky [1:30]
12. Unhappy Birthday [5:14]
13. A Circle of Safety [3:09]
14. Ram Dass-and Randolph's Bad News [2:46]
15. No Magic [2:55]
16. Others in Need [3:09]
17. An Indian Fantasy [3:19]
18. The Dirt on Miss Minchin [2:35]
19. Lavinia's Curse [1:15]
20. A Soldier Requiring Care [3:46]
21. Rescue Mission; Romantic Advice [5:05]
22. All Girls Are [5:23]
23. Make-Believe Menu; Prince Rama's Victory [2:56]
24. A Real Feast [2:43]
25. An Elopement [1:48]
26. A Risky Escape [5:01]
27. Inside Randolph's House [1:22]
28. "You've Got to Know Me!" [2:09]
29. A Princess Again [1:12]
30. Goodbyes and Just Desserts [2:58]
31. End Credits [5:06]

Michael Costello

Alfonso Cuaron's adaptation of the Frances Hodgson Burnett classic, the second film version in the last decade, is a brilliantly stylized reimagining of the well-known children's story. Sarah Crewe (Liesel Matthews) is the ten-year-old daughter of a wealthy businessman who places her in a New York boarding school during WWI, after he's called to fight in India. The girl quickly makes a place for herself in this upscale world through her gift for storytelling, but trouble lurks just around the corner. Cuaron has chosen to lessen the realism and harshness of the story, using elaborately designed sets to create an otherworldly atmosphere, while remaining faithful to its overall meaning. Liesel Matthews makes a plucky and intelligent heroine, and comedy veteran Eleanor Bron is suitably chilling as the school's snobbish headmistress. While writers Richard LaGravenese and Elizabeth Chandler have rendered the characters with considerable subtlety, there's nothing here that couldn't be understood by a child. ~ Michael Costello, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Kaitlin Cullum  Actor 
Nathaniel Merrill  Actor 
David Fresco  Actor 
Robert P. Cohen  Actor 
Kelsey Mulrooney  Actor 
Alison Moir  Actor 
Lomax Study  Actor 
Heather DeLoach  Actor 
Judith Drake  Actor 
Tim Winters  Actor 
Taylor Fry  Actor 
Chris Ellis  Actor 
Camilla Belle  Actor 
Peggy Miley  Actor 
Vincent Schiavelli  Actor 
Alan C. Blomquist  Executive Producer 
Alfonso Cuarón  Director 
Patrick Doyle  Composer (Music Score) 
Mark Johnson  Producer 
Richard LaGravenese  Screenwriter 
Eleanor Bron  Actor 
Liam Cunningham  Actor 
Liesel Matthews  Actor 
Rusty Schwimmer  Actor 
Arthur Malet  Actor 
Vanessa Lee Chester  Actor 

Country: USA