Top 10 Behind the Scenes Facts About Cinderella (1997)
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Date: 2023-11-20
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Dorlisa
People are like 'Oh well it worked for a Black Cinderella so it should work for a Black Snow White and Black Tinkerbell'. As much as we don't want to admit it, it is not necessarily about the race. It is about how they portrayed the story. This and The Wiz are the only 'race swapping' movie that actually had a huge story arc that worked. Now, if the Little Mermaid can do that well, then this can also be just as iconic. Oh and can we also remember that majority of the cast had a theatrical background which is also why it actually worked? In general, we need to encouraged new characters for the new generations to enjoy. We have that potential but if we can actually do something like this again, it needs to have an actual good story.
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People are like 'Oh well it worked for a Black Cinderella so it should work for a Black Snow White and Black Tinkerbell'. As much as we don't want to admit it, it is not necessarily about the race. It is about how they portrayed the story. This and The Wiz are the only 'race swapping' movie that actually had a huge story arc that worked. Now, if the Little Mermaid can do that well, then this can also be just as iconic. Oh and can we also remember that majority of the cast had a theatrical background which is also why it actually worked? In general, we need to encouraged new characters for the new generations to enjoy. We have that potential but if we can actually do something like this again, it needs to have an actual good story.
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mysteryperson1976
I think this was a much better adaptation than the classic 1950 animated film. With the music, although Bibbity Bobbity Boo and A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes are classics, this is Rodgers and Hammerstein. With the story, we actually get to know the prince. He's not some mystery that we don't see until the ball. We get a lot more character introduction and development. The 1950 film has a lot of emphasis on the cat and mouse chases. Acting-wise, it's about even. Bernadette Peters has a more comical approach as the stepmother, while Eleanor Audley is more vicious and menacing. Ilene Woods and Brandy both do a fabulous job as Cinderella. Verna Felton and Whitney Houston are both great as the fairy godmother.
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I think this was a much better adaptation than the classic 1950 animated film. With the music, although Bibbity Bobbity Boo and A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes are classics, this is Rodgers and Hammerstein. With the story, we actually get to know the prince. He's not some mystery that we don't see until the ball. We get a lot more character introduction and development. The 1950 film has a lot of emphasis on the cat and mouse chases. Acting-wise, it's about even. Bernadette Peters has a more comical approach as the stepmother, while Eleanor Audley is more vicious and menacing. Ilene Woods and Brandy both do a fabulous job as Cinderella. Verna Felton and Whitney Houston are both great as the fairy godmother.
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Lady
Proof that diversity wasnt invented in the 2010s. I absolutely LOVED this movie when I was younger and I absolutely adored Brandy as Cinderella. I never ONCE thought about her being a black woman. It was just a GREAT movie. (If this were made in current year, the media would relentlessly push the diversity angle, and internet media sources would call anyone who didnt like it racist. Because thats current year for ya. PROGRESS)
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Proof that diversity wasnt invented in the 2010s. I absolutely LOVED this movie when I was younger and I absolutely adored Brandy as Cinderella. I never ONCE thought about her being a black woman. It was just a GREAT movie. (If this were made in current year, the media would relentlessly push the diversity angle, and internet media sources would call anyone who didnt like it racist. Because thats current year for ya. PROGRESS)
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Sarah
I noticed the multiracial cast when I was little and I loved it then as much I love it now. And I loved brandy and her singing and shes so pretty and this is the Cinderella film with best fairy godmother ever. (And no one can convince me otherwise) I had a crush on the prince and whoopi had me laughing all the time. I always remembered the king as the guy from the big boat movie when I was younger lol.
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I noticed the multiracial cast when I was little and I loved it then as much I love it now. And I loved brandy and her singing and shes so pretty and this is the Cinderella film with best fairy godmother ever. (And no one can convince me otherwise) I had a crush on the prince and whoopi had me laughing all the time. I always remembered the king as the guy from the big boat movie when I was younger lol.
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Nanenna
The MoMusu production of R&H's Cinderella is one of my faves (weird step-sister song placement not withstanding) but I will always always ALWAYS have a soft spot in my heart for this version. I watched it air live for the first time when it came out when I was a kid and it was just so magical! Though I still joked about how in the 90s everyone kept trying to make Whoopie Goldberg sing. XD
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The MoMusu production of R&H's Cinderella is one of my faves (weird step-sister song placement not withstanding) but I will always always ALWAYS have a soft spot in my heart for this version. I watched it air live for the first time when it came out when I was a kid and it was just so magical! Though I still joked about how in the 90s everyone kept trying to make Whoopie Goldberg sing. XD
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PoppinC
That $12M they originally budgeted obviously includes actor wages. Do you honestly believe Whitney Houston would be in it and singing in it if they weren't paying her big money? There were so many big stars in that film from the time. Given the scale of the sets, costume and cast, this was one of modern Disney's cheapest movies to make.
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That $12M they originally budgeted obviously includes actor wages. Do you honestly believe Whitney Houston would be in it and singing in it if they weren't paying her big money? There were so many big stars in that film from the time. Given the scale of the sets, costume and cast, this was one of modern Disney's cheapest movies to make.
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Greg
It was ground breaking. I remember it gave ABC the largest Sunday Night in terms of viewership in years. It meant so much to kids especially to see someone who looked like them. Children are not gonna care that the Queen is Black and the King is White with an Asian son. it's us who have been tainted, lol
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It was ground breaking. I remember it gave ABC the largest Sunday Night in terms of viewership in years. It meant so much to kids especially to see someone who looked like them. Children are not gonna care that the Queen is Black and the King is White with an Asian son. it's us who have been tainted, lol
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Waldemar
The great Whitney Houston said on CNN that she grew up wanting to be Julie Andrews. the wonderful Julie who was the original Cinderella. A few years later Whitney became executive producer to The Princess Diaries and finally worked with Julie! Thats fantastic.
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The great Whitney Houston said on CNN that she grew up wanting to be Julie Andrews. the wonderful Julie who was the original Cinderella. A few years later Whitney became executive producer to The Princess Diaries and finally worked with Julie! Thats fantastic.
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The
What on earth do u mean by brandy being the first black Cinderella? Or what was the point of mentioning the 1970 cinderella in the video at all then? And then of course we knew Whoopi can sing bc we saw her do that in the movies ghost and sister act one and two.
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What on earth do u mean by brandy being the first black Cinderella? Or what was the point of mentioning the 1970 cinderella in the video at all then? And then of course we knew Whoopi can sing bc we saw her do that in the movies ghost and sister act one and two.
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Iainttheone85
Brandy role has helped execs and others make the argument against others today for actresses such as Halle to play Ariel by being able to reference it as being done before and loved and a classic when done tastefully and respectfully
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Brandy role has helped execs and others make the argument against others today for actresses such as Halle to play Ariel by being able to reference it as being done before and loved and a classic when done tastefully and respectfully
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zeldafan1942
I know that both this movie and Hamilton are classics, but I also think they are entirely different from one another, besides the fact that neither had Alan Menken, Marc Shaiman or the Sherman Brothers write the music!
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I know that both this movie and Hamilton are classics, but I also think they are entirely different from one another, besides the fact that neither had Alan Menken, Marc Shaiman or the Sherman Brothers write the music!
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MusicalRomancegrl
This was my favorite Cinderella growing up. When it finally came on Disney+ I felt like a little kid again, twirling around in her living room while the fairy godmother gave her opening speech
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This was my favorite Cinderella growing up. When it finally came on Disney+ I felt like a little kid again, twirling around in her living room while the fairy godmother gave her opening speech
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vidhead85
I loved a meme that said simply And they ain't explain $#! + when looking at the diverse cast. It was the best!
I can't see a version of Cinderella without comparing it to this masterpiece!
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I loved a meme that said simply And they ain't explain $#! + when looking at the diverse cast. It was the best!
I can't see a version of Cinderella without comparing it to this masterpiece!
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Jac
I LOVED this movie as a kid, and I bought it for my movie collection in my adult years. Just shows that racism is taught and not innate in a childs mind. I was a white kid pretending to be Brandi.
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I LOVED this movie as a kid, and I bought it for my movie collection in my adult years. Just shows that racism is taught and not innate in a childs mind. I was a white kid pretending to be Brandi.
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GhostGem
Did you know that three of the songs you weren't in the original Rogers and Hammerstein Cinderella? (Cinderella and the Prince's first duet, the stepmother's song, and one other, I forgot)
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Did you know that three of the songs you weren't in the original Rogers and Hammerstein Cinderella? (Cinderella and the Prince's first duet, the stepmother's song, and one other, I forgot)
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Samantha
Whos watching this in 2023 when theyre about to release part two after 25 years I cant wait to see whos going to replace Whitney Houston even though its hard to replace her
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Whos watching this in 2023 when theyre about to release part two after 25 years I cant wait to see whos going to replace Whitney Houston even though its hard to replace her
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Vicente
On another note on the massive budget, one of the sets, most likely Cinderella's stepmother's house, was one of the same soundstages that were used for _The Wizard of Oz. _
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On another note on the massive budget, one of the sets, most likely Cinderella's stepmother's house, was one of the same soundstages that were used for _The Wizard of Oz. _
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Mercedes
as a young white child, im very glad my parents had me growing up with this cinderella. brandy and whitney were wonderful and this will forever be my favorite cinderella.
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as a young white child, im very glad my parents had me growing up with this cinderella. brandy and whitney were wonderful and this will forever be my favorite cinderella.
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fanjoy
Cult favorite?
I object. Sixty million ppl watched this at the time, it was emmy nominated, and hosted record ratings for the network. It was just a favorite.
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Cult favorite?
I object. Sixty million ppl watched this at the time, it was emmy nominated, and hosted record ratings for the network. It was just a favorite.
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Samantha
I am so excited that they are we making this its so sad that some of the cast or not with us anymore but I cant wait to see the other actors back at it again
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I am so excited that they are we making this its so sad that some of the cast or not with us anymore but I cant wait to see the other actors back at it again
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yeah
The most hidden gem Cinderella film I ever witness it even im a Filipino and finding out that theres a Filipino actor played as the Prince Charming though
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The most hidden gem Cinderella film I ever witness it even im a Filipino and finding out that theres a Filipino actor played as the Prince Charming though
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Musically
It takes real Broadway Royalty like Bernadette Peters to have to guts & nerves of steal do her job without fear. Race doesnt matter in theater.
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It takes real Broadway Royalty like Bernadette Peters to have to guts & nerves of steal do her job without fear. Race doesnt matter in theater.
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domdom22
Brandy had tv show experience for two shows and was a singer this was a breeze
For her and we love love love this movie forever and ever
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Brandy had tv show experience for two shows and was a singer this was a breeze
For her and we love love love this movie forever and ever
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Monique
I enjoy this movie so much as child I ignore the fact that some how an african american woman and caucasian man gave birth to an asian baby
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I enjoy this movie so much as child I ignore the fact that some how an african american woman and caucasian man gave birth to an asian baby
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Shawn
I was 15 years old when this was shown on TV. I love the experience and the creativity. and the moment I saw Whitney Houston, man, I'm sold!
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I was 15 years old when this was shown on TV. I love the experience and the creativity. and the moment I saw Whitney Houston, man, I'm sold!
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Tara
I loved this version. but in the 2021, this film would cause so much controversy - sadly. Due to it's ethnic references and casting.
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I loved this version. but in the 2021, this film would cause so much controversy - sadly. Due to it's ethnic references and casting.
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Lala-Lin
I remember crushing on Prince Charming and thinking that he was the first Asian looking guy that I found attractive lol
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I remember crushing on Prince Charming and thinking that he was the first Asian looking guy that I found attractive lol
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Mrs.
i love this movie, i sent a request on disney plus for this movie and soon after they put it on im so glad they did
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i love this movie, i sent a request on disney plus for this movie and soon after they put it on im so glad they did
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Jalen
Can anyone believe what Mr Zadan said We weren't interested in having a white Cinderella that Guy is my hero
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Can anyone believe what Mr Zadan said We weren't interested in having a white Cinderella that Guy is my hero
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Kahrah
This is one of my favorite Cinderella movies along with the Cinderella Story films made by Warner Bros.
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This is one of my favorite Cinderella movies along with the Cinderella Story films made by Warner Bros.
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