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The Princess Store - Once Upon a Mattress
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List Price: $19.99
Our Price: $14.99
Your Save: $ 5.00 ( 25% )
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Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
Starring: Carol Burnett, Brittany Gray, Tracey Ullman, Denis O'Hare, Zooey Deschanel
Directed By: Kathleen Marshall (III)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788861611
Format: AC-3
ISBN: 0788861611
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2005-12-20
Running Time: 90
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
Theatrical Release Date: 2005-12-18
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Editorial Reviews:
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Based on the acclaimed Broadway musical, an all-star cast brings a beloved fairy tale to life in Disney Presents ONCE UPON A MATTRESS. Queen Aggravain (Carol Burnett) sabotages the efforts of every young princess who hopes to marry her son, Prince Dauntless (Denis O'Hare) -- and no one else can settle down until he does! Honorable Sir Harry is determined to marry the lovely Lady Larken (Zooey Deschanel), so he sets off for faraway lands and returns with an unlikely candidate: Princess Winnifred from the swamps (Tracey Ullman). It's love at first sight for the Prince, so the Queen sets about planning her most difficult challenge yet. The palace is filled with merriment and mischief while everyone wonders, will Princess "Fred" pass the Queen's test?
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Video
Comment: My seventeen year old daughter had never heard of the musical. Her high school will be putting it on in the spring. She LOVED it!
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Summary: satisfied if a little disappointed
Comment: Once Upon a Mattress was everything that I would have liked it to be. But I was under the impression that Carol Burnett played the Princess Winifred. I was disappointed about that but overall, I am quite satisfied with the dvd. Now, all I need is the original screen play. If you know of anyone or website that does screenplays, I would be most interested in finding out.
I did forget that there was a couple of songs that was left out, such as the Minstrel's song and the song about Normandie. That too was disappointing.
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Summary: Surprisingly Good
Comment: I hadn't heard much about this adaptation of the stage musical when it was on TV and it's taken me this long to see it. I thought it was entertaining, well-cast and not overacted. Delightful dance numbers, too. Tracey Ullman isn't always my cup of tea, but she doesn't overdo her role here and is charming. I thought the whole cast was fine, and it was nice to see Carol Burnett in a role that suited her. Denis O'Hare is perfect as the prince.
I know the score very well and they included most of the songs, though I wish they had left in the jester's song. Kathleen Marshall as choreographer/director can be wonderful or just professional but here she captures just the right tone--the film is not too precious or too broad; instead she evokes a sweet, off-kilter and gently humorous world.
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Summary: Great singing and dancing
Comment: This is a great family video with lots of singing and dancing. Who knew that Tracey Ullman could sing like that? No violence but a few mature themes (someone gets pregnant, the prince wants to know about birds and bees) but it a favourite of my four year old and me too.
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Summary: Not the original show
Comment: I thought I was buying an original off-Broadway rendition of the show starring Carol Burnett but this is NOT it. She appears in this version but isn't the featured star. It's a little glitzier than the original show but the music is still good.
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