Claim: Drew Barrymore starred in a film.

Ever After -LRB- known in promotional material as Ever After : A Cinderella Story -RRB- is a 1998 American romantic drama film inspired by the fairy tale Cinderella . It is directed by Andy Tennant and stars Drew Barrymore , Anjelica Huston , and Dougray Scott . The screenplay is written by Tennant , Susannah Grant , and Rick Parks . The original music score is composed by George Fenton . The film 's closing theme song `` Put Your Arms Around Me '' is performed by the rock band Texas .   The usual pantomime and comic/supernatural elements are removed and the story is instead treated as historical fiction , set in Renaissance-era France . It is often seen as a modern , post-feminism interpretation of the Cinderella story .