Disney's Enchanted (2007)

**Disney's Enchanted (2007)** is .

## Plot

*Enchanted* begins by introducing Giselle, a romantic, young woman who lives alone in the forests of Andalasia, a magical, fairytale world. She is seen making a "prince" out of leaves and branches (with the help of her animal friends) and pretending it's her true love. After she completes him, she frets over the fact that he doesn't have any lips. She then begins to sing *True Love's Kiss*, and explaining the importance of lips to her animal friends. **Meanwhile, the prince of Andalasia, Prince Edward, is out hunting trolls with Nathaniel. He is seen riding his horse, Destiny, while bringing down a gigantic troll. When he defeats the enormous troll, Nathaniel congratulates the prince, and comments that it was his tenth troll that month. Prince Edward says that it was fun to pass the time, but that his "heart longs to be joined in song". He then starts to sing "True Love's Kiss", picking up Nathaniel and doing a mock dance with him. But while he's dancing, Prince Edward hears Giselle singing in the forest, and drops Nathaniel, asking him if he heard the voice as well.** Nathaniel, who is trying to help the queen keep Prince Edward hidden, tries to cover the voice up by singing himself, but Prince Edward insists on finding the maiden that belonged to the "sweet voice". Nathaniel protests and tries to stop the prince, but within moments, Prince Edward is gone, having mounted and ridden away on his horse, Destiny. Nathaniel is extremely upset about the turn of events, and pulls out a picture of Queen Narissa, commenting on how upset she was going to be when she found out. But as he's doing so, Prince Edward's troll, who is still tied up on the ground, begins to sing "True Love's Kiss". Nathaniel then puts away Queen Narissa's picture with a sly grin. **Meanwhile, Prince Edward is riding through the forest, singing "True Love's Kiss" to himself. But as he's doing so, he hears the ground shake, and looks up to see the troll running past him towards Giselle's voice. Determined to save the maiden, Prince Edward begins to pursue the troll.** Meanwhile, Pip, one of Giselle's chipmunk friends, is asking her if she really believed that her dream boy was out there. She immediately confirms her faith, claiming that she knew he was out there somewhere. She then turns to look at the animals gathered in her cottage. But as she does so, the troll sticks his eye in Giselle's window. Her animals friends are shocked and begin to warn her, when the troll sticks his hand through her window and tries to grab her. She manages to escape through a different window, and the troll finds out that he had grabbed Giselle's fake prince rather than Giselle herself. The troll crushes Giselle's "prince" and pursues her up the tree. **Pip tries to save Giselle by leaping onto the troll's head. But as he does so, the branch holding Giselle and the troll up begins to sway precariously under Pip's weight. He then comments that he should try and lay off the nuts. The troll then reaches for Giselle. But before he can grab her, Prince Edward's sword stabs through the troll's garment and pins him to the tree. But even though the troll is momentarily trapped, Giselle begins to slip off the side of the branch. Pip tries to rescue her, but is unable to save her as she falls off the branch. With Giselle's weight gone, the troll is flung off the branch and into the forest beyond.** Giselle begins to crash through the trees, but manages to land beside Prince Edward on his horse. Upon seeing him for the first time, she is appalled (and very pleased) that she's found her true love at last. Prince Edward feels the same way, and asks her her name. When she tells him, he gets very excited and proclaims that the two would be married in the morning. The two then begin to sing "True Love's Kiss" together and ride off into the sunset, with Pip and Giselle's animal friends following them. **But, unbeknown to them, Prince Edward's step-mother, Queen Narissa, is watching them through a magical orb in her dark, rat-infested lair. As she watches them, she calls Giselle a "forest rat", and proclaims that Giselle would never steal her thrown, turning herself into a ferocious dragon in the process.** The next day, Giselle arrives at her wedding in a beautiful, white carriage. Nathaniel is waiting outside the castle to meet her, and runs forward as her coach approaches. But as he's about to open the carriage door for her, it pops open and hits him in the nose. Giselle climbs out of the carriage and apologizes for it. She then asks if she's late, to which Nathaniel responds no. She then begins to hurry up the castle steps. Nathaniel is about to follow, when Pip jumps out of the carriage, yelling at Giselle that her dress wasn't finished yet. A flood of animals then comes bounding out of the carriage and flatten Nathaniel. **The animals tie a sash around Giselle's waist and place a crown on her head. She then rushes through the castle door. Her animal friends try to pursue her, but Nathaniel, who had caught up to them, closes the door on them, locking them outside the castle. Pip is enraged at this, and tries to find a way around the door.** Meanwhile, Giselle is still rushing to get to the wedding, Nathaniel close behind. But before she can reach the wedding place, an old hag blocks her way, telling her that she was a lovely bride. Giselle politely tries to get past the hag, but the hag grabs her arm and tells her that she would give Giselle a wish for her wedding present. She then takes Giselle to a "wishing well". Nathaniel is seen in the background, looking nervous and guilty. The hag then tells Giselle to lean in close and make her wish. Giselle begins to wish, "And they both lived happily ever aft-" when the hag pushes her in from behind. **The hag then utters a spell and transforms into Queen Narissa, who had been in disguise. Nathaniel, who had been in on the plan, asks the queen where she had sent Giselle. The queen then utters darkly that she had sent Giselle to a place where there were no happily ever afters.** Meanwhile, Giselle is falling into the well and lost her ribbon from her dress, with Queen Narissa's laughter echoing down the shaft. Giselle then falls into a liquid-like substance, where she is able to breathe. But as she's floating in the strange substance, small specks of light begin to stick to her skin. She tries to fight them off, but little effort is shown. In a matter of seconds, Giselle is overwhelmed by the specks which form her into a glowing beam of light. And then when the final speck lands on her, her beam shape begins to glow until a sudden flash of light suddenly flashes to finish her transformation. She is then formed into a comet-like beam and starts vigorously floating around the space. She is then hurled into a dark, unknown place. Unknown to her, she is under a sewage drain, in the city of Manhatten. **When she lifts the lid off the sewage drain, she is appalled to come face-to-face with the busy city of Manhatten. She tries to climb out of the hole but finds it difficult to do so, since her dress is so large and puffy. When she finally gets out of the hole, she hears a blaring noise and sees a car rushing at her. With a surprised cry, Giselle tries to run across the street, only to run into another car. Traffic begins to pile up as she hurries across the street. But as she reaches the sidewalk, she knocks over a vender's stand. The vendor starts to yell at her, but before she can respond, she has swept away into a busy crowd of people.** She runs into several people, including a dwarf, whom she mistakes for Grumpy, then finds herself alone in the busy city, still calling out for Edward.

*To Be Continued*

## Cast

### Portrayed-Cast

* Patrick Dempsey as Robert Philip, a cynical Manhattan divorce attorney who does not believe in true love, happily-ever-after, or fairy tales since his wife left him and their daughter. He falls in love with Giselle after her adventure to New York City, and her sense of fun gradually rubs off on him over the course of the film. Lima cast Dempsey after Disney was satisfied with the casting of Adams but had wanted more well-known actors in the film. Dempsey, whose starring role on TV series *Grey's Anatomy* had earned him the nickname "McDreamy", was described by Lima as "a modern-day Prince Charming to today's audience". The role was challenging for Dempsey because he had to play the straight man to Adams' and Marsden's more outrageous characters.
* Rachel Covey as Morgan Philip, Robert's six-year-old daughter. Despite her father misunderstanding her and telling her otherwise, she believes in fairy tales and also believes that magic exists.
* John Rothman as Carl, Robert's boss
* Paige O'Hara as Angela, a soap opera character
* Jodi Benson as Sam, Robert's secretary
* Judy Kuhn as a pregnant woman with children living in Robert's building
* Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Mr. Banks, a male client during a divorce case
* Tonya Pinkins as Phoebe Banks, Mr. Banks's ex-wife
* Marlon Saunders as a calypso singer in Central Park
* Jon McLaughlin as a ballroom singer. He sings "So Close" at the ball while Robert and Giselle dance together, as do Edward and Nancy.

* Amy Adams as Giselle, a singing and dancing princess-to-be who ends up almost having her dream of meeting her prince a reality. Adams was announced to have been cast in the role of Giselle on November 14, 2005. Although the studio was looking for a film star in the role, director Kevin Lima insisted on casting a lesser-known actress. Out of the 300 or so actresses who auditioned for the role, Adams stood out to Lima because not only did she look like a Disney princess but her "commitment to the character, her ability to escape into the character's being without ever judging the character was overwhelming". Hailing from Andalasia, Giselle displays similar traits to early Disney Princesses; Lima describes her as "about 80% Snow White, with some traits borrowed from Cinderella and Princess Aurora from *Sleeping Beauty*... although her spunkiness comes from Ariel from *The Little Mermaid*". She is "eternally optimistic and romantic" but is also "very independent and true to her convictions". Over the course of the film, she becomes more mature but maintains her innocence and optimism.
* James Marsden as Prince Edward, a narcissistic, yet good-hearted, prince who ends up confused with the world of New York once he enters it, and Queen Narissa's stepson. Marsden was announced to have been cast on December 6, 2005. At the time Marsden was auditioning, the role of Robert had not been cast but he decided to pursue the role of Prince Edward because he was "more fun and he responded more to that character". Edward is a prince in Andalasia and the stepson of Narissa. He is "very pure, very simple-minded and naive, but innocently narcissistic".
* Timothy Spall as Nathaniel, a servant of Queen Narissa, who gets controlled through his infatuation with the Queen and his own lack of self-esteem. He initially does Narissa's bidding, but ultimately realizes her true nature and rebels against her. He has a penchant for disguises.
* Susan Sarandon as Queen Narissa, Edward's evil stepmother, a sorceress, and a megalomaniac with a hatred for Giselle simply for being an obstacle for her to keep her power. Sarandon had been attracted to the project prior to Lima's involvement as director. Since Sarandon's on-screen time was relatively short, it took only two weeks to film her scenes. Narissa's mannerisms, characteristics, powers, and physical features were inspired by such classical Disney villains as the Evil Queen from *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* and Maleficent from *Sleeping Beauty*.
* Jeff Bennett and Kevin Lima as Pip, a chipmunk friend of Giselle who has no trouble expressing himself through speech in Andalasia, loses his ability to speak in the real world and must communicate by acting. Bennett provided the voice for the hand-drawn animated Pip in the animated segment while Lima provided the voice for the computer-generated Pip in the live-action segment.
* Idina Menzel as Nancy Tremaine, a fashion designer and Robert's girlfriend. Once Giselle falls in love with Robert, she falls for Edward and leaves with him. Since the role did not require any singing, Menzel said in an interview that "it was a compliment to be asked to just be hired on my acting talents alone". She is named after Lady Tremaine, the stepmother from *Cinderella*.

### Voice-Cast

* Amy Adams as Giselle, a singing and dancing princess-to-be who ends up almost having her dream of meeting her prince a reality. Adams was announced to have been cast in the role of Giselle on November 14, 2005. Although the studio was looking for a film star in the role, director Kevin Lima insisted on casting a lesser-known actress. Out of the 300 or so actresses who auditioned for the role, Adams stood out to Lima because not only did she look like a Disney princess but her "commitment to the character, her ability to escape into the character's being without ever judging the character was overwhelming". Hailing from Andalasia, Giselle displays similar traits to early Disney Princesses; Lima describes her as "about 80% Snow White, with some traits borrowed from Cinderella and Princess Aurora from *Sleeping Beauty*... although her spunkiness comes from Ariel from *The Little Mermaid*". She is "eternally optimistic and romantic" but is also "very independent and true to her convictions". Over the course of the film, she becomes more mature but maintains her innocence and optimism.
* James Marsden as Prince Edward, a narcissistic, yet good-hearted, prince who ends up confused with the world of New York once he enters it, and Queen Narissa's stepson. Marsden was announced to have been cast on December 6, 2005. At the time Marsden was auditioning, the role of Robert had not been cast but he decided to pursue the role of Prince Edward because he was "more fun and he responded more to that character". Edward is a prince in Andalasia and the stepson of Narissa. He is "very pure, very simple-minded and naive, but innocently narcissistic".
* Timothy Spall as Nathaniel, a servant of Queen Narissa, who gets controlled through his infatuation with the Queen and his own lack of self-esteem. He initially does Narissa's bidding, but ultimately realizes her true nature and rebels against her. He has a penchant for disguises.
* Susan Sarandon as Queen Narissa, Edward's evil stepmother, a sorceress, and a megalomaniac with a hatred for Giselle simply for being an obstacle for her to keep her power. Sarandon had been attracted to the project prior to Lima's involvement as director. Since Sarandon's on-screen time was relatively short, it took only two weeks to film her scenes. Narissa's mannerisms, characteristics, powers, and physical features were inspired by such classical Disney villains as the Evil Queen from *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* and Maleficent from *Sleeping Beauty*.
* Jeff Bennett and Kevin Lima as Pip, a chipmunk friend of Giselle who has no trouble expressing himself through speech in Andalasia, loses his ability to speak in the real world and must communicate by acting. Bennett provided the voice for the hand-drawn animated Pip in the animated segment while Lima provided the voice for the computer-generated Pip in the live-action segment.
* Idina Menzel as Nancy Tremaine, a fashion designer and Robert's girlfriend. Once Giselle falls in love with Robert, she falls for Edward and leaves with him. Since the role did not require any singing, Menzel said in an interview that "it was a compliment to be asked to just be hired on my acting talents alone". She is named after Lady Tremaine, the stepmother from *Cinderella*.

### Portrayed With-Voice Cast

* Amy Adams as Giselle, a singing and dancing princess-to-be who ends up almost having her dream of meeting her prince a reality. Adams was announced to have been cast in the role of Giselle on November 14, 2005. Although the studio was looking for a film star in the role, director Kevin Lima insisted on casting a lesser-known actress. Out of the 300 or so actresses who auditioned for the role, Adams stood out to Lima because not only did she look like a Disney princess but her "commitment to the character, her ability to escape into the character's being without ever judging the character was overwhelming". Hailing from Andalasia, Giselle displays similar traits to early Disney Princesses; Lima describes her as "about 80% Snow White, with some traits borrowed from Cinderella and Princess Aurora from *Sleeping Beauty*... although her spunkiness comes from Ariel from *The Little Mermaid*". She is "eternally optimistic and romantic" but is also "very independent and true to her convictions". Over the course of the film, she becomes more mature but maintains her innocence and optimism.
* James Marsden as Prince Edward, a narcissistic, yet good-hearted, prince who ends up confused with the world of New York once he enters it, and Queen Narissa's stepson. Marsden was announced to have been cast on December 6, 2005. At the time Marsden was auditioning, the role of Robert had not been cast but he decided to pursue the role of Prince Edward because he was "more fun and he responded more to that character". Edward is a prince in Andalasia and the stepson of Narissa. He is "very pure, very simple-minded and naive, but innocently narcissistic".
* Timothy Spall as Nathaniel, a servant of Queen Narissa, who gets controlled through his infatuation with the Queen and his own lack of self-esteem. He initially does Narissa's bidding, but ultimately realizes her true nature and rebels against her. He has a penchant for disguises.
* Susan Sarandon as Queen Narissa, Edward's evil stepmother, a sorceress, and a megalomaniac with a hatred for Giselle simply for being an obstacle for her to keep her power. Sarandon had been attracted to the project prior to Lima's involvement as director. Since Sarandon's on-screen time was relatively short, it took only two weeks to film her scenes. Narissa's mannerisms, characteristics, powers, and physical features were inspired by such classical Disney villains as the Evil Queen from *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* and Maleficent from *Sleeping Beauty*.
* Idina Menzel as Nancy Tremaine, a fashion designer and Robert's girlfriend. Once Giselle falls in love with Robert, she falls for Edward and leaves with him. Since the role did not require any singing, Menzel said in an interview that "it was a compliment to be asked to just be hired on my acting talents alone". She is named after Lady Tremaine, the stepmother from *Cinderella*.

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