Magical Kingdom

***Magical Kingdom***(released in the United Kingdom as ***The Royal Princess: Magical Kingdom***) is a 1997 American animated musical fantasy adventure comedy film produced by Bear Bones Productions, Warner Bros. Feature Animation and Universal Feature Animation (as their first film to be produced). It was directed by Mala Miles. The film set in a kingdom of England in a long, long time ago. In this film, Princess Monica and her sisters set on adventure to get back to the kingdom and stop the evil lord from taking over and making terror upon the kingdom.

The film was released on February 23, 1997 by Warner Bros. Pictures (USA) and Universal Pictures (International) and was met with mixed to positive reviews from critics, and earned over $90 million worldwide was a box-office success and is widely popular with audiences. It inspired a direct-to-video sequels and a television series.

## Plot

The story takes place in a magical kingdom called England in a long, long time ago, where, Monica, Rosa and Kathy, three princess, lives with their father who is the king of the kingdom. As the year goes by, when the three princess grown up into teenager, Anneca wanna be a queen of England. When, the evil lord named Lord Lossless had a plan to take over the kingdom for his evil ways.

The next day, Lossless invades the kingdom and initiate a reign of terror upon the kingdom. Lossless sends her henchman to kill Anneca, Rosa and Kathy, but they started to escaped from the kingdom and lost into the forest. Anneca wanted to stop Rosa to the kingdom back, Ashton.

Meanwhile at the kingdom, the henchman arrive to tell Lossless that the princesses escaped. Lossless plotting to kill Anneca. Anneca, Rosa and Kathy encounters Prince Ashton who reclutantly join the journey after Anneca insisting to wanting Rosa to help him since Ashton is the same age as Anneca and the only one who knows the road to the kingdom where they live.

After a series of misadventured events during the journey and Anneca and Ashton's relationship, the group arrives at the kingdom. However, Lossless' henchman find them and Lossless learn that she plans to kill the king for execution, he sent them to the prison, while Rosa and Kathy much save Anneca and Ashton. Meanwhile in jail, a heartbroken Anneca, who becomes sad after she had been betrayed by her sister. Ashton cheer her up, and also confesses his love for her. Kathy and Rosa rescued Anneca and Ashton. When Lossless got back, she saw Anneca, Ashton, Kathy and Rosa. Anneca save the king from Lossless' warth, but Lossless and his henchman. Just as Lossless is about kill Anneca, Rosa and Kathy. However king along with Anneca, Ashton, Kathy, Rosa, and the people of the kingdom, confront Lossless.

Touched, the villains agree to give up their evil ways. Lossless did not give his evil ways, who is furious at being thwarted. He actually kills the king and trapped Ashton, Rosa, Kathy in a pool of lava. Anneca intervenes and fights Lossless for the kingdom freedom, until they both fall, but Ashton, Rosa, and Kathy grabs Anneca and save her, and leaving Lossless fall into lava to his death. The king tells Anneca that she must become queen and rule the kingdom.

After the king dies, Anneca becoming the queen of the kingdom, with Ashton, Rosa and Kathy by her side and Lossless gone, she rules the country as she swore she would with justice and compassion for all and the kingdom back to normal. And so, Anneca, Ashton, Rosa, Kathy, and the kingdom had lived happily ever after.

## Cast

* Kathleen Turner as Princess Jessica
	+ Cathy Cavadini as young Jessica
	+ Jodi Benson as Jessica's singing voice
* Michael J. Fox as Prince Alan
* Alyssa Milano as Lana
	+ Anndi McAfee as young Lana
* Beverley Mitchell as Sue
	+ Aria Curzon as young Sue
* Tim Curry as Lord Lossless
* Martin Short as Locko, a pig-like creature who befriends Monica, Lana, and Sue.
* Mary Kay Bergman as various ancestors

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## Release

### Marketing

The film's first teaser poster was released on February 20, 1997. Its first official teaser trailer was released on March 28, 1997, and was attached to Warner Bros.' *Cats Don't Dance.*Another teaser trailer was attached to *Blob*, also by Bear Bones, on May 23, 1997. The film's first full trailer was released on July 25, 1997 and was attached to Nickelodeon Movies' *Good Burger.*Throughout the year, trailers and 20 second teaser posters of the movie were shown.

Several merchandise were made for *Magical Kingdom*, such as toys and figurines. A platform game based on the film of the same name was released for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64 and Game Boy on October 10, 1997.

### Theatrical release

Universal Pictures released *Magical Kingdom* in the United States and Canada on December 23, 1997. The theatrical release was accompanied by a *Looney Tunes*-styled short film produced by Kid Bear: *What About Her?*. The film was released on November 28, 1997 in the United Kingdom, Iceland, Mexico, and Taiwan and on February 15, 1998 in Japan. The film was also released on March 1, 1998 in Australia and the Netherlands.

### Music

The musical score and songs featured in the film were composed and written by Jeremy Carpenter and Scott Young. The musical features 14 songs, each evoking a familiar Broadway style. The soundtrack also parodies many familiar Disney conventions, with several songs spoofing Disney musicals such as *Beauty and the Beast* and *The Little Mermaid*. The soundtrack was released October 28, 1997 by MCA Records.

### Soundtrack

#### Musical numbers

1. "For My Side" (Jodi Benson)
2. "This Could Be My Day" (Tim Curry)
3. "I Will Going Where" (Jodi Benson, Alyssa Milano, and Beverley Mitchell)
4. "Long live the Lord!" (Tim Curry)
5. "Always Be Your Love Forever" (Jodi Benson and Aaron Lohr)
6. "For My Side (Reprise)" (Chorus)
7. "For My Side (Ending Credits)" (end credits) (Mariah Carey)
8. "Always Be Your Love Forever" (end credits) (Mariah Carey and James Ingram)

### Home media

The film was released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment on VHS and Laserdisc on April 7, 1998, and on DVD on November 13, 2002. The DVD release included an audio commentary by Miles, a 28-minute making-of documentary, a gallery of concept art, storyboards, test footage and deleted scenes.

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released this film on Blu-ray on March 15, 2016. The release is a 3-disc combo pack including a Blu-ray 3D disc, Blu-ray Disc and a DVD that includes both a DVD and digital copy of the film.

## Sequels and spin-off TV series

The success of the film, particularly its performance on both theatrical and home video, prompted a direct-to-video sequel, *Magical Kingdom: The Princess Return*, which was followed by a spin-off television series aired from 2000 to 2006, and a direct-to-video prequel, *Magical Kingdom: In Search of The Crown*.

## Transcripts

### Main transcript

To see the main transcript of the film, click here.

### Trailer transcripts

To see the trailer transcripts for the film, go here.