A Little Princess

Director: Alfonso Cuaron Alfonso Cuaron

Overview

"Alfonso Cuaron's stylish adaptation of A Little Princess comes to DVD with a choice of images. The widescreen transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and is preferable in every way to the standard full-frame transfer. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, while Spanish and French soundtracks have been recorded in Dolby Digital Stereo. Subtitles are accessible in all three of those languages as well. Supplemental materials are limited to theatrical trailers and production notes. This is a fine release from Warner Bros. that does a fine job of presenting the film, but offers little else."

Product Details

Release Date:	11/19/1997
UPC:	0085391910022
Original Release:	1995
Rating:	G
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:37:00
Sales rank:	6,091

Special Features

Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1; Interactive menus; Production notes; Scene access; Three theatrical trailers; Languages and subtitles: English, Français, Español

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Eleanor Bron	Miss Minchin
Liam Cunningham	Captain Crewe/Prince Rama
Liesel Matthews	Sara Crewe
Rusty Schwimmer	Amelia Minchin
Arthur Malet	Charles Randolph
Vanessa Lee Chester	Becky
Errol Sitahal	Ram Dass
Heather DeLoach	Ermengarde
Taylor Fry	Lavinia
Darcie Bradford	Jesse
Rachael Bella	Betsy
Alexandra Rea-Baum	Gertrude
Camilla Belle	Jane
Nathaniel Merrill	Doctor in Hospital
Lauren Blumenfeld	Rosemary
Kelsey Mulrooney	Lottie
Kaitlan Cullum	Ruth,Ruth
Alison Moir	Princess Sita
Judith Drake	Bakery Woman,Bakery Woman
Time Winters	Frances the Milkman
Lomax Study	Monsieur Dufarge
Vincent Schiavelli	Mr. Barrow
Pushpa Rawal	Maya
Rahi Azizi	Laki
Ken Palmer	John Randolph
Helen Greenberg	Flower Lady
Norman Merrill	Doctor in Hospital
Peggy Miley	Mabel the Cook
Robert P. Cohen	Ermengarde's Father
William Blomquist	Rich Boy in Street
David Fresco	Beggar Man in Fantasy
Chris Ellis	Policeman
Patrick Doyle	Composer

Technical Credits

Richard LaGravenese

Alfonso Cuaron	Director
Richard LaGravenese	Screenwriter
Mark Johnson	Producer
Amy Ephron	Executive Producer,Producer
Alan C. Blomquist	Executive Producer,Producer
Charlie Croughwell	Stunts
Alan E. Lorimer	Special Effects
Jill Greenberg Sands	Casting

Editorial Reviews

Alfonso Cuaron's adaptation of the Frances Hodgson Burnett classic, the second film version in the last decade, is a brilliantly stylized reimagining of the well-known children's story. Sarah Crewe (Liesel Matthews) is the ten-year-old daughter of a wealthy businessman who places her in a New York boarding school during WWI, after he's called to fight in India. The girl quickly makes a place for herself in this upscale world through her gift for storytelling, but trouble lurks just around the corner. Cuaron has chosen to lessen the realism and harshness of the story, using elaborately designed sets to create an otherworldly atmosphere, while remaining faithful to its overall meaning. Liesel Matthews makes a plucky and intelligent heroine, and comedy veteran Eleanor Bron is suitably chilling as the school's snobbish headmistress. While writers Richard LaGravenese and Elizabeth Chandler have rendered the characters with considerable subtlety, there's nothing here that couldn't be understood by a child.