Enchanted (film)

Enchanted
Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
Directed byKevin Lima
Written byBill Kelly
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDon Burgess
Edited by
Music byAlan Menken
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • October 20, 2007 (2007-10-20) (London)
  • November 21, 2007 (2007-11-21) (United States)
Running time
107 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$85 million[2][3]
Box office$340.5 million[3]

Enchanted is a 2007 American live-action/animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Kevin Lima and written by Bill Kelly. Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Josephson Entertainment, and Right Coast Productions, the film stars Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Idina Menzel, and Susan Sarandon, with Julie Andrews as the narrator. It focuses on an archetypal Disney princess-to-be named Giselle exiled from her animated world into the live-action world of New York City.

The film is both a homage to and a self-parody of Disney's animated features, making numerous references to past works through the combination of live-action filmmaking, traditional animation, and computer-generated imagery. It also marks the return of traditional animation to a Disney feature film after the company's decision to move entirely to computer animation in 2004. Composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, who had written songs for previous Disney films, wrote and produced the songs of Enchanted, and Menken also composed the film's score. The animated sequences were produced at James Baxter Animation in Pasadena, while filming of the live-action segments took place around New York City.

Enchanted premiered at the London Film Festival on October 20, 2007, and went into its wide release in the United States on November 21. It was critically well-received, established Adams as a leading lady, and earned more than $340 million worldwide at the box office.[3] It won three Saturn Awards, Best Fantasy Film, Best Actress for Adams and Best Music for Menken. Enchanted also received two nominations at the 65th Golden Globe Awards and three Best Original Song nominations at the 80th Academy Awards. This is the first Walt Disney Pictures film to be distributed under the Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures banner after Disney retired the Buena Vista brand from its distribution division.

A sequel, Disenchanted, was released on Disney+ on November 18, 2022.

  1. ^ "Enchanted (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. September 14, 2007. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BW-2007jul05 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c "Enchanted". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 24, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2008.

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