Director: Garry Marshall
Genre: Comedy
Box Office: $108,244,774 (USA) (by Jan 13, 2002)
Premiere: Aug 3, 2001 (USA)
Released by Buena Vista

PLOT SYNOPSIS

This teen comedy from Disney is based on a popular novel by Meg Cabot and directed by Garry Marshall. Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) is a teenage klutz who's openly mocked by the popular Lana Thomas (pop singer Mandy Moore). In fact, Mia's only friend at her exclusive prep school is the socially outcast Lilly (Heather Matarazzo). Mia's life takes a dramatic turn, however, when her mom announces that her late biological father was in actuality the crown prince of a small European nation, Genovia. Now Mia is the sole heir to the throne, and her grandmother, Queen Clarisse Renaldi (Julie Andrews) wants to tutor the awkward teen in royal behavior. It's a daunting task given Mia's lax table manners, poise, and hair care, but the girl perseveres with some makeover help from her grandmother's security chief Hector Elizondo) and a style expert (Larry Miller). In the meantime, Mia's romantic affections are torn between the handsome, popular Josh (Erik Von Detten) and the more appropriate Michael (Robert Schwartzman), who also happens to be Lilly's brother. The Princess Diaries is the second film from Whitney Houston's production shingle after the television version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997). — Karl Williams

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Garry Marshall - Director / Producer
Debra Martin Chase - Producer
Whitney Houston - Producer
Mario Iscovich - Producer
Meg Cabot - Book Author
Gina Wendkos - Screenwriter
Ian Fox - Cinematographer / Camera Operator
Karl Walter Lindenlaub - Cinematographer
John Debney - Composer (Music Score)
Sidney James - Musical Direction/Supervision
Dawn Solér - Musical Direction/Supervision
Bruce Green - Editor
Mayne Berke - Production Designer
Caty Maxey - Art Director
Ellen H. Schwartz - Co-producer / First Assistant

CAST

Anne Hathaway - Mia Thermopolis
Julie Andrews - Queen Clarisse Renaldi
Hector Elizondo - Joseph
Heather Matarazzo - Lilly Moscovitz
Mandy Moore - Lana Thomas
Caroline Goodall - Mia's Mom, Helen
Robert Schwartzman - Michael Moscovitz
Erik Von Detten - Student Josh Bryant
Sean O'Bryan - Teacher Mr. O'Connell
Sandra Oh - Vice Principal Gupta
Kathleen Marshall - Charlotte Kutaway

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