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A Cinderella for a New Generation
Ever After is a retelling of the Cinderella story with a bit of a twist. This 16th Century Cinderella a.k.a. Danielle, played by Drew Barrymore is beautiful as well as intelligent. She is a victim of ill-fated circumstances who still manages, despite the odds, to rise above it all, change her fate and soar.
In Danielle, director Andy Tennan created a positive role model for today's young girls and women...a woman who is beautiful, adventurous, strong, smart and most of all a survivor.
Ever After Table of Contents
- Why I Love Ever After in 100 Words or Less
- What do you think about Ever After?
- Ever After Information
- Ever After on YouTube
- Amazon Spotlight -The Mummers' Dance
- Danielle - Not Your Grandmother's Cinderella
- Drew Barrymore on Her Character Danielle in Ever After
- Dougray Scott on Ever After on YouTube
- Who is Your Favorite Ever After Character?
- Ever After Fan Tributes on YouTube
- Best Ever After Scene Ever
- Amazon Spotlight - La Scapigliata by Da Vinci
- More La Scapigliata Options on Amazon
- Who would win in a fight?
- Ever After on Amazon
- Just Breathe
- Best Ever After Quotes: Sound off
- If you like Ever After you may also like...
- The Magic Comes from Within
- Danelle's Dress
- Websites Devoted to the Costumes of Ever After
- The Ever After Dress and Slipper
- Dream Affirmations Available on Amazon
- Believe Affirmations Available on Amazon
- The Point is to Live...
- Amazon Spotlight - May You Live...
- Other Ever After sites worth visiting
- Ever After Tops SquidFlix Reviews
- # 1 on SquidFlix
- Ever After is a Top 100 Review on SquidFlix
- Recipient of the Squids Choice Award
- Featured Lens on the Squids Choice Awards
- Ever After is a Featured Lens on Children's Movies
- Ever After Available on eBay
- Ever After Guestbook
Why I Love Ever After in 100 Words or Less
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Amazon Price: (as of 12/01/2009)
I like Danielle because she is a new and improved Cinderella. This Cinderella speaks her mind. She is a woman not likely to stay at home and wait for her prince to come and rescue her. She is likely to go and figure out a way to solve her problems without him and rescue herself.
As an empowered woman, Danielle is a much better role positive model for today's young girls.
Ever After is a movie that I have shared with my young daughters to teach them how to you can be a strong 'princess.'
What do you think about Ever After?
Ever After is the best movie ever (after).
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byBien sur, Ever After is the best.
Gabrielle says:
It's ARE the best film in my life. I don't have words to say about this movie. How I wach this film I relise that in this world is nothing who can be so warm, just true love, true feelings. I get very good leson.
Posted January 02, 2009
ElizabethJeanAllen says:
I thought it was a great movie, my husband... Well what does he know anyway?
Posted June 08, 2008
SemperFidelis says:
Great movie and nice lens. Certainly one of my favorites!
Posted December 17, 2007
Jenn73 says:
...and don't forget that she actually rescues HIM at one point. Gotta love a girl with a strong back, right?
Posted December 16, 2007
No Way! I disagree.
msbaby says:
You really need a third option here, this movie is not the very best ever but worthy of note nonetheless. While it's not the best ever, it's an excellent movie that "princesses" of all ages will enjoy. It was very difficult for me to hit the "No Way, I disagree" button, but wanted to leave an opinion.
Posted December 14, 2008
poddys says:
I wouldn't say it's the best movie ever, but I do like it and Drew Barrymore plays the role so well. I still like the Ella Enchanted version of the Cinderella story with Anne Hathaway.
Posted June 18, 2008
Ever After Information
- Desire. Defy. Escape.
Genre:
Romance
Comedy
Fantasy
Release Date: 1998
Directed by:
Andy Tennant
Actors:
Drew Barrymore
Anjelica Huston
Dougray Scott
Rating: PG-13
Run Time: 121 min
Amazon Spotlight -The Mummers' Dance
The Book of Secrets
Amazon Price: $13.99 (as of 12/01/2009)
Loreena McKennitt's Book of Secrets album features "The Mummers' Dance" used as background music for the Ever After Trailer featured above. This was one of my favorite albums when it was released in 1998.
The Mummer's Dance is perfect music background for this 16th century period movie.
Danielle - Not Your Grandmother's Cinderella
Director Andy Tennant has two daughters of his own. He did not want them growing up believing that they have to "marry a rich guy with a big house in order to live happily ever after."With Ever After he has created a more realistic and empowering "Cinderella," one for a new generation of girls.
Danielle De Barbarac is a new type of Cinderella. She is a woman not likely to stay at home and wait quietly for her prince to rescue her.
This Cinderella will be out fighting with him or for him.
Danielle or Cinderella
What do you think about the updated version of Cinderella?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byDo you like the original fairy tale, Cinderella?
Do you prefer the updated, version, Ever After?
Rafika says:
It's ARE the best film in my life. I don't have words to say about this movie. How I wach this film I relise that in this world is nothing who can be so warm, just true love, true feelings. I get very good leson.
Posted January 02, 2009
enslavedbyfaeries says:
I adore the updated version. It is a truly beautiful movie, one of my favorites!
Posted May 13, 2008
Comfortdoc says:
I believe Ever After sends a much more positive message for today's girls (and women) than the traditional Cinderella tale.
Posted December 15, 2007
Drew Barrymore on Her Character Danielle in Ever After
Drew Barrymore had this to say about Danielle:- She's athletic and protective of people. She's adventurous, very strong and a survivor. She's well read, too, because her father gave her wonderfully eloquent, elaborate literature.
In short, she is a 'Cinderella' for a new generation. She definitely is not a passive character.
Dougray Scott on Ever After on YouTube
Dougray Scott Talks About Ever After
Dougray Scott talks about his role in the movie "Ever After," and how it was to work with Drew Barrymore. This video clip came from an "Electronic Media Kit" that was distributed at the time the original "Ever After" was released.
Runtime: 103
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curated content from YouTube
Who is Your Favorite Ever After Character?
Ever After Fan Tributes on YouTube
Best Ever After Scene Ever
Vote for your favorite Best Ever Scene or add a new one.
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The encounter with the Gypsies and the deal to leave with anything she can carry away (so she leaves with the Prince).
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Danielle's first meeting with the Prince.
1 point
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Danielle's floating in the water scene as Lenardo Da Vinci 'walks on water.'
1 point
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Danielle and Prince Henry in the Library (in the Franciscan monastery).
1 point
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When Danielle shows up at the ball in the beautiful "Breathe" gown and wings.
1 point
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When Henry shows up to rescue Danielle from Le Pieu and ultimately proposes.
1 point
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Danielle pretending to be Countess Nicole de Lancret.
0 points
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Danielle and Pierre Le Pieu, when she vows to 'slit you from navel to nose.'
0 points
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Danielle sees her stepmother and stepsister for the last time.
0 points
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When we learn the fate of the stepmother and stepsister, Marguerite.
0 points
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When we see the gift that Da Vinci has painted of Danielle.
0 points
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The closing scene...when we are reminded to live.
0 points
Amazon Spotlight - La Scapigliata by Da Vinci
Female Head (La Scapigliata), c.1508 Framed Art Poster Print by Leonardo da Vinci, 31x33
Amazon Price: $174.99 (as of 12/01/2009)
Leonardo da Vinci's Head of a Young Woman with Tousled Hair was featured in Ever After. Danielle was thought to be his inspiration for the painting.
You can get your own copy of the Framed Female Head (La Scapigliata) Leonardo Da Vinci Poster in Gold frame.
Price: $79.98
More La Scapigliata Options on Amazon
The original is located in the Museum Galleria Nazionale [Palazzo della Pilotta] in Parma, Italy. The Head of a Young Woman with Tousled Hair painting dates to the 15th century.
Desire. Defy. Escape.
Who would win in a fight?
Ever After on Amazon
Ever After - A Cinderella Story
Amazon Price: $10.99 (as of 12/01/2009)
Ever After: A Cinderella Story - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 12/01/2009)
Ever After: A Cinderella Story (Laurel-Leaf Books)
The book is available through Amazon from several different sellers.
Amazon Price: (as of 12/01/2009)
Ever After: A Cinderella Story - Movie Poster - 27 x 40
Price: $19.99
Amazon Price: $29.99 (as of 12/01/2009)
Ever After: A Cinderella Story - Movie Poster - 11 x 17
Price: $9.99
Amazon Price: $24.99 (as of 12/01/2009)
Just Breathe
Best Ever After Quotes: Sound off
Vote for your favorites, or add a new one.
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Danielle: Just Breathe...
2 points
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Gypsy: M'lady, you may have anything you can carry.
1 point
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Leonardo da Vinci: You cannot leave everything to Fate, boy. She's got a lot to do. Sometimes you must give her a hand.
1 point
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Rodmilla: Darling, nothing is final until you're dead, and even then, I'm sure God negotiates.
1 point
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Narrator: And while Cinderella and her Prince *did* live happily ever after, the point, gentlemen, is that they *lived*.
0 points
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Danielle: My father was an excellent swordsman, monsieur. He taught me well. Now hand me that key or I swear on his grave I will slit you from navel to nose.
0 points
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Danielle: I want you to know that I will forget you after this moment, and never think of you again. But you, I am quite certain, will think about me every single day for the rest of your life.
0 points
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Leonardo da Vinci: I know that a life without love is no life at all.
0 points
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Henry: In all my years of study, not one tutor ever demonstrated the passion you have shown me in the last two days. You have more conviction in one memory than I have... in my entire being.
0 points
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Danielle: You have everything, and still the world holds no joy; and yet you insist on making fun of those who would see it for its possibilities.
0 points
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Rodmilla: Some people read because they cannot think for themselves.
0 points
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Danielle: If you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners corrupted from infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what else is to be concluded, sire, but that you first make thieves and..
0 points
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Henry: I wish for nothing more than to be free of my guilded cage.
0 points
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Danielle: A country's character is defined by its "everyday rustics", as you call them. They are the legs you stand on and that position demands respect, not...
0 points
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Henry: I uh....I came to...rescue you.
0 points
If you like Ever After you may also like...
More films featuring Drew Barrymore and other Romance Movies
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Music and Lyrics (Widescreen Edition)
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The Magic Comes from Within
Empowering a New Generation of Girls
"Ever After" puts a new spin on the traditional Cinderella message, instead of the magic coming from a fairy godmother, this modern Cinderella discovers that the her magic comes from within.
The Ever After website originally featured beautiful collages eCards of images from the movie, with the following motivational, inspirational and empowering messages:
- You can feel.
- You can believe.
- You can dream.
- You can defy.
- You can rebel.
- You can desire.
- You can promise.
- You can overcome.
- You can escape.
- You can soar.
Danelle's Dress
Websites Devoted to the Costumes of Ever After
- Ever After Costumes
- A website created as a tribute to Jenny Beavan's beautiful Ever After costumes.
- Ever After Costumes
- A live journal devoted to the Costumes of Ever After.
- Ever After Costume Research
- Ever After Costume Research site! This site is a result of two intensive weeks of costume research for the movie "Ever After: A Cinderella Story."
- EverAfterCos: Historical Paintings and Ever After Costumes
- A webpage with a few paintings that look very similar to other Ever After costumes.
Dream Affirmations Available on Amazon
You can dream.
You can believe.
Believe Affirmations Available on Amazon
The Point is to Live...
When I saw Ever After, I knew that it was destined to become one of my all time favorites.The messages that I took to heart after watching the film were of inspiration, of hope and of dreams. It is a powerful message to believe in yourself and you can overcome anything and soar.
The final passage in the story, told by the Grand Dame narrator puts a new twist on the living happily ever after...
- While Cinderella and her prince did live happily ever after,
the point, gentlemen, is that they lived.
Amazon Spotlight - May You Live...
'May You Live...' Necklace (length: 16")
Amazon Price: $46.00 (as of 12/01/2009)
List Price:
Ever After is not only a movie that empowers girls and women, but it is also a gentle reminder to focus on living and to live.
As Jonathan Swift reminds us also
- May you live every day of your life.
One of my personal favorite jewelry items, this beautiful Far Fetched necklace is a good reminder to keep living each day.
Price: $55.00
...while Cinderella and her Prince *did* live happily ever after,
the point, gentlemen,
is that they *lived*.
Other Ever After sites worth visiting
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Do you know another good site dedicated to Ever After? Post it here and share the info.
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Ever After - Fox Movies
The official website for Ever After. Since it was more...1 point
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Ever After Costumes
Website created as a tribute to Jenny Beavan's bea more...1 point
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Ever After on Wikipedia
An extensive Wikipedia page dedicated to Ever Afte more...1 point
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Everaftercos: Historical Paintings and Ever After Costumes
A webpage with a few paintings that look very simi more...1 point
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Ever After Costumes
A live journal devoted to the Costumes of Ever Aft more...0 points
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Insights from a Cinderella Story
A film review by Jonathan Young for the Folk Story more...0 points
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Ever After Costume Research
Ever After Costume Research site! This site is a r more...0 points
Ever After Tops SquidFlix Reviews
# 1 on SquidFlix
Ever After topped Squidfix on July 10, 2008.I just discovered from Margaret that being at the top of the Squidflix qualifies Ever After to be one of the Squidoo Masterpiece lenses.
Ever After is a Top 100 Review on SquidFlix
Squidoo is looking for the most obsessed movielovers on the planet. Squidflix allows lensmasters to get paid for reviewing movies.Since premiering on Squidflix, Ever After has consistently been in the Top 100 Best of the Movies We Like.
Recipient of the Squids Choice Award
I am pleased to announce that Ever After was one of the first recipients of the new Squids Choice Award for the Month of May where the theme was "Things With Wings."Ever After was entered as a "Things with Wings for the amazing costume complete with wings, that Danelle wears to the ball.
Featured Lens on the Squids Choice Awards
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Squid's Choice Awards Headquarters
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Squid's Choice Awards Winners! Favorite lenses chosen by Squids. The Squid's Choice Awards originated on Squidoo's Top Ten list but has become so popular that it needed it's own group. Each month will have a theme and Squids will have the opportu...
Ever After Available on eBay
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Ever After Guestbook
Have you ever seen Ever After?
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- _Joan_ _Joan_ Jul 5, 2009 @ 11:08 am
- I hope I can check out this version someday. I've lensrolled you.
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- msbaby msbaby Dec 14, 2008 @ 2:38 pm
- A lovely lens about a well crafted film. I especially loved going over the quotes section and challenged myself to remember the context of each one. After not doing very well, I'm going to print them and watch the movie again to find them. That's the mark of an excellent lens! Thanks for sharing.
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- Janet21 Janet21 Aug 25, 2008 @ 2:17 pm
- Terrific lens! I have lensrolled it to my new Cinderella Birthday Party lens. 5*'s! :)
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- poddys poddys Jun 18, 2008 @ 10:23 pm
- A very nice lens about a great movie. 5*****
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen Jun 8, 2008 @ 9:44 am
- Great lens! I see why it was a choice award winner. Congradulations.
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