Disney Live-Action Films
Topic: Enchanted: The Big Thread of Disney References

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1	DlandDug Wed 11/28/2007 3:33p	SPOILERS GALORE! At the El Capitan Theatre, there is a show after the show called Disney's Enchanted Experience. Part of it is an exhibit called "Inspirations," in which they show many, many moments, props, and performers from other Disney films that inspired portions of Enchanted. Here is a list of all those inspirations," plus a few we caught in two viewings. Please feel free to add more as you see them! (And yes, some of these have been noted in other threads.) From "Inspirations:" Disney Legend Julie Andrews narrates the animated portions of the film. Many classic Disney films begin with a story book opening. The pop-up book in "Enchanted" is a modern take on traditional fairy tale books. The hall that we find the book in is based on Eyvind Earle's artwork for Sleeping Beauty. Giselle is a combination of Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, and Belle, but mostly she approaches life much as Snow White would. Animal friends accompany all of the classic princesses on their journeys. Animal friends make Giselle's wedding dress much as they make Cinderella's ball gown. The bell jar with the rose from Beauty and the Beast can be seen near the window seat in Giselle's cottage. Troll is wearing remnants of past animated Disney Princess dresses as a loincloth. He also wears Ariel's shells as earrings. The Old Hag is a direct reference to the Old Hag in Snow White. Giselle arrives in a white carriage that is very reminiscent of the pumpkin coach in Cinderella. The magic wishing well is a direct reference to Snow White. Giselle and Edward ride off into the sunset just as Snow White and Prince Charming do at the end of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The song "True Love's Kiss" is written in the style of "I'm Wishing," "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes," and "Once Upon a Dream." Animal friends join together to be Giselle's dream prince, much as they do in Sleeping Beauty. The name of the divorcing couple is Banks, based on the troubled parents in Mary Poppins. Robert's assistant Sam is named after Philip's trusty steed Samson in Sleeping Beauty. Sam sits across from a fish tank, which is a reference to The Little Mermaid. Sam is played by Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel in The Little Mermaid. Birds make Giselle's dress into an apron much as birds tie an apron on Cinderella. Soap bubbles with Giselle's reflection are an homage to Cinderella. There is a Belle doll which can be seen on the mantel in Morgan's bedroom. The name of Robert's law firm is an homage to the songwriters of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, and Paul J. Smith. The woman with the bag of bird seed [on the bus] is an homage to the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins. Giselle creates a dress from curtains, like the animals in Cinderella created her ball gown from household materials. The bus driver's hair is Mickey shaped. "Magic Mirror" is a reference to the mirror the Queen in Snow White talks to. On the TV we see Edgar Bergen and Mortimer Snerd from the Disney compilation film Fun and Fancy Free. The male soap opera star is named Jerry after Jerry Orbach, who voiced Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast. The soap opera star is Paige O'Hara, the voice of Belle in Beauty and the Beast. She is named Angela, after Angela Lansbury, Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast. Soap star Angela's offscreen affair is with Ogden named for David Ogden Stiers, the voice of Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast. The song "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid plays over the office speakers as Giselle watches the fish. In the old folks section of "How Does She Know," the yellow jacketed gentleman danced as a chimney sweep in the original film version of Mary Poppins. Newscaster Mary Ilene Caselotti is named for the voice talent Mary Costa (Sleeping beauty), Ilene Woods (Cinderella) and Adriana Caselotti (Snow White). Poison apples are a direct reference from Snow White. The skull coated candy apple is based on the freshly poisoned apple from Snow White. The square trees in the Rapunzel performance look like the Eyvind Earle designs for the Sleeping Beauty trees. Rapunzel is being performed in the bandshell-an homage to the upcoming Disney animated film. As in Snow White, the Old Hag appears and convinces Giselle to bite into the poison apple. At the Ball, Giselle and Robert lock eyes much as Cinderella and Prince Charming do in Cinderella. The song "So Close," like the song "Beauty and the Beast," is sung by an observer, and not by the leading characters. During "So Close" the camera work is reminiscent of camera moves from the Beauty and the Beast ballroom dancing number. Like Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, Giselle is laid upon a bier. The close-up of Giselle sleeping is very much like Sleeping Beauty. Our couple shares true love's kiss as in every classic Disney fairy tale! As with Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, a kiss will wake Giselle from her sleep. Narissa transforms into a giant dragon, just as Maleficent does in Sleeping Beauty. The battle with the villain is reminiscent of the movies Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and The Little Mermaid. The "glass slipper" fits Nancy perfectly as it does in Cinderella. Like Arthur, Giselle pulls the sword from the floor heralding that she is the true heir. Other ones that we spotted: Giselle holds up the blue gems to her eyes, causing multiple reflections, just as Dopey does in the mine in Snow White. There are decorative peacocks on top of the Wishing Well. The back of the Evil Queen's throne in Snow White is a peacock design. When Giselle falls through the well into New York, there is a background musical vamp from The Sorceror's Apprentice. The pizza oven in Bella Notte is shaped like a grinning demon, similar to one seen on Pleasure Island in Pinocchio.
2	DlandDug Wed 11/28/2007 3:42p	Oh! The restaurant where Robert takes Giselle is named "Bella Notte," which is the song Tony sings to Lady and the Tramp.
3	Witches of Morva Wed 11/28/2007 6:05p	ORWEN: I just wanted to add that when Giselle first falls down into the bottomless pit of a well, it reminds you of the way Alice fell down into the White Rabbits hole. Thank you for creating this topic, DlandDug, duckling! It's a lot of fun to think up all these things--especially when you've got nothing better to do than stir over a bubbling cauldron all evening long...
4	ToonKirby Wed 11/28/2007 11:05p	>In the old folks section of "How Does She Know," the yellow jacketed gentleman danced as a chimney sweep in the original film version of Mary Poppins.< That is so cool. Another: Robert's last name is Philip, as in "Prince Philip" from "Sleeping Beauty". And Judy Kuhn (the singing voice of Pocahontas) plays the harried mother. - kch, http://moviedearest.blogspot.c om/
5	DlandDug Thu 11/29/2007 12:10a	I didn't realize Judy Kuhn had been left out of the original list. Thanks for putting that in. And Giselle's fall is very reminiscent of Alice. Does Destiny, Prince Edward's horse, remind anyone else of Samson, Prince Philip's horse? Also, the priest who marries Edward and Nancy looks a lot like the one who is supposed to marry Eric and Ursula-in-disguise.
6	DlandDug Thu 11/29/2007 10:10a	Two more: The "dream prince" statue that Giselle builds is in the same pose as the statue Ariel has. The Grand Duke hotel (where Edward stays in New York) is named for the character in Cinderella.
7	NJ AP Thu 11/29/2007 2:56p	Thank you for creating this topic. I love going to IMDB.com for this type of trivia, but figured it was a bit soon since the movie just came out. Lots of subtle -- and not so subtle -- Disney references. Awesome! Here is what they have to date: In one scene, Prince Edward rides a bus through Times Square. In the background a large poster can be seen advertising the musical play "Wicked," which originally featured Idina Menzel, who plays Nancy in "Enchanted," in the starring role. Furthermore, Stephen Schwartz, who was the lyricist for "Enchanted," was both the composer and lyricist for "Wicked." In the scene where Prince Edward is standing on top of a moving bus, billboards for Hairspray (the Broadway Production) and Superman Returns (2006) are visible. James Marsden, who plays Prince Edward, stars in Superman Returns, and the movie, Hairspray (2007), based off the Broadway Production When an item is sent flying into the large coca cola advert, to the left of it we see a poster for the musical 'Rent', which originally stared the actress/singer Idina Menzel, who plays Nancy in 'Enchanted'. In the scene where Edward is on top of the bus, the people riding on tour buses next to him laughing and pointing at him weren't extras, but actual real tourists. Director Cameo: [Kevin Lima] as "Pip in New York". The actresses who provided the voices for three previous animated Disney princesses make appearances in the film: Jodi Benson (‘Ariel' in The Little Mermaid (1989)), Paige O'Hara (‘Belle' in Beauty and the Beast (1991)), and Judy Kuhn (Pocahontas (1995)). Also, Julie Andrews, who starred as the title character in Disney's live-action Mary Poppins (1964), provides her voice here as the Narrator. Cathleen Trigg's character's name is Mary Ilene Caselotti. This is a tribute to Mary Costa, the voice of Disney's Sleeping Beauty (1959), Ilene Woods, who did the voice of Disney's _Cinderella (1950)_ qv, and Adriana Caselotti, the voice of Disney's first princess, Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). The law firm where Robert works is Churchill, Harline and Smith, the surnames of the songwriters from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). This is the second Disney film to cleverly switch aspect ratios, the first being Brother Bear (2003). Like ‘Brother Bear', the film starts in a 1.75:1 aspect ratio when in animated Andalasia, and then subtly switches to the CinemaScope ratio of 2.35:1 when Giselle becomes a live-action character. <<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt04 61770/trivia>> They also have the following goofs: Errors in geography: Giselle enters the Times Square subway station, but she exits at the Bowery stop. Bowery uses trains J, M, and Z -- Times Square station is not a stop for these trains, so Giselle could not have ended up at this station unless she consciously transferred. Continuity: In the taxi cab in the beginning of the movie, the collar of the Robert's overcoat is tucked under the seat belt strap one moment, then resting over it, then tucked under it again a moment later. <<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt04 61770/goofs>> You should add your lists. They are fabulous.
8	brotherdave Thu 11/29/2007 4:07p	Giselle calls a little person who accidently ends up under her dress when she first arrives in New York, 'Grumpy'. Among the shadow montages at the end which references just about everything from a Disney fairytale, there was a sword in an anvil just like in "Sword in the Stone", a mermaid, and Cinderella's coach, among others I can't recall.
9	threeundertwo Thu 11/29/2007 4:45p	When the two of them are singing in Central Park, they are in a boat with Robert rowing just like the "kiss the girl" scene in Little Mermaid.
10	basil fan Sat 12/1/2007 9:07a	In fact, when Robert rolls his eyes in the boat, it looks an awful lot like the way Eric turns his head away from Ariel. Let me add: In the final scene in the clothing warehouse, there is a shoe suspended from the ceiling filled with sewing notions, just like a similar shoe in Cinderella's "Work Song" scene. The dance step the old men do is, I think, an exact copy of a step by the Mary Poppins chimney sweeps. And I'm betting Robert & Nancy's dance steps exactly mimic Belle and Beast's. Disney Glitches http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/dglitch.html

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