The Little Princess is a 2003 American animated fantasy comedy-drama musical film produced by Paramount Feature Animation. It was directed by Ash Brannon and Rob Minkoff, produced by Max Howard, and Chris Jenkins, and written by Irene Mecchi and Julie Young from a story by Young. The film is loosely based on the 1905 children's novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett, as well as the 1939 and 1995 film adaptations of the story.
Development of The Little Princess began in 1997, when Julie Young was interested on the 1905 children's novel, as well as the 1995 film. In 2001, Ash Brannon and Rob Minkoff were approached to direct the film. The Little Princess was released by Paramount Pictures on November 26, 2003, and received positive reviews from critics, who praised its animation but criticized its story. Grossing $67.8 million on a $52 million budget, Paramount suffered a $130 million loss, which nearly made its feature animation division file for bankruptcy and led it to abandon traditional animation for computer animation until 2011's The Flamingo Prince. It is considered to be one of the biggest box office bombs of all time, but is also considered to be a cult favorite.
Plot[]
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Cast[]
- Daveigh Chase as Sara Crewe
- Christopher Lloyd as Mr. Minchin
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Additional voices[]
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Production[]
Development[]
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Casting[]
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Animation[]
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Music[]
- Main article: The Little Princess (2003 film)/Soundtrack
Marketing[]
Trailers[]
- The teaser trailer was released on December 20, 2002, and was later attached to theatrical screenings of The Wild Thornberrys Movie; it was later shown with Game Zone, The Jungle Book 2, Agent Cody Banks, Piglet's Big Movie, Susan Telltale, The Alaina Gleen Movie, Funtastic World, and Finding Nemo.
- The first trailer was released in June 2003, and was shown with Rugrats Go Wild, Hulk, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and Freaky Friday.
- The second trailer was released in September 2003, and was shown with The Darkest Riddle, School of Rock, Good Boy!, Brother Bear, Elf, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and The Cat in the Hat.
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Video game[]
- Main article: The Little Princess (video game)
The Little Princess games were released in September 2003 for PlayStation 2, JeremyVast, Game Boy Advance, Jeremy Gear, and PC.
Release[]
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Home media[]
The Little Princess was released on VHS and DVD by Paramount Home Entertainment on March 23, 2004. It was also released on Game Boy Advance Video in October 2005. During the first month of its home release, the film led in VHS sales and was third in VHS and DVD sales combined. Sales and rentals of the VHS and DVD combined would eventually accumulate $158 million in revenue by the end of 2004.
On March 4, 2021, The Little Princess, along with other Paramount Animation films, became available on Paramount+.
Legacy[]
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Transcripts[]
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To see the main transcript of the film, click here.
Trailers[]
To see the transcript for the trailers of the film, click here.