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The World of Fairy Tales is a 1992 American live-action/animated hybrid fantasy comedy film produced by Paramount Feature Animation. It is the 34th feature film produced by Paramount Animation. was directed by Nancy Farwell, written by Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, Farwell, and David N. Weiss, and features the voices of Robyn Lively, Jason Marsden, John Candy, Jodi Benson, Anndi McAfee and Christine Baranski. The film follows a 19-year-old girl who received a magical book, which it takes her to the animated fantasy world of fairy tale.
The film was released in the United States on October 16, 1992 by Paramount Pictures, and was a critical and commercial success, earning over $197.5 million against its $54 million budget.
Plot[]
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Cast[]
- Robyn Lively as Mariana Grimm
- Jason Marsden as Lewis Turner
- John Candy as Sammy
- Jodi Benson as Princess Talia
- Anndi McAfee as Little Red Riding Hood
- Christine Baranski as Queen Mircalla
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Additional voices[]
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Production[]
Development[]
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Casting[]
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Filming and animation[]
The live-action sequences were done at Paramount Studios lot. When the live-action footage was finished during production, Paramount recruited its animation division to animate the rest of the film.
Music[]
- Main article: The World of Fairy Tales/Soundtrack
Release[]
The World of Fairy Tales was originally slated for release on November 25, 1992, to compete with Walt Disney Pictures' Aladdin. However, after the box office failure of An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, Paramount changed the film's release from November 1992 to October 1992 in avoid competition with Aladdin, with Viacom Animation's The Children of California taking its place.
The World of Fairy Tales was the fourth feature-length live-action/animated film after Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Rock-A-Doodle and Paramount's own Cool World. However, unlike the live-action characters from that film sharing the screen with animated characters, Mariana Grimm is the only live-action character to share the screen with the animated characters at the beginning before she become an animated character.
Home media[]
The World of Fairy Tales was released on VHS and LaserDisc on April 14, 1993. On April 9, 2002, the film was re-released on VHS and DVD as part of the Paramount Animation Collection. The film was released for the first time on Blu-ray on April 12, 2016.
On March 4, 2021, The World of Fairy Tales, along with other Paramount Animation films, was available on Paramount+.
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Video games[]
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Transcripts[]
Main[]
To see the main transcript of the film, click here.
Trailers[]
To see the transcript for the trailers of the film, click here.