Cinderella (1997)

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♪ Impossible ♪

♪ For a plain yellow pumpkin ♪

♪ To become a golden carriage ♪

♪ lmpossible ♪

♪ For a plain country bumpkin ♪

♪ And a prince
to join in marriage ♪

A slipper made of glass...

is just a shoe.

And dreamers never make
a dream come true.

♪ Impossible ♪ ♪

Come along now, girls.

- Hurry up.
- Move it.

Quiet now.
Here comes the prince.

Have any of you seen
Lady Gwendolyn?

Wouldn't you tell me
where to find her?

- [ Gasping ]
- What do you think, Mother?

Oh, it's certainly not
the sort of thing you see every day.

I saw it first. How do you think
it looks on me, Mother?

[ Gagging ]
Awful.

- I didn't ask you.
- How can a mother choose...

between two such
extraordinary daughters?

Cinderella?
Cinderella!

- Yes?
- What do you think?

Does it look better on me?

Or me?

Well, I don't know much about hats,

but I don't think
it flatters either one of you.

- [ Gasping ]
- What did you ask her for?

She doesn't know anything about hats.
She said so herself.

- Give it to me!
- It's mine!

[ Groaning ]

[ Together ]
Mother!

What are words compared to the joy
of holding you in my arms again?

Be my bride, Lady Gwendolyn,

and I will pledge to you
my love for all eternity.

And I will pledge to you
my love for all eternity.

♪ The sweetest sounds ♪

♪ I'll ever hear ♪

♪ Are still inside ♪

♪ My head ♪

♪ The kindest words ♪

♪ I'll ever know ♪

♪ Are waiting to be said ♪

♪ The most entrancing sight of all ♪

♪ Is yet for me to see ♪

♪ And the dearest love ♪

♪ In all the world ♪

♪ Is waiting somewhere for me ♪

♪ Is waiting somewhere ♪

♪ Somewhere for me ♪

Cinderella!

Have you ever seen
such a lazy girl in your life?

- Who are you calling lazy?
- Not you, stupid. Cinderella.

Who are you calling stupid?

♪ The sweetest sounds
I'll ever hear ♪

♪ Are still inside my head ♪

♪ The kindest words
I'll ever know ♪

♪ Are waiting to be said ♪

♪ The most entrancing sight of all ♪

♪ Is yet for me to see ♪

♪ And the dearest love ♪

♪ In all the world ♪

♪ Is waiting somewhere for me ♪

♪ Is waiting somewhere ♪

♪ Somewhere for me ♪

- ♪ The sweetest sounds ♪
- ♪ The sweetest sounds ♪

- ♪ I'll ever hear ♪
- ♪ I'll ever hear ♪

♪ Are still inside my head ♪

- ♪ The kindest words ♪
- ♪ The kindest words ♪

- ♪ I'll ever know ♪
- ♪ I'll ever know ♪

♪ Are waiting to be said ♪

- ♪ The most entrancing ♪
- ♪ The most entrancing ♪

- ♪ Sight of all ♪
- ♪ Sight of all ♪

- ♪ Is yet for me to see ♪
- ♪ Is yet for me to see ♪

[ Together ] ♪ And the dearest love
in all the world ♪

- ♪ Is waiting somewhere for me ♪
- ♪ Waiting somewhere ♪

♪ Is waiting somewhere ♪?

- Are you all right, miss?
- Yes, I'm fine, I think.

Here you go.

Just like those royals, isn't it?

Not caring if they're in anybody's way.

- Well, I'm sure they were going somewhere very important.
- I doubt it.

Thanks.
Thanks for your help.

Wait. What's your name?

- Cinderella.
- Beg your pardon?

Cinderella.

I like to sit by the fire, and the
cinders fly, and my face gets smudged.

Ah! ""Cinder""-ella.
I like it.

It-lt grows on you, I guess.

E-Excuse me.

Tell me, Cinderella,
what would a man have to do...

to find himself in your good graces?

- Who wants to know?
- Let's just say a charming stranger.

Oh. This charming stranger
seems pretty sure of himself,

but he'd have to get to know me a lot better
than some girl he just met on the street.

Oh, but he'd like to... very much.

[ Gasps ]

Oh, my.

I'm not sure
I wanna meet this stranger.

I doubt if he has any idea
how a girl should be treated.

Like a princess, I suppose.

No. Like a person
with kindness and respect.

You're not like most girls, are you?

What do you mean?

Nothing.
I... I didn't mean to offend you.

It's all right.

It's just that I've led
a pretty sheltered life.

- So have I.
- Really?

Every day, the same old routine.

- Until you just want to run away and never come back.
- And never come back.

I thought I told you
never to talk to strangers.

Oh, I'm so sorry, Stepmother.

I hope I see you again, Cinderella.

Well, hurry up with those packages.

What are you doing?

♪ The most entrancing sight of all ♪

♪ Is yet for me to see ♪

[ Together ]
♪ And the dearest love ♪

♪ In all the world ♪

♪ Is waiting somewhere for me ♪

♪ Is waiting somewhere ♪

- Cinderella!
- ♪ Somewhere ♪

♪ For me ♪?

Why?
Why the disguise again, Your Highness?

- After I beg you.
- I had a wonderful time today, Lionel.

No one treated me like a prince.
What a relief to be among real people.

Can I tell you something? Real people
are not all they are cracked up to be, huh?

Look at me.
I am a real person.

Does that tell you anything? Believe me, they
are all out there wishing they could be you.

Because they have no idea
what it's really like.

Help me out here. You are rich.
You live in a gorgeous palace.

You have beautiful women
throwing themselves at your feet.

- Is there something I am not getting?
- I have no life of my own.

Everything is decided for me:.
Where I go, what I do and who I see.

Your Highness,
this disappearing thing has got to stop.

- It is too dangerous.
- I was perfectly safe, Lionel.

I am not worried about you.
I am worried about me.

I cannot keep lying to your mother.

They have laws against that.

If he wants to k*ll me, why does he not trample
me with his carriage and get it over with?

You wanted to see me, Mother.

Christopher, darling,
where have you been?

Your father and I
were just talking about you.

Your mother was talking.
I was listening.

All right, what's going on?

Just planning a little get-together.
Nothing fancy.

- Just family. And a few close friends.
- Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

- And all of the eligible young women in the kingdom.
- Mother!

We're only talking maybe


- You can't keep doing this to me.
- What♪ Max, what's he saying?

He's saying he doesn't want
to have another ball.

No, he's not!

[ High-Pitched Squeal ]

- [ Squealing Continues ]
- Here we go.

[ Gasping, Crying ]

Max, my smelling salts.

Max.

Chris, it's really very simple.

All your mother and I want
is for you to be happy.

Happiness has nothing to do with it.

I mean, of course,
we want you to be happy,

but you do have certain obligations.

What your mother's
trying to say is:.

We think it's time you chose a bride
and produced an heir.

- Someday soon, this entire kingdom will be yours.
- Not that soon.

Look, all I'm asking is that you let me
choose a bride for myself in my own way.

And I guess I have this silly idea...

that I want to be in love
when I get married.

Like you were.

That's all we want for you too, son.

Yes, darling, but there's nothing saying
you can't fall in love at the ball.

- It happens all the time.
- They haven't heard a word that I've said.

I should go through the menus.
Where's he going?

Could it have been
something we said?

Lionel!

- Lionel.
- [ Clears Throat ] Yes, Your Majesty.

- A proclamation from the prince.
- Excuse me, Your Majesty.

I couldn't help overhearing. I have to
say, I don't think the prince sounded...

Lionel, take this down.

♪ His Royal Highness
Christopher Rupert ♪

♪ Windemere Vladimir
Karl Alexander ♪

♪ Francois Reginald
Lancelot Herman ♪

- Herman?
- Herman.

♪ Gregory James
He'll thank us for it later ♪

♪ Is giving a ball ♪

♪ The prince is giving a ball ♪

♪ His Royal Highness
Christopher Rupert ♪

♪ Son of Her Majesty
Queen Constantina ♪

♪ Charlotte Ermintrude
Gwinyvere Maisie ♪

- Maisie?
- Maisie.

♪ Marguerite Anne
is giving a ball ♪

[ Lionel, Crowd ] ♪ The prince is
giving a ball The prince is giving a ball ♪

♪ They've spread the message
far and wide ♪

- ♪ The prince is giving a ball ♪
- [ Both Gasping ]

♪ They say he wants to find a bride
He may find one at the ball ♪

♪ Oh, if only he'd propose to me ♪

♪ I wish that he'd propose to me ♪

♪ Just leave the hair
and clothes to me ♪

[ Together ]
♪ The prince is giving a ball ♪

♪ Now, if you please the crown decrees
some peau de soie with frills ♪

♪ A silky sateen in aubergine
or red if someone spills ♪

♪ Now surely I'll need a side of ham
and lots of beef fillets ♪

♪ Some marbleized steaks, a rack of lamb
and veal you raise to braise ♪

♪ Limburger, Swiss and gourmandise
Cheddar, gruyere and blue ♪

♪ Chunks of Swiss in barrels, please
Make sure it's holey too ♪

Your Highness!

♪ Puddings and pies and rum souffles
Succulent chocolate rounds ♪

♪ Creme puffs they can chew away
to gain some royal pounds ♪

♪ The prince is giving a ball
The prince is giving a ball ♪

Children!

Oh!

[ Grunts ]
Whoa!

Oh!

[ Grunting ]

Oh!

Aaah!

[ Together ]
♪ The prince is giving a ball ♪

♪ The prince is giving a ball ♪

♪ His Royal Highness ♪

♪ 200 orchids, 400 poppies


♪ Christopher Rupert


♪ Windemere Vladimir
Karl Alexander ♪

♪ Raspberry, blueberry strawberry,
gooseberry Francois Reginald ♪

♪ Lancelot Herman
Son of Her Majesty Queen Constantina ♪

♪ Chocolate and cheddar and
Charlotte and Maisie Son of his caviar ♪

♪ King Maximilian Godfrey Ladislau
Leopold Sidney ♪

- [ Together ] Sidney?
- Sidney!

♪ Is giving a ball ♪ ♪

The prince is giving a ball.

Thank you.

[ Sighing ]

Cinderella, the door.

Oh, right away.

[ Sighing ]

Cinderella, my wrap.

Cinderella, my hat!

Cinderella, my gloves.

Cinderella,
have you dusted the rafters?

Oh, not-not yet, Stepmother.
I-I've had a busy day.

You've had a busy day?

Uh, yes.
I've been in the village with you.

The impertinence.

After your father died,
everyone said...

I should've thrown you out
into the street.

Be a swan, Minerva.
Be a swan.

But I've kept you on here
all these years,

and this is the thanks
that I get.

Shoulders back, Calliope.
Back.

I've always been told
I've got too big a heart.

[ Together ]
You've got too big a heart, Mother.

We'll take our tea upstairs.

Come, girls!

It's time to get our beauty rest.

We want to be our best
for the ball tomorrow night.

[ Yawning ]
I don't know about you,

but I'm exhausted.

I'm tired, too, Mother.

- You're tired?
- Yes, I'm tired.

Stepmother.

What is it now?

I was wondering about the ball.

All eligible women
in the kingdom are invited.

And I suppose you think the prince
is going to take one look at you...

and fall madly in love.
[ Scoffs ]

I didn't... I didn't mean that...

Take my advice, Cinderella.

Know your place and be satisfied
with what you've got.

I promise you,
you'll be much happier.

Well, i-if my father were alive...

Well, he's not, is he?

He's alive in my heart.

[ Sighs ]
Don't cling to the past, Cinderella.

It's not very attractive.

[ Footsteps ]

- Cinderella, hot water!
- Cinderella, warm milk!

[ Together ]
Cinderella!

[ Mocking ]
Cinderella, hot water.

Cinderella, warm milk.

Cinderella, Cinderella.

♪ I'm as mild and as meek
as a mouse ♪

♪ When I hear a command I obey ♪

♪ But I know of a spot in my house ♪

♪ Where no one can stand ♪

♪ In my way ♪

♪ In my own little corner
In my own little chair ♪

♪ I can be whatever
I want to be ♪

♪ On the wing of my fancy ♪

♪ I can fly anywhere ♪

♪ And the world will open
its arms to me ♪

♪ I'm a young Egyptian princess
or a milkmaid ♪

♪ I'm the greatest prima donna
in Milan ♪

♪ I'm an heiress who has always
had her silk made ♪

♪ By her own flock of silkworms
in Japan ♪

♪ I'm a girl men go mad for ♪

♪ Love's a game I can play ♪

♪ With a cool and confident
kind of air ♪

♪ Just as long as I stay
in my own little corner ♪

♪ All alone ♪

♪ In my own ♪

♪ Little chair ♪

- [ Calliope ] Cinderella, I'm thirsty!
- [ Minerva ] You're thirsty?

[ Stepmother ]
Cinderella, where's our tea?

♪ I can be whatever
I want to be ♪

♪ I'm a thief in Calcutta
I'm a queen in Peru ♪

♪ I'm a mermaid
dancing upon the sea ♪

♪ I'm a huntress on an African safari ♪

♪ It's a dangerous type of sport
and yet it's fun ♪

♪ In the night I sally forth
to seek my quarry ♪

♪ And I find I forgot
to bring my g*n ♪

♪ I am lost in the jungle ♪

♪ All alone and unarmed ♪

♪ When I meet a lioness
in her lair ♪

♪ Then I'm glad to be back ♪

♪ In my own little corner ♪

♪ All alone ♪

♪ In my own ♪

♪ Little chair ♪ ♪

[ Stepsisters ]
Cinderella!

♪ His Royal Highness ♪

♪ Christopher Rupert ♪

♪ Son of Her Majesty ♪

Mother! Listen to me!

You've got to call
this ball off immediately.

Not possible. It's difficult to cancel
once you've got the ""ball"" rolling.

[ Laughing ]
Besides, what will we tell everyone?

Tell everyone you went behind my back
and you're very ashamed of yourselves.

- Ashamed?
- I've never had to be ashamed of anything in my entire life.

- I'm certainly not gonna start now.
- [ Yelling ]

- I probably should not interfere.
- [ Together ] Probably.

But let's say the prince
goes to the ball tonight.

- Traitor!
- I like the way that sounds.

Well, if he should find a bride,
that's wonderful.

But if he does not...

Lionel, you're brilliant.

Mother, I'll go to the ball.

But if I don't find her tonight,
you'll let me fall in love my own way,

with no interference,
no matter how long it takes.

[ Squealing ] - It does
have the ring of fairness to it.

I suppose.
If that's what you want, dear...

Thank you.
I love you both very much.

[ Grunts ]

Don't worry, Your Majesties.
He'll meet someone tonight.

I can feel it in my bones.

You'll feel it in your bones
if he doesn't.

[ Screaming ]

[ Groaning ]

Mother!

My girls are going to be
the envy of everyone at the ball.

Do you really think so, Mother?

Stand still, Minerva.

Our family has always been known...

for its fascinating women.

Why, I might've
married a prince myself...

if I'd had the same opportunities...

- that you girls have had.
- Ow!

If I had someone to push me
the way you girls do.

Someone to sacrifice for me.

[ Groaning ]
Mother, you're hurting me.

Beauty knows no pain, girls.

- [ Exhales ]
- [ Moaning ]

Now, let's go over this again.

If I've done my job right,
there's no reason on earth...

that the prince shouldn't pick
one of you for his bride.

Girls?
[ Giggling ]

Well, first I flutter my eyelashes.

Excellent.

I'm going to start with a curtsy.

Then I'm going to start
with a curtsy too.

Then I get to flutter my eyelashes.

Then I'm gonna flutter my eyelashes too.

Let's... Let's move on.

Tell me what you're going to say
to the prince, Minerva?

Well, you said to show him that
there's more to me than mere beauty,

so I thought I might recite a poem.

- A poem?
- What's wrong with that?

Whatever you do, girls,

you mustn't let the prince know
how clever you are.

Men can't stand to be
around smart women.

- Yes, Mother.
- Yes, Mother.

For heaven's sake, Minerva,
stop scratching yourself!

I can't help it, Mother. You know
how I get itchy when I'm nervous.

Don't do that!
[ Groaning ]

What are you going to say, Calliope?

Well, Mother,

I've been working on
my naturally infectious laughter.

- Excuse me?
- Tonight...

I'm going to laugh infectiously
at all the prince's jokes.

[ Laughing, Snorting ]

I beg you, Calliope,
whatever you do, try not to snort.

- Y es, Mother.
- And Minerva!

You must try not to scratch.

Remember, girls,
we hide our flaws...

[ Together ]
Until after the wedding.

But shouldn't a man love you for
who you are, in spite of everything?

How quaint.

Tell me, Cinderella,

what would you say
to capture the prince?

I don't know.

Of course you don't.

But whatever I'd say,

we'd know in an instant
that we were meant for each other.

Then he'd smile and kiss my hand.

That sounds so romantic.

Say it again, Cinderella.

Rubbish!
This isn't about love.

It's about marriage.

Have I taught you girls nothing?

♪ Falling in love with love
is falling for make-believe ♪

♪ Falling in love with love
is playing the fool ♪

♪ Caring too much is such ♪

♪ A juvenile fancy ♪

♪ Learning to trust
is just for children in school ♪

♪ I fell in love with love one night ♪

♪ When the moon was full ♪

♪ I was unwise with eyes
unable to see ♪

♪ I fell in love with love
with love everlasting ♪

♪ But love fell out ♪

♪ With me ♪

[ Together ] ♪ Falling in love
with love ♪ - ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ]

♪ Is falling for make-believe ♪

♪ Falling in love with love ♪

♪ Is playing the fool ♪

♪ Caring too much is such ♪

♪ A juvenile fancy ♪

♪ Learning to trust ♪

♪ Is just for children in school ♪

♪ I fell in love with love one night ♪

♪ When the moon was full ♪

♪ I was unwise with eyes ♪

♪ Unable to see ♪

- ♪ I fell in love with love ♪
- ♪ She fell in love with love ♪

- ♪ With love everlasting ♪
- ♪ With love everlasting ♪

♪ But love fell out ♪

♪ With me ♪?

Go to the ball?

Me?

Hmm, why would I
want to go to the ball?

I'd much rather sit here by the fire.

♪ In my own little corner ♪

♪ In my own little chair ♪

♪ I can be whatever I want to be ♪

♪ On the wing of my fancy ♪

♪ I can fly anywhere ♪

♪ And the world will ♪

♪ Open its arms to me ♪

♪ I am in the royal palace
of all places ♪

♪ I am chatting with the prince
and king and queen ♪

♪ And the color
on my two stepsisters' faces ♪

♪ Is a q*eer sort of
sour-apple green ♪

♪ I am coy and flirtatious ♪

♪ When alone with the prince ♪

Oh, Your Highness.

♪ I'm the belle of the ball ♪

♪ In my own little corner ♪

♪ All alone ♪ ♪

Oh.

[ Crying ]
I wish...

I wish I could go to the ball.

♪ Fol-de-rol and fiddledy dee
Fiddledy faddledy foddle ♪

♪ All the wishes in the world
are poppycock and twaddle ♪

- Who are you?
- I'm your fairy godmother, honey.

- You?
- You got a problem with that?

If you'd rather have some old lady
in a tutu sprinkling fairy dust on you...

Oh, no, no, I'm sorry.
I just never dreamed...

♪ Fol-de-rol and fiddledy dee
Fiddledy faddledy foodle ♪

♪ All the dreamers in the world
are dizzy in the noodle ♪?

That's terrible.

You try coming up with a rhyme
on the spot like that.

I mean, what you said about dreamers.
Why shouldn't I dream?

I can see this is going to take a while.

Aren't you going to invite me in?

Oh, forgive me.
Of course, I am.

Cinderella, over here!

Is it just me,
or is it freezing in here?

How'd you do that?

Practice.

I've always hoped that someone
would come and take me away from here.

Cinderella,
if you wanna get out of here,

you're going to have to do it yourself.

The music's in you,

deep down in your soul.

When you find it, nothing will be able
to keep you from walking out that door.

You don't know my stepmother.

You wanna know what her problem is?

She can't handle
how fabulous you are.

Fabulous♪ Me?

Do you see anybody else in this room?

Those three are all I've got.

Before my father died, I promised him
that we'd stay together as a family.

Cinderella, this can't be...

what your daddy
had in mind for you, baby.

I've dreamt about leaving
so many times.

That's the problem with most people.

They dream about what they wanna do
instead of really doing it.

Oh, I wish that...

But I guess wishing's no good either.

Everything starts with a wish.

You want to know what I was wishing
before you came here tonight?

That one of those pumpkins would
turn into a big golden carriage...

and take you to the ball?

And take you to the ball?

I guess I know
what you're gonna say.

♪ Fol-de-rol and fiddledy dee ♪

♪ Fiddledy faddledy foodle ♪

You're right.
It's impossible.

♪ Impossible ♪

♪ For a plain yellow pumpkin
to become a golden carriage ♪

♪ lmpossible ♪

♪ For a plain country bumpkin
and a prince to join in marriage ♪

♪ And four white mice
will never be four white horses ♪

♪ Such fol-de-rol and fiddledy dee ♪

♪ Of course is ♪

♪ lmpossible ♪

♪ But the world
is full of zanies and fools ♪

♪ Who don't believe in sensible rules ♪

♪ And won't believe
what sensible people say ♪

♪ And because these daft
and dewy-eyed dopes ♪

♪ Keep building up impossible hopes ♪

♪ lmpossible things are happening ♪

♪ Every day ♪

♪ lmpossible ♪

♪ lmpossible ♪

♪ lmpossible ♪

♪ lmpossible ♪

♪ lmpossible ♪

♪ lmpossible ♪

[ Together ]
♪ lmpossible ♪ ♪

Wait. If impossible things
are happening every day,

then why shouldn't I have
impossible hopes and dreams?

Even something as impossible
as going to the ball?

Then go to the ball, Cinderella.
Go.

No one's stopping you but you.

But I have no way to get there.

Mm-hmm, you have a point there.

Godmother,
I've been wishing as hard as I can.

I know you have, Cinderella.

Go on, stand over there.
Go ahead.

[ Clears Throat ]
What's the matter with me?

You'd think, after 600 years...

All right.

Oh, my goodness.

Hmm, we need some horses.

Let me see.

They're so beautiful.

Don't you run away from me.

Just like in my dream.

Huh?

[ Clears Throat ]

We've got a coachman.
We've got footmen, horses, carriage.

Is there anything I have forgotten?

Spin around.
Don't make me do all the work.

- Thank you, Godmother. Thank you so much.
- Mm-hmm.

There's one tiny little thing,
before I forget.

You must leave the ball
before the clock strikes 12:00.

- It's very important.
- Before 12:00?

Look, I don't make the rules.
The magic only lasts till midnight.

Come on, Cinderella.
It's time to go.

♪ It's possible ♪

♪ For a plain yellow pumpkin
to become a golden carriage ♪

♪ It's possible ♪

♪ For a plain country bumpkin
and a prince to join in marriage ♪

♪ And four white mice
are easily turned to horses ♪

♪ Such fol-de-rol
and fiddledy dee ♪

♪ Of course is ♪

♪ Quite possible ♪

[ Together ]
♪ It's possible ♪

♪ For the world
is full of zanies and fools ♪

♪ Who don't believe
in sensible rules ♪

♪ And won't believe
what sensible people say ♪

[ Together ] ♪ And because
these daft and dewy-eyed dopes ♪

♪ Keep building up impossible hopes ♪

♪ lmpossible things are happening ♪

♪ Every day ♪

♪ It's possible ♪

♪ It's possible ♪

♪ It's possible ♪

♪ It's possible ♪

♪ It's possible ♪

♪ It's possible ♪

[ Together ]
♪ It's possible ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ [ Classical ]

So many beautiful girls.

He'll find the one he's looking for
tonight. I'm sure of it.

- And if he doesn't?
- This ball will never end.

- Then I don't think we ordered enough food.
- What?

I want a chance at him!

Look at his face.
Is that a smile?

It's a wince.

- A tiny little smile?
- Wishful thinking.

Oy.

Pardon me.
[ Giggling ]

I'm sure you've noticed
my two beautiful daughters.

Madam.

Madam, for the last time,

His Highness will dance
with all the young ladies in due time.

Please, try to exercise some restraint.

Naturally, any mother would be eager to
see her daughters dance with the prince,

but what I would like to know is...

who's going to have the honor...

of dancing with you?

- Excuse me?
- There's no need to be coy.

Look at you: That manly physique,

those handsome chiseled features,

that wonderful full head...
of skin.

No touching, please.

Surely, there's no need to pretend.

I know that you felt
that certain something between us.

Tsk. You know, I honestly wish
there was something between us.

- Really?
- Yes.

A continent.

Oh!

- Do you have an itch?
- No, Your Highness. Why would you say that?

- You just scratched yourself.
- No, I didn't.

- You just did it again.
- I don't think so.

"" Ships that pass in the night...

- and speak to each other in passing... ""
- Excuse me?

""On the ocean of life... ""

- It's poetry!
- Oh, h*.

""Ships that pass in the night,""
that's you and me.

""On the ocean of life.""
Don't you get it?

Got it.
Tell the orchestra to speed it up.

- [ Laughing, Snorting ]
- I missed something.

- [ Laughter Continues ]
- Your laughter is incessant.

Oh, but Your Highness
is tres amusant.

I don't think anyone
has ever found me funnier.

[ Shouts, Snorting ]

[ Laughter, Snorting Continue ]

But we were getting along so well.

Hey, loosen up a little.

Faster, Lionel.

I think it's going awfully well,
don't you?

Cinderella.

All right, now.
You're on your own.

Aren't you coming with me?

I got you to the ball.
The rest comes from you.

- [ Sighs ]
- Don't be afraid.

Just remember: You gotta be out of there
before the clock strikes 12:00.

[ Chimes ]

Go, go, go.

Go!

Hello.

How do you do, Your Highness?

Who is that charming girl?

No one seems to know.
She is stunning, isn't she?

Like a vision.
Why, if I were a young man, I'd...

Yes, dear?

Well, I'd be younger, wouldn't I?

Yes, dear.

Where on earth did she come from?

I've never seen her before.

There's something vaguely familiar
about that girl.

You know, I have the funniest feeling
I've met you somewhere before.

Oh, I'm sure I would remember.

Was it last summer at the lake?

No, I can't swim.

Then it must've been
this winter at the lodge.

- Up in the mountains?
- You go to the mountains too?

No, I just love looking at them.

They're very beautiful.

You're very beautiful.

Everyone's staring at us.

Really♪ I'd forgotten
there was anyone else here.

♪ Ten minutes ago I saw you ♪

♪ I looked up when you came
through the door ♪

♪ My head started reeling
You gave me the feeling ♪

♪ The room had no ceiling or floor ♪

♪ Ten minutes ago I met you ♪

♪ And we murmured
our how-do-you-dos ♪

♪ I wanted to ring out the bells ♪

♪ And fling out my arms ♪

♪ And to sing out the news ♪

♪ I have found her ♪

♪ She's an angel ♪

♪ With the dust of the stars
in her eyes ♪

♪ We are dancing ♪

♪ We are flying ♪

♪ And she's taking me back
to the skies ♪

♪ In the arms of my love
I'm flying ♪

♪ Over mountain and meadow and glen ♪

♪ And I like it so well
that for all I can tell ♪

♪ I may never come down again ♪

♪ I may never come down to earth ♪

♪ Again ♪

[ Cinderella ]
♪ Ten minutes ago, I met you ♪

♪ And we murmured
our how-do-you-dos ♪

♪ I wanted to ring out the bells ♪

♪ And fling out my arms
and to sing out the news ♪

♪ I have found her ♪

♪ I have found him ♪

[ Together ]
♪ In the arms of my love I'm flying ♪

♪ Over mountain and meadow and glen ♪

♪ And I like it so well
that for all I can tell ♪

♪ I may never come down again ♪

♪ I may never come down to earth ♪

♪ Again ♪ ♪

♪ Why would a fellow
want a girl like her ♪

♪ A frail and fluffy beauty ♪

♪ Why can't a fellow
ever once prefer ♪

♪ A solid girl like me ♪

♪ She's a frothy little bubble ♪

♪ With a flimsy kind of charm ♪

♪ And with very little trouble ♪

♪ I could break her little arm ♪

[ Together ] ♪ Oh, oh, why would
a fellow want a girl like her ♪

♪ So obviously unusual ♪

♪ Why can't a fellow
ever once prefer ♪

♪ A usual girl like me ♪

♪ Her face is exquisite, I suppose ♪

♪ But no more exquisite than a rose is ♪

♪ Her skin may be delicate and soft ♪

♪ But not any softer than a doe's is ♪

♪ Her neck is no longer than a swan's ♪

♪ She's only as dainty as a daisy ♪

♪ She's only as graceful as a bird ♪

[ Together ]
♪ So why is the fellow going crazy ♪

♪ Oh, why would a fellow
want a girl like her ♪

♪ A girl who's merely lovely ♪

♪ Why can't a fellow
ever once prefer ♪

♪ A girl who's merely me ♪

[ Minerva ]
♪ She's a frothy little bubble ♪

♪ With a frilly sort of air ♪

♪ And with very little trouble ♪

♪ I could pull out all her hair ♪

- [ Cackling ]
- Oh! Oh!

[ Together ] ♪ Why would a fellow
want a girl like her ♪

♪ A girl who's merely lovely ♪

♪ Why can't a fellow
ever once prefer ♪

♪ A girl who's merely me ♪

♪ What's the matter with the man
What's the matter with the man ♪

♪ What's the matter with the man ♪ ♪

- Oh!
- Oh!

♪ ♪ [ Classical ]

[ Muttering ]

I do hope that son of mine
is behaving himself.

Oh, yes, Your Majesty,
he's been a perfect gentleman.

- Chip off the old block, is he?
- [ Chuckling ] Oh, yes, Your Majesty.

Well, clearly, he's smitten with you.

I must say, it's as though
you've appeared here by magic.

- What's he saying to her?
- What difference does it make?

You said you weren't going to find
the girl of your dreams tonight.

Do we know your mother
and father, dear?

- Oh, I don't think so.
- [ Lionel Groaning ]

Then you must introduce us.
Where are they?

- Well, my-my-my father, he...
- Yes, dear?

Well, my mother, sh...

I'm sorry.
Will you excuse me?

- What did you say to her?
- [ Squealing ]

- [ Squeals ]
- [ Groans ]

- I think she's lovely, don't you?
- A little high-strung.

- A little.
- Who is that?

- Lionel, darling.
- Oh.

- It's not midnight yet.
- I want to go now.

Oh, so you're just giving up?

[ Sighs ]
I'm not what they think I am.

All they're thinking is that you're
the most beautiful girl at the ball.

And you are.

- You're still here.
- Yes. I was just...

Please. I don't know what my parents
said to you, but I apologize.

Oh, no, no, they were wonderful...
compared to my family.

- I wanna meet your family.
- No, you don't.

- Everyone in your life.
- No, really, you don't.

[ Chuckles ]
That bad, huh?

Well, they didn't want me
to come here tonight.

Well, I'm glad you did.

To tell you the truth,
I almost didn't come myself.

Well, how can the prince
not show up at his own ball?

Don't you think it's a little medieval?

Everyone circling around...

as if I were some prize bull
they were trying to rope in.

[ Giggling ] - Go ahead
and laugh, but this is serious.

If I'm going to spend the rest of
my life with someone, she's gotta be...

- She's gotta be... exciting.
- [ Chuckling ] I guess.

- But sweet.
- Not that sweet.

[ Chuckling ] - And your
devoted servant, forever and ever.

Servants, I've got.

What I need is someone
I can really talk to.

You know what I wish?
I wish...

You know, the trouble with most people
is they sit around...

wishing for something to happen instead
of just doing something about it.

You're right.

May I ask you a question?

O-Of course.

Do you think it's possible
to meet someone...

and know in an instant
that she's the one?

It's very possible.

I feel so strange,
like I'm not myself.

Or maybe it's just with you,
I really am myself.

Not the self people expect me to be,
but the real self that I...

[ Laughing ]
I'm not making any sense, am I?

Actually,
you're making perfect sense to me.

That's what's so scary.

Scary...

and confusing...

and wonderful...

all at the same time.

♪ Do I love you ♪

♪ Because you're beautiful ♪

♪ Or are you beautiful ♪

♪ Because I love you ♪

♪ Am I making believe ♪

♪ I see in you ♪

♪ A girl too lovely to ♪

♪ Be really true ♪

♪ Do I want you ♪

♪ Because you're wonderful ♪

♪ Or are you wonderful ♪

♪ Because I want you ♪

♪ Are you the sweet invention ♪

♪ Of a lover's dream ♪

♪ Or are you really ♪

♪ As beautiful ♪

♪ As you seem ♪

Maybe you're imagining me.

And maybe I'm imagining you too.

♪ Am I making believe ♪

♪ I see in you ♪

♪ A man too perfect to ♪

♪ Be really true ♪

♪ Do I want you ♪

♪ Because you're wonderful ♪

♪ Or are you wonderful ♪

♪ Because I want you ♪

♪ Are you the sweet invention ♪

♪ Of a lover's dream ♪

♪ Or are you really ♪

♪ As wonderful ♪

♪ As you seem ♪

I've always dreamed
it would happen like this.

And now it really has.
I don't ever want this night to end.

Neither do I.

♪ Are you the sweet invention ♪

♪ Of a lover's dream ♪

♪ Or are you really ♪

♪ As wonderful ♪

♪ As you seem ♪?

[ Tolling ]

- I can't stay!
- What do you mean?

- I have to go!
- Wait! Come back.

- I don't even know your name.
- Your Highness, what is it?

[ Tolling Continues ]

Chris, don't let her get away.

Yeah, but...

Your Highness, you simply must...
[ Grunts ]

[ Tolling Continues ]

[ Tolling Ceases ]

♪ Do I want you ♪

♪ Because you're wonderful ♪

♪ Or are you wonderful ♪

♪ Because I want you ♪

♪ Are you the sweet invention ♪

♪ Of a lover's dream ♪

♪ Or are you really ♪

♪ As wonderful ♪

♪ As you seem ♪?

[ Yawning ]

Come along, girls.

[ Ringing Bell On Door ]

Oh, what a night!
What a magnificent affair!

- Perfect.
- Like a dream.

Mmm. Did any of you
get to dance with the prince?

- I danced about an hour with him.
- An hour?

- Didn't you?
- Well, of course I did, if you did.

I wouldn't be surprised if the prince
chose one of you for his bride.

Ohh. That sounds too good to be true.
Did you know everyone at the ball?

Everyone who's anyone, except
some Princess Something-or-Other.

I never did quite catch her name.

A princess?
Did she dance with the prince?

I didn't notice.

Do you think he liked her?

[ Cackling ]

[ Snorts ]

And, uh, what, pray tell,

have you been doing all night,
Cinderella?

I've been dreaming, mostly, of what
it would've been like to be at the ball.

She couldn't possibly dream
what it was like unless she was there.

You simply can't imagine.

Well, I imagine that
there's a grand staircase,

candles everywhere
and an orchestra playing.

- ♪ It looks that way ♪
- ♪ The way you say ♪

♪ She talks as if she knows ♪

♪ I do not know that this is so ♪

♪ I only just suppose ♪

♪ I suppose that when
you come into the ballroom ♪

♪ And the room itself
is floating in the air ♪

♪ If you're suddenly confronted
by His Highness ♪

♪ You are frozen like
a statue on the stair ♪

♪ You're afraid he'll hear
the way your heart is beating ♪

♪ And you know you mustn't
make the first advance ♪

♪ You are seriously
thinking of retreating ♪

♪ Then you seem to hear him asking you ♪

♪ To dance ♪

And when you waltz with him, you whirl around
so that your feet never touch the floor.

That's right.
They don't!

- And it makes you feel like you weigh nothing at all.
- That's right. It does!

And then for a few precious moments,

you're the only two people
in the entire world.

♪ A lovely night ♪

♪ A lovely night ♪

♪ A finer night
you know you'll never see ♪

♪ You meet your prince ♪

♪ A charming prince ♪

♪ As charming as a prince
will ever be ♪

♪ The stars in the hazy heaven ♪

♪ Tremble above you ♪

♪ While he is whispering ♪

♪ Darling, I love you ♪

♪ You say good-bye ♪

♪ Away you fly ♪

♪ But on your lips you keep a kiss ♪

♪ All your life you'll dream of this ♪

♪ Lovely, lovely night ♪

- ♪ A lovely night ♪
- How lovely!

- ♪ A lovely night ♪
- How lovely!

♪ A finer night you know
you'll never see ♪ - How lovely.

- ♪ You meet ♪
- ♪ Your prince ♪

- ♪ A charming ♪
- ♪ Prince ♪

♪ As charming as a prince
will ever be ♪

♪ The stars in the hazy heaven ♪

♪ Tremble above you ♪

♪ While he is whispering ♪

♪ Darling, I love you ♪

♪ You say good-bye ♪

♪ Away you fly ♪

♪ But on your lips
you keep a kiss ♪

♪ All your life you'll dream of this ♪

- ♪ Lovely ♪
- [ Stepsisters ] ♪ Lovely ♪

[ All Together ]
♪ Lovely ♪

♪ Lovely night ♪?

Stop this! Worst nonsense I ever heard.
Rubbish and drivel.

- But, Mother...
- And you, listening to her, hanging on her every word.

- But, Mother...
- Enough! Go to your room. It's late.

And you... Why, the thought of you
dancing with the prince,

it's preposterous!

Why♪ Why is it
so hard for you to imagine?

Because...

you're common, Cinderella.

Your mother was common and so are you.

Oh, you can wash your face and put on
a clean dress, but underneath...

you'll still be common.

That a prince would ever consider
taking you for his bride, why,

[ Chuckles ]
it's laughable.

- My father...
- Your father was weak.

He spoiled you rotten. He filled your
head with silly thoughts and dreams...

that'll never come true.

Never.

Now, clean this place up.

It's a sty.

Father, I know I promised
that I'd never leave here,

but after tonight
I don't see how I can stay.

If you only knew how she's changed,
you'd understand.

I deserve better, Father.

I deserve to be loved.

And that's what I found out tonight.

And that's all that really matters.

♪ My dream ♪

♪ Came true ♪

♪ Away I flew ♪

♪ But on my lips ♪

♪ He left a kiss ♪

♪ All my life ♪

♪ I'll dream of this ♪

♪ Lovely ♪

♪ Lovely night ♪?

[ Fairy Godmother ]
Cinderella.

If you really love him,
why don't you let him know?

How can I?
Look at me.

Do you really think he fell in love...

with your fancy gown
and your pretty braids?

I don't know anymore.

- I mean, if you hadn't helped me...
- You didn't need my help.

You just thought you did.

Believe in yourself, Cinderella,

and trust him to love you
as you really are.

Chris, you've been up all night.

Come and have something to eat.

I can't. I can't eat or rest
until I've found her again.

But, Chris, they've been searching
everywhere and not a trace of her.

- You may never find her.
- Don't say that.

I will find her.
I've got to.

Before last night you didn't know about her,
and you don't know anything about her now.

Except that she's beautiful. And the all
girls last night were equally beautiful.

I don't want to hear
about anyone else, Mother.

She's not like the others.

She's different
than any other girl I've ever met.

But how can you know that
after one night?

♪ Are you making believe ♪

♪ You see in her ♪

♪ A girl too lovely to ♪

♪ Be really true ♪

♪ Do you love her ♪

♪ Because she's wonderful ♪

♪ Or is she wonderful ♪

♪ Because you love her ♪

♪ Is she the sweet invention ♪

♪ Of a lover's dream ♪

♪ Or is she really ♪

♪ As wonderful ♪

♪ As she seems ♪?

All my life I've been
searching for something,

and I've finally found it, in her.

Well then, you must find her.

Keep looking, Chris,
for as long as it takes.

Your Highness, I'm afraid
I don't have very good news to report.

No one seems to know who she is
or where she's from.

Lionel, she's out there somewhere,

and I'm going to search every inch
of this kingdom until I find her.

A shoe made out of glass?
Who dances in glass shoes?

We're going to try this slipper on every
young woman in the kingdom until we find her.

I'm going to marry her.
Do you understand?

Do as he says, Lionel.

Y es, Your Majesty.

♪ And the dearest love ♪

♪ In all the world ♪

♪ Is waiting somewhere for me ♪

♪ Is waiting somewhere ♪

♪ Somewhere for me ♪?

That's my slipper!
I'd know that slipper anywhere.

[ Grunts ] You see?
It fits perfectly.

[ Muffled Groans ]

[ Panting, Laughing ]

- [ Snorts ]
- Calliope, honestly.

Anyone can see that that slipper
was made for a daintier foot.

[ Coughs ]

- [ Grunts ]
- [ Gasps ]

What happened to it?
You shrunk it!

- It fit perfectly at the ball!
- [ Grunting ]

His Highness is really weary,
and I think it is obvious...

- [ Groaning ]
- [ Lock Rattling ]

[ Lock Clicks ]

- [ Nervous Chuckle ]
- [ Lionel Choking ]

[ Grunts, Wheezes ]

Are there any other women in the house?

Oh, why, y-yes.

There's one more.

Move over!

I mean, are there any other
young women in the house?

How young?

Younger than you.

Oh.
[ Grunts, Gasps ]

Ah, my stars! It fits! It fits!
[ Laughs ]

- Impossible!
- [ Screaming Continues ]

[ Panicked Gasping ]

And it's cutting off
my circulation!

Get it off me!
Off! Off! Off!

Pull it harder, you imbecile!
Harder!

Madam, there's no need for name-calling.
All right, on the count of three. One.

- [ High-Pitched Gasps ]
- Two... [ Screams, Groans ]

[ Loud Sighing ]

[ Exhales ]
What's the matter with you people?

A blind man could tell
it wasn't going to fit my foot.

Are you certain
there is no one else here?

[ Shudders ]

No, not a soul.

- No one, Your Highness.
- Not even a servant girl.

Those doors, where do they lead to?

[ Together ]
What doors?

- The ones right behind you.
- [ Stepmother Stammering ]

Oh, oh, doors!
These doors!

Why didn't you say...
There's nothing behind these doors.

I'd like to see for myself,
please.

Oh, it's just like any other kitchen:
A few pots and pans, a couple of mice.

Step aside, madam.

[ Exasperated Sigh ]

Take one of my daughters, Your Highness!
I beg of you!

Calliope's had charm and elocution!

She's really much smarter
than she looks.

And Minerva,
that girl's as strong as an ox.

And cultured.

Why, she's memorized The Wreck
of the Hesperus in three languages.

- Four, if you count Pig Latin.
- Madam!

I command you to stop this foolishness
this instant!

Come along, Lionel!

[ Horses Stopping Abruptly ]

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Just like those royals, isn't it?

Not caring if they're in anybody's way.

Well, I'm sure they were
going somewhere very important.

What did you say your name was?

Cinderella.

Cinderella. I like it.

It grows on you, I guess.

May I?

Nooo-o-o!
[ Groans ]

Quiet, woman!

♪ Impossible things ♪

♪ Are happening ♪

♪ Every ♪

♪ Day ♪?

[ Crowd Cheering ]

♪ Someone wants you ♪

♪ You know who ♪

♪ Now you're living ♪

♪ There's music in you ♪

♪ Now you're hearing ♪

♪ Something new ♪

♪ Someone playing ♪

♪ The music ♪

♪ In you ♪

♪ Now you're living ♪

♪ You know why ♪

♪ Now there's nothing ♪

♪ You won't try ♪

♪ Move a mountain ♪

♪ Light the sky ♪

♪ Make a wish ♪

♪ Come true ♪

♪ There is music ♪

♪ In you ♪

♪ Now you can go wherever you want ♪

♪ To go ♪

♪ Now you can do ♪

♪ Whatever you want to do ♪

♪ Now you can be ♪

- ♪ Whatever you want to be ♪
- Wait! We're family!

We love you!

♪ And love is the song you will sing ♪

♪ Your whole life through ♪

♪ Whoa-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Move a mountain ♪

♪ Light the sky ♪

♪ Make a wish come true ♪

♪ There is music ♪

♪ In you ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh-oh ♪

♪ In you ♪ ♪