Cinderella, originally released directly to video

Direct-to-video

Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...

 in 1994, is a 48-minute animated film adapted from the classic fairy tale

Fairy tale

A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...

, "Cinderella

Cinderella

"Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune...

" by Charles Perrault

Charles Perrault

Charles Perrault was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge , Cendrillon , Le Chat Botté and La Barbe bleue...

. The movie was produced by Jetlag Productions

Jetlag Productions

Jetlag Productions was an American-Japanese animation studio that, just like the similar studio Golden Films, has created a number of animated films based on different, popular children's stories, while at the same time creating a few original productions...

 and was distributed to DVD

DVD

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 in 2002 by GoodTimes Entertainment

GoodTimes Entertainment

GoodTimes Entertainment, Ltd. was a home video company that originated in 1984 under the name of GoodTimes Home Video. Though it produced its own titles, the company was well-known due to its distribution of media from third parties and classics...

 as part of their "Collectible Classics" line.

Story

A kindhearted man has all he could ever ask for, a noble and loyal wife and a most cheerful and attractive daughter. Life, however, is not always predictable and the wife fell gravely ill, eventually dying. The man then marries a new woman, who brings along her two awkward daughters who treat the man's girl with cruelty and selfishness. When the man leaves on a business trip, the woman and her daughters name the girl, "Cinderella" and treat her like a maid, forcing her to dress in rags and do all the housework. Life turns around for the girl the day a grand ball is announced in which the prince will choose his bride. After her stepmother and stepsisters abandon her, and with the help of a Fairy Godmother, Cinderella attends the glorious ball and wins the heart of the prince. However, she leaves at midnight after remembering a warning her fairy godmother had given her before she left, leaving behind one glass slipper.

Songs

• "Dream On, Cinderella"
• "The Chance of a Lifetime"
• "Where Have You Been All My Life?"

See also

• List of animated feature films
• Cinderella
  Cinderella
  "Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune...
  
  , the original fairy tale
• Charles Perrault
  Charles Perrault
  Charles Perrault was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge , Cendrillon , Le Chat Botté and La Barbe bleue...
  
  
• Jetlag Productions
  Jetlag Productions
  Jetlag Productions was an American-Japanese animation studio that, just like the similar studio Golden Films, has created a number of animated films based on different, popular children's stories, while at the same time creating a few original productions...
  
  

External links

• Cinderella at the Big Cartoon Database
  Big Cartoon DataBase
  The Big Cartoon DataBase is an online database of information about animated cartoons, animated feature films, animated television shows and cartoon shorts....