Prince Charming

Prince Charming (TV film)
Prince Charming
Directed by	Allan Arkush
Produced by	Robert Halmi Jr, executive producer
Written by	Doug Palau
Starring	Martin Short Christina Applegate Sean Maguire Bernadette Peters
Music by	Lisa Coleman Wendy Melvoin
Cinematography	Jamie Anderson
Editing by	John Duffy
Distributed by	Hallmark Entertainment
Release date(s)	October 21, 2001, Peru July 13, 2003, US, (TNT television)
Running time	87 minutes
Language	English

Prince Charming is a 2001 made-for-television film. It is a comical fairy tale, relating the story of a Prince who is cursed, his wizard squire, and the present-day women who lift the curse. The movie stars Martin Short as a wizard squire trying to keep his prince (Sean Maguire) from harm, with Christina Applegate as the woman who wins the prince's love and Bernadette Peters as an actress who inadvertently lifts a 500-year curse.

Plot

On his wedding day, Prince John commits a romantic indiscretion and is "frogged". (who cursed who?) He is cursed by turning him into a frog for eternity unless a woman kisses him and marries him. For good measure, his squire Rodney is also frogged.

Moving forward 500 years, the Prince and Rodney, in the form of frogs, find themselves in New York's Central Park, where the Prince sees Kate driving her horse-drawn carriage and falls in love with her. However, the actress Margo impetuously picks up the Prince-frog and kisses him, breaking the curse until the next full moon, and turning the Prince and Rodney into their true human selves (although dressed very oddly).

Prince John and Rodney begin their search for the woman who kissed John, with the help of Kate. When the Prince in human form finally meets Margo, while performing Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", she decides to make her unfaithful lover, Hamish, jealous by initiating a romantic tryst. The Prince, realizing that he must marry Margo in order to permanently break the curse, proposes marriage. Meanwhile, Rodney finds in Serena a fellow "wizard" and they try to find potions that will break the curse.

In the end, the three couples manage to find themselves with the right person, the curse is forever broken by true love, and all marry to live happily ever after.

Characters

• Martin Short - Rodney, a wizard squire
• Christina Applegate -Kate, a horse-drawn carriage driver
• Andrea Martin - Serena, Margo's dresser
• Billy Connolly - Hamish, director/Margo's lover
• Bernadette Peters - Margo, a starting-to-age Broadway actress
• Sean Maguire - Prince 'Charming' John, the young Prince
• Colin Fox - King Leo, Prince John's father
• Carly Street - Beautiful Maiden
• Marcia Bennett - Queen Isabel
• Colm Magner - Lothian Knight
• Jake Goldsbie - Boy
• Vickie Papavs - Mother
• David Fox - King Pius
• Julia Paton - Milkmaid
• Meredith McGeachie - Camille / 'Helena'
• Kimwun Perehinec - Young Woman with Bike
• David MacLean - Minister
• Frank Ruffo - Shopkeeper
• Denny Doherty - Jeweller
• Duane Murray - Actor
• Stefan Brogren - Bob Worthington
• Lou Martini Jr. - Angry Cabbie
• Christine Brubaker - Clerk
• Philip DeWilde - Delivery Boy
• Clyde Whitham - Judge #1
• Roger Clown - Judge #2
• Robert Buck - Judge #3
• Sid Kroach - Lady #1
• Mark Burgess - Rep Actor / 'Romeo'
• Novie Edwards - Salesgirl
• Ian Leung - Tour Guide
• John Stead - Tybalt
• Angela Vint - Waitress
• Julian Richings - Wacktazar
• Laird Mackintosh - Young Anwyn Noble
• Richard Quesnel - Anwyn Knight

Production Credits

• Guru Studios - Special Effects Company (additional character animation) http://www.gurustudio.com/

Trivia

This movie reunites Bernadette Peters with her costar from Broadway's The Goodbye Girl, Martin Short, and her director from the movie Heartbeeps, Alan Arkush.

See also

• Prince Charming fairy tale
• Television movies

External links

• Prince Charming (TV film) at the Internet Movie Database
• RHI Films listing for "Prince Charming"