Cinderella's Castle
The songs, the cast, the movie. One word describes Cinderella, and that is PERFECT! If you’ve seen the 1997 version starring Brandy, you know what I’m talking about. I love this movie. The songs are my favorite. The cast was great. The movie was just so entertaining. No offense to Brandy fans out there, but she sounded wonderful in this movie. It was the first time I actually liked her singing. She has beautiful voice inside of her, but she only used it in this movie. And, she was so pretty in this movie. Paolo Montalban as the prince was perfect. He was so cute and his voice was beautiful. When him and Brandy sang together, the harmony was excellent.
Anyway, I wanted to make a small page dedicated to this brilliant movie. I have a cast list, lyrics of the songs (I don’t have all the songs up yet) and a short outline of the story (like you don’t know the Cinderella story, but there’s different versions). I'll try and get pixs up soon.
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The Cast
Brandy as Cinderella
Paolo Montalban as Prince Christopher
Whitney Houston as the Fairy Godmother
Bernadette Peters as the evil step-mother
Victor Garber as the King Maximilian
Whoopi Goldberg as the Queen Constantina
Jason Alexander as Nigel
Natalie Desselle as Minerva, the evil step-sister
Veanne Cox as Penelope, the other evil step-sister
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The Story
Cinderella lives with unhappily with her step-mother and step-sisters. One day in the marketplace she meets the prince indisguise. At home, Cinderella only has her own little corner where she can be what ever she wants to be. The king and queen can't help but to plan a ball where all the elegible women of the kingdom can dance with Prince Christopher. He objects, but they do it anyway. Cinderella's evil step mother and sisters find out at the market. They go to the ball, but tell Cinderella she can't. She respects that, but then becomes sad. She preys for help just as her Fairy Godmother appears. She tells Cinderella of all the dreamers out there, but no of them try to fulfill their dreams. Cinderella decides to go to the ball with her Fairy Godmother's help.
At the ball, Prince Christopher is having a boring time until Cinderella walks in in her beautiful blue dress. Everyone stops and stares at her, and he asked her to dance. They dance for a while then go to the garden for a little privacy. That's where they talk of what the perfect person for them would be. They find that each other is the right person for them, and fall in love right then and there. But the clock strikes twelve. Cinderella rushes off into the night leaving her glass slipper.
Prince Christopher goes around the kingdom in search of his one true love. He arrives at Cinderella's house where her step-mother obviously tries to hide her in the kitchen. Prince Christopher gets suspious, and demands to go in the kitchen. Sje lets him go in, but Cinderella isn't there. She actually outside where Prince Christopher finds her, and they get reunited. They marry, and Cinderella never sees her step-family again.
My little scenario doesn't give the movie justice. It's more then just that. With all th songs and acting, it's greater then anything you just read. But, that's just the outline of the story.
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The Lyrics
The Sweetest Sound I’ll Ever Hear
sang by Brandy and Paolo Montalban
Cinderella:
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 intrancing side 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
Prince Christopher:
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 side 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
Both:
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 side 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
In My Own Little Corner
sang by Brandy
I’m as meek as a mouse
When I hear a command, I obey
But, I know which spot in my house
Where no one can stand in my way
In my own corner, in my own little chair
I can be whatever I want to be
On the wings of my fancy, I can fly anywhere
And the world will open it’s arms to me
I’m a young Egyptian princess
Or a milk maid
I’m the greatest pre-Madonna in the land
I’m an heiress who has had her ? made
I have my own flock of silk worms in Japan
I’m a girl in Gamete with 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
I can be whatever I want to be
I’m thief in Calcutta
I’m a queen in Peru
I’m a mermaid dancing upon the sea
I’m huntress on an African safari
It’s a dangerous type of sport and yet it’s fun
At night I’ll salliforth to seek my query
And I find I forgot to bring my gun
I am lost in the jungle all alone and unarmed
when I meet a lioness in her lair
Now, I’m glad to be back in my own little corner
All alone in my own little chair
Impossible
sang by Whitney Houston and Brandy
Impossible!
For a plane yellow pumpkin to become a golden carriage
Impossible!
For a plane country bumpkin and a prince to join in marriage
And four white mice will never become four white horses
Such fall-der-all and fiddle-di-di of courses
Impossible!
But the world is full of zanies and fools
Who don’t believe in sensiable rules
And won’t believe what sensible people say
And in that because we’re doing it
We’re building up impossible hopes
Impossible!
Things are happening everyday
Ten Minutes Ago
sang by Brandy and Paolo Montalban
Prince Chrisopher:
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-do’s
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 sky
In the arms of my love, I’m flying
Over mountains and meadows and plains
And I like it so well that for all I can tell
I may never come down again
I may never come to earth again
Cinderella:
Ten minutes ago I met you
And we murmured our how-do-you-do’s
I wanted to ring out the bells
and fling out my arms
and to sing out the news
Prince Christopher:
I have found her
Cinderella:
I have found him
Both:
In the arms of my love, I’m flying
Over mountains and meadows and plains
And I like it so well that for all I can tell
I may never come down again
I may never come to earth again
A Girl Like Her
sang by Natalie Desselle and Veanne Cox
Minerva:
Why would a fella want a girl like her
A frail and fluffy beauty
Why can’t a fella want a one ? girl
A solid girl like me
Penelope:
She’s a fluffy little bubble
with a flimsy kind of charm
And with very little trouble
I break her little arm
Both:
O, why does a fella want a girl like her
So, obviously unusual
Why can’t a fella want a one ? girl
A usual girl like me
Minerva:
Her face is exquisite I suppose
But no more exquisite than a rose is
Penelope:
Her skin maybe delicate and soft
But not any softer then a dove
Minerva:
Her neck is no longer then a swan’s
Penelope:
She only as dainty as a daisy
Minerva:
She’s only as graceful as a bird
Both:
So, why is the fella going crazy
O, why would a fella want a girl like her
A girl who’s merely lovely
Why can’t a fella want a one ? girl
A girl who’s merely me
What’s the matter with a man
What’s the matter with a man
What’s the matter with a man
Wonderful As You Seem (This is a beautiful song)
sang by Brandy and Paolo Montalban
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 to love me 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 lover’s dream
Or are you really as beautiful as you seem
Cinderella (spoken): Maybe you’re imagining me. Maybe I’m imagining you too.
Am I making believe I see in you
A man who’s perfect to be really true
Do I want you because you’re wonderful
Or are you wonderful because I want you
Both:
Are you the sweet invention of lover’s dream
Or are you really as wonderful as you seem
I Only Suppose
sang by Brandy
I suppose that when you come into the ballroom
And the room is softly floating in the air
You’re suddenly confronted by his highness
You are frozen like a statue on the stair
You’re afraid he’ll hear the way you’re heart is beating
And you know you musin make the first affair
You are seriously thinking of retreating
Then you hear him asking you to dance
A Lovely Night
sang by Brandy
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 could ever be
The stars in the hazy heavens tremble above you
While he is whispering "darling I love you"
You say goodnight
Away you fly
And on your lips you keep a kiss
All your life you dream of this
lovely night
