When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq and from her Fairy Godmother.When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq and from her Fairy Godmother.When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq and from her Fairy Godmother.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 6 wins & 9 nominations total
- Cinderella
- (voice)
- Jaq
- (voice)
- (as James Macdonald)
- …
- Lady Tremaine
- (voice)
- Fairy Godmother
- (voice)
- Drizella
- (voice)
- King
- (voice)
- …
- Doorman
- (voice)
- Anastasia
- (voice)
- Prince Charming
- (singing voice)
- Birds
- (voice)
- Lucifer
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIlene Woods suffered from Alzheimer's disease in the later years of her life. During this time, she did not even remember that she had played Cinderella, but nurses claimed that she was very much comforted by the song "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes".
- GoofsOn the palace clock, the Roman numeral 4 is written as "IIII" instead of "IV". However, historically, 4 in Roman numerals was written "IIII". The subtractive system in Roman numerals in which 4 is written as "IV" is fairly recent.
- Quotes
Cinderella: [singing] A dream is a wish your heart makes when you're fast asleep. In dreams you will lose your heartaches. Whatever you wish for, you keep. Have faith in your dreams, and someday, your rainbow will come smiling through. No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come true.
- Crazy creditsIn lieu of a cast list, the opening credits specify "with the talents of" followed by nine names: Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Claire Du Brey, Rhoda Williams, James MacDonald, Helene Stanley, Luis Van Rooten, and Don Barclay. However, only seven of these persons provided voices for the animated characters (according to studio records) and are listed in the cast. Both Stanley and Du Brey were live action models to help the artists animate the humans. They were placed in the miscellaneous section.
- Alternate versionsIn the 1988 video, instead of the original RKO logo, the film opens with the complete Walt Disney Pictures logo, with the Walt Disney Pictures theme replacing part of the title song. For the 1995 video, the portion of the song was restored, but a Buena Vista credit replaced the RKO logo. (The 1995 laserdisc used the original RKO logo; the familiar blue logo appears before and after the film, but not replacing any part. In the 2012 Blu-Ray/DVD, the familiar blue logo wasn't used at all and the original RKO logo was restored.) For the 2005 DVD, the movie opens with a shortened Walt Disney Pictures logo accompanied by the part of the song that played with the RKO logo.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Magical World of Disney: The Great Cat Family (1956)
- SoundtracksBibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
(1949) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Mack David, Jerry Livingston, and Al Hoffman
Performed by Verna Felton and chorus
And what's not to like about it? Cinderella is one of the more endearing characters to come from a Disney feature, her stepmother and stepsisters some of the meanest, and her mice and bird friends, some of the most charming.
Memorable scenes include the "Nightingale" number, with Cinderella's reflection in the soap bubbles, the evil sisters tearing her dress to shreds, her arrival at the ball, and the trying-on of the slipper. Add to that some great numbers like "Bibbodi Bobbodi Boo", and the mice's "work song". A wonderful movie, that never loses its magic, no matter how old you are.
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- La cenicienta
- Filming locations
- Château de Chambord, Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France(prince's castle)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $2,900,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $93,141,149
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,300,000
- Dec 20, 1981
- Gross worldwide
- $96,383,330
- Runtime1 hour 14 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1