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Once Upon a Mattress

starring: Carol Burnett, Brittany Gray, Tracey Ullman, Denis O'Hare, Zooey Deschanel
directed by: Kathleen Marshall (III)

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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788861611
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0788861611
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 20, 2005
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 5537
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
Theatrical Release Date: December 18, 2005



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Description:
Based on the acclaimed Broadway musical, an all-star cast brings a beloved fairy tale to life in Disney Presents ONCE UPON A MATTRESS. Queen Aggravain (Carol Burnett) sabotages the efforts of every young princess who hopes to marry her son, Prince Dauntless (Denis O'Hare) -- and no one else can settle down until he does! Honorable Sir Harry is determined to marry the lovely Lady Larken (Zooey Deschanel), so he sets off for faraway lands and returns with an unlikely candidate: Princess Winnifred from the swamps (Tracey Ullman). It's love at first sight for the Prince, so the Queen sets about planning her most difficult challenge yet. The palace is filled with merriment and mischief while everyone wonders, will Princess 'Fred' pass the Queen's test?

Amazon.com:
The playful 2004 television version of Once Upon a Mattress brings everything full circle for Carol Burnett, who played klutzy Princess Winnifred, would-be fiancee of royal mama's boy Prince Dauntless, in the original 1959 Broadway cast production of the musical (as well as 1964 and 1972 television adaptations). In the new show, Burnett now essays the role of Dauntless's control-freak mom, Queen Aggravain, and is very funny in the part. An Oedipal nightmare, Aggravain is in no hurry to let the prince act his adult age, chasing off prospective wives (and queens-in-training) by putting them through unbeatable tests. Along comes Winnifred (Tracey Ullman, who manages the physically demanding role quite nicely), who turns the kingdom on its head with her goofy charm, sets Dauntless's heart aflame, and poses a serious threat to Aggravain's plans. The fun supporting cast in this tuneful take on 'The Princess and the Pea' includes Tom Smothers as King Sextimus, the mute monarch who manages to impart wisdom, Zooey Deschanel as pregnant Lady Larken, who helps bring Winnifred to the castle, and Denis O'Hare (21 Grams) as the boyish Dauntless. --Tom Keogh



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Good Video
My seventeen year old daughter had never heard of the musical. Her high school will be putting it ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - satisfied if a little disappointed
Once Upon a Mattress was everything that I would have liked it to be. But I was under the impression ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Surprisingly Good
I hadn't heard much about this adaptation of the stage musical when it was on TV and it's taken me this ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great singing and dancing
This is a great family video with lots of singing and dancing. Who knew that Tracey Ullman could sing like ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Not the original show
I thought I was buying an original off-Broadway rendition of the show starring Carol Burnett but this is NOT ... Read More

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