Snow White (1995 film)

Snow White is a 1995 46-minute animated film based on the classic story, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by the Brothers Grimm. The film was produced by Jetlag Productions. Originally released directly to video, it was distributed to DVD in 2002 by GoodTimes Entertainment as part of their "Collectible Classics" line.

Snow White
Directed byToshi Hiruma
Takashi
Produced byMark Taylor
Written byJacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm (authors)
Based onSnow White by The Brothers Grimm
Distributed byGoodTimes Entertainment
Release date
  • April 27, 1995 (1995-04-27) (U.S.)
Running time
46 minutes
CountryJapan
United States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

A kind and good king and his lovely and gentle queen in a faraway kingdom. They are the joy of the kingdom and their love brings happiness to the land and all its people. They have a beautiful daughter blessed with lips as red as blood, hair as black as ebony, and skin as white as snow, and name her "Snow White." Sadly, shortly after Snow White was born, her mother, the queen, dies of a mysterious illness, and the king remarries.

Although the new queen is truly beautiful, she is a vain and evil woman. When the king dies while fighting in a war in a faraway land, the new queen does not shed a single tear and uses the opportunity to tax the people heavily in order to buy new beauty potions for herself. She has many mirrors in which to see her beautiful face, but her favorite one is a magic mirror which always speaks the absolute truth. Whenever the vain queen asks the mirror who the fairest in the land is, she always expects to be told that it is her.

One day, however, the Evil Queen is shocked to hear a new answer, that Snow White is the fairest in the land. Angered, the Evil Queen sends for her royal huntsman and orders him to murder Snow White so that she can be the fairest in the land once again. The Huntsman, unable to harm Snow White, tells her to run deep into the dark forest and never return. Snow White, frightened, obeys and runs through the scary woods. While running, she bumps into a handsome young prince hunting in the forest. He immediately falls in love with her, but she is more concerned about getting as far away from her stepmother as possible. The prince vows to see her again and hopes to marry her.

Snow White continues to run until she finds a small cottage in the midst of the forest. Tired by the shock, Snow White decides to enter the cottage, have something to eat and take some rest on the small beds. Shortly after Snow White falls asleep, the owners of the cottage, seven little dwarfs appear and are surprised by their visitor. Snow White convinces them to allow her to stay in their cottage.

Unfortunately, the Evil Queen soon learns from her magic mirror about the huntsman's betrayal and that Snow White is still alive, so she decides to take it upon herself to kill the princess. The Evil Queen goes to the dwarfs' cottage in disguise to kill Snow White. The first time she goes as an old beggar woman and ties laces around Snow White's neck, which makes her unable to breathe. However, the Dwarfs come home and untie the laces, saving Snow White's life. The second time the Evil Queen goes disguised as old man and puts a poison comb in Snow White's hair, but the Dwarfs come to Snow White's rescue once again. The third time the Evil Queen is disguised as a little girl selling apples. She offers Snow White half of a poisoned apple, and when Snow White bites into it, she falls to the ground, seemingly dead. This time, the dwarfs are unable to save Snow White.

Heartbroken, they place her in a glass casket. The prince finds Snow White lying in her glass casket and asks the dwarfs if she could be taken to his castle, for he hopes to find someone to revive her. When his servants lift Snow White out of the casket, a piece of poisoned apple falls from Snow White's mouth and she awakens. Upon learning that Snow White is alive, the Evil Queen flies into a terrible rage and begins smashing all her mirrors. When she tries to smash her magic mirror, it comes to life and traps her in its realm forever, and she is never seen again. Snow White and the prince are married and they live happily ever after.

Cast

Songs

  • "The Power of Love"
  • "Hip, Hip Hooray!"
  • "A Little Bit of Magic" (sung by Wendy K. Hamilton)

See also

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