

Narissa decides to come to the real world and kill Giselle herself after Nathaniel fails twice to poison her. Giselle promises to return to Andalasia after the ball that night, which Robert and Nancy also attend. While Edward is eager to take Giselle home to Andalasia and marry her, she suggests that they should first go on a date and get to know each other better. Giselle questions Robert about his relationship with Nancy, and helps the pair reconcile by sending Nancy flowers and an invitation to a costume ball at the Woolworth Building.Įdward locates Giselle at Robert's apartment. Robert is initially upset, but he spends the day with Giselle, knowing she is vulnerable in the city. She meets Giselle and leaves, assuming Robert was unfaithful.


Meanwhile, after Giselle summons insects and vermin to clean Robert's apartment, Nancy arrives to take Morgan to school. Narissa gives Nathaniel three poisoned apples that will put whoever eats one to sleep until the clock strikes twelve, after which they will die. Narissa sends Nathaniel to follow and impede Edward. Pip, now a real chipmunk, is no longer able to speak, and only communicates through squeaks. Pip and Edward embark on a rescue mission to the real world, where they too are turned into live-action versions of themselves. Robert and his young daughter Morgan encounter Giselle on their way home, and Robert reluctantly allows Giselle to stay in their apartment at the insistence of Morgan, who believes Giselle is a princess. Meanwhile, Robert, a divorce lawyer, plans to propose to his girlfriend Nancy. A frightened Giselle quickly becomes lost. She and Edward are instantly attracted to each other and plan to be married the following day.ĭisguised as an old hag, Narissa intercepts Giselle on her way to the wedding and pushes her into a well, where Giselle is transformed into a live-action version of herself and transported to New York City's Times Square in the real world. Nathaniel frees a captured troll to kill Giselle, but Edward rescues her. Edward hears Giselle singing and sets off to find her. She, her chipmunk friend Pip, and animals from the forest work together to make a homemade statue of her true love. Giselle, a young woman, dreams of meeting a prince and experiencing a " happily ever after". She enlists her loyal servant Nathaniel to keep Edward distracted by hunting trolls. In the animated fairy tale kingdom of Andalasia, the corrupt and ruthless Queen Narissa plots to protect her claim to the throne, which she will lose once her stepson, Prince Edward, finds his true love and marries. A sequel, Disenchanted, was released on Disney+ on November 18, 2022. This is the first Walt Disney Pictures film to be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures after Disney retired the Buena Vista brand from its distribution division. Enchanted also received two nominations at the 65th Golden Globe Awards and three Best Original Song nominations at the 80th Academy Awards. It won three Saturn Awards, Best Fantasy Film, Best Actress for Adams and Best Music for Menken. It was critically well-received, established Adams as a leading lady, and earned more than $340 million worldwide at the box office. The animated sequences were produced at James Baxter Animation in Pasadena, while filming of the live-action segments took place around New York City.Įnchanted premiered on Octoat the London Film Festival, and went into its wide release in the United States on November 21. Composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, who had written songs for previous Disney films, wrote and produced the songs of Enchanted, and Menken also composed the film's score. It also marks the return of traditional animation to a Disney feature film after the company's decision to move entirely to computer animation in 2004. The film is both a homage to and a self-parody of Disney's animated features, making numerous references to past works through the combination of live-action filmmaking, traditional animation, and computer-generated imagery. It focuses on an archetypal Disney princess-to-be exiled from her animated world into the live-action world of New York City. Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Josephson Entertainment and Right Coast Productions, the film stars Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Idina Menzel, Rachel Covey and Susan Sarandon, with Julie Andrews as the narrator.

Enchanted is a 2007 American live-action/animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Kevin Lima and written by Bill Kelly.
