Snow White: The Fairest of Them All

Director: Caroline Thompson, Jacob Grimm Caroline Thompson

Overview

Shown theatrically in Europe and the Middle East in 2001, this live-action version of the classic fairy tale "Snow White" often bids fair to be the grimmest of all Grimm Brothers adaptations. When his wife Josephine (Vera Farmiga) dies in childbirth, hapless woodsman John (Tom Irwin) and his newborn daughter Snow White embark upon a journey which ultimately finds them hopelessly lost in the snowy wastes. Praying for a miracle, John is visited by a seemingly benign spirit called "The Green-Eyed One" (Clancy Brown), who offers to grant John three wishes: Nourishment, a kingdom, and a queen for a wife. Little does "King" John suspect that the Green-Eyed One is actually an emissary for Satan, and that his queenly new wife Elspeth (Miranda Richardson) is the Green-Eyed One's equally evil daughter. The familiar "Snow White" plot takes off from here, complete with Queen Elspeth's efforts to kill the "fair" Snow White (now grown up and played by Kristin Kreuk), her rescue at the hands of seven "little men"--each one a different rainbow color, each one named for a different day of the week--and of course, the last-act arrival of the Handsome Prince, here named Alfred (Tyron Leitso). Balancing its more frightening aspects with slapstick comedy and awesome special effects, the film debuted on American television as Snow White: The Fairest of Them All, and was first broadcast March 17 2002 as an episode of ABC's The Wonderful World of Disney.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/22/2016
UPC:	0883476143200
Original Release:	2001
Source:	Cinedigm Mod
Language:	English
Time:	1:27:00
Sales rank:	62,622

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Kristin Kreuk	Snow White
Miranda Richardson	Queen Elspeth
Tom Irwin	King John
Tyron Leitso	Prince Alfred
Michael J. Anderson	Sunday
Michael Gilden	Monday
Mark J. Trombino	Tuesday,Tuesday
Vincent Schiavelli	Wednesday
Penny Blake	Thursday
Martin Kebba	Friday
Warwick Davis	Saturday
Clancy Brown	The Grandfather of Wishes
Martin Klebba	Friday
Campbell Lane	Magistrate
Rob Roy	Minister No.1
Peter Hall	Minister No.2
Shaine Jones	Palance Attendant
Karen Konoval	Crone Elspeth,Crone
James Chutter	Footman
Shaun Balbar	Chef
Michelle Harrison	Lady in Waiting No.1
Michelle Martineau	Lady in Waiting No.2
Stacee Copeland	Lady in Waiting No.3
Lauren Kennedy	Child No.1
Naomi Lawson-Baird	Child No.2
Nicole Robert	Kitchen Worker
Milana Orchard	Baby Snow White
Teal Warris	Baby Snow White
Janelle Rancourt	Girl on Road
Vera Farmiga	Actor
José Zúñiga	Hector
Michael Convertino	Composer

Technical Credits

Caroline Thompson

Julie Hickson

Jacob Grimm

Caroline Thompson	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Julie Hickson	Screenwriter
Robert Halmi Sr.	Producer,Executive Producer
Robert Halmi Jr.	Producer,Executive Producer
John Brace	Casting
Heike Brandstatler	Casting
Linda Lowy	Casting
Coreen Mayrs	Casting
Matthew O'Connor	Producer,Producer
Fred Perron	Stunts
Tom Storvick	Special Effects
Bill Terezakis	Special Effects
Lee Wilson	Special Effects
Jacob Grimm	Director,Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Robert A. Halmi	Executive Producer
Mary Anne Waterhouse	Producer
Marny Eng	Stunts
Gary Gegan	Sound Effects
Scott Goodman	Sound Effects
Matthew Iadarola	Sound Effects
Robert Halmi, Sr.	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

Director Caroline Thompson's dark, nearly-gothic take on the Brothers Grimms' familiar Snow White fable shouldn't be surprising given that she wrote Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas for otherworldly director Tim Burton. This version de-Disneyfies the tale, with the dwarfs -- still short, except for one that stands 6-feet-5 (played by character actor Vincent Schiavelli) -- taking on more human characteristics and the wicked witch (in a fabulously evil turn by Miranda Richardson) motivated for maintaining her looks in order to keep the king (kindly Tom Irwin) interested. Newcomer Kristen Kreuk certainly has snow white skin, but her weightless character is nearly transparent. There's a lot of story in this telling of it, much of it that will go over the heads of little ones expecting a live-action version of the fairy tale. In fact, this one is too scary for them, but adults with a taste for the exotic and the gothic might find it amusing, but far from cathartic.

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