Happily Ever After (1990)

The Evil Queen is dead and Snow White is on her way to see the 7 dwarves when Lord Maliss, the Queen's brother, sees her in the looking glass. He attacks her in the form of a dragon, taking... See full summary »

Director:

John Howley

Writers:

Martha Moran (screenplay), Robby London (screenplay)

Stars:

Edward Asner, Irene Cara, Carol Channing

Cast

Cast overview:
Edward Asner	...	Scowl the Owl (voice)
Irene Cara	...	Snow White (voice)
Carol Channing	...	Muddy (voice)
Dom DeLuise	...	The Looking Glass (voice)
Phyllis Diller	...	Mother Nature (voice)
Zsa Zsa Gabor	...	Blossom (voice)
Linda Gary	...	Critterina / Marina (voice)
Jonathan Harris	...	Sunflower (voice)
Michael Horton	...	The Prince (voice)
Sally Kellerman	...	Sunburn (voice)
Malcolm McDowell	...	Lord Malice (voice)
Tracey Ullman	...	Thunderella / Moonbeam (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Batso (voice)

Storyline

The Evil Queen is dead and Snow White is on her way to see the 7 dwarves when Lord Maliss, the Queen's brother, sees her in the looking glass. He attacks her in the form of a dragon, taking Snow White's prince to the Realm of Doom. Enlisting the aid of the dwarves' cousins, Snow White must embark on a quest to save her true love.

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Plot Keywords:

prince | dragon | castle | owl | defense | 

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Taglines:

Whatever happened to Snow White? Find out May 28th

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Genres:

Family | Animation | Musical | Fantasy

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Classic Media

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 May 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Snow White and the Realm of Doom

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmation Associates, Kel Air Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was originally produced in 1988 under the title "Snow White and the Realm of Doom," but Disney feared consumers would mistake it for a direct sequel to _Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)_ and filed a lawsuit, ultimately prompting a title change and several drastic alterations to the film's content.

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Goofs

Thunderella's eyes change back and forth from brown to blue throughout the movie.

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Quotes

Snow White: Why, you're not the seven dwarfs!
Sunburn: I should say not!
Snow White: But the seven dwarfs live in that cottage!
Muddy: Not anymore! They moved into a new mine way over the next kingdom!
Snow White: Well, then, who are you?
Muddy: We're their cousins, the seven dwarfelles! They gave us their cottage!

User Reviews

Charming, Clever, underrated children's film

I stumbled upon this one day in my local library when I was about six, and I wanted to rent it right away. I was pleasantly surprise when I started to watch it that it became one of my favorite movies. I think at one point I had all the lines memorized. I remembered that it was indeed frightening, but in an exciting, mysterious way that I don't think most children would be bothered with (if a six year old didn't find it scary, please, I doubt anyone else really will.) I've read some comments on here with people complaining about how scary it was, and all I can conclude is that you need to get out a whole lot more. This film is like Barney compared to some of the things I've seen kids these days watch. Now, years later being a horror movie fan I can only giggle at how I thought everything was so scary about this movie.

Did the animation suck? Yes it did. I recently rented this from the library again, curious to see it years later (one of those trips down memory lane) and as I watched I began to count all the continuity/animation errors and I wound up with a very high number lol. But was the story that bad? No, I actually remember liking it more than the original fairytale as a kid. This was much more exciting, and to this day I still love the villain, Lord Maliss. He's so deliciously evil, how could anyone refuse him? Getting to characters, was Snow White a cardboard cutout in this film? Yes, she was. But was she even flatter than a piece of paper in the original Disney classic? Yes, I found the original Snow White to be whiny and annoying. I also thought this Snow White was a lot prettier, excusing her unexplained hairstyle change every few minutes (I found it strange that sometimes her hair would be seen up in a ponytail, hanging down loosely or just wearing this strange, gravity-defying headband.) Scowl the owl had me laughing a couple of times, too. The only thing is that his sidekick, Batso, bothered me. He was, if anything, EXTREMELY annoying. I found myself wanting to slap him every now and then. The Dwarfelles, I thought, were some of the most original little creations to hit children's movies. Each one of the Dwarfelles carried a unique, fun, loving, and most of all interesting personality and had inspirational qualities to them. I found this especially true with Thunderella, such a cute little girl and I thought she had the most catchy tuned song as well.

Which now brings me to the music. Many people have accused the songs of being annoying wastes of time. I must disagree, I thought each one of the songs were original and likable in their own way, but I admire Thunderella's little song the most and it will always be my favorite. Even Scowl's song is fun, but I can only wish that Irene Cara was given a chance to sing.

I really don't know why this film flopped, to this day it's one of my favorite films of my childhood and will always have a special place in my heart.

8 stars outta 10