Ice Princess (2005)

With the help of her coach, her mom, and the boy who drives the Zamboni machine, nothing can stop Casey (Trachtenberg) from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.

Director:

Tim Fywell

Writers:

Meg Cabot (story), Hadley Davis (story)

Stars:

Michelle Trachtenberg, Kim Cattrall, Trevor Blumas

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Casey Carlyle
Joan Cusack	...	Joan Carlyle
Amy Stewart	...	Ann
Steve Ross	...	Mr. Bast
Hayden Panettiere	...	Gen Harwood
Kim Cattrall	...	Tina Harwood
Trevor Blumas	...	Teddy Harwood
Kirsten Olson	...	Nikki Fletcher
Jocelyn Lai	...	Tiffany Lai
Connie Ray	...	Nikki's Mom
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee	...	Tiffany's Dad
Roy Bradshaw	...	Tiffany's Coach
Mark Hird	...	Nikki's Coach
Ben Gilbank	...	Brian
Thanh Nguyen	...	Hot Dog Kid

Storyline

A high-school bookworm transforms into a swan. Brainy Casey Carlyle has never quite fit in. Caught between her fantasy of becoming a championship figure skater and her strong-willed mother, who has her on the fast track to Harvard, she can only hope to be like Nikki, Tiffany and Gen--three elite skating prodigies who are ruthlessly competing on the US National circuit (and have attitudes to match). But when Casey gets the chance to train with Gen and her coach, a disgraced former skating champion who also happens to be Gen's mother, she must dash her own mother's hopes in order to pursue her dream. Now, with only the support of Gen's teenage brother, a hunky Zamboni driver, Casey takes on the challenge of her life when she finds herself competing against the best to make it into the championship circuit and become a real "ice princess."

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Plot Keywords:

camcorder | female coach | believe in yourself | bloody feet | caucasian | 

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Taglines:

Big things happen to those who dream big.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Sport

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Disney [United States] Walt Disney Records - soundtrack

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 March 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Die Eisprinzessin

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,807,471, 20 March 2005, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$24,381,334, 12 June 2005

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures, Bridget Johnson Films, Skate Away Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The song that Casey and her "sandplow" class perform to during their recital is "It's Oh So Quiet" by Bjork.

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Goofs

Velocity times momentum does not equal acceleration.

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Quotes

Gen Harwood: [after doing Casey's makeup] You're hot, but stay away from Brian. He's mine. Teddy... Teddy you can have.
Casey Carlyle: Oh, um... but I don't...
Gen Harwood: You know, I may not be as smart as you are, but I'm not an idiot.

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Connections

Referenced in I Fly: The True Story of a Muslim Ice Princess and the Disney Film That Inspired Her

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Soundtracks

Storm
(uncredited)
Written by Antonio Vivaldi

User Reviews

good story, but ignorant in physics

The main character is ridiculous trying to look like a physics expert, while being an ignorant. This movie makes a mess out of very basic physics lows, like: speed * mass = acceleration!!! I can understand that the script maker could have missed his 14 years old physics classes, but I cannot accept that nobody working on the movie was able to notice. The movie is very emotional, showing good life lessons, encouraging the children to become good skaters. The story of the movie is good, the actors play well, but it remains a bad after taste because of how ignorant were all the persons involved in the movie. Consumer protection organization should react.