Snow White Stories
The story of Snow White is particularly hot these days. A lot of new adaptations are in the works. Though there have been versions in the past, there were never many of them. I believe Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is not an easy fairy tale to reinterpret, but it seems that some interesting things are happening.
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- DirectorWilliam CottrellDavid HandWilfred JacksonStarsAdriana CaselottiHarry StockwellLucille La VerneExiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.Disney's first full-length animated feature ever. Even though the heroine is quite passive, the movie doesn't feel dated at all. A beautiful original.
- DirectorMichael BerzStarsDiana RiggBilly BartySarah PattersonThe ageless tale of a beautiful young princess whose jealous stepmother orders her killed so that she will be 'the fairest in the land.' When the huntsman takes pity on her, he takes her to the house of the seven dwarfs.Charming musical adaptation of the famous story, part of the Cannon Movie Tales series.
- DirectorLudvík RázaStarsNatalie MinkoGudrun LandgrebeAlessandro GassmannA queen is so vain she needs the magical mirror the Black Knight forged to tell her daily she's the belle of the realm. When it adds Snowwhite, the king's heiress, has grown even more beautiful, the queen orders him and the shivering jester Andreas, who secretly loves the girl, to murder her step-daughter. However the knight fakes her death and seven dwarfs take her in at their magical mine. The dwarfs tell her various secrets, including true identities, and plot to save her, the disguised queen to murder her once the mirror betrays she's alive.German and Czech collaboration.
- DirectorMichael CohnStarsSigourney WeaverSam NeillGil BellowsIn this dark take on the fairy tale, the growing hatred of a noblewoman, secretly a practitioner of the dark arts, for her stepdaughter, and the witch's horrifying attempts to kill her.I haven't seen this one yet, because it is listed as a horror movie and that genre just isn't my cup of tea. Though, I have read reviews that think the movie is rather dark than disturbing. Maybe, I should try.
- CreatorConstance M. BurgeStarsHolly Marie CombsAlyssa MilanoBrian KrauseThree Halliwell sisters discover that they are descendants of a line of good female witches and are destined to fight against the forces of evil, using their combined power of witchcraft known as the "Power of Three".05x03 - Happily Ever After: An evil witch traps the Charmed Ones in warped versions of classic fairy tales. Paige relives the events of Snow White.
- DirectorCaroline ThompsonStarsMiranda RichardsonTom IrwinVera FarmigaSnow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's representatives, granting him three wishes.Proper television movie that also includes elements from Hans Christian Anderson's The Snow Queen.
- DirectorJoe NussbaumStarsAmanda BynesSara PaxtonMatt LongA modern retelling of Snow White set against students in their freshman year of college in the greek system.Smart contemporary update on the classic fairy tale. Also one of the better romantic comedies I have seen.
- DirectorThomas FreundnerStarsSonja KirchbergerLaura BerlinNicolás ArtajoThe king decides that since his daughter Snow White, whose mother died in childbirth, is old enough to marry an already-chosen prince, it's time now for him to remarry, but his evil bride stops at nothing to eliminate her stepdaughter as a 'beauty rival' and cut every other tie with the late queen. She mounts he throne after the softy king dies at the news that Snow White was devoured by a wild beast. In fact, she ordered the royal huntsman to bring her heart as proof of death, but instead he shot a deer and left the princess in the forest, where she found the messy home of the seven miner dwarfs and became their housekeeper. Informed by her magic mirror that princess lives beyond the mountain, she incarcerates the huntsman and repeatedly passes through in disguise to offer magical death sentences, which are accepted naively, but each time she's saved by the dwarfs, the last time mostly the prince who came looking for his bride, having been incognito at court as the huntsman's inconspicuous assistant.Faithful German retelling of the original fairy tale by the brothers Grimm, part of the Acht auf einen Streich series. Wonderfully rendered.
- CreatorAdam HorowitzEdward KitsisStarsGinnifer GoodwinJennifer MorrisonLana ParrillaA young woman with a troubled past is drawn to a small town in Maine where fairy tales are to be believed.Television series about a young boy who finds his birth mother and believes she's Snow White's missing daughter, who will have to save all things fairy tale.
- DirectorTarsem SinghStarsLily CollinsJulia RobertsArmie HammerAn evil queen steals control of a kingdom and an exiled princess enlists the help of seven resourceful rebels to win back her birthright.I'm sure to give this movie a try once it is released on dvd. I might like it. After all I regularly require some sugary sweet entertainment to counter grim(m) life.
- DirectorRupert SandersStarsKristen StewartChris HemsworthCharlize TheronIn a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen.I thoroughly enjoyed Snow White and the Huntsman, but enough already with the love triangles! There is no denying that the film borrowed a lot of elements from other stories, but it didn't bother me. I wouldn't mind a trilogy.
- DirectorPablo BergerStarsMaribel VerdúEmilio GaviraDaniel Giménez CachoA twist on the Snow White fairy tale that is set in 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.Silent film set in 1920s Spain.
- DirectorNisha GanatraStarsVictor GarberMichelle ForbesAlexa PenaVegaA family of archeologists hunt down artifacts from fairy tales that have been hidden around the globe.The Flynns, a family of Hunters, are protectors of powerful fairy tale artefacts that are anything but make believe, such as Snow White's enchanted mirror that has the ability to grant any wish. Hallmark Channel Original Movie based on the Mirror Mirror comic book by Joshua Williamson.
- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsChanning TatumMila KunisEddie RedmayneA young woman discovers her destiny as an heiress of intergalactic nobility and must fight to protect the inhabitants of Earth from an ancient and destructive industry.A sci-fi retelling I'm curious about!
- DirectorCedric Nicolas-TroyanStarsChris HemsworthJessica ChastainCharlize TheronEric and fellow warrior Sara, raised as members of ice Queen Freya's army, try to conceal their forbidden love as they fight to survive the wicked intentions of both Freya and her sister Ravenna.Sequel to the blockbuster.
- Seven warriors befriend a young British girl who has just lost her father and is being targeted by her evil stepmother. A kicking butt version of the tale.
- DirectorMichael ManasseriStarsGuoqiang TangMary AntonovichA new twist on the Snow White fairytale.
- The film places Rose Red into the original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs story, adding her into the third act of the tale, after Snow White takes the bite of the poison apple, Rose Red teams with Grumpy and the other dwarfs to find a way to break the curse.
- DirectorMarc WebbStarsRachel ZeglerGal GadotAndrew BurnapLive-action adaptation of the 1937 Disney animated film 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'.
- DirectorHong Sung-hoMoo-Hyun JangYoung Sik UhmStarsChloë Grace MoretzSam ClaflinGina GershonPrinces who have been turned into Dwarfs seek the red shoes of a lady in order to break the spell, although it will not be easy. A parody with a twist.
- DirectorTom DavenportStarsJonny ElkesMark JasterFloyd KingWilla places the ancient "Snow White" story in a realistic America setting about 1915. The jealous queen is Regina Worthington, an aging beauty whose stage career has soured. Snow White is her beautiful and talented stepchild Willa. The cottage of the seven dwarfs has been changed into a traveling medicine show run by a failed Shakespearean actor named Dr. Alfonzo and his two odd-ball companions: a flamboyant Irish Indian called Chief Tonka and a dancing dwarf named Billy Bug. They sell Chief Tonka's Elixir of Life a highly alcoholic concoction that is supposed to reverse aging.
- DirectorLaila PakalninaStarsLauris DzelzitisGatis GagaElza LeimaneA CrossFit trainer becomes the father of a baby girl, Snow White. Snow White's mother dies, and her father marries a young woman obsessed with CrossFit and herself. She works out all the time in order to be the best. And she really is the best - she can do 50 burpees. In the meantime, little Snow White plays and grows up in the CrossFit gym. Time passes, and one day it turns out - while the Stepmother can do 50 burpees, Snow White can already do 53 burpees.
- DirectorAnne FontaineStarsLou de LaâgeIsabelle HuppertCharles BerlingClaire, a beautiful young woman works at her late father's hotel that is now managed by her evil stepmother Maud. Claire unwittingly sparks uncontrollable jealousy in Maud, whose young lover has fallen in love with Claire. Maud decides to get rid of Claire who finds shelter in a farm where she's allowed to break free from her strict upbringing through encounters with seven "princes."
- StarsBrett CooperA story about beauty and vanity, a princess and a prince, and about love and its power to raise life from death.