Following in the footsteps of WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON and THE PRINCESS DIARIES, THE PRINCE AND ME is a modern-day fairy tale with a feminist twist. Julia Stiles stars as Paige Morgan, a hardworking, pre-med senior at the University of Wisconsin. A local farm girl, she has little interest in romance and is happiest when dreaming of having a future career working for Doctors Without Borders. All of that changes when she meets Edvard (Luke Mably), the crown prince of Denmark, who is posing as a run-of-the-mill foreign exchange student named Eddie in order to escape the prying eyes of the Danish paparazzi and his princely duties. Without the support of his royal mother (Miranda Richardson) and father (James Fox), Eddie takes a job at the bar where Paige works. Despite a disastrous first meeting, Paige slowly succumbs to Eddie's charms and over time the two opposites attract and find true love. However, the romance ends abruptly when Eddie's father becomes ill and Prince Edvard must return home to take over the throne. His true identity revealed, Paige follows him to Denmark and is swept off her feet by the unbelievable life of the royal family. However, when Edvard proposes to her, Paige is forced to choose between her down-to-earth dreams of becoming a doctor and her true love for Edvard in this new millennium Cinderella story.
Theatrical Release: April 2, 2004
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Collectors Edition
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
Alternate Ending
Bloopers: Blooper Reel
Deleted/Extended Scenes
Audio Commentary: Martha Coolidge - Director
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Featurette:
1. THE LAWNMOWER RACE OF THE PRINCE & ME
2. THE LOOK OF THE PRINCE & ME
3. INSIDE THE FAIRY TALE: THE PRINCE & ME
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Director of Photography
Alex Nepomniaschy: Director of Photography, HARD LUCK (2006)
Executive Producer
Cami Winikoff: Executive Producer, PRINCE AND ME (2004)
Executive Producer
Robin Schorr:
Production Designer
James Spencer:
Story
Katherine Fugate: Writer, CAROLINA
Story
Mark Amin: Executive Producer
Costume Designer
Magali Guidasci:
Review 1:
"[E]fficient, sweet, sometimes charming..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.39 04/02/2004
Review 2:
"THE PRINCE & ME has the right messages about following your dreams and pursuing your ambitions, as well as giving us a likable, down-to-earth heroine..."
Source: USA Today
p.3D 04/02/2004
Review 3:
"The actors, especially Stiles...and an amusingly tart Ben Miller as Eddie's valet, prove largely genial company."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.C14 04/02/2004