Product Review

Disney's hilarious smash hit gets the royal treatment in this extraordinary 2-Disc Special Edition -- only on DVD. Starring Academy Award(R) winner Julie Andrews (1964 Best Actress, MARY POPPINS), the enchanting Anne Hathaway, and Hector Elizondo (PRETTY WOMAN), THE PRINCESS DIARIES is a cool, comical Cinderella story that will touch your heart. For teenager Mia Thermopolis (Hathaway), just surviving each school day is an adventure. Then the shocking news arrives that she's a real-life princess! So begins a comical transformation towards poise and princess-ness, including a media storm, jealous schoolmates, and a plot to take over her country.|Much of THE PRINCESS DIARIES was filmed on Stage 2 at The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, the same sound stage where Julie Andrews filmed MARY POPPINS 37 years ago.|Director Garry Marshall says he almost didn't accept the job at first -- because of a typo in the script. "There was a typo on the title page which read The Princess 'Dairies.' I thought it was a movie about privileged cows!"|Recording artist Mandy Moore makes her film acting debut as Mia's nemesis, Lana, and also sings the tune "Stupid Cupid." The film also marks star Anne Hathaway's big screen debut.|Whitney Houston is one of the film's producers.