Eloise at the Plaza (2003)

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Created by author/entertainer Kay Thompson in 1955, precocious six-year-old Eloise, who lived in the Plaza Hotel with her long-suffering nanny, her dog Weenie, and her turtle Skipperdee, was the heroine of several delightful children's books written by Thompson and whimsically illustrated by Hilary… More Created by author/entertainer Kay Thompson in 1955, precocious six-year-old Eloise, who lived in the Plaza Hotel with her long-suffering nanny, her dog Weenie, and her turtle Skipperdee, was the heroine of several delightful children's books written by Thompson and whimsically illustrated by Hilary Knight. The charm of the "Eloise" books has proven elusive whenever the property is adapted for another media, as witness a disastrous musical version which aired live on Playhouse 90 in 1956. On this occasion, Eloise came off as a spoiled obstreperous brat, which was as much the fault of the child actress cast in the role (Evelyn Rudie) as the adapters. Disney decided to give little Eloise another chance 47 years later with the location-filmed Eloise at the Plaza, a two-hour movie presentation of ABC's The Wonderful World of Disney anthology. This time around, Sofia Vassilieva played the title role, with Julie Andrews as Eloise's nanny (something of a full-circle for Andrews, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of a rather different nanny in the 1964 Disney theatrical feature Mary Poppins). The plot finds Eloise insisting upon attending a debutante ball at the Plaza and further conniving to have a runaway foreign prince (Denis Akiyama) -- who isn't much older than she is -- as her escort. Our heroine also mends fences between a reluctant teenage deb and the girl's pushy mother. Jeffrey Tambor is typecast as the Plaza's supercilious concierge Mr. Salomone, whose dithering efforts to keep Eloise from nosing into other people's business avail him not one bit. Hilary Knight appears in a cameo role as himself. Eloise at the Plaza first aired April 27, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: G, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By: Kevin Lima
Genres: Comedy, Kids & Family

In Theaters: Apr 27, 2003 Wide
On DVD: Nov 11, 2003

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♥˩ƳИИ &

Cute movie about a girl who hardly sees her parents and who lives in a Hotel. She gets into a lot of mischief. Cute movie for kids. The little girl named Sofia Vassilieva really resembles the little girl on the books cover. Entertaining movie for the kids.
Sunil J

SO bad!

Cast

            Julie Andrews as Nanny

            Christine Baranski as Prunella Stickler

            Jeffrey Tambor as Mr. Salomone

            Sofia Vassilieva as Eloise

            Debra Monk as Maggie

            Victor A. Young as Mr. Peabody

            Kenneth Welsh as Sir Wilkes

            Corinne Conley as Mrs. Thornton

            Tannis Burnett as Miss Thompson

            Julian Richings as Patrice

            Kintaro Akiyama as Leon

            Gavin Creel as Bill

            Denis Akiyama as Prince of Kushin

            Peter Keleghan as Mr. Nye

            Gerry Quigley as Jerry

            Tony Sciara as Marco

            Sol Rosenthal as Waiter

            Greg Farkas as Ruth's Date

            Sam Strasfield as Linda's Date

            Araxi Arslanian as Head of Housekeeping

            Debra McGrath as Cornelia

            George Chiang as Mr. Toyama

            Cliff Saunders as Max

            Hilary Knight as Himself

            Donna Feore as Eloise's Mother

            Colm Magner as Thomas

            Jason Jones as Bartender

            Rob Smith as NYPD Officer #1

            Barneita Runnings as Guest

            Genelle Williams as Ruth

            Jessica Beitchman as Linda

            Fionnuala Jamison as Guest

            David Sparrow as Charlie the Doorman

            Jonathan Wilson as Frederic

            Sergio Di Zio as Lou

            Janet Van de Graff as Beautician

            Stephanie Mills as Molly Daniels

            Jonas Chernick as Philip

            Sheree Smith as Laundry Supervisor
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