Snow White: A Tale Of Terror
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| Snow White: A Tale Of Terror | |
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 DVD cover for Snow White: A Tale Of Terror |
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| Directed by | Michael Cohn |
| Produced by | Tom Engelman |
| Written by | Tom Szollosi Deborah Serra |
| Starring | Sigourney Weaver Sam Neill |
| Music by | John Ottman |
| Cinematography | Mike Southon |
| Editing by | Ian Crafford |
| Distributed by | Gramercy Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  July 18, 1997 |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Unknown |
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Snow White: A Tale of Terror is a 1997 horror film based on the Snow White story. It is considered by some to be the most accurate film to the original Brothers Grimm story. It starred Sigourney Weaver and Sam Neill. The original music score is composed by John Ottman. The film is marketed with the tagline "The fairy tale is over."
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[edit] Plot summary
The story is set during the Crusades. Lilliana Hoffman is the mother of the titular Snow White (she is never referenced as thus, but rather by her real name, also Lilliana Hoffman), who died after a carriage accident. Her husband, Friedrich Hoffman is forced to perform a c-section to save his unborn daughter. The story then picks up a few years later, with the young Lilli Hoffman playing on the Hoffman castle grounds. She is brought inside to meet her new stepmother, Lady Claudia, but Lilli dislikes her.
Claudia is obsessed with Friederick's attention, and as Lilli grows into womanhood, Claudia deliberately keeps her dressed unbecomingly. She also resents Lilli, and blames her for her stillborn baby boy. Lilli apologizes to Claudia, but Claudia has since fallen under the vengeful spell of her enchanted mirror, and so orders her mute brother to kill Lilli. However, instead Lilli escapes into the forest where she is found by a troupe of roughneck miners who grudgingly take her into their midst. Their unofficial leader, Will, also manages to woo Lilli, despite being gruff and combatitive.
When Claudia discovers that Lilli is still alive, she uses sorcery to try and kill her off, all the while keeping Friederick infirm, finding a way to resurrect her son, and placing the palace under the thrall of her black arts. Claudia even goes far by transforming herself into an old peddlar woman with a poison apple.
The story culminates with Lilli being found by her fiancé, Dr. Peter Gutenberg, and led back to the castle. Lady Claudia kills Peter, and attempts to kill Lilli, all while holding her newly revived baby boy. Lilli manages to find Claudia's weakness, destroying the mirror and thusly her stepmother. Lilli leaves the castle, alive, with Will and her father.
[edit] Awards
Sigourney Weaver's critically acclaimed performance earned her an Emmy Award-nomination as well as a Screen Actors Guild-nomination as Outstanding Lead Actress in a TV Movie. The film also earned two Emmy nominations for Makeup and Costume Design.
[edit] Main cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Sigourney Weaver | Lady Claudia Hoffman |
| Sam Neill | Lord Friederick Hoffman |
| Monica Keena | Lilli Hoffman |
| Gil Bellows | Will |
| David Conrad | Dr. Peter Gutenberg |
| Miroslav Taborsky | Gustav |
| Brian Glover | Lars |
| Andrew Tiernan | Scar |
| Anthony Brophy | Rolf |
| Chris Bauer | Conrad |
| Frances Cuka | Nannau |
| Taryn Davis | Young Lilli |
| Joanna Roth | Lilliana Hoffman |
[edit] External links
- Snow White: A Tale Of Terror at the Internet Movie Database
- Snow White: A Tale Of Terror at All Movie Guide
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