Wish Your Heart Makes, A : From the Grimm Brothers' Aschenputtel to Disney's Cinderella - Hardcover

Charles Solomon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1484713265 ISBN 13: 9781484713266

Publisher: DISNEY EDITIONS, 2015

Synopsis

With its kind heroine who receives her just reward with the help of her Fairy Godmother, """"Cinderella"""" is one the most beloved fairy tales throughout the world. A Wish Your Heart Makes will trace the history and many incarnations of the fairy tale, emphasising its strong ties to Walt Disney and his studio. The book will conclude with the making of the 2015 live-action film Cinderella directed by Kenneth Branagh, including interviews with Branagh, Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham-Carter, Derek Jacobi and Lilly James.

About this title

Review:

&quotThis book, with its gently encyclopaedic appreciation of both iterations [of Cinderella], delightful picture archive, and quality coffee-table status, is definitely capable of making you learn a lot, and to think again [about the tale]." --The Bookbag

About the Author:

Charles Solomon is an internationally respected critic and historian of animation. He has written on the subject for The New York Times, TV Guide, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Times, Modern Maturity, Film Comment, and The Hollywood Reporter. His books include Tale As Old As Time: The Art and Making of Beauty and the Beast; Disney Lost and Found, The Prince of Egypt: A New Vision in Animation, The Disney That Never Was, and Enchanted Drawings: The History of Animation, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and the first film book to be nominated for a National Book Critics' Circle Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: DISNEY EDITIONS
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1484713265
• ISBN 13: 9781484713266
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176