Barbie of Swan Lake

Infobox Film
name = Barbie of Swan Lake


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caption = DVD cover
director = Owen Hurley
producer = Jesyca C. Durchin
Shelley Tabbut
writer = Elana Lesser
Cliff Ruby
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starring = Kelly Sheridan
music = Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (ballet)
Cris Velasco (original music)
editing = Greg Richardson
distributor = Lions Gate
released = September 30, 2003
runtime = 81 min.
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language = English
budget =
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preceded_by = "Barbie as Rapunzel"
followed_by = "Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper"
website =
amg_id = 1:288117
imdb_id = 0383206

"Barbie of Swan Lake" is a 2003 direct-to-video Barbie film directed by Owen Hurley. It is the third in the Barbie film series of computer animated Barbie films, and features the voice of Kelly Sheridan as Barbie. The story is loosely adapted from the Swan Lake ballet and features the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. This is the third and final Barbie film narrated by Barbie to her little sister Kelly. It is also the second to be based on a Tchaikovsky ballet, the first being "Barbie in the Nutcracker".

Plot

The story is being told by Barbie to her little sister Kelly, who is feeling uneasy about being at camp overnight for the first time.

The story begins when Odette follows a unicorn named Lila into an Enchanted Forest. Lila becomes trapped and Odette takes a magic crystal, unaware that the fairy queen is watching . She uses it to free Lila and the fairy queen tell Odette that she is the chosen one for the crystal chose her but letting her take it away from the tree. Rothbarth appears in the wood with his daughter cornering Odette by a tree. There she is trapped and transformed into a swan by the evil wizard Rothbart, who wants to use Odette and the crystal to defeat his enemy the Fairy Queen. The Fairy Queen is able to partially counter the spell so that Odette retains her human form by night, although she will still have to turn into a swan by day.

Odette, now under an enchantment, cannot return home and remains in the Enchanted Forest. Odette learns from various characters that she meets that it is her destiny to save the Enchanted Forest and defeat Rothbart.

One day Odette meets Prince Daniel, and it is love at first sight. Daniel asks Odette to a ball and she accepts. When Rothbart learns of this, he transforms his daughter Odile to look like Odette in the eyes of the Prince. At the ball Prince Daniel pledges his love to Odile, thinking her to be Odette. Odette was trapped out side still in swan form and unable to tell daniel about the trap . Odette in great shock faints giving Rothbart the chance to take the crystal.

However Odette together with her animal friends managed to out smart Rothbart's intention with the two for one policy. In the end the real Odette and Prince Dainel confess their love for each other. Everyone from the village that the Enchanted forest celebrates. It is also seen that Odette's father giving his daughter to Prince Daniel for a dance as they begin their journey together. Rothbart was turned into a Cuckoo Clock while Odile is made into a maid. It also ends with kelly saying "I am glad Odette did not stay a swan forever" Also Odette and Prince Daniel lives happily ever after.

Voice cast

* Kelly Sheridan as Barbie & Princess Odette
* Mark Hildreth as Prince Daniel
* Kelsey Grammer as Rothbart
* Maggie Wheeler as Odile
* Venus Terzo as Lila
* Kathleen Barr as The Fairy Queen & Marie
* Michael Dobson as Erasmus
* Nicole Oliver as Carlita
* Ian James Corlett as Ivan
* Gina Stockdale as Queen Mother
* Brian Drummond as Reggie
* Chantal Strand as Kelly & Kelly The Cygnet
* Gary Chalk as Baker
* Scott McNeil as Peddler
* Thomas Delauney as Tommy

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0383206|title=Barbie of Swan Lake