A CINDERELLA STORY
Year: 2004
USA & UK: Warner Bros Pictures
Cast: Hilary Duff, Jennifer Coolidge, Chad Michael Murray, Dan Byrd, Regina King, Julie Gonzalo, Lin Shaye, Madeline Zima, Andrea Avery, Mary Pat Gleason, Paul Rodriguez, Whip Hubley, Kevin Kilner, Erica Hubbard, Simon Helberg, Brad Bufanda, JD Pardo, Aimee Lynn Chadwick, Kady Cole, Hannah Robinson, Josh Prince, Art La Fleur, James Eckhouse, Vernon Slavin, John Billingsley, Lilli Babb, Carlie Westerman, Mike Randleman, Christie Herring, Lindsay Hollister, Taylor Hoover, Brittany Weber, Darryl Sivad, Rita Maye Bland, Keli Murphy, Alexis Raich, Savin Rich, Sandra McCoy, Julianne Waters, Karen Elmore, Stella Choe, Jessie Rice-Holiday, Cricket Hamar, Shannon Novak, Oscar Orosco, Jason Beitel, Kato Bonner, Carol Borjas, Reshma Gajjar, Molly Gosline, Hunter Hamilton, Richard Jackson, Trey Knight, Jonathan Ritter, Jenny Seeger, Becca Sweitzer, Melanie Gage, Jolene Riella
Director: Mark Rosman
Countries: USA / Canada
UK: 95 mins
USA Rated: PG for mild language and innuendo
UK Certificate: PG contains mild language, sex references and comic violence
USA Release Date: 16 July 2004
UK Release Date: 20 August 2004
Synopsis
Cinderella never had it this bad. In A CINDERELLA STORY - a twisted and hilarious update of the classic fairy tale - high school senior Sam Montgomery (Hilary Duff) lives at the beck and call of her self-obsessed step-mother Fiona (Jennifer Coolidge) and her sinfully wicked step-sisters, who treat her more like a servant than a member of the family.
With her sights set on attending Princeton, Sam finds her less-than-sparkling social life wonderfully complicated when she meets her prince charming online. But when her anonymous cyber soul mate turns out to be her high school's uber-popular quarterback Austin Ames (Chad Michael Murray), Sam makes a mad dash back to reality, leaving her cell phone behind just before the clock strikes midnight.
Fearing rejection if her secret is revealed, Sam dodges Austin's efforts to discover the identity of his princess. Will Sam let fear hold her back, or will she find the courage to be herself and claim the life she's always wanted?
Her chance at "happily ever after" depends on it.