Enchanted is a American
fantasy-
comedy-
musical film, produced and distributed by
Walt Disney Pictures in association with Barry Sonnenfeld and Josephson Entertainment. Written by
Bill Kelly and directed by
Kevin Lima, the film stars
Amy Adams,
Patrick Dempsey,
James Marsden,
Timothy Spall,
Idina Menzel,
Rachel Covey, and
Susan Sarandon. It premiered on October 20, 2007 at the
London Film Festival before its wide release on November 21, 2007 in the United States.
This is the first
Disney movie to be distributed by
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures instead of
Buena Vista, due to
Disney semi-retiring the name in
May 2007, making all other future
Disney movies permanently distributed by
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
The plot focuses on
Giselle, an archetypal
Disney Princess, who is forced from her traditional animated world of Andalasia into the
live-action world of
New York City. The film is both an homage to, and a self-parody of, conventional
Walt Disney Animated Classics, making numerous references to Disney's past and future works through the combination of
live action filmmaking,
traditional animation and
computer-generated imagery. It heralds the return of traditional animation to a Disney feature film after the company's decision to move entirely to computer animation in 2004. Composer
Alan Menken and lyricist
Stephen Schwartz, who had written songs for previous Disney films, produced the songs of
Enchanted, with Menken also composing its score.