Eloise at the Plaza
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Eloise at the Plaza is a live-action film based on the Eloise
series of children's books drawn and written by Kay Thompson
and Hilary Knight
. It stars young Sofia Vassilieva
as Eloise, an irrepressible six-year-old girl who lives in the penthouse at the top of the Plaza Hotel
in New York City
.
This film was produced by Handmade Films
and DiVoli Pictures for Walt Disney Television
with distribution handled by the ABC Television Network, and released on both VHS
and DVD
by Buena Vista Home Entertainment in 2003.
She breaks the fourth wall
a lot during the movie.
Eloise (books)
Eloise is the name of the protagonist in a series of children's books written by Kay Thompson and illustrated by Hilary Knight.Eloise is a six-year-old girl who lives in the "room on the tippy-top floor" of the Plaza Hotel in New York with her Nanny, her pug dog Weenie, and her turtle Skipperdee. A...
series of children's books drawn and written by Kay Thompson
Kay Thompson
Kay Thompson was an American author, composer, musician, actress and singer. She is best known as the creator of the Eloise children's books.-Background:Catherine Louise Fink was born in St...
and Hilary Knight
Hilary Knight
Hilary Knight is an American writer-artist who is the illustrator of more than 50 books and the author of nine books. He is best known as the illustrator of Kay Thompson's Eloise and others in the Eloise series....
. It stars young Sofia Vassilieva
Sofia Vassilieva
Sofia Vladimirovna Vassilieva is an American actress. She is best known for playing the children's book heroine Eloise, in two made-for-television movies, Ariel Dubois in the Emmy-winning TV series Medium, and the cancer patient Kate Fitzgerald in the 2009 film adaption of My Sister's Keeper by...
as Eloise, an irrepressible six-year-old girl who lives in the penthouse at the top of the Plaza Hotel
Plaza Hotel
The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 20-story luxury hotel with a height of and length of that occupies the west side of Grand Army Plaza, from which it derives its name, and extends along Central Park South in Manhattan. Fifth Avenue extends along the east side of Grand Army Plaza...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
This film was produced by Handmade Films
Handmade Films
HandMade Films is a British film production and distribution company. Through a series of sales, and acquisitions, the company now known as Handmade Plc owns all the rights and assets of the original HandMade Films Ltd...
and DiVoli Pictures for Walt Disney Television
Walt Disney Television
Walt Disney Television was the former name of the television production division of The Walt Disney Company.-History:It was formed in 1983, as the Walt Disney Pictures Television Division, the name was later shortened to Walt Disney Television in the mid-1980s...
with distribution handled by the ABC Television Network, and released on both VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
and DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
by Buena Vista Home Entertainment in 2003.
Plot
Eloise is a fun-loving little girl with a knack for finding adventure every place she looks. While under the care of her "rawther" wonderful nanny (Julie Andrews), Eloise tries to play matchmaker to a lonely prince and wrangle an invitation to the society event of the season.She breaks the fourth wall
Fourth wall
The fourth wall is the imaginary "wall" at the front of the stage in a traditional three-walled box set in a proscenium theatre, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play...
a lot during the movie.
Cast
- Sofia VassilievaSofia VassilievaSofia Vladimirovna Vassilieva is an American actress. She is best known for playing the children's book heroine Eloise, in two made-for-television movies, Ariel Dubois in the Emmy-winning TV series Medium, and the cancer patient Kate Fitzgerald in the 2009 film adaption of My Sister's Keeper by...
- Eloise - Julie AndrewsJulie AndrewsDame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, DBE is an English film and stage actress, singer, and author. She is the recipient of Golden Globe, Emmy, Grammy, BAFTA, People's Choice Award, Theatre World Award, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award honors...
- Nanny - Jeffrey TamborJeffrey TamborJeffrey Michael Tambor is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles as George Bluth Sr. and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development and Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show.-Early life:...
- Mr. Salomone - Christine BaranskiChristine BaranskiChristine Jane Baranski is an American stage and screen actress, and is perhaps best known for her Emmy Award winning portrayal as "Maryanne Thorpe" in the sitcom Cybill, and her Emmy nominated portrayal of "Diane Lockhart" in The Good Wife...
- Prunella Stickler - Kenneth WelshKenneth WelshKenneth Welsh, CM is a Canadian film and television actor . He is known to Twin Peaks fans as the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle, and has more recently played the father of Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator.In 1984 he was nominated for a Genie Award as Best Actor for his...
- Sir Wilkes - Brittany GrayBrittany GrayBrittany Gray is a Canadian actress, singer and dancer who found fame in her teenage years after her roles in the film Chicago and the musical The Producers...
- Ensemble - Jonas Cherick - Philip
- Stephanie Anne MillsStephanie Anne MillsStephanie Anne Mills is a Canadian voice-actress born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.-Biography:Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Stephanie aspired to be a singer, dancer and actor as a young girl. Currently she is a voice actor for cartoons and got her big break in 6teen, after which everyone would...
- Molly Daniels - Debra MonkDebra MonkDebra Monk is an American actress, singer, and writer.Monk was born in Middletown, Ohio. She was voted "best personality" by the graduating class at Wheaton High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. She graduated from Frostburg State University in 1963...
- Maggie - Gavin CreelGavin CreelGavin James Creel is an American actor, singer and song writer.Born in Findlay, Ohio, Creel received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theatre at the University of Michigan in 1998. Creel, who is openly gay, is a regular on the LGBT RFamilyVacations cruise with Rosie O'Donnell...
- Bill - Jessica Beitchman - Debutante Linda
- Sheree Smith - Laundry Supervisor
- Eve Crawford - Mrs. Daniels
- David SparrowDavid SparrowDavid Charles Arthur Sparrow is a Canadian actor born in England and living in Toronto.He has appeared in over eighty film and television roles, including the films Serendipity , The Hurricane, Shall we Dance and 16 Blocks and the television series Monk, Star Trek: Voyager, Corner Gas, Little...
- Charlie, the 59th Street Doorman - Kintaro Akayama - Leon
- Dennis AkayamaDennis AkayamaDenis Akiyama is a Japanese-Canadian actor and voice actor best known as providing the voice of Iceman/Bobby Drake and Sunfire in the X-Men Animated Series and Malachite in the English version of Sailor Moon.He was also a frequent guest star on Katts and Dog.-Filmography:* Repo Men 10 .....
- Prince of Kushin - Thomas D. Adelman - Pamphlet Guy
- Araxi Arslanian - Head of Housekeeping
- Tannis Burnett - Miss Thompson
- George Chiang - Mr. Toyama
- Corinne Conley - Mrs. Thornton
- Sergio Di ZioSergio Di ZioSergio Di Zio is a Canadian actor. He is currently starring in the television series Flashpoint as Michaelangelo "Spike" Scarlatti...
- Lou the Bellhop - Greg Farkas - Ruth's Date
- Donna Feore / Amber Fraser- Eloise's Mother
- Rothaford Gray - Security Guard
- Graham Harley - Walter the Concierge
- Fionnuala Jamison - Guest with Mail
- Jason JonesJason Jones (actor)Jason Jones is a Canadian actor and comedian who is a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.-Life and career:Jones was born in Hamilton, Ontario. He attended Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto...
- Bartender - Peter KeleghanPeter KeleghanPeter Keleghan is a Canadian television actor, who has played roles in several popular Canadian comedy series.Keleghan's best-known roles have been film industry CEO Alan Roy on Made in Canada, low-IQ news anchor Jim Walcott on The Newsroom, and Ranger Gord on The Red Green Show...
- Mr. Nye - Hilary KnightHilary KnightHilary Knight is an American writer-artist who is the illustrator of more than 50 books and the author of nine books. He is best known as the illustrator of Kay Thompson's Eloise and others in the Eloise series....
- Street Artist - Colm MagnerColm MagnerColm Magner is a Canadian actor, writer, and director now based in New York City. He has worked in theatre, television, and film in Canada since 1982, during which time he worked with some of Canada's most innovative theatre companies including Da Da Kamera, DNA Theatre, and the Necessary Angel...
- Thomas the Maitre'd - Debra McGrathDebra McGrathDebra McGrath is a Canadian actress and comedienne.-Education:Debra McGrath was born in Toronto in 1954. She studied theatre at Ryerson University.-Career:...
- Cornelia - Patrick MeehanPatrick MeehanPatrick Connolly Meehan was the victim of a controversial miscarriage of justice in the UK. Although he died a natural death a number of people involved in the case died violent deaths, in clashes between former associates among Glasgow criminals...
- Male Tourist - David MichieDavid MichieDavid Michie OBE RSA is a painter who was born in 1928 in the South of France, and brought up in the Scottish Borders. After national service service as an instructor in the Royal Artillery Signals Training regiment he studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1949 to 1953, where he was taught by...
- Cook - Jeffrey Ong - Dancer
- Gerry Quigley - Room Service Operator
- Julian RichingsJulian RichingsJulian Richings is an English-born Canadian actor. He appeared in over 50 Canadian films and 20 separate television series.-Life and career:...
- Patrice - Sol Rosenthal - Palm Court Waiter
- Cara Rubenstein - Female Tourist
- Cliff SaundersCliff SaundersCliff Saunders ' is an American sports radio personality based in St. Louis, Missouri. Cliff is the co-host of the St. Louis Rams Post Game Show on 101 ESPN...
- Max - Tony Sciara - Assistant Chef Marco
- Sam Strasfield - Linda's Date
- Jim TooeyJim TooeyJim Tooey is an American film actor and has appeared in a total of 20 movies.Tooey was born James Donald Tuohy in Jersey City, New Jersey, Tooey has an Irish American ancestry from Cork....
- Doorman - Janet van de GraafJanet van de GraafJanet van de Graaf is a Canadian improv artist and television actress.She has worked with Toronto's The Second City and has played various roles in the TV series History Bites on Canada's History Channel.She is married to actor Bob Martin...
- Beautician - Genelle WilliamsGenelle WilliamsGenelle Williams is a Canadian actress who is best known for her roles as Kim Carlisle in Radio Free Roscoe, as DJ in The Latest Buzz, and as Leena in Warehouse 13.-Career:...
- Ruth - Jonathan Wilson - Frederic the Bellhop
- Victor A. Young - Mr. Peabody