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 Hugh Dancy did not sing at the end - instead Jesse McCartney sings "Don`t go Breaking my Heart" with Anne Overcast skies in Ireland were digitized a brilliant blue to create more of a fairytale atmosphere.
The city of Lamia, where Prince Char lives, was modeled after downtown Manhattan, with castles in place of skyscrapers.
Lamia, the name of the city where Prince Char lives, is Latin for Witch or Vampire.
Several references are made to Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) including "It`s only a scratch" and the line about rabbits rarely attacking anyone. Eric Idle, of course, is the narrator and one of the members of the Monty Python team.
Edgar`s portrait reads "Hubris, never humility". Char`s reads "Valiant, never Vainglorious".
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# Brunnhilda blames the "stupid Grimm Brothers" for "Jack and the Beanstalk", but the Jack stories are English fairy tales that the Grimms did not record.
Anne Hathaway sang her own songs in the movie.
EASTER EGG: There are several faces hidden in the image throughout the movie. An easter egg on the DVD shows you where they are. To access this feature, go to "Special Features" section and there select the menu entry for "Prince Charmont`s Fan Club". On the next page, use the directional keys on your remote control to highlight the Prince`s face in the heart between the "Exit" and "Play" buttons. Now press the Enter key and you will have the chance to see a brief featurette on the different hidden faces. If you don`t have the DVD, here`s the list of hidden faces in order of appearance: 1. During the opening pan across the countryside, when you see the unicorn, the side of the wall where the branches are broken forms the silhouette of a face in profile. The broken part of the wall makes the forehead, nose, and mouth; the branches make the hair, eyebrow, and eye. 2&3. There are two hidden faces in the pages of the magic book when Mandy (Minnie Driver) first opens it. 4. When Prince Char and Ella see the giants working in the field, there`s a face hidden in the hill on the left side. You can see it in the shot that starts on the guard towers and pans right to the field (the last shot of the giants). It might also be visible in the very first shot of the giants, but only in the widescreen version. 5. When Ella is chained to the tree, there is a small face hidden in the middle of the tree inbetween the two outreached branches (that look like short arms). It can be very hard, if not impossible, to see on some copies of the film (especially if the print is kinda dark).
# The first song Ella sings, "Somebody to Love" was not the original song choice. `Tommy O``Haver` had discovered that Anne Hathaway didn`t have very good chemistry with their first choice, a more classical "fairy-tale" song. O`Haver and Hathaway were relaxing when she starting singing along and dancing to the song that was currently playing: Queen`s "Somebody to Love". They both decided that "this was it".
When Dame Olga and her daughters first arrive at Sir Peter`s house, the carriage that conveys them has a sign on its roof advertising a new play, "I Know What You Did Last Century".
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# During the fight scene with the ogres, a horse fell on stunt man Rob Inch, shattering his pelvis in 30 places.
The woman who appears during the ending number carrying Edward in a cart, is `Anne Hathaway``s cousin.
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Anne Hathaway
(as Ella)
with Hugh Dancy
(as Prince Charmont "Char")
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