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Harry Potter's Emma Watson Stars in Ballet
Shoes coming to Theaters August 26th and DVD
September 2nd.
Ballet Shoes, The BBC Adaptation of Noel
Streatfeild's Classic Novel -- Also Starring
Eileen Atkins (Cold Mountain) and Richard
Griffiths (Vernon Dursley) -- Premieres on
DVD with an Exclusive Emma Watson Bonus
Interview as well as a Limited Edition
Mini-Poster!
Ballet Shoes features an all-star cast led by
Emma Watson, the inspiring and uplifting
family drama BALLET SHOES won over audiences
of all ages during its UK premiere last
Christmas. Now, KOCH Vision brings BALLET
SHOES to American audiences for the first
time, when this feature-length adaptation of
Noel Streatfeild's beloved novel makes its
DVD debut -- complete with an exclusive Emma
Watson bonus interview. Showcasing Watson in
her first role beyond Harry Potter, this
heartwarming tale -- and soon-to-be family
classic -- pirouettes onto shelves September
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Additionally, in conjunction with
Screenvision, there will be special, limited
engagement theatrical playdates across the
country beginning August 26. For ticket and
theater information, please visit:
http://www.balletshoesmovie.com.
Continuously in print since first being
published in 1936, Streatfeild's novel --
subtitled "A Story of Three Children on the
Stage" -- has delighted generations of young
girls with its message that dreams really do
come true. Directed by Sandra Goldbacher (Me
Without You, The Governess), this
"enchanting" adaptation, produced by Granada
for the BBC, also stars Eileen Atkins (Cold
Comfort Farm, Gosford Park), Richard
Griffiths (The History Boys, Sleepy Hollow),
Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility, Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), Emilia
Fox (The Pianist, Cashback), Victoria Wood
(Housewife 49, The Wind and the Willows) and
Marc Warren (Wanted, Land of the Blind).
"We three Fossils vow to put our name in the
history book, because it is ours, and ours
alone..." With these words, three orphans
embark on an exhilarating journey that takes
them to the heights of the stage, screen and
sky.
Pauline (Watson), Petrova (Yasmin Paige) and
Posy Fossil (Lucy Boynton) are adopted as
infants by eccentric explorer Professor
Matthew Brown (Richard Griffiths), whom they
affectionately call Great Uncle Matthew (or
"Gum" for short). When "Gum" goes missing,
his niece Sylvia (Emilia Fox) keeps the
family together by taking in lodgers and
eventually enrolls the girls in the
Children's Academy of Dancing and Stage
Training. This suits the ambitious Pauline,
who longs to act, and Posy, a natural dancer,
but Petrova, who yearns to become an aviator,
has her own dreams of soaring the skies. The
girls' lives in show business are filled with
triumphs and lessons learned until "Gum's"
surprise return provides the perfect happy
ending for them all.
BALLET SHOES is recommended family
entertainment by The Dove Foundation, whose
mission is to encourage and promote the
creation, production, distribution and
consumption of wholesome family
entertainment. Bonus features include an
exclusive 20-minute interview with Emma
Watson, deleted scenes, an excerpt from the
Ballet Shoes audiobook (read by Elizabeth
Sastre) and a limited-edition 9" x 14"
mini-poster. Additionally, the film is
presented with optional SDH English Subtitles
(for the deaf and hard of hearing).
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