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Pauline, Petrova, and Posy Fossil live with Sylvia Brown, their guardian. Money is tight and as the story opens, three boarders - a garage owner, a retired English professor, and a dance teacher - come to stay. Theo Dane, the dance teacher, has the girls accepted at her school by the formidable Madame, and the three go on the stage to help raise money. Each discovers her talents - Pauline as an actress, Petrova in fixing engines, and Posy as a dancer. Written by
Hilary Caws-Elwitt
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Trivia
According to an interview on the DVD, the three-year-old Pauline Fossil is played by
Emma Watson's half-sister.
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Goofs
The "ballet shoes" the girls wear throughout the film are far too modern for the era depicted.
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Quotes
[
Miss Jay meets Pauline and Winifred after their Alice auditions]
Miss Jay:
Well done, you two. Right, Pauline is to play Alice
[
pauses as girls gasp]
Miss Jay:
and Winifred is to be engaged as understudy.
Pauline Fossil:
[
starts to say]
What?
Winifred:
[
interrupts]
When I finished my dance, people clapped! Nobody clapped her, there was just silence!
Miss Jay:
Dance is important, but Pauline looks right for Alice.
Winifred:
She looks right for everything, she always will!
[
looks at Pauline and murmurs]
Winifred:
Pretty face... blonde hair...
[...]
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Connections
Remake of
Ballet Shoes (1975)
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Soundtracks
Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries
(uncredited)
Music by
Ray Henderson and lyrics by
Buddy G. DeSylva and
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Having loved the book growing up, I was bound to see this. I had bought the 1975 BBC version and found it to be absolutely terrible, as it completely mishandled the adaptation. What is surprising is that the 1975 version ran longer and could be argued as being more faithful to the book. Having said that, this version of Ballet Shoes captures the spirit of the story much better. I loved Emilia Fox's Sylvia and the entire cast did very well. I had been a little apprehensive of Emma Watson as Pauline since I'd never seen her as anything but Hermione from the Harry Potter series, but I was pretty happy with the performance after all.
I won't recap the story here, but basically; I love the book, and the movie brought out the reasons why I loved it, so that's good enough for me. I hope you all enjoy it too.