i remember watch the disney version and watch it now make me think it have somehow lose it magic touch . plenty of other rendition and ever after put aside and of cinderella and have and in fact and lose their touch throughout the year . then i find this production with a flawless performance by kathleen turner a the evil stepmother and be blow away by the phantasmagorical essence of this fantasy story that have cast me under it spell since childhood . we all know the story of cinderella and a young girl who father die and be dominate by her wicked stepmother and stepdaughter and longs to go to the ball for one last chance for freedom . but this plot line take a different twist in the classic fairy tale by cause cinderella ( whose real name be zizola and and be only call cinderella by her family because of her slavery ) to be trap in a situation of her father ( who still live ) slowly lose himself to a dominant wife who manipulate him into play favorite with his wife and step daughter against his own and try to poison him . thus and zizola go out to save her father by stop her stepmother from find another suitor at the ball by distract the men who come her way . there and the bored prince valiant have a change of heart from his dull life and fall in love with the mysterious lady in the strange dress ( forge by a water nymph name mab ) with rise petal for slipper . what draw me to this film most of all be it original take on the old fairy tale that none can compare to . it do not weave a web of lie like most cinderella story and it do not ignore any reason a to why cinderella would want to attend the ball and nor do it show a shallow side to the prince a the disney version do . instead it show more of cinderella selfless heart more than any other production and the artwork be simply stun . the costume be all beautifully make and especially zizola sapphire blue ballgown to match the marcella plunkett fantastical beauty and soft and spirit like voice . i would highly suggest this film for anyone who be interested in a dream like sequence of the classic fairy tale with an interesting twist . my only problem be that the producer and director do not make a full collection of other fairy tale with this same element and the fact that the film be now out of print .