The Princess Diaries (2001)

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CinemaSource

Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Rating: G

Release Date: Aug 3, 2001

Running Time: 114 mins. (V)

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Hector Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo, Mandy Moore, Caroline Goodall, Robert Schwartzman, Erik Von Detten, Patrick Flueger, Sean O'Bryan

director: Garry Marshall, Scott Marshall

The Princess Diaries

Fifteen-year-old Mia discovers that her father is the Prince of Genovia and she is the sole heir to the throne. She must decide, by her sixteenth birthday, whether she will live as a princess and move to Genovia or remain in San Francisco where she lives with her artist mom. Meanwhile, she must suffer through the indignity of princess lessons at the hands of her stern grandmother, Queen Clarisse Renaldi.

A 15-year-old girl from California learns she is the sole heir to the throne of the European country Genovia. By her 16th birthday she must decide whether to rule the small country or continue her normal life as a dorky American teen.

Story

Anne Hathaway plays the role of Mia Thermopolis, a nerdy and unpopular 10th grader growing up in San Francisco. At school, Mia has a best friend in gawky outcast Lilly (Heather Matarazzo), with whom she shares everything, including secret handshake rituals.…