The Angelina Ballerina Movie

The Angelina Ballerina Movie is a 2011 American/British motion-capture fantasy musical hybrid 3D movie from Walt Disney Pictures, based on the 2009 TV series Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps, was created by Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig. It stars Kelsey White and Kathy Jo Barrett and features the motion-captures and voices of Charlotte Spencer as Angelina Mouseling, Naomi McDonald as Alice Nimbletoes, Jules de Jongh as Marco, Jo Wyatt as Gracie, Hilary Duff as Viki, Justin Bieber as A.Z., Judith Mason as Ms. Mimi, James McAvoy as Mr. Maurice Mouseling, Emily Blunt as Mrs. Matilda Mouseling, Leah Zabari as Polly Mouseling and Beverly Klein as Mrs. Thimble. It was the first movie to be released in theaters. And the first movie to co-production by SD Entertainment and Tim Burton Productions begin in stereoscopic 3D.

Plot
On a sunny summer afternoon, a little girl named Lucy (Kelsey White) is playing catch with her next-door neighbors Jenny (Danica Lee) and Nick (Brendan Thomas). Then the children play hide and seek.

When Lucy gets home, she greets her mom (Jennifer Garner), and tells her she had a great playdate with Jenny and Nick. Lucy decides to go to Chipping Cheddar for a special birthday party with her friends and she doesn't want to be late so she wanted to take a lunch and her favorite toys, just like her friends next door she played with.

Then Lucy goes into her bedroom to look for her two favorite stuffed mice, Angelina Mouseling (voiced by Charlotte Spencer) and her best friend, Alice Nimbletoes (voiced by Naomi McDonald). When she finds them on the bed, she throws magic dust on Angelina and Alice and all of a sudden, they come to life with a giggle and greet her. Then Angelina sings her signature song, "I Will Be a Star."

When Angelina, Alice and Lucy are packing up for their trip to Chipping Cheddar, her mom gives Lucy a sack lunch and puts it in her backpack. Then Lucy, Angelina and Alice hold hands and walk in a circle and say the magic words.

When the three get to Chipping Cheddar, the Wicked Witch of Chipping Cheddar (Kathy Jo Barrett) was in her tall castle looking at her crystal ball. First, the three go to the sweets shop and get ice cream from Mrs. Thimble (voiced by Beverly Klein). Then they go to Camembert Academy and meet Marco (voiced by Jules de Jongh), Gracie (voiced by Jo Wyatt), Viki (voiced by Hilary Duff) and A.Z. (voiced by Justin Bieber) and they sing an all-friendly song, "We're Best Friends."

When they were finished, they hear the Wicked Witch's cackle and all of a sudden they see nothing. When they go into the dance studio, they greet their teacher, Ms. Mimi (voiced by Judith Mason) and they welcome their new student, Lucy. Then they do all kinds of dances. During tap dancing, Lucy, Angelina and Alice, the three of them, sing a catchy song, "A Step at a Time."

When they get to the Mouselings' home, they meet Angelina's four-year-old sister, Polly Mouseling (voiced by Leah Zabari), Angelina's mother, Matilda (voiced by Emily Blunt), and Angelina's father, Maurice (voiced by James McAvoy). Then they show Polly Angelina's attic converted into a dance studio and they teach her ballet lessons during the song, "One, Two, Three, Four, Five." Then Mr. and Mrs. Mouseling applaud the girls and Gracie and Viki arrive at their house for a sleepover.

Later that night, Lucy, Angelina, Alice, Gracie, Viki, Polly, Mr. Mouseling and Mrs. Mouseling have dinner and talk about the things they do in Chipping Cheddar. After dinner, the girls get ready for bed and sing a sleepover song, "Angelina's Slumber Party (Dancing in the Moonlight)." When the girls are asleep, the Wicked Witch looks in the window and tiptoes to her castle.

The next morning, the girls get ready for school, grab their bags and lunches and meet Marco and A.Z. at Camembert Academy. At class time, Ms. Mimi tells the students what they want to be when they grow up. The students sing a classical song, "Using Our Imaginations (We Can Be Anything)."

Next they talk about expressing ourselves with music and dance and sing an expressive song, "Express Ourselves."

Ms. Mimi leads the class to the Lunchtime Theatre when it was time for lunch. They take out their lunches and Marco shares pretzels with Viki. He'll be careful not to make a mess. Angelina tells Lucy she wishes the best for her and sings her a lovely song, "I Wish The Best For You."

After school, Lucy says good-bye to Angelina and Alice and runs to the castle and sees the Wicked Witch. The Wicked Witch tells her a story about her life of becoming a witch. The mouselings run away when Lucy and the Witch arrive in Chipping Cheddar. The storm rages and Lucy and the Witch are fighting throughout Chipping Cheddar. Then Lucy creeps up to the Witch and throws the dust on the Witch and turns her into a harmless doll. The storm clears and all the mouselings come back to Chipping Cheddar and congratulates her for getting rid of the Wicked Witch.

That night, at Lucy's party, Angelina, Alice, Marco, Gracie, Viki and A.Z. sing a birthday song "We Love You" to Lucy. Then Lucy blows out all the candles and she and the mouselings have dinner. After dinner, they have a dance party. They dance to Angelina's catchy song, "The Mouseling Twirl," Bobby Freeman's "C'mon & Swim," Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," and Martha & the Vandellas' "Dancing in the Street."

The next morning, Lucy, Angelina and Alice pack up for home, hold hands in a circle and say the magic words.

When the three get back to Lucy's room, Lucy thanks Angelina and Alice for taking her to Chipping Cheddar. Angelina and Alice agree if Lucy will come back to Chipping Cheddar and visit them sometimes. So Lucy tearfully bids them farewell and watches them sit on the bed and turn back into dolls.

When her mom was cooking dinner, Lucy tells her she went to Chipping Cheddar with Angelina and Alice and defeated the Wicked Witch and had a party for her. Later after dinner, her mom gives Lucy her dolls, Angelina and Alice, and tucks her in, kisses her good night and turns out the light. When Lucy was dreaming, Lucy, Angelina, Alice, Marco, Gracie, Viki, A.Z., Ms. Mimi, Mr. Mouseling, Mrs. Mouseling, Polly Mouseling and Mrs. Thimble dance as Angelina sings her ending song "Dreams Do Come True."

Characters

 * Lucy – the main protagonist
 * Angelina Mouseling and Alice Nimbletoes – the deuteragonists
 * Marco, Gracie, Viki, A.Z., Ms. Mimi, Mr. Maurice Mouseling, Mrs. Matilda Mouseling, Polly Mouseling and Mrs. Thimble – the tritagonists
 * The Wicked Witch of Chipping Cheddar – the main antagonist

Cast

 * Kelsey White as Lucy, an imaginative young 5-year-old girl, the main protagonist.
 * Charlotte Spencer as Angelina Mouseling, a feisty little mouseling who loves ballet, one of the two deuteragonists.
 * Naomi McDonald as Alice Nimbletoes, Angelina's best friend who is an aspiring gymnast, one of the two deuteragonists.
 * Jules de Jongh as Marco, a student from Costa Mousa who loves music, one of the nine tritagonists.
 * Jo Wyatt as the Gracie, a student from Paris, France, one of the nine tritagonists.
 * Hilary Duff as Viki, an American student, one of the nine tritagonists.
 * Justin Bieber as A.Z., an American hip-hop student, one of the nine tritagonists.
 * Judith Mason as Ms. Mimi, a tall American mouseling who is the teacher of Camembert Academy, one of the nine tritagonists.
 * Kathy Jo Barrett as the Wicked Witch of Chipping Cheddar, the main antagonist. She is an evil and wicked human witch who is trying to despise Lucy.
 * James McAvoy as Mr. Maurice Mouseling, Angelina's father, one of the nine tritagonists.
 * Emily Blunt as Mrs. Matilda Mouseling, Angelina's mother, one of the nine tritagonists.
 * Leah Zabari as Polly Mouseling, Angelina's 4-year-old sister, one of the nine tritagonists.
 * Beverly Klein as Mrs. Thimble, the owner of the sweets shop, one of the nine tritagonists.
 * Danica Lee as Jenny, Lucy's next-door neighbor.
 * Brendan Thomas as Nick, another friend of Lucy who lives next door with Jenny.
 * Jennifer Garner as Lucy's mother.
 * Ben Affleck as Mr. Perkins, Jenny and Nick's father.

Music
The score was composed by Danny Elfman, featuring iconic songs with music by Mark Sayer-Wade and lyrics by Judy Rothman, who wrote the original songs for "Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps". The Sherman Brothers' Richard M. Sherman is the music director of the film. Pop star Simba Lorice performs her hit single "Toy Soldiers" during the end credits of the film.

Soundtrack

 * 1) "I Will Be a Star" (Mark Sayer-Wade (music), Judy Rothman (lyrics)) - Angelina
 * 2) "We're Best Friends" (Mark Sayer-Wade (music), Judy Rothman (lyrics)) - Lucy, Angelina, Alice, Marco, Gracie, Viki & A.Z.
 * 3) "A Step at a Time" (Mark Sayer-Wade (music), Judy Rothman (lyrics)) - Angelina, Alice & Lucy
 * 4) "One, Two, Three, Four, Five" (Mark Sayer-Wade (music), Judy Rothman (lyrics)) - Angelina, Alice & Lucy
 * 5) "Angelina's Slumber Party (Dancing in the Moonlight)" (Mark Sayer-Wade (music), Judy Rothman (lyrics)) - Gracie, Lucy, Angelina, Alice & Viki
 * 6) "Using Our Imaginations (We Can Be Anything)" (Mark Sayer-Wade (music), Judy Rothman (lyrics)) - Lucy, Angelina, Alice, Marco, Gracie, Viki & A.Z.
 * 7) "Express Ourselves" (Mark Sayer-Wade (music), Judy Rothman (lyrics)) - Angelina, Alice, Lucy, Marco, Gracie, Viki, A.Z. & Ms. Mimi
 * 8) "The Best For You" (Mark Sayer-Wade (music), Judy Rothman (lyrics)) - Angelina
 * 9) "A Song for Ms. Mimi (We Love You)" (Mark Sayer-Wade (music), Judy Rothman (lyrics)) - Angelina, Alice, Marco, Gracie, Viki & A.Z.
 * 10) "The Mouseling Twirl" (Mark Sayer-Wade (music), Judy Rothman (lyrics)) - Angelina, Gracie & Viki
 * 11) "Dreams Do Come True" (Mark Sayer-Wade (music), Judy Rothman (lyrics)) - Angelina
 * 12) "Toy Soldiers (Angelina's Theme)" (End Title) (Andy Peretti, Luigi Creatore, Emily Burton) - Simba Lorice

Trivia
The Movie will be Rated G.