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Princess Caraboo Director: Michael Austin Cast: Phoebe Cates, Jim Broadbent, Wendy Hughes, Kevin Kline

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  • DVD Release Date: 04/24/2001
  • Original Release: 1994
  • Rating: Rated PG
  • Sales Rank: 23,815

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Digitally mastered video, anamorphic video; Full-screen presentation; Audio: English 2-channel [Dolby Surround], French, Spanish; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Thai; Theatrical trailers; Talent files; Interactive menus; Scene selections

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0. Scene Selections
1. Start [5:34]
2. Ordinary people [1:53]
3. Removing the turban [5:14]
4. In Bristol court [3:41]
5. The journalist Gutch [3:14]
6. Caraboo's story [3:46]
7. Frixos' opinion [:52]
8. The prayer book [1:31]
9. Clothing for a princess [1:33]
10. "You are a fraud." [3:21]
11. With just the servents [3:37]
12. Cigars [2:28]
13. A musical evening [3:38]
14. "This is rubbish." [:57]
15. Purely academic inquiry [8:27]
16. Garden party [3:34]
17. Examining the tattoo [6:14]
18. Mrs. Peake [2:06]
19. The Prince Regent's party [4:36]
20. Party crasher and Mary Baker [2:24]
21. Native dance procession [6:19]
22. "It is Mary." [4:23]
23. A toast [1:15]
24. Mary's story [5:14]
25. Documents for Mr. Gutch [1:36]
26. Deliverance [2:01]
27. At the dock [2:14]
28. "There you are. Here I am." [4:51]

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Loosely based on an actual incident, this family-friendly British comedy is also a sly satire of class consciousness. Phoebe Cates stars as a woman who appears in the English countryside of 1817 wearing exotic garb and speaking gibberish. Delivered to a nearby manor, the mystery woman is sheltered by the Worralls (Wendy Hughes and Jim Broadbent), who are then persuaded by their suspicious Greek butler Frixos (Kevin Kline, Cates' real-life husband) to have the drifter tried for vagrancy and begging, capital crimes. At the hearing, however, the woman persuades the magistrate through pantomime that she is a princess of Javanese origin named Caraboo, escaped from pirate kidnappers. The Worralls welcome Caraboo back into their home, lavishing upon her the deference due a royal. A society sensation, Caraboo wins over a linguist (John Lithgow), the prince regent (John Session), and even Frixos. Only an Irish reporter, Gutch (Stephen Rea), remains skeptical about Caraboo's origins. Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

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April 03, 2006: I LOVED THIS MOVIE. PHOEBE CATES PLAYS PRINCESS CARABOO. SHE IS REALLY THE MAID MARY BAKER WHO FAKED BEING PRINCESS CARABOO TO PROTECT HERSELF FROM BEGGING AND STARVING FOR FOOD. THIS FILM SHOWS HOW WILLING PEOPLE ARE TO BELIEVE SOMETHING WITHOUT VERIFYING IT AND HOW SHALLOW PEOPLE ARE AS TO WHOM THEY ASSOCIATE THEMSELVES WITH..UNTIL THE RUG GETS PULLED FROM UNDER THEM AND THEY COME FACE TO FACE WITH THE TRUTH..AND THE TRUTH IS THERE ARE REAL ISSUES OF POVERTY AND GAPS BETWEEN DIFFERENT CLASSES OF PEOPLE..WHO WHEN PUT TOGETHER DISCOVER THAT THEY ARE NOT SO DIFFERENT AFTER ALL. THIS FILM IS BASED ON A REAL PERSON NAMED MARY BAKER. SHE USES HER IMAGINATION TO GET HERSELF OUT OF A HORRIBLE SITUATION AND THAT TOOK A LOT OF COURAGE DESPITE THE FACT THAT SHE MANAGED TO DUPE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE. HER REASON FOR DOING SO LEAVES ONE FEELING MUCH SYMPATHY FOR HER PLIGHT. IN AN AGE WHERE PEOPLE THINK ONLY ABOUT THEMSELVES, IF WE CAN JUST REACH TO OUR FELLOW MAN OR WOMAN, FORGET ABOUT OUR STATUS, RACE, ETC. WE CAN LEARN A LOT ABOUT OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER..AND SOCIETY WILL BE A LOT BETTER FOR IT! FANTASTIC MOVIE, WATCH IT.