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The 10th Kingdom is a seven-hour United States television movie written by . It depicts the adventures of a young girl and her father after they are thrown into a fantasy world from Manhattan through a magical mirror. The film, made by Hallmark Entertainment and NBC, was first aired on February 27, 2000.

Synopsis

As The 10th Kingdom begins, Prince Wendell prepares to visit the Dark Queen at a state prison. Unfortunately, his visit goes awry when the Dark Queen escapes from her cell, with help from Relish, the Troll King. Relish is attempting to break his children (Blabberwort, Burly, and Blue Bell) out of jail when the Dark Queen mesmerizes him, causing him to let her out of her cell. Once the Dark Queen escapes, she uses magic to force Prince Wendell to switch bodies with her dog. She intends to kill the real prince, but he escapes though an old mirror to the "10th Kingdom" (our dimension). Virginia Lewis, a New York waitress and the daughter of a single father (Tony Lewis), subsequently finds Prince Wendell (the dog) and follows him to another world (the "Nine Kingdoms"). The Queen has sent a half man/half wolf to track down Prince Wendell, and so begins Wolf's chase of Virgina and Tony.

Meanwhile, the Dark Queen primps her Dog Prince to take the place of Prince Wendell. Tony is trapped in the prison with the real Prince, while Virginia is kidnapped by the Trolls. Wolf eventually saves her and the two develop a hesitant friendship as they team up to save Tony. The Queen launches her plot to bring down the House of White. She uses the magic mirrors that once belonged to the Evil Stepmother from the Snow White fairy tale to chase down Virginia, who is the only one who can harm her.

Virginia, Tony, the Prince and Wolf are finally brought together, and the four start their journey to regain the mirror that has trapped them in the Nine Kingdoms. Wolf is torn between his feelings for Virginia and his "loyalty" to the Queen. He also must fight against his instincts as a wolf - including his desire to eat raw flesh.

The four travel throughout the Nine Kingdoms and face many trials first seen in fairy tales, including growing Rapunzel's long hair, entering a shepherding contest against Little Bo Peep and dealing with the troubles of King Midas' Golden Touch.

As Virginia gets closer to her goal, she realizes that the Queen is her long lost mother, who after abandoning her family, traveled to the Nine Kingdoms and became the apprentice to Snow White's Evil Stepmother. In the end, Virginia is forced to kill the Queen in self defense. She and Wolf return to Manhattan, while Tony decides to stay in the Nine Kingdoms, in order to avoid the trouble he had left behind in the real world.

Cast & Characters

Main Characters:

Heroes:

Kimberly Williams
as Virginia Lewis
- (Gemma Boyle as seven-year-old Virginia)
Scott Cohen
as Wolf
John Larroquette
as Tony Lewis
Daniel Lapaine as Prince/King Wendell Winston Walter White

---- Villains:

Dianne Wiest
as The Evil Queen/Christine Slevil-Lewis-White
- (Hilary Tones as the younger Christine)
Ed O'Neill
as Relish the Troll King
Rutger Hauer
as The Huntsman
Dawnn Lewis
as Blabberwort the Troll
Hugh O'Gorman as Burly the Troll
Jeremiah Birkett as Bluebell the Troll
Jessica James as Snow White's Evil Stepmother - the Swamp Witch - (Ailsa Berk as Snow White's Evil Stepmother's Skeleton)
John Hallam
as the Evil Queen's Talking Mirror
Luke Healy
Edward Highmore
as one of the Evil Queen's Servant
Jeremy Peters as the Evil Queen's Evil Coachman (possibly one of the convicts incarcerated in the SWMP).
Christopher Tune as a Frightened Servant of the Evil Queen.

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