Barbie and the Diamond Castle is a 2008
direct-to-video computer-animated film that was released on September 9, 2008. The film features the voice of
Kelly Sheridan, who has voiced
Barbie in the CGI
Barbie film series. It is the third musical in the series.
Songs for the film were written by
Amy Powers,
Guy Roche, Russ DeSalvo, Gabriel Mann, Megan Cavallari and Jeannie
Lurie along with executive producer Rob Hundnut. "Connected", the main
song, was sung by Katherine McPhee.
Plot
The movie begins with
Barbie and
Teresa writing a song together on their
guitars when Barbie's sister
Stacie storms in, angry at her friend
Courtney. Barbie decides to tell Stacie the story of two friends named Liana and Alexa, who also get angry at each other.
The two best friends live in a hut beside a beautiful garden and
plant flowers to make a living. They also share a love of music. One
day, they find two heart-shaped stones which they make into necklaces to
symbolize their friendship, not realising that they are trinkets from
the mythical Diamond Castle. The next day, an old woman gives them a
mirror after they share the last of their food with her. The mirror is
the hiding place of Melody, an apprentice muse. Melody is on the run
from Lydia, one of three muses who lived in the Diamond Castle. Lydia
became evil and turned the other two muses to stone, but not before they
hid the Castle and left the key with Melody. If Lydia finds the Diamond
Castle, all music will end, and with it eventually the world. Liana and
Alexa coax a song out of Melody by singing, and Lydia's minion, a
dragon known as Slyder, locates Melody by her voice.
With their home destroyed by Slyder, Alexa and Liana go with Melody
to find the Diamond Castle and keep it safe from Lydia. They find two
small puppies and at an inn meet twin musicians named Ian and Jeremy,
who hear the girls sing and instantly fall for them, but the girls leave
them behind at the inn. Lydia confronts them, and tries to cast a spell
on them with her flute, but the girls' necklaces protect them. Lydia
sets Slyder on them, but Ian and Jeremy arrive and they all escape.
The girls, travelling with the twins, meet a troll who vows to eat
the boys unless the girls answer his riddle. They do, which frees the
boys and reveals a rainbow bridge that carries the girls off, leaving
the boys behind. Liana and Alexa soon run out of food. They find a
mansion and go to ask for shelter, but the servants there (bewitched by
Lydia) tell them that they are the long-awaited mistresses of the house.
Alexa wants to stay, but Liana wants to honor the promise they made to
Melody, and they argue. Liana leaves and Alexa stays, ripping off her
necklace in anger. Slyder arrives and takes Alexa to Lydia. After
determining that Melody is not with Alexa, Lydia uses her flute's powers
to find Liana, and Alexa falls under Lydia's spell. Alexa tells Lydia
that Liana and Melody are heading to the seven stones, where the Diamond
Castle is hidden.
After Liana is kidnapped, Lydia uses Alexa to scare Melody into
revealing the whereabouts of the Diamond Castle. Although Lydia promises
to release Liana and Alexa once the Diamond Castle is hers, Slyder
knocks the two girls over a cliff, and they narrowly escape falling into
acid. Liana uses Alexa's necklace to undo Lydia's spell, and they climb
up the cliff. One of the puppies leads the twins to the girls, and
together they all head to the hiding place of the Diamond Castle.
Meanwhile, Melody tells Lydia a false story about the key to the
castle to keep her busy. The twins lure Slyder away and the girls
pretend to fall under Lydia's spell. Lydia creates a whirlpool and
commands the girls to jump in and drown, but Liana takes Lydia's flute
instead. Lydia threatens to break Melody's mirror Melody, but Melody
breaks it herself, not wanting to let the Diamond Castle fall into
Lydia's hands. Lydia throws the mirror in the whirlpool. Alexa saves
Melody and Liana drops Lydia's flute in the whirlpool. Lydia goes after
it, but is caught in the flow. She tries to cast a spell, but her
waterlogged flute backfires and she disappears instead.
The girls realize that the song Melody sang earlier is the key, and
their singing reveals the Diamond Castle. as they step inside, Melody is
released from the mirror and she leads Liana and Alexa to the other
muses' instruments. Lydia returns on Slyder and attacks. Melody saves
the instruments from being turned to stone, and the girls play and sing,
creating a barrier that turns Lydia's spells against her, turning both
her and Slyder into stone.
The other muses are returned to life. They make Liana and Alexa
Princesses of Music, promote Melody to a full muse and give Jeremy and
Ian electric guitars. Liana and Alexa want to go home, so the muses give
them flower seeds and send them on their way.
Back home, Liana and Alexa plant the magical flower seeds and
beautiful flowers soon grow. Jeremy and Ian are successful in their
performances with their electric guitars. When the story ends, Stacie
realizes nothing can break true friendship. She goes to apologize to
Courtney.
Characters
- Kelly Sheridan
as Barbie/Liana – Barbie stars as Liana, a 16 year old peasant girl who
shares a cottage in the forest with her best friend Alexa. Liana is
loyal and brave. She's not afraid of tricky situations (except for
thunder and lightning) and she loves to sing.
- Cassidy Ladden
as Teresa/Alexa – Teresa also stars as the 16 year old farmer girl,
Alexa. She and Liana are best friends, though Alexa often wishes that
they could live in grand style so they won't have to worry about
anything. She believes in magic, and she has a silly sense of humor. She
has a beautiful singing voice.
- Maryke Hendrikse
as Melody – Melody used to be a 16 year old apprentice to the two Muses
of Music who live in the Diamond Castle. She was trapped inside the
magic mirror while trying to hide from Lydia. She loves to sing in
harmony with Liana and Alexa.
- Jeremy From
as Jeremy and Noel Johansen as Ian – Jeremy and Ian are the 16 year old
twin brothers who sing and play guitar. They befriend Liana and Alexa
and help them battle with Lydia on their way to the Diamond Castle.
- Kathleen Barr
as Lydia – Lydia is a mean former Muse who wants Diamond Castle for
herself, with the intention of making it gloomy. She plays her flute to
use her evil spells.
- Mark Acheson as Slyder – Slyder is a clumsy, flying serpent and assistant of Lydia.
- Veena Sood
as Sparkles/Lily – Sparkles, a cocker spaniel pup and Lily, West
highland terrier pup, are a pair of adorable puppies. Liana and Alexa
adopt them while on their journey to the Diamond Castle.
- Nicole Oliver as Dori and Heather Doerksen
as Phaedra - The Muses of Music, who reside in the Diamond Castle and
are gifted with magical musical abilities. Though there are only two of
them, their numbers originally included Lydia, who cast a spell that
turned all the residents in the Diamond Castle to stone.
- Glimmer – A magnificent winged horse that flies above the Diamond Castle. She only comes to life after Lydia was defeated.
Cast
Original Soundtrack
Track listing
|
1. |
"Connected (End Title)" |
Amy Powers, Guy Roche |
3:41 |
2. |
"Two Voices, One Song" |
|
3:25 |
3. |
"We're Gonna Find It" |
|
3:07 |
4. |
"Believe" |
|
3:34 |
5. |
"Two Voices, One Song (Movie Version)" |
|
1:28 |
6. |
"Wonderful Me" |
|
3:18 |
7. |
"We're Gonna Find It (Movie Version)" |
|
3:16 |
8. |
"Double Vision" |
|
1:48 |
9. |
"Connected" |
|
3:44 |
10. |
"I Need to Know" |
|
3:38 |
11. |
"Shine" |
|
3:11 |
Notes
cr:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie_&_the_Diamond_Castle