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Following in the footsteps of three computer-animated direct-to-video Barbie video releases, Lions Gate Home Entertainment's Family Home Entertainment is tuning up for the Sept. 28 debut of Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper - the brand's first musical film.
The $19.98 title (DVD/VHS) prebooks Aug. 24 and features Barbie in her first dual role as both a princess and a pauper, whose lives cross when the princess is kidnapped and the pauper must assume her identity to foil the kidnapper.
The 85-minute video, which features seven original songs by Broadway lyricist Amy Powers and performed by the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, includes the character voice of Martin Short...