Madeline (1998 film)

Madeline is a 1998 liveaction film adaptation of the book series by Ludwig Bemelmans, starring Hatty Jones as the title character, Frances McDormand as Miss Clavel and Nigel Hawthorne as Lord Cucuface aka Lord Covington. The film encompasses the plots of four Madeline books. It was released on July 10, 1998 by TriStar Pictures.

When Madeline arrives at the school, she meets Pepito, the Spanish Ambassadors son, who is the main target of an evil kidnapper named Leopold who wants to collect money from the Ambassador since hes rich. That night, Madeline refuses to eat the chicken Fred because she made friends with him in the car. She turns half the other girls against chicken and make them vegetarians and cluck, which results in Miss Clavel sending the girls up to bed without dinner, after a discussion with Covington about how hes closing the school down as he has resigned his job due to his wifes death. The girls are hungry so they sneak down to eat. However, they get scared by Pepito, who appears dressed like a demon. When Miss Clavel and Helen find the girls, they reluctantly decide to give them dinner. The next day, Miss Clavel goes to Pepitos house to offer him a toolbox and ends up talking with Leopold who is posing as Pepitos tutor. Then, Miss Clavel takes the girls to an art gallery where Pepito himself steals Madelines notebook and writes Beware in it. The girls wonder why until Miss Clavel tells them that they have been invited to Pepitos birthday. While there, Pepito shows the girls his menagerie and attempts to scare them by dangling a white baby mouse in their face. It works on the other girls, but not on Madeline. Pepito tries to scare her by almost feeding it to his snake but Madeline insists hes bluffing. Pepito calls it off and shows the girls his guillotine that he built with the tools in his new toolbox and almost executes the mouse. Madeline defends the mouse by pushing Pepito away. She lets the remaining caged mice go in retaliation, and this causes the girls to run in horror and subsequently causes Miss Clavel to faint. Madeline starts to fight Pepito, but Miss Clavel stops her and insists they leave. On their way out, Madeline steals Pepitos motorcycle keys. Later, in class, the girls are forced to write lines, explaining their behaviour.On their walk, Madeline accident

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