Beauty and the Beast

1991
G
1h 24m

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Dark Fantasy Fairy Tale Fantasy Epic Hand-Drawn Animation Romantic Epic Animation Family Fantasy Musical Romance

A prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.A prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.A prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.

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IMDb RATING

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488K

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Won 2 Oscars
- 33 wins & 32 nominations total

Belle
(voice)

Robby Benson

Beast
(voice)

Jesse Corti

Lefou
(voice)

Rex Everhart

Maurice
(voice)

Angela Lansbury

Mrs. Potts
(voice)

Jerry Orbach

Lumiere
(voice)

Bradley Pierce

Chip
(voice)
(as Bradley Michael Pierce)

David Ogden Stiers

Cogsworth
(voice)
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Richard White

Gaston
(voice)

Jo Anne Worley

Wardrobe
(voice)

Mary Kay Bergman

Bimbette
(voice)

Brian Cummings

Stove
(voice)

Alvin Epstein

Bookseller
(voice)

Tony Jay

Monsieur D'Arque
(voice)

Alec Murphy

Baker
(voice)

Kimmy Robertson

Featherduster
(voice)

Hal Smith

Philippe
(voice)

Kath Soucie

Bimbette
(voice)

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Trivia
All songs were the last complete works for a movie by Academy Award winner Howard Ashman. Ashman died eight months prior to the release of this movie. This movie is dedicated to Ashman; at the end of the final credits, you can read the dedication: "To our friend Howard, who gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul, we will be forever grateful."

Goofs
During the fighting scene between Gaston and Beast, Gaston says "Belle is mine!" But his mouth is saying something else. This is because, he was originally supposed to say, "Time to die!" but the writer changed it to fit Belle back in the scene.

Quotes
[first lines]
Narrator: Once upon a time in a faraway land, a young prince lived in a shining castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, the prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind. But then, one winter's night, an old beggar woman came to the castle and offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold. Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the prince sneered at the gift and turned the old woman away. But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within. And when he dismissed her again, the old woman's ugliness melted away to reveal a beautiful enchantress. The prince tried to apologize, but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart. And as punishment, she transformed him into a hideous beast and placed a powerful spell on the castle and all who lived there. Ashamed of his monstrous form, the beast concealed himself inside his castle, with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world. The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his 21st year. If he could learn to love another, and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time. As the years passed, he fell into despair and lost all hope, for who could ever learn to love a beast?

Crazy credits
"To our friend, Howard, who gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul, we will be forever grateful. Howard Ashman (1950-1991)"

Alternate versions
This film was re-released in IMAX and other large format theaters on January 1, 2002. The following changes were made to the film for this release:
The "In Association with Silver Screen Partners IV" credit is replaced with "The Special Edition Of--" on the opening title sequence. The 2002 Platinum Edition DVD omits this credit and the Walt Disney Pictures Presents credit stays on screen.
The 2002 Platinum Edition DVD omits the Beast's "stutter" ("You wan-wanna stay in the tower?").
The animation in some of the scenes went back through the clean-up animation department a second time, to correct problems such as wavering lines and missing details, which, while not very noticeable during a traditional 35mm showing of the film, would have been discomforting on a much large IMAX screen. Small details, such as the blood in Beast's wound after his fight with the wolves, were also added.
At the end of the "Something There" sequence, the background has been changed from Belle and Beast in front of the fireplace to an empty hallway, and a bit of the character animation has also been altered in this shot.
Six minutes of new footage was added between the songs "Something There" and "Beauty and the Beast," most of which is made up of a new musical sequence, "Human Again." This song was written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken for the original version of the film, but cut for continuity purposes. After Alan Menken altered the song to make it work for the Broadway stage version of Beauty and the Beast, the song was worked back into the film.
During the "Human Again" song sequence, the household objects clean up the Beast's castle, which necessitated having the background artists go back and digitally re-paint the backgrounds for the castle scenes that followed so that the castle was clean.
The animation for Cogsworth's line to the Beast after Belle is freed ("Yes-yes-yes, but...why?") was completely re-done, as the directors never liked how the animation looked in the original version.
New sound effects are added to the shot where Belle and Phillippe leave the castle to find Maurice, which are supposed to suggest that the Beast trashes his room in anguish (and also so that the backgrounds from this point on would not have to be repainted).
The ending credits are longer to necessitate the addition of an additional passage of score music, the version of the 'Transformation' theme that was cut out of the original film, to the end of the film.

Connections
Edited from Bambi (1942)

Soundtracks
Prologue
(uncredited)
Music by Alan Menken

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Great animation

Truly one of the greatest animated films ever put on the big screen. This film is extremely emotional, romantic, and magical. The incredible characters are so lovely to be around. Has a FEW all time great musical numbers that will stick with you forever. A message that will forever be important and truly a tale as old as time!