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Beauty and the Beast
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Synopsis
Beauty And The Beast is widely considered the best animated Disney feature of the studio's 1980s/1990s renewal of the form. Based on the classic French fairy tale, it tells the story of Belle (voiced by Paige O'Hara), an intelligent young woman scorned by her townspeople for being a bookworm, weary of fighting off the advances of the arrogant Gaston (Richard White), and dreaming of escape. When her father gets lost in the woods and captured by the forbidding Beast (Robby Benson), a once-handsome prince turned into a monster by a witch, Belle goes off to rescue him. Taken with her, the Beast agrees to release Belle's father if she agrees to stay with him forever. Initially repulsed, Belle soon finds much to appreciate in the Beast's hidden, tender nature. The Beast's servants -- a clock (David Ogden Stiers), a teapot (Angela Lansbury), and a candlestick (Jerry Orbach) -- see Belle as their salvation: if the Beast and a woman fall in love before his 21st birthday, he will be free from the curse. The songs are first-class, the tale is told with sincerity but not sentimentality, and the characters of Belle and the Beast, complex individuals who defy stereotyping and change over the course of the story, are more three-dimensional than in most live-action movies. The eye-popping animation is beautifully rendered, and Beauty And The Beast certainly deserves its place amongst Disney's animated classics. In 2002, a special 89-minute edition of the film was released in IMAX theaters with the addition of a newly animated song, "Human Again." ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

Cast

Jesse Corti Le Fou
Rex Everhart Maurice
Angela Lansbury Mrs. Potts
Paige O'Hara Belle
Jerry Orbach Lumiere
Bradley Pierce Chip
Kimmy Robertson Featherduster
David Ogden Stiers Cogsworth/Narrator
Richard White Gaston
Jo Ann Worley Wardrobe
Robby Benson Beast

Production Crew

David Pruiksma Animator
Ed Ghertner Animator
Glen Keane Animator
Jim "Jimbo" Hillin Animator
Lisa Keene Animator
Randy Fullmer Animator
Roger Allers Animator
Vera Lanpher Animator
Brian McEntee Art Director
Ed Ghertner Art Director
Sarah McArthur Associate Producer
Alan Menken Composer (Music Score)
Gary Trousdale Director
Kirk Wise Director
Ellen Keneshea Editor
John Carnochan Editor
Howard Ashman Executive Producer
Don Hahn Producer
Brenda Chapman Screen Story
Brian Pimental Screen Story
Bruce Woodside Screen Story
Burny Matinson Screen Story
Chris Sanders Screen Story
Joe Ranft Screen Story
Kelly Asbury Screen Story
Kevin Harkey Screen Story
Robert Lence Screen Story
Tom Ellery Screen Story
Linda Woolverton Screenwriter
Brian Pimental Short Story Author
Brian Pimental Short Story Author
Bruce Woodside Short Story Author
Bruce Woodside Short Story Author
Burny Matinson Short Story Author
Burny Matinson Short Story Author
Chris Sanders Short Story Author
Chris Sanders Short Story Author
Joe Ranft Short Story Author
Joe Ranft Short Story Author
Kevin Harkey Short Story Author
Kevin Harkey Short Story Author
Robert Lence Short Story Author
Robert Lence Short Story Author
Alan Menken Songwriter
Howard Ashman Songwriter
Ariel Velasco Shaw Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1991
Runtime: 84
Country: USA
MPAA Rating:
Category: Animated


Color type
Technicolor prints

Sound
Dolby

Produced by
Buena Vista
Silver Screen Partners IV
Walt Disney Productions

Release
January 01, 2002 (USA - IMAX)

Awards
1990 - Best Animation - L.A. Film Critics Association
1990 - Best Animation - Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1991 - Best Film (Musical or Comedy) - Golden Globe
1991 - Best Picture - Academy
1991 - Best Picture - Academy
1991 - Best Picture - Musical or Comedy - Golden Globe
1991 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie