Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)
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| Beauty and the Beast | |
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 Theatrical poster by John Alvin[1] |
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| Directed by | Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise |
| Produced by | Don Hahn |
| Written by | Linda Woolverton |
| Narrated by | David Ogden Stiers |
| Starring | Paige O'Hara Robby Benson Richard White Jerry Orbach Angela Lansbury David Ogden Stiers |
| Music by | Alan Menken Howard Ashman |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures (USA) Warner Bros. (Spain) Sandrew Metronome (Finland, distributed film when distributor was Warner Bros.) |
| Release date(s) | United States: November 22, 1991 |
| Running time | Original: 84 minutes Special Edition: 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20,000,000 |
| Gross revenue | $403,476,931 |
| Followed by | Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) |
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Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 animated American family film. It is the thirtieth animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. The film received its premiere at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on November 13, 1991. This film, one of the best known of the Disney studio's films, is based on the well-known fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, about a beautiful woman kept in a castle by a horrific monster. It is the first and only full-length animated feature film to ever be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture (it lost to The Silence of the Lambs). Heightening the level of performance in the era known as the Disney Renaissance (1989-1999, beginning with The Little Mermaid and ending with Tarzan ), many animated films following its release have been influenced by its blending of traditional animation and computer generated imagery.
Beauty and the Beast ranked #22 on the American Film Institutes's list of best musicals and #34 on its list of the best romantic American movies. On the list of the greatest songs from American movies, Beauty and the Beast ranked #62. The film was adapted into a Broadway musical of the same name, which ran from 1994 to 2007.
In 2002, Beauty and the Beast was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." In January of the same year, the film was reissued in IMAX format in a special edition edit including a new musical sequence. A two-disc Platinum Edition DVD release followed in October.
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[edit] Overview
The movie was adapted to an animation screenplay by Linda Woolverton, based upon the version of Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont (uncredited in the English version of the film, but credited in the French version as writer of the novel). It was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, and the music was composed by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, both of whom had written the music and songs for Disney's The Little Mermaid. In interviews, Disney executives said they had felt that in recent years, but especially 1990 and 1991, American pop culture had been pockmarked by shallowness, the treatment of women as objects and items to be compared and ranked against each other, and that young men were being sent the message that the prettier a girl they marry or date, the more successful a man they are. Disney said that the moral associated with the film was that "in our looks-oriented society, looks are not everything."[citation needed]
It was a significant success at the box-office, with more than $171 million in domestic revenues alone and over $403 million in worldwide revenues.[2] [3] This high number of sales made it the third-most successful movie of 1991, surpassed only by summer blockbusters Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. It was also the most successful animated Disney film at the time and the first animated movie to reach $100 million at the box-office.[4]
Beauty and the Beast won two Academy Awards for Best Music, Original Score and Best Music, Song for Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's "Beauty and the Beast", sung in the film's most famous scene by Angela Lansbury, and at the end of the film by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson. Two other Menken and Ashman songs from the movie also nominated for Best Music, Song were "Belle" and "Be Our Guest", making it the first picture ever to receive three Academy Award nominations for Best Song, a feat that would be repeated by The Lion King, Dreamgirls, and Enchanted. Beauty and the Beast was also nominated for Best Sound and Best Picture. It is the only animated movie ever to be nominated for Best Picture.
There are also Disney versions of the story published and sold as storybooks and a comic book based on the film published by Disney Comics.
In 1995, a live-action children's series called Sing Me a Story with Belle started on syndication, running until 1999.
On November 11th, 1997, a midquel called Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas was released directly to videocassette. It was quickly followed by another midquel titled Belle's Magical World that was released on February 17th, 1998.
[edit] Plot
In the prologue, an old beggar woman arrives at the castle of a young, spoiled and unkind French prince. The old beggar woman asks for shelter from the bitter cold, and in return, offers the young prince a rose. Repulsed by her appearance, the prince turns the old beggar woman away. It is then that the old beggar woman reveals that she is a beautiful enchantress and conjures a powerful curse, transforming the heartless prince into a hideous beast (as a reflection of his inner cruelty and hatred), his servants into anthropomorphic household items, and the castle into a dark, forbidding place, so that he will learn to not judge by appearances. The curse can only be broken if the Beast learns to love another and receives the other's love in return before the last petal of the enchantress's rose withers and falls; if not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for the rest of his life. As the years passed, the Beast stayed hidden in the gloomy castle, convinced no person could love such a hideous beast.
Ten years later, a beautiful young woman named Belle has moved to a French Provençal village, where she is seen as eccentric due to her preference for reading books and dislike of being courted by the "rude and conceited" local hero, Gaston. At one point Gaston arrogantly offers his hand in marriage to Belle, which she politely but firmly rejects.
Maurice, Belle's father, is an eccentric inventor. While traveling alone to a fair, Maurice becomes lost and loses his horse in the dark, stormy night while being pursued by wolves; cold and tired, he stumbles upon the dark castle and cautiously enters it. When the Beast discovers Maurice resting in the castle, he locks him in a dungeon. Belle, who worries when her father's horse returns home without him, seeks out her father, finds him at the Beast's castle and offers to take his place as the Beast's prisoner. Realizing that Belle could break the spell, the Beast agrees. He gives her permission to go anywhere in the castle except the West Wing, where he keeps the enchanted rose. The Beast then says if Belle needs anything, his servants will attend. The enchanted household items, including Lumière the candelabra and Cogsworth the clock and head of the household, welcome Belle warmly and entertain her with a fancy French dinner.
Back in the village, the citizens cheer up Gaston after Belle has rejected him and his absurd marriage proposal. Maurice then bursts in and asks for help to rescue Belle from "the beast." No one believes him, believing that he is insane, and Gaston decides to force Belle to marry him by threatening to throw her father into an asylum. Maurice goes off to search for Belle, unaware of Gaston's plan.
Belle sneaks into the forbidden West Wing, discovering slashed furniture, broken mirrors, a ripped-up portrait with strangely familiar blue eyes, and the enchanted rose. The Beast catches her and loses his temper. Belle flees the castle, and is chased by wolves. The Beast fights off the wolves; a grateful Belle returns to the castle and, while tending to the Beast's wounds, thanks him for saving her life. Over some time, the two start to become friends. The household items are excited and optimistic that Belle may fall in love with the Beast and cause them to become human again. The relationship reaches its climax with an elegant dinner and ballroom dance.
Belle asks if she can see her father, and the magic mirror reveals that Maurice is lost and sick in the forest. The Beast, having fallen in love with Belle and feeling some pity for Maurice, releases her to go rescue her father. Although he knows that it may ruin his chances to become human again, his love for Belle overcomes this. As Belle flees on her horse the Beast utters a roar of sorrow.
Belle finds Maurice and takes him back to the village, where a mob gathers to take him to the asylum. Gaston offers to spare Maurice if Belle agrees to marry him, but she still refuses. Some in the mob including Gaston himself accuse Maurice of ranting and raving about a "Beast" as they prepare to take him away. To prove that her father's claim of the Beast's existence is true, Belle uses the magic mirror to show the villagers an image of the Beast. The villagers become frightened as they realize that the Beast is real. Gaston feels spurned and betrayed by Belle, accusing her of loving "this monster," to which she replies, "He's no monster... You are!" Gaston angrily rallies the villagers to storm the castle and "kill the beast," telling them that he is dangerous. To prevent Belle and Maurice from warning the Beast, Gaston locks them in a cellar.
With the help of Chip the teacup, Belle and Maurice escape from the cellar and rush back to the castle. The villagers force open the castle door, the enchanted objects have attacked and chased away all the villagers except Gaston, who mercilessly attacks the Beast. The Beast has lost the will to live, and does not retaliate until Belle rides up on her father's horse, Phillipe. A heated battle ensues between Gaston and the Beast, culminating when Gaston stabs the Beast in the back, only to lose his footing and fall off the high roof into the deep chasm below.
Belle tries to reassure the badly wounded Beast that everything will be fine, but he knows that his wound is fatal and believes he is about to die. Belle, who is now heartbroken, whispers in tears that she loves him, just before the last petal falls from the rose. He is immediately transformed and returns to his human form--unrecognizable except for his piercing blue eyes. When Belle and the prince kiss, the curse is broken and the castle becomes beautiful again and the enchanted objects turn back into humans.
The last scene shows Belle and the prince happily dancing in the ballroom, in front of many guests, which includes Maurice and the now-human assistants of the castle. Everybody is happy, and they live happily ever after.
[edit] Voice cast
| Actor | Role(s) |
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| Paige O'Hara | Belle |
| Robby Benson | Beast |
| Richard White | Gaston |
| Jerry Orbach | Lumiere |
| Angela Lansbury | Mrs. Potts |
| David Ogden Stiers | Cogsworth The Narrator |
| Bradley Pierce | Chip |
| Jesse Corti | Le Fou |
| Rex Everhart | Maurice |
| Hal Smith | Philippe |
| Jo Anne Worley | Armoire the Wardrobe |
| Frank Welker | Philippe the Horse Sultan the Footstool |
| Kimmy Robertson | Fifi the Featherduster |
| Mary Kay Bergman/Kath Soucie | Bimbette |
| Tony Jay | Monsieur D'Arque |
[edit] Non English versions
In the Chinese dubs of Beauty and the Beast, the voice of the Beast is provided by Jackie Chan. He provided both the speaking and singing voices in these versions. In September 2007, CCTV6 (a Chinese movie channel) aired a version of Beauty and the Beast in which the singing voice is provided by Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung, proximately to make Beast sound younger. In the French version, the Beast's singing voice is provided by Charles Aznavour. Two Spanish versions exist, one in Mexican Spanish for the Latin American market, the other in European Spanish for the European market; in the Mexican version, the voice of Lefou is provided by the same actor who played the role in English, Venezuelan-American voice actor Jesse Corti.[5]
[edit] Crew
| Crew Position | |
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| Directed by | Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise |
| Produced by | Don Hahn |
| Executive Producer | Howard Ashman |
| Screenplay by | Linda Woolverton |
| Songs by | Howard Ashman Alan Menken |
| Original Score by | Alan Menken |
| Associate Producer | Sarah McArthur |
| Art Director | Brian McEntee |
| Film Editor | John Carnochan |
| Artistic Supervisors | Roger Allers (Story supervisor) Ed Ghertner (Layout supervisor) Lisa Keene (Background supervisor) Vera Lanpher (Clean-up supervisor) Randy Fullmer (Effects supervisor) Jim Hillin (Computer Graphics supervisor) |
| Supervising Animators | James Baxter (Belle) Glen Keane (Beast) Andreas Deja (Gaston) Ruben A. Aquino (Maurice) Will Finn (Cogsworth) Nik Ranieri (Lumiere) David Pruiksma (Mrs Potts/Chip) Russ Edmonds (Philippe) Larry White (The wolves) Chris Wahl (Lefou) |
| Production Manager | Baker Bloodworth |
[edit] Reaction
Generally hailed by the majority of critics as one of the greatest animated films ever made, it is regarded by many as Disney's true return to classic animated filmmaking. In other words, it underlined everything that The Little Mermaid had to say two years prior. Positive reviews came from nearly every direction, with Roger Ebert giving it four stars out of four stars and saying that "Beauty and the Beast reaches back to an older and healthier Hollywood tradition in which the best writers, musicians and filmmakers are gathered for a project on the assumption that a family audience deserves great entertainment, too." As of now it has received a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The visual effects have also been praised "stunning early use of computer animation", regarding the spectacular ballroom sequence in which Belle and the Beast dance around a 3-D ballroom.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Academy Awards
| Award | Recipient | |
| Best Music, Original Score | Alan Menken | |
| Best Music, Original Song ("Beauty and the Beast") | Alan Menken & Howard Ashman | |
| Nominated: | ||
| Best Picture | Don Hahn | |
| Best Music, Original Song ("Belle") | Alan Menken & Howard Ashman | |
| Best Music, Original Song ("Be Our Guest") | Alan Menken & Howard Ashman | |
| Best Sound | Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson & Doc Kane | |
- To date, Beauty and the Beast (1991) is the only animated film ever to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
[edit] Golden Globes
| Award | Outcome |
| Best Motion Picture | Won |
| Best Original Score | Won |
| Best Original Song (For "Beauty and the Beast") | Won |
| Best Original Song (For "Be Our Guest") | Nominated |
- Beauty and the Beast was the 1st animated feature to win a Golden Globe for Best Picture - Musical or Comedy. This feat was repeated only by The Lion King and Toy Story 2.
[edit] Grammy Awards
| Award | Outcome |
| Best Album for Children | Won |
| Best Pop Performance by a Group or Duo With Vocal (For Beauty and the Beast) | Won |
| Song of the Year (For Beauty and the Beast) | Nominated |
| Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture | Won |
| Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television (For Beauty and the Beast) | Won |
| Best Song (For Beauty and the Beast) | Nominated |
[edit] Other Awards
| Award | Outcome |
| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards: Most Performed Songs in a Motion Picture | Won |
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films: Best DVD Classic Film Release | Won |
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films: Best Music | Won |
| Annie Awards: Best Animated Feature | Won |
| BAFTA Awards: Best Original Film Score | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards: Best Special Effects | Nominated |
| BMI Film and TV Awards: BMI Film Music Award | Won |
| DVD Exclusive Awards: Best Overall New Extra Features, Library Release | Won |
| DVD Exclusive Awards: Best Menu Design | Nominated |
| Hugo Awards: Best Dramatic Presentation | Nominated |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Animated Feature | Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Animation | Won |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors: Best Sound Editing, Animated Feature | Won |
| National Board of Review: Special Award for Animation | Won |
| Satellite Awards: Best Youth DVD | Nominated |
| Young Artist Awards: Outstanding Family Entertainment of the Year | Won |
[edit] Songs
- See also: Beauty and the Beast (soundtrack)
- "Belle" (Belle, Gaston, Chorus): The opening song of the movie, Belle makes her way to the local bookshop and the whole village erupts into song, describing Belle's eccentricities.
- "Belle (Reprise)" (Belle): Sung by Belle after Gaston proposes to her, Belle repeats her plea of "wanting much more than this provincial life."
- "Gaston" (Le Fou, Gaston, Chorus): Lefou (Gaston's sidekick) and the local drunkards sing Gaston's praises in a village tavern..
- "Gaston (Reprise)" (Gaston, Le Fou, Chorus): After Maurice flees the Beast's castle, he enters the tavern pleading for help, only to be mocked by the townsfolk. It is here that Gaston thinks of the idea to blackmail Belle by sending her father to an asylum if she doesn't marry him.
- "Be Our Guest" (Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Chorus): A dinner cabaret of the castle's servants as crockery, flatware etc. entertaining Belle.
- "Something There" (Belle, Beast, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Cogsworth): Belle and the Beast begin to realize they have feelings for each other.
- "Human Again" (Lumiere, Chip, Mrs. Potts, Mme. de la Grande Bouche, Cogsworth, Babette, Chorus): Sung by the castle's servants as they clean up the castle in preparation for the romantic dance they plan. Only in the Special Edition, and is also included on the Special Edition soundtrack.
- "Beauty and the Beast" (Mrs. Potts): Sung by Mrs. Potts whilst Belle and the Beast dance in the castle ballroom.
- "The Mob Song" (Gaston, Chorus): Sung by the villagers on their way to the castle to kill the beast.
- "Beauty and the Beast (Reprise)" (Chorus): Sung by a choir as the movie ends.
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 the film. There is a tribute to him at the end of the film:
"To our friend, Howard, who gave a mermaid her voice, and a beast his soul. We will be forever grateful. Howard Ashman 1950-1991"
On Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic, this includes Beauty and the Beast on the red disc, Be Our Guest, Something There, and Gaston on the blue disc, The Mob Song on the green disc, and Belle on the orange disc. And on Disney's Greatest Hits, this also includes Beauty and the Beast on the blue disc, Be Our Guest on the green disc, and Gaston on the red disc.
[edit] Symbols and meanings
The movie consisted of a lot of symbolism to describe the characters. For names, noted by a character in the "Belle" sequence, Belle is French for beautiful. Lumière is French for "light". For the later Broadway production, the feather duster was named "Babette" and the wardrobe was named "Madame de la Grande Bouche" (translation: "Mrs. Bigmouth"). For physical symbolism, the majority of the statues seen in the castle are early versions of the Beast.
The color blue is also a significant symbol throughout Beauty and the Beast. During the musical number "Belle", Belle is the only character in the village who wears blue. Later on she meets the Beast, who also dresses in blue. The idea is that both characters are social outcasts, so they can relate with one another and see the world in similar views.
In the theatrical release, as Gaston plunged to his death and his face filled the screen, two frames showed skulls in his eyes. For the VHS and laserdisc release, these frames were altered to remove the skulls from his eyes. However, no such alteration was made for the DVD release.[6]
Dan Rather and others have commented on how the film can be read as an AIDS metaphor. Lyricist Howard Ashman was dying of AIDS at the time (the film is dedicated to him) and the red rose petals reflect his life ebbing away. There also is the unidentified disfiguring affliction of the Beast who is hidden away in a hospice-like castle; the creation of Gaston as a satire of hyper-masculine gay bathhouse culture; and the "Kill the Beast" satire on early 1990s anti-AIDS vigilantism.[7]
[edit] Work-In-Progress
The film was shown at the New York Film Festival in September 1991. Because the animation was only about 70% complete, the film was shown as a "Work-In-Progress." Storyboards and pencil tests were used in place of the remaining 30%. In addition, parts of the film that were finished were "stepped-back" to previous versions of completion. This version of the film has been released on VHS, the September 1993 LaserDisc, and the October 8th, 2002, Platinum Edition DVD.
[edit] Appearances
- In the Disney and Square Enix video game Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, the Beast joins forces with Sora to rescue Belle, who is known as a princess of heart, from Maleficent. In Kingdom Hearts II there is playable Beauty and the Beast world known as the Beast's Castle. Characters from the film include the Beast, Belle, Cogsworth, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Chip and the Wardrobe.
- Belle makes a brief appearance in Disney's animated movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame, during Quasimodo's song "Out There". She can be seen walking across a town square reading her book.
- Beast makes an appearance in the Disney film Aladdin, where he is seen as a small glass toy amongst a pyramid of toys in a scene with the Sultan.
- Mrs. Potts makes two appearances: one in Tarzan during the "Trashin' the Camp" scene, and one in An Extremely Goofy Movie before Max sets off for college.
- Belle, Beast, Cogsworth, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Chip, Gaston, Lefou, Maurice, the Wardrobe, the Bimbettes and the Feather Duster were featured as guests in House of Mouse.
- The Beast, Belle, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts and Chip were featured in Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse. Gaston and Lefou also make an appearance amongst several other Disney Villains in Mickey's House of Villains.
[edit] References in the Theme Parks
- Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage, can currently be seen daily at Disney's Hollywood Studios, in Walt Disney World. The production opened on November 22, 1991.
- A similar show to Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage played at Disneyland from April 1992 to April 1995.
- The Disneyland Paris version (almost identical to the one at Disney's Hollywood Studios) opened in April 1992 and closed sometime in 1996.
- Both Belle and The Beast are meeting characters in Disney parks around the world. Gaston, the Triplets, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts and Chip sometimes appear at special events and shows.
[edit] Disney on Ice
Disney on Ice began its touring production of ''Beauty and the Beast'' in Fall 1992. The production went on to tour nationally, as well as internationally, from 1992 to 1996, and again from 2000 to 2004. The ice production featured a pre-recorded soundtrack with all the film's songs and character voices.
[edit] Broadway
On Tuesday, April 18, 1994, a stage adaptation, also titled "Beauty and the Beast", premiered on Broadway at the Palace Theatre in New York City. The show transferred to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 11, 1999. The commercial (though not critical) success of the show led to productions in the West End, Toronto, and all over the world. The Broadway version, which ran for over a decade, received a Tony Award, and become the first of a whole line of Disney stage productions. Many celebrities starred in the Broadway production during its thirteen year run including Kerry Butler, Deborah Gibson, Toni Braxton, Andrea McArdle, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Christy Carlson Romano, Ashley Brown, and Anneliese van der Pol as Belle; Chuck Wagner, James Barbour, and Jeff McCarthy as the Beast; Meshach Taylor, Jacob Young, and John Tartaglia as Lumiere; and Marc Kudisch, Christopher Sieber, and Donny Osmond as Gaston. The show ended its Broadway run on July 29, 2007 after 46 previews and 5,464 performances.
[edit] Other releases
[edit] Worldwide release dates
- Canada: November 22, 1991
- Cambodia: December 5, 1991
- Philippines: December 20, 1991
- Mexico: December 20, 1991
- Brazil: December 13, 1991
- Ecuador: February 19, 1992
- Australia: June 11, 1992
- South Korea: July 4, 1992
- Argentina: July 9, 1992
- Peru: July 9, 1992
- Hong Kong: August 20, 1992
- Japan: September 12, 1992
- U.K.: October 9, 1992
- France: October 21, 1992
- Iceland: November 14, 1992
- Denmark: November 20, 1992
- Sweden: November 20, 1992
- Portugal: November 25, 1992
- Austria: November 25, 1992
- Germany: November 26, 1992
- Netherlands: November 26, 1992
- Spain: November 27, 1992
- Greece: November 27, 1992
- Italy: December 2, 1992
- Egypt: December 15, 1992
- Finland: December 18, 1992
- Liechtenstein: May 2, 1993
- Costa Rica: July 18, 1993
- Guatemala: August 14, 1993
- Thailand: September 17, 1993
- Saudi Arabia: January 12, 1994
- Republic of Ireland: February 17, 1994
- Yemen: April 16, 1994
- India: August 12, 1995
- Ethiopia: May 5, 1996
- Israel: June 16, 1996
- Kenya: October 31, 1998
- Kuwait: October 31, 2000
- Palestine: October 22, 2004
[edit] Home Video
The film was released to VHS and Laserdisc on October 30, 1992, as part of the Walt Disney Classics series. Some of the prints contained two different video trailers for Pinocchio (1940). It was released on March 27, 1993, but it was for a limited-time only for it was dropped in print after it was put on moratorium, a Walt Disney Platinum Edition released in 2002 after success in IMAX & other giant screen theaters, it is going to have another Platinum Edition in 2010.
[edit] IMAX release
The film was restored and remastered for its January 1, 2002 re-release in IMAX theatres. For this version of the film, much of the animation was touched up, a new sequence set to the deleted song "Human Again" was inserted into the film's second act, and a new digital master from the original CAPS production files was used to make the high resolution IMAX film negative.
[edit] IMAX release dates
- Australia: January 1, 2002
- France: January 1, 2002
- Hong Kong: January 1, 2002
- Japan: January 1, 2002
- Belgium: January 2, 2002
- Poland: January 4, 2002
- U.K.: January 4, 2002
- Iceland: August 9, 2002
- Brazil: September 6, 2002
[edit] Special edition DVD
Beauty and the Beast: Special Edition, as the enhanced version of the film is called, was released on a 2-Disc Platinum Edition Disney DVD on October 8, 2002. A Spanish version of the title song is accessible from the menu only if Spanish language is selected when first inserting the disc. The Special Edition also includes the deleted song "Human Again", which was first shown in the IMAX version.
[edit] Video Games
- Beauty and the Beast: Roar of the Beast was released for the Sega Genesis/Megadrive on January 1, 1993. It is a side scrolling adventure game where the player assumes the role of The Beast.
- Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Quest was released on August 25, 1993 also for the Sega Genesis/Megadrive. It is another side scrolling adventure game, this time where the player plays as Belle.
- Beauty and the Beast was released for the Super Nintendo on December 31, 1994. A side scrolling platformer, the player once again assumes the role of The Beast.
- Beauty and the Beast: A Board Game Adventure was released for the Game Boy Color on October 25, 1999. It consists of a series of mini-games featuring the characters of the film.
[edit] See also
- Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Beauty and the Beast (theatrical production)
- Sing Me a Story with Belle, a spin-off of this film.
- Direct-to-video films
[edit] References
- ^ Stewart, Jocelyn. "John Alvin, 59; created movie posters for such films as 'Blazing Saddles' and 'E.T.'", Los Angeles Times, 2008-02-10. Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
- ^ Lee's Movie Info: Beauty and the Beast
- ^ Disney Archive: Beauty and the Beast Movie History
- ^ $100 Million Movies (The Washington Post 2005 list of movies that have grossed more than $100 million in the United States and release year).
- ^ La bella y la bestia Full Mexican and European Spanish dubbing cast (in Spanish; requires using the Search function).
- ^ (2002). Beauty and the Beast (Disney Special Platinum Edition) [DVD audio commentary]. Walt Disney Video.
- ^ Beauty & the Beast: AIDS Metaphors and Other Things, SexualFables.com. Retrieved December 24, 2007.
[edit] External links
- Beauty and the Beast at the Internet Movie Database
- Beauty and the Beast at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Beauty and the Beast at Rotten Tomatoes
- Beauty and the Beast at Box Office Mojo
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