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Beauty and the Beast

1991
G
1h 24m

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Robby Benson and Paige O'Hara in Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Belle, whose father is imprisoned by the Beast, offers herself instead and discovers her captor to be an enchanted prince.

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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.

Directors
- Gary Trousdale
- Kirk Wise
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Directors
- Gary Trousdale
- Kirk Wise
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575User reviews
174Critic reviews
95Metascore

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Won 2 Oscars
- 34 wins & 32 nominations total

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Belle
(voice)

Beast
(voice)

Lefou
(voice)

Maurice
(voice)

Angela Lansbury

Mrs. Potts
(voice)

Lumiere
(voice)

Chip
(voice)
(as Bradley Michael Pierce)

David Ogden Stiers

Cogsworth
(voice)
…

Gaston
(voice)

Wardrobe
(voice)

Mary Kay Bergman

Bimbette
(voice)

Stove
(voice)

Bookseller
(voice)

Monsieur D'Arque
(voice)

Baker
(voice)

Kimmy Robertson

Featherduster
(voice)

Philippe
(voice)

Bimbette
(voice)

Directors
- Gary Trousdale
- Kirk Wise
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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
Beast: [struggling] You came back.
Belle: Of course I came back. I couldn't let them... oh, this is all my fault!
[Belle cradles the Beast's head]
Belle: If only I had gotten here sooner.
Beast: Maybe... it's better... it's better this way.
Belle: [Belle tries to silence him] Don't talk like that! You'll be alright. We're together now; everything's going to be fine, you'll see.
Beast: At least... at least I got to see you... one last time.
[Beast dies from his injuries and blood loss]
Belle: No, No! Please--please--please don't leave me.
[Belle begins to sob]
Belle: I love you!
[the last rose petal falls]

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 timing constraints. After Alan Menken altered the song to make it work for the Broadway stage version of Beauty and the Beast. Due to its success, 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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FAQ4

This question's in regard to the tune that the brass band play at what would've been Gaston and Belle's wedding. Did it originate from somewhere or did Alan and/or Howard write it themselves?
What was the Beast's actual name?
Is the prince really eleven years old when the spell is cast?

Details

Release date
- November 22, 1991 (United States)
Countries of origin
- United States
- Japan
Official sites
- Official Facebook
- Official site
Languages
- English
- French
Also known as
- La bella y la bestia
Filming locations
- Walt Disney Feature Animation - 1420 Flower Street, Glendale, California, USA(Studio)
Production companies
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Box office

Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $218,967,620
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $162,146
- Nov 17, 1991
Gross worldwide
- $451,291,298

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Tech specs

Runtime
- 1h 24m(84 min)
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Stereo(original release)

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