Beauty and the Beast

"The most beautiful love story ever told."

1991 1h 24m EN

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7.7

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★7.7TMDB · 10,937

RomanceFamilyAnimationFantasy

Synopsis

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Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all -- that true beauty comes from within.

“The most beautiful love story ever told.”

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Cast

Paige O'Hara
Belle (voice)
Robby Benson
Beast (voice)
Richard White
Gaston (voice)
Jerry Orbach
Lumiere (voice)
David Ogden Stiers
Cogsworth (voice)
Angela Lansbury
Mrs. Potts (voice)
Rex Everhart
Maurice (voice)
Jesse Corti
Lefou (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gary Trousdale
Writers: Brian Pimental, Kevin Harkey, Chris Sanders
Languages: French, English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Grossed $425M — a 17.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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3 / 8

ERA

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35 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.

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5 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Beauty and the Beast Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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6 / 8

CAST

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259+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alan Menken. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Bill Wilner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gary Trousdale directs. Alan Menken scores. Bill Wilner cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in French, English.

Trivia

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184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Grossed $425M — a 17.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
335 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
5Part of the "Beauty and the Beast Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6259+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
7Original score by Alan Menken. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Bill Wilner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Paige O'Hara and Robby Benson and Richard White carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "The most beautiful love story ever told.".
11IMDB entry: tt0101414 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1210,937 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
13Classified under 18 themes, including "princess", "france", "prince", "castle".
14Released under 23 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Alan Menken
Editing: Bill Wilner
VFX supervisor: Randy Fullmer
Sound: Terry Porter
Runtime: 84 min · 1h 24m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $25,000,000
Box office: $424,967,620
Return: 1700% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Awards

Annie Award for Best Animated Feature
Academy Award for Best Original Score

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Part of

Beauty and the Beast Collection

The collection of Disney's Beauty and the Beast movies.

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Gary Trousdale

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CinemaSerf2022-03-28
★ 8/10
This is a magical animated interpretation of the Jeanne-Marie de Beaumont fairy tale. A handsome, but vain and selfish, Prince finds himself on the wrong end of a curse - and is condemned to live a life of solitude, hideously disfigured - until someone falls in love with him and breaks the spell. Meantime, "Belle" is living in the village trying to avoid the endless amorous attentions of local beefcake "Gaston". Her father is travelling through the forest when he becomes caught up in a storm and seeks shelter in the Prince's castle - but he picks a rose and is duly imprisoned. When "Belle" discovers he is missing and follows his horse back to the castle, she manages to get the Prince to agree to swap; they gradually get to know each other and... He has an array of servants who all shared his curse and were transmogrified along with their boss - "Lumière" the butler/candlestick rules the roost with "Cogworth", "Madame de Garderobe" and the wonderful "Mrs. Potts" (Angela Lansbury) as the teapot/housekeeper with her little "Chip". All of these characterisations fit the mood perfectly and as the story develops each one becomes more engaging and sympathetic to their poor inflicted master's predicament, as we build to the really quite tense, but satisfying denouement. The songs - and the singing - are superb; the artwork and colours bring it all to life and the script is fast and funny. It's a thoroughly enjoyable demonstration that looks aren't everything...
Andre Gonzales2023-04-26
★ 8/10
My child hood all time favorite movie. Now my own family loves this movie too. Of course all the songs too!