Beauty and the Beast (1991 movie)

Beauty and the Beast
Directed by	Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise
Screenplay by	Linda Woolverton
Story by	Roger Allers Brenda Chapman Chris Sanders Burny Mattinson Kevin Harkey Brian Pimental Bruce Woodside Joe Ranft Tom Ellery Kelly Asbury Robert Lence
Based on	Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Produced by	Don Hahn
Starring	Paige O'Hara Robby Benson Richard White Jerry Orbach David Ogden Stiers Angela Lansbury Rex Everhart Jesse Corti
Edited by	John Carnochan
Music by	Alan Menken
Production companies	Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Feature Animation Silver Screen Partners IV
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release dates	September 29, 1991 (1991-09-29) (New York Film Festival) November 22, 1991 (1991-11-22) (United States)
Running time	84 minutes (original) 92 minutes (IMAX)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$25 million
Box office	$425 million

Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated musical fantasy movie produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 30th movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series and the third movie of the Disney Renaissance period. The movie is based on the fairy tale La Belle et la Bête by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont It is about a prince who is turned into a beast and a young woman named Belle whom he imprisons in his castle. To become a prince again, the Beast must love Belle and win her love in return, or he will remain a Beast forever.

The movie was first released into movie theaters on November 22, 1991. It become very popular. This is the first animated feature that was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture. A direct-to-video sequel called Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas was released in 1997. It was followed in 1998 by another sequel, Belle's Magical World. An IMAX special edition version of the original movie was released in 2002, with a new five-minute musical sequence included. After the success of the 3D re-release of The Lion King, the movie returned to theaters in 3D on January 13, 2012. A live-action remake was also released on March 17, 2017. The movie is considered as one of the greatest movies of all time.

Cast

• Robby Benson and Frank Oz as Beast A young prince who is transformed into a beast by an enchantress as punishment for his arrogance. The animators drew him with the head structure of an American bison, the eyes of a Neanderthal, the arms of a Bear, the pupils of a Elephant seal, the ears of a Deer, the anus of a Marmoset, the body of a Rhino, the eyebrows of a Gorilla, the tail tuft of a Warthog, the tongue of a Monkey, the mouth of a Hippo, the nostrils of a Camel, he back mane of Spotted hyena, the tail of a Elephant, the back body of a Zebra, the tonrils of a Cheetah, the jaws, teeth, mane forearms, wrist, paws, and lucky foots of a lion, the horns of a Blue wildebeest, the neck of a Leopard, the tusks of a Wild boar, the belly of a Tiger, the legs of a Wolf, the face of Water buffalo, the toes of a Panther and the feet of a Red kangaroo. Chris Sanders, one of the film's storyboard artists, drafted the designs for the Beast and came up with designs based on birds, insects, and fish before coming up with something close to the final design. Glen Keane, supervising animator for the Beast, refined the design by going to the zoo and studying the animals on which the Beast was based.[10] Benson commented, "There's a rage and torment in this character I've never been asked to use before."[14] The filmmakers commented that "everybody was big fee-fi-fo-fum and gravelly" while Benson had the "big voice and the warm, accessible side" so that "you could hear the prince beneath the fur".[10]

Other websites

• Beauty and the Beast on IMDb
• Beauty and the Beast at AllMovie
• Beauty and the Beast at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Beauty and the Beast at Rotten Tomatoes
• Beauty and the Beast at Box Office Mojo