Certificate
U
Number of Discs
2
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Reviews
Dallas Observer - So enchanting it takes your breath away., Variety - A uniquely elegant and entertaining mix of hand-drawn classicism and high-tech innovation., New York Times - Fresh and altogether triumphant. [A] mixture of elaborate, painstaking technique and perfect simplicity, Los Angeles Times - Wised-up as well as traditional, with a striking and detailed look and a strong storyline, it is sure to charm a wide audience both now and for a long time to come, Time Magazine - Its animators' pens are wands; their movement enchants., Chicago Tribune - Beautifully remastered and containing Cocteau's long-unseen special prologue and credits -- is as much a feat of feverish delight as it was in the dark days of Vichy and WWII., Film Comment - ...Clever....Great funny songs...
Consumer Advice
Contains mild violence and threat
Additional Information
Based on the classic French fairy tale, Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 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. With beautifully rendered eye-popping animation, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST certainly deserves its place amongst Disney's animated classics.
Movie/TV Title
Beauty And The Beast
Sound source
Dolby Digital
Voice
Jerry Orbach, Robby Benson, David Ogden Stiers, Angela Lansbury
