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Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated musical romantic fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 30th Disney animated feature film and the third released during the Disney Renaissance period, it is based on the 1756 fairy tale of the same name by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (who was only credited in the French dub), while also containing ideas from the 1946 French film of the same name directed by Jean Cocteau. The film was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise (in their feature directorial debuts) and produced by Don Hahn, from a screenplay by Linda Woolverton.
Plot
An enchantress disguised as a beggar woman visits a castle and offers an enchanted rose to a cruel and selfish prince in exchange for shelter from a storm. When he refuses, she reveals her identity and transforms the prince into a beast and his servants into household objects. She warns the prince that the spell will only be broken if he learns to love another and be loved in return before the last petal falls, or he will remain a beast forever.
Awards
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author | Linda Woolverton |
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award | Academy Award for Best Original Score Annie Award for Best Animated Feature |
contentLocation | France |
director | Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise |
editor | John Carnochan |
events | altruism beauty |
genre | animation comedy-drama fantasy romance |
keywords | ambush candelabra enchantress fall hear human form injured insane asylum lock up locked in lose magic mirror magician search the king trespass |
musicBy | Alan Menken Howard Ashman |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Sound |
producer | Don Hahn |
publisher | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
theme | animated musical musical drama romantic fantasy romantic musical |