Beauty and the Beast (1991) Movie Overview

Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation which premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on November 13, 1991. The story is based on the fairy tale La Belle et la Bête by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, who was uncredited in the English version of the film but credited in the French version as writer of the novel and also uses some ideas derived from the 1946 French film. It centers around a prince who is transformed into a Beast and the beautiful young woman whom he imprisons in his castle. This is the thirtieth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It is the first of only two animated films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (along with 2009’s Up). Heightening the level of performance in the era known as the Disney Renaissance (1989–1999, beginning with The Little Mermaid and ending with Tarzan), many animated films following its release have been influenced by its blending of traditional animation and computer generated imagery. The film was adapted to an animation screenplay by Linda Woolverton and directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. The music of the film was composed by A… Source

• Beauty and the Beast Movie Details
• Official Sites: Disney
• Tagline: The most beautiful love story ever told.
• Country: USA
• Run Time: 84 min | 91 min (special edition)
• Genre: Animation , Drama , Family , Fantasy , Musical , Romance

• Cast Overview
• Paige O'Hara as Belle (voice)
• Robby Benson as Beast (voice)
• Richard White as Gaston (voice)
• Jerry Orbach as Lumiere (voice)
• David Ogden Stiers as Cogsworth / Narrator (voice)
• Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Potts (voice)

Beauty and the Beast Movie Review from New York Times

Beauty and the Beast is widely considered the best animated Disney feature of the studio’s 1980s/1990s renewal of the form. Based on the classic French fairy tale, it 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 Gasto… Source

Beauty and the Beast Movie Details from Imdb

Belle is a girl who is dissatisfied with life in a small provincial French town, constantly trying to fend off the misplaced “affections” of conceited Gaston. The Beast is a prince who was placed under a spell because he could not love. A wrong turn taken by Maurice, Belle’s father, causes the two to meet. Written by Tim Pickett {quetzal@yoyo.cc.mo… Source