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DiscountDelight - Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
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List Price: $24.99
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Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Directed By: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
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Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0717951325037
Format: Animated
ISBN: 6302526574
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: 1992-10-28
Running Time: 84
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1991-11-22
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Simply the Best
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"Beauty and the Beast" is an excellent animation movie that is a timeless classic. The movie is a marvellous plot, beautiful music and remarkable art cinematography.
My two young daughters are enchanted by Belle, who they see as a role model. She is exceptionally brave, very intelligent, unselfish and pretty and cannot be pushed around by anyone. She refused to marry the most eligible man in the village because of his despicable character and she falls in love with the beast because of its beauty within, not outside appearance. (The beast risks his life to rescue Belle from a pack of wild animals and he frees her so that she can be re-united with her sick father.)
This is a moving film that has won an Oscar. It teaches a great lesson to children that it is a person's heart that matters, not what they own, their status in society or other outward appearances. This is exquisite entertainment for the whole family. Every kid should see this movie.
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Summary: Animation at it's best
Comment: This certainly is not the first time Disney has taken a known Fairy tale or fable and put a little "Disney" twist on it and turned it into a feature movie, but this has to be the best adaptation of a fair tale Disney has ever done.
The story is known by all, but Disney adds such a great twist to it, that it will seem to the person watching like a fresh story they had never heard before. When Belle goes to the castle of the Beast she finds that the whole castle is enchanted, with living inanimate objects (like candlesticks, clocks, and such). The story, plot, is so good that it rivals any movie EVER made animated or live action.
Another hi-point to this movie is the music. The songs by Mrs. Potts, Lumiere, Belle, and Gaston are fun, and you'll probably be humming the music longer after the movie is over.
This is the first time that Beauty and the Beast has made it onto DVD in the Platinum Edition, and it is well deserved. One thing that makes this movie edition so good is the bonus features found in all the platinum editions from Disney.
This movie truly is a classic even though it's less than twenty years old.
For the movie lover and certainly for the Disney lover "Beauty and the Beast" should be a part of your DVD collection
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Summary: Beauty and the Beast
Comment: I recieved the product on time and it was in really good condition. I really appreciate getting the product in such good condition and having it so fast I was a little worried about that.
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Summary: The beauty and her prince
Comment: This is my favorite ever. Belle is a lot like me. She loves to read and daydream of the adventures in her stories. She also teaches us to be kind to others because she knows to take the time and see what is on the inside, not just the outside.
KRH, age 6
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Summary: A Lifetime Classic
Comment: Beauty and the Beast has always been my favorite fairy tale. I have been enthralled by this movie for close to 15 years now and never get tired of seeing it. Being a fairy tale enthusiast, I don't mind the changes they made. In the original tale, the villains are her family, who try to keep her from going back to the dying beast. Conceited and rude Gaston was a perfect foil against the endearing and kind Beast. The objects were given a much bigger role, but the characterization was solid and the story fit them in very well. Oh, and for a previous poster who mentioned the Disney happy ending-the original fairy tale has her arriving before he dies and telling him she loves him, thus setting him free and giving them a happily ever after. The Disney version is amazingly accurate to the story, also seeing as it was originally a French fairy tale, and I've always felt it was a more than adequate translation of one of the best fairy tales and love stories ever written.
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Editorial Reviews:
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The film that officially signaled Disney's animation renaissance (following The Little Mermaid) and the only animated feature to receive a Best Picture Oscar nomination, Beauty and the Beast remains the yardstick by which all other animated films should be measured. It relates the story of Belle, a bookworm with a dotty inventor for a father; when he inadvertently offends the Beast (a prince whose heart is too hard to love anyone besides himself), Belle boldly takes her father's place, imprisoned in the Beast's gloomy mansion. Naturally, Belle teaches the Beast to love. What makes this such a dazzler, besides the amazingly accomplished animation and the winning coterie of supporting characters (the Beast's mansion is overrun by quipping, dancing household items) is the array of beautiful and hilarious songs by composer Alan Menken and the late, lamented lyricist Howard Ashman. (The title song won the 1991 Best Song Oscar, and Menken's score scored a trophy as well.) The downright funniest song is "Gaston," a lout's paean to himself (including the immortal line, "I use antlers in all of my de-co-ra-ting"). "Be Our Guest" is transformed into an inspired Busby Berkeley homage. Since Ashman's passing, animated musicals haven't quite reached the same exhilarating level of wit, sophistication, and pure joy. --David Kronke --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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