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Having lived a life in selfishness, young Prince Adam is cursed by a mysterious enchantress to having the appearance of a monstrous creature. His only promise is to learn to dear a immature woman and earn her love in return in guild to redeem himself. 10 years after, his chance shows itself when a immature maiden named Belle (Paige O'Hara) offers to take her ill father Maurice's (Rex Everhart'southward) identify as his prisoner. With help from the castle'due south enchanted staff, Belle learns to appreciate her captor and immediately falls in honey with him. Back in the village nevertheless, unscrupulous hunter Gaston (Richard White) has his own plans for Belle. —Blazer346

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A Transporting Feel

Indeed, information technology'southward a tale as old as time, with a complex message that is as ageless as information technology is universal; only beneath all the layers information technology tin be summed upwards very just: honey one some other, and refrain from judging others who `seem' to exist `different.' And exit it to Disney to present it in such a style that it can be embraced and understood by young and old alike as they have hither, in one of their best animated features ever, `Beauty and the Brute,' directed past Gary Trousdale. When a young Prince fails the test of an enchantress bearded as an onetime hag, she transforms him into a hideous beast, as he is destined to remain until he opens his heart and learns how to love and be loved in return. And and then that he'll know where he stands as time goes by, she gives him an enchanted rose, which will bloom until his twenty-first altogether, and he has only until the final petal falls from the flower to upshot the change within himself that will be his conservancy.

The fauna, however, seems doomed, as he shuts himself away, solitary in his castle, taking up a reclusive existence far from anybody and everything. Until, one day, a beautiful young woman named Belle shows up at his doorstep. Belle is searching for her inventor begetter, Maurice, who disappeared while taking one of his latest inventions to the fair; and his trail leads Belle to the castle of the Beast, where she discovers he is existence held prisoner, having run afoul of the Fauna by trespassing while lost during the nighttime of his journey. Repulsed by the appearance of the Beast, Belle nevertheless strikes a deal with him: If he will release her begetter, she will stay in his identify. The Beast agrees, with the stipulation that she must remain with him forever. And as the Brute casts Belle's father from the castle and sends him on his way, Belle'south fate seems sealed. The merely hope now for either Belle or the Beast lies in the remote possibility that true dearest may somehow prevail before the final petal of the enchanted rose falls.

With the help of a richly textured screenplay (by Linda Woolverton) that invests the characters with a depth of humanity that is oft lacking fifty-fifty in `non' animated films, and an Oscar winning score by Alan Menken, managing director Trousdale provides some real insights into human nature in this retelling of the familiar story of how true love can change fifty-fifty the darkest and coldest of hearts. In that location's magic in this pic, which holds an enchantment of information technology's own, and the message is presented always then subtly and with a sensitivity that draws you in gradually until you are and so defenseless upwardly in the story that you become immersed and totally involved without beingness consciously enlightened of it. Information technology'south a film that enfolds you and takes yous where information technology will, and you get willingly. A beautifully rendered and realized film that successfully transcends it'due south genre, it is the beginning animated feature always to be recognized and rewarded with an Oscar nomination for All-time Movie (quite a feat in itself, every bit it received the nod over such films as `The Fisher Rex,' `Fried Green Tomatoes,' `Thelma and Louise' and John Singleton'due south `Boyz Northward the Hood' that year).

The talented cast supplying the voices of the characters includes Paige O'Hara (Belle), Robby Benson (The Animate being), Richard White (Gaston), Jerry Orbach (Lumiere), David Ogden Stiers (Cogsworth), Angela Lansbury (Mrs. Potts), Bradley Pierce (Chip), Male monarch Everhart (Maurice), Jesse Corti (LeFou), Hal Smith (Phillipe), Jo Ann Worley (Wardrobe), Brian Cummings (Stove), Alvin Epstein (Bookseller) and Kimmy Robertson (Featherduster). There's a scene in this flick that is so entrancing and then emotionally involving that it stands up confronting the best from any drama ever fabricated: Equally Angela Lansbury (equally Mrs. Potts) sings the Oscar winning title song, Belle begins to perceive the truthful nature of the man within the Beast; and it's no longer the cold-hearted Prince upon whom the enchantress cast her spell, considering he has inverse. And as they come together and the Beast takes Belle in his artillery, sweeping her in trip the light fantastic across the elegant ballroom floor, it becomes i of those rare cinematic `moments' that are entirely transporting, and it does, indeed, take you away. It's a memorable scene that exemplifies the quality and craftsmanship of this picture, every bit does the scene in which the Fauna is at final transformed; that such emotion can exist captured and expressed in an animated film is an exemplary accomplishment, and it's all a part of why `Beauty and the Creature' is i of Disney's all time greatest films.

One final annotation: Stay for the credits to hear Alan Menken and Howard Ashman'south title song once once more, this time performed past Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson. Hypnotically beautiful, this version has a magic all it's own and makes the perfect ending to an enchanting experience. It's all a part of the magic of the movies. I rate this one 9/x.

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• Dec 11, 2001

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