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Beauty and the Beast

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Beauty and the Beast
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1hr 24min
Genres:
Family,Sci-Fi
Release:
1991
Directors:
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Distributor:
Walt Disney Video
Starring:
Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach  ...more
Synopsis: 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 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 ... Full Synopsis
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Perry Seibert
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The most important aspect of any musical is the songs. Songs in a musical should be both memorable and somewhat functional. One or the other is fine, but if most of the songs advance the plot or reveal character andmake the audience want to sing along, then you have a truly great musical. Alan Menken and Howard Ashman composed an arguably perfect set of songs for Disney's Beauty and the Beast. The ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Paige O'Hara
Belle
Robby Benson
Beast
Jerry Orbach
Lumiere
Angela Lansbury
Mrs. Potts
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