Beauty and the Beast

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G,1hr 24min

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Release:

1991

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, AMG Review 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 ... Read Review

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	Paige O'Hara Belle Robby Benson Beast Jerry Orbach Lumiere Angela Lansbury Mrs. Potts

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