Beauty and Beast

by: Ma. JosĂŠ Canar David Zea

Year: 1991 Genres: Animation, Fantasy Musical Romance Drama Film produced by: Walt Disney Picture Based on the French fairy tale of the same name

by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont.

The 30th Disney animated feature film and the third released during the Disney Renaissance period.*

Disney Renaissance period Refers to the era from 1989 to 1999 during which Walt Disney Feature Animation (renamed Walt Disney Animation Studios in 2006) experienced a creative resurgence in producing successful animated films based on well-known stories, which restored public and critical interest.

The Little Mermaid (1989) The Rescuers Down Under (1990) Beauty and the Beast (1991) Aladdin (1992) The Lion King (1994) Pocahontas (1995) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Hercules (1997), Mulan (1998) and Tarzan (1999).

Plot-Trama: In Rococo-era France, an enchantress disguised as a beggar arrives at a castle and offers a cold-hearted prince a rose in exchange for shelter. When he refuses, she transforms him into a monstrous beast and his servants into household objects. She casts a spell on the rose and the prince is warned that, unless he learns to love another and earn their love in return before the rose's last petal falls on his 21st birthday, he will lose his humanity forever.

Ten years later, Belle dreams of adventure and brushes off advances from Gaston, an arrogant hunter. Lost in the forest while traveling to a fair to present his latest invention, Belle's father Maurice seeks refuge in the Beast's castle. After Maurice befriends the castle's servants, however, the Beast imprisons him. Belle ventures out in search for him and finds him locked in the castle's dungeon. The Beast agrees to let her take Maurice's place.

Befriending the castle's servants, Belle is treated to a spectacular dinner. When she wanders into the forbidden West Wing, the Beast, enraged, frightens her into the woods. She is cornered by wolves, but the Beast rescues Belle and gets injured in the process. He begins to develop feelings for her while she nurses his wounds and he delights her by showing his extensive library.

Plot-Trama: Returning to the village, Maurice tells the townsfolk of Belle's predicament, but Gaston convinces the townsfolk to send Maurice to an insane asylum if Belle refuses Gaston's proposal again.

After sharing a romantic dance with the Beast, Belle discovers her father's predicament using a magic mirror. The Beast releases her to save Maurice, giving her the mirror to remember him with. Back at her village, Belle proves Maurice's sanity by revealing the beast in the mirror to the townsfolk. Realizing that Belle loves the Beast, Gaston has her thrown into her basement with her father and rallies the villagers to follow him to the castle to slay the Beast. With Chip's aid, Maurice and Belle escape and Belle rushes back to the castle.

During the battle, the servants fend off the villagers. Gaston attacks the Beast in his tower, who is too depressed to fight back, but regains his will upon seeing Belle return. He spares Gaston's life before reuniting with Belle. However, Gaston stabs the Beast, but he loses his footing and falls to his death. The Beast dies as the last petal falls. When Belle tearfully professes her love to him, the curse is undone, repairing the castle and restoring the Beast's and servants' human forms.

The Prince and Belle host a ball for the kingdom, where they dance happily.

Characters : Belle •A bibliophilic young woman who seeks adventure and offers her own freedom to the Beast in return for her father's. •In addition, Bella was "unaware" of her own beauty.

Beast A young prince who is transformed into a beast by an enchantress as punishment for his arrogance.

He has the head structure and horns of an American bison, the arms and body of a bear, the ears of a deer, the eyebrows of a gorilla, the jaws, teeth, and mane of a lion, the tusks of a wild boar and the legs and tail of a wolf.

Characters : Gaston A vain hunter who vies for Belle's hand in marriage and is determined not to let anyone else win her heart.

He serves as a foil personality to the Beast, who was once as egotistic as Gaston prior to his transformation.

Gaston is depicted as more of a narcissist than a villain, but later he leads all the villagers to kill the beast, enraged that Belle would love a Beast more than him.

Lumière : He kind-hearted but rebellious valet of the Beast's, who has been transformed into a candlestick.

He has a habit of disobeying his master's strict rules, sometimes causing tension between them, but the Beast often turns to him for advice.

Characters : Cogsworth – Majordomo He head of the household staff and Lumière's best friend, who has been transformed into a clock.

He is extremely loyal to the Beast so as to save himself and anyone else any trouble, often leading to friction between himself and Lumière.

Mrs. Potts: The castle cook, turned into a teapot, who takes a motherly attitude toward Belle.

Characters : Chip: – Mrs. Potts' son, who has been turned into a teacup

Maurice: – Belle's inventor father. The villagers see him as insane for crafting devices believed impossible to construct in reality,

Prizes: • Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's song " Beauty and the Beast " won the Academy Award for Best Original Song , while Menken's score won the award for Best Original Score .

• The Beauty and the Beast was the first image to receive three Oscar nominations for Best Original Song.

• The film was also nominated for Best Picture and Best Sound • I also won a grammy and a golden globe for the best movie