Beauty and the Beast

Delightful Disney animated version of classic tale about a beautiful girl and an enchanted beast. It’s a charming, romantic story that has become a firm favourite., An arrogant nobleman is turned into a beast and, in order to break the spell, he tries to win the love of a village girl named Belle., When her father angers the ferocious Beast by stealing a single rose from his magnificent castle, Beauty must come to live with the Beast forever, but over time she learns to look past his appearance., The enchanting children’s fairy tale of a young girl who falls in love with a man cursed to live as a beast. Set in a small French village in the 18th century, the story follows the adventures of Belle who has to read books to escape her humdrum life. One day, her father stumbles across a mysterious castle set deep in the forest where the owner, a handsome young prince, has been turned into a beast because of his selfish actions., Disney’s superlative Oscar-nominated animated musical about the romance between a French belle and a prince who’s been transformed by a magic spell., Disney’s Oscar-nominated children’s musical about the romance between a belle (voice of Paige O’Hara) and a prince (Robby Benson) who’s been transformed by a spell., Superlative Oscar-nominated animated musical about the romance between a French belle who sacrifices her happiness to save her father and a prince who’s been hideously transformed by a magic spell, which can only be broken by finding his true love., Considered to be the best of Disney’s tuneful animated features of the ’80s and ’90s, Beauty and the Beast features a strong, moving story and a number of memorable Menken & Ashman tunes, including the title song and the bouncy “Be Our Guest.” Done in the style of a Broadway musical, the story centers on the misadventures of Belle, the book-loving, independent -minded daughter of the town inventor. A great beauty, she is coveted by the boorish Gaston whom she spurns. Meanwhile, deep in the nearby forest there lives the Beast, a formerly arrogant and selfish young man who mistreated a witch and was transformed into a hideous creature with an equally ugly temper. With only his animated furniture and personal effects to keep him company, he waits for the true love that will free him. He must find it before the last petal of an enchanted rose falls. If not, he will remain a beast forever. The trouble begins when Belle’s dithery father sets off into the forest to take his latest contraption to the fair. A disaster lands him in the Beast’s dungeon. Belle sets off to rescue her father, meets the terrifying creature and offers herself in exchange for her father. The old man returns home while Belle and Beast slowly get to know each other. Something about her brings out the long dormant human in the hirsute lord and it looks as if the spell will finally be broken. Unfortunately, back in the village, Gaston is preparing to have her father placed in an asylum, forcing Belle to leave the palace to save him. The story’s exciting climax takes place back at the Beast’s palace when the jealous Gaston attempts to get his revenge and destroy both Belle and the Beast., Disney’s Oscar-nominated children’s musical about the romance between a belle and a prince who’s been transformed by a spell.