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Beauty and the Beast (Disney Special Platinum Edition)
List Price: $29.99 Our Price:
DVD - 08 October, 2002
Walt Disney Home Video
G (General Audience)
Availability: This item is currently not available.
Director: Kirk Wise
Cast: Robby Benson, Paige O'Hara
Number of Media: 2
Features: - Animated
- Color
- Closed-captioned
- Widescreen
- Dolby
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| DVD Description The film that officially signaled Disney's animation renaissance (following The Little Mermaid) and the only animated feature to receive a Best Picture Oscar nomination, Beauty and the Beast remains the yardstick by which all other animated films should be measured. It relates the story of Belle, a bookworm with a dotty inventor for a father; when he inadvertently offends the Beast (a prince whose heart is too hard to love anyone besides himself), Belle boldly takes her father's place, imprisoned in the Beast's gloomy mansion. Naturally, Belle teaches the Beast to love. What makes this such a dazzler, besides the amazingly accomplished animation and the winning coterie of supporting characters (the Beast's mansion is overrun by quipping, dancing household items) is the array of beautiful and hilarious songs by composer Alan Menken and the late, lamented lyricist Howard Ashman. (The title song won the 1991 Best Song Oscar, and Menken's score scored a trophy as well.) The downright funniest song is "Gaston," a lout's paean to himself (including the immortal line, "I use antlers in all of my de-co-ra-ting"). "Be Our Guest" is transformed into an inspired Busby Berkeley homage. Since Ashman's passing, animated musicals haven't quite reached the same exhilarating level of wit, sophistication, and pure joy. --David Kronke --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
| Reviews from Customers
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La Bella y la Bestia ha sido celebrada como la mejor película animada de todos los tiempos. Sin ir tan lejos, podemos asegurar que es una de las mejores y afortunadamente, luego de diez años de su estreno, tenemos en la gran pantalla por segunda vez a la clásica cinta de Disney -restaurada, con sonido remasterizado y una nueva secuencia musical-.
Para el que no conozca la historia, demos una breve explicación: Bella es una chica hermosa del siglo XVIII que vive con su padre, un inventor. La joven -fanática de los libros-, ha capturado la atención del galán del pueblo, Gastón, pero no está dispuesta a convertirse en una doncella más con "vida provincial". Cuando su padre es capturado por una horrible Bestia en un castillo encantado, Bella decide salvarlo y toma su lugar como la prisionera de la Bestia -que en realidad es un príncipe bajo los efectos de un hechizo-. En el castillo, Bella hace unos cuantos amigos y aprende que la verdadera belleza suele yacer oculta en el interior de las personas.
Fantásticos números musicales, una historia perfecta que combinó balanceadamente comedia y drama y una animación que personalmente considero una de las más exquisitas que ha producido Disney, hacen de esta cinta un verdadero regalo audiovisual, sin importar la edad de la persona que la vea.
La Bella y La Bestia encierra una historia clásica. Es una experiencia maravillosa volver a revivir este clásico, capaz de despertarnos un millón de sensaciones y emociones imposibles de comparar con cualquier otro film animado de su época, con excepción quizás de El Rey León. Es fácil ver porque mereció una nominación al Oscar como Mejor Película hace diez años, pues su encanto es eterno y su historia está más vigente que nunca.
It's Okay but I Regret Buying The DVD! This Disney Beauty and The Beast movie is okay though I regret buying this DVD!
The movie was nice to watch once but compared to ther Disney movies it just doesn't hold up to repeated viewings and gets a little boring.
Definitely not as good as Snow White, Cinderella, and The Little Mermaid!
I think I'm going to have to sell or trade this DVD!
Beauty and The Beast Special DVD Should Be Owned By All! 'Beauty and The Beast' is my favorite Disney movie by far, and the DVD was amazing!! The colors and animation are gorgeous! The characters are perfect, and the plot is smooth and charming. You'll want to rewind and play it over and over!
Disney really did a stunning job with this classic! If you don't have it, buy it today! |
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