Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302526578 Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 6302526574 Label: Walt Disney Manufacturer: Walt Disney Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Walt Disney Release Date: October 30, 1992 Running Time: 84 minutes Studio: Walt Disney Theatrical Release Date: November 22, 1991 Sales Rank: 2
Amazon.com essential video: 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.
Product Description: Disney's Classic
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Solid, but still has some downsides.
Belle is a beautiful young woman, living in a lively French Village. She's the outcast however, because unlike the other women in the town, she prefers to read novels then drool over the town's prized ... Read More
Rating: - Great movie, enough with the singing.
Another fine example why Pixar has prospered and Disney has declined.
ENOUGH WITH THE SINGING!!!
Did you see the monsters in Monsters Inc. singing? Nope.
Finding Nemo? Nope.
ENOUGH!!! ... Read More
Rating: - Beauty and the Beast
Excellent movie. One of the best Walt Disney Movies ever made. Very fast shipping and excellent quality. There was a little skipping, but nothing that can't be fixed.
Rating: - Very bad experience
I ordered this movie for my daughter's birthday on April 28.
When I received my confirmation of purchase, the delivery period was estimated between May 6-20.
My credit card was debited right away ... Read More
Rating: - BOOTLEGGED NOT IMPRESSED
I recieved this item bootlegged and I paid alot of money for it, I am very disappointed with the seller
- Solid, but still has some downsides. 
- Great movie, enough with the singing.
- Very bad experience