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Beauty and the Beast (Original title)Beauty and the Beast: Special Edition (Alternative title)
Date: 1991 (Release)

Country: USA

Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

Production company billing: Walt Disney Company in association with Silver Screen Partners IV Dolby stereo Colour by Technicolor
Synopsis: Fairy tale fantasy. In prologue: A proud prince turns away an old beggar woman. She turns out to be a witch and as revenge she turns the prince into a monstrous beast. She gives him a rose and tells him that only if he can manage to be loved before the rose loses all its petals will he return to human form. Now, years later, Belle, the book-loving daughter of eccentric inventor Maurice is led through a series of events to the beast's castle...

Genre:
Animation
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Date: 1991Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: Imax - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 84 mins Length: 7584 FeetLanguage: English

Credits (320)
Production Company: Walt Disney Productions, In association with: Silver Screen Partners IV, Executive Producer: Howard Ashman, Producer: Don Hahn, Associate Producer: Sarah Mcarthur, Production Manager: Baker Bloodworth, Production Manager (Florida): Tom O'Donnell, Pre-production Manager: Ron Rocha, Senior Production Co-ordinator: Rozanne Cazian, Production Co-ordinator: Charlie Desrochers, Production Co-ordinator: Kevin Wade, Production Consultant: Hans Bacher, Production Consultant: Mel Shaw, Production Assistant: Kirk Bodyfelt, Production Assistant: Holly E. Bratton, Production Assistant: Kevin L. Briggs, Production Assistant: Greg Chalekian, Production Assistant: Matthew Garbera, Production Assistant: Sean Hawkins, Production Assistant: Eric Lee, Production Assistant: Tod Marsden, Production Assistant: Karenna Mazur, Production Assistant: Janet Mclaurin, Production Assistant: Laura Perrotta, Production Assistant: Laurie Sacks, Production Assistant: Dale A. Smith, Production Assistant: Christopher Tapia, Production Assistant: Kevin Traxler, Production Assistant: Anthony Faust Rocco, Casting: Albert Tavares, Casting (NY Associate): Matt Messinger, Screenplay: Linda Woolverton, Story Artistic Supervisor: Roger Allers, Story: Brenda Chapman, Story: Burny Mattinson, Story: Brian Pimental, Story: Joe Ranft, Story: Kelly Asbury, Story: Christopher Sanders, Story: Kevin Harkey, Story: Bruce Woodside, Story: Tom Ellery, Robert Lence, Visual Development: Kelly Asbury, Visual Development: Joe Grant, Visual Development: Kevin Lima, Visual Development: Sue C. Nichols, Visual Development: Michael Cedeno, Visual Development: Jean Gillmore, Visual Development: Dave Molina, Visual Development: Christopher Sanders, Terry Shakespeare, Camera Manager: Joe Jiuliano, Optical Camera: Allen Gonzales, Animation Camera Supervisor: John Cunningham, Animation Camera: John Aardal, Animation Camera: Mary Lescher, Gary W. Smith, Digitising Camera (Supervisor): Robyn Roberts, Digitising Camera (Operator): Tina Baldwin, Digitising Camera (Operator): Jo Ann Breuer, Digitising Camera (Operator): Karen China, Digitising Camera (Operator): Bob Cohen, Digitising Camera (Operator): Lynnette Cullen, Digitising Camera (Operator): Gary Fishbaugh, Digitising Camera (Operator): Cindy Garcia, Kent Gordon, Live-action Video Crew: Al Vasquez, David Weiss, Visual Effs Artistic Supervisor: Randy Fullmer, Visual Effs Artistic Supervisor (Flrida): Barry Cook, Digitising Mark-up: Gina Wootten, Compositing: James 'J.R.' Russell, Compositing: David J. Rowe, Shannon Fallis-Kane, Colour Models Supervisor: Karen Comella, Colour Model Mark-up: Leslie Ellery, Colour Model Mark-up: Rhonda L. Hicks, Beth Ann McCoy, Animation Check Supervisor: Janet Bruce, Animation Checking: Karen Hepburn, Animation Checking: Karen S. Paat, Animation Checking: Gary Shafer, Animation Checking: Mavis Shafer, Barbara Wiles, Supervising Animator (Belle): James Baxter, Mark Henn, Supervising Animator (Beast): Glen Keane, Supervising Animator (Gaston): Andreas Deja, Supervising Animator (Lumiere): Nik Ranieri, Supervising Animator (Cogsworth): Will Finn, Supervising Animator (Mrs Potts/Chip): Dave Pruiksma, Supervising Animator (Maurice): Ruben A. Aquino, Supervising Animator (Le Fou): Chris Wahl, Supervising Animator (Philippe): Russ Edmonds, Animator (Belle): Michael Cedeno, Animator (Belle): Randy Cartwright, Animator (Belle): Lorna Cook, Animator (Belle): Ken Duncan, Animator (Belle): Doug Krohn, Mike Nguyen, Animator (Beast): Anthony Derosa, Animator (Beast): Aaron Blaise, Animator (Beast): GeeFwee Boedoe, Animator (Beast): Broose Johnson, Animator (Beast): Tom Sito, Brad Kuha, Animator (Gaston): Joe Haidar, Animator (Gaston): Ron Husband, Animator (Gaston): David Burgess, Animator (Gaston): Alexander S. Kupershmidt, Tim Allen, Animator (Lumiere): David P. Stephan, Animator (Lumiere): Réjean Bourdages, Barry Temple, Animator (Cogsworth): Michael Show, Tony Bancroft, Animator (Mrs Potts/Chip): Phil Young, Dan Boulos, Animator (Maurice): Mark Kausler, Animator (Maurice): Ellen Woodbury, Cynthia Overman, Animator (Le Fou): Rick Farmiloe, Lennie Graves, Animator (Wolves): Larry White, Animator (Wardrobe): Tony Anselmo, Clean-up Artistic Supervisor: Vera Lanpher, Clean-up Artistic Supervisor (Florida): Ruben Procopio, Clean-up Anim Supvg Char Lead (Belle): Renee Holt, Clean-up Anim Supvg Char Lead (Beast): Bill Berg, Clean-up Anim Supvg Char Lead (Gaston): Marty Korth, Clean-up Anim Supvg Char Lead (Cogswrth): Nancy Kniep, Clean-up Anim Supvg Char Lead (Maurice): Richard Hoppe, Clean-up Anim Supvg Char Lead (Philippe): Brian Clift, Clean-up Anim Supvg Char Lead (Objects): Vera Lanpher, Clean-up Anim Supvg Char Lead (Townsppl): Vera Lanpher, Clean-up Anim Supvg Char Lead (Others): Vera Lanpher, Clean-up Animatn Char Lead (Lumiere): Debra Armstrong, Clean-up Animatn Char Lead (Mrs Potts): Stephan Zupkas, Clean-up Animatn Char Lead (Le Fou): Emily Jiuliano, Clean-up Animatn Char Lead (Wolves): Alex Topete, Clean-up Animatn Char Lead (Objects): Dave Suding, Clean-up Animatn Char Lead (Townspeople): Dave Suding, Clean-up Animatn Char Lead (Others): Dave Suding, Breakdown (Belle): Wendie Fischer, Breakdown (Belle): Tamara Lusher, Breakdown (Belle): Anthony Wayne Michaels, Bryan M. Sommer, Breakdown (Beast): Kris Heller, Breakdown (Beast): James Y. Jackson, Wendy Werner, Breakdown (Gaston): Robert O. Corley, James Fujii, Breakdown (Lumiere): Hee Rhan Bae, Edward Gutierrez, Breakdown (Cogsworth): Beverly Adams, Bill Thinnes, Breakdown (Maurice): Norma Rivera, Elizabeth Watasin, Breakdown (Philippe): Allison Hollen, Breakdown (Objects/Townspeople/Others): Noreen Beasley, Breakdown (Objects/Townspeople/Others): Inna Chon, Breakdown (Objects/Townspeople/Others): Kellie Deron Lewis, Breakdown (Objects/Townspeople/Others): Cheryl Polakow, Breakdown (Objects/Townspeople/Others): Martin Schwartz, Breakdown (Objects/Townspeople/Others): Ron Westlund, Dave Woodman, Inbetweener (Belle): Elliot M. Bour, Ken Kinoshita, Inbetweener (Beast): Travis Blaise, Inbetweener (Beast): Vincent Defrances, Inbetweener (Beast): Paul Mcdonald, Charles R. Vollmer, Inbetweener (Gaston): Lillian Chapman, Inbetweener (Gaston): Anthony Cipriano, Inbetweener (Gaston): Laurey Foulkes, Inbetweener (Gaston): Dylan Kohler, Mary-Jean Repchuk, Inbetweener (Lumiere): Maurilio Morales, Inbetweener (Cogsworth): Marsha Park, Inbetweener (Philippe): Jacqueline M. Sanchez, Inbetweener (Wolves): Grant Hiestand, Inbetweener (Objects/Townspeople/Others): Ken Hettig, Inbetweener (Objects/Townspeople/Others): Tom Labaff, Inbetweener (Objects/Townspeople/Others): Jane Misek, Inbetweener (Objects/Townspeople/Others): Kevin Smith, Inbetweener (Objects/Townspeople/Others): Michael Swofford, Daniel A. Wawrzaszek, Rough Inbetweener: Kent Culotta, Rough Inbetweener: Eric Walls, Rough Inbetweener: Henry Sato Jr, David Zaboski, Objects/Townspeople/Others Corrections: Diana Falk, Objects/Townspeople/Others Corrections: Miriam Mcdonnell, John Ramirez, Computer Graphic Images Artistic Supvisr: Jim Hillin, Effects Graphics: Bernie Gagliano, Special Effects Supervising Animator: Dave Bossert, Special Effects Supervising Animator: Dorse Lanpher, Special Effects Supervising Animator: Ted Kierscey, Mark Myer, Special Effects Animator: Ed Coffey, Special Effects Animator: Chris Jenkins, Special Effects Animator: Christine Harding, Special Effects Animator: Eusebio Torres, Kelvin Yasuda, Special Effects Breakdown/Inbetweener: Kennard Betts, Special Effects Breakdown/Inbetweener: Peter Demund, Special Effects Breakdown/Inbetweener: Paul Lewis, Special Effects Breakdown/Inbetweener: Masa Oshiro, Special Effects Breakdown/Inbetweener: Kristine Brown, Special Effects Breakdown/Inbetweener: Sandra M. Groeneveld, Special Effects Breakdown/Inbetweener: Dan Lund, Special Effects Breakdown/Inbetweener: Lisa Ann Reinert, Tony West, Computer Animation: Linda Bel, Computer Animation: Greg Griffith, James R. Tooley, Final Check: Hortensia M. Casagran, Final Check: Teri Mcdonald, Saskia Raevouri, Layout Artistic Supervisor: Ed Ghertner, Layout Artistic Supervisor (Florida): Robert Walker, Key Layout/Workbook: Dan St. Pierre, Key Layout/Workbook: Fred Craig, Key Layout/Workbook: Tom Shannon, Key Layout/Workbook: Thom Enriquez, Key Layout/Workbook: Larry Leker, Key Layout/Workbook: Lorenzo Martinez, Key Layout/Workbook: Tanya Wilson, Key Layout/Workbook: Rasoul Azadani, Bill Perkins, Blue Sketch: Madlyn O'Neill, Stained Glass Design: Mac George, Background Artistic Supervisor: Lisa Keene, Background Artistic Supervisor (Florida): Richard John Sluiter, Background: Doug Ball, Background: Donald Towns, Background: Phil Phillipson, Background: Robert E. Stanton, Background: Tia Kratter, Background: John Emerson, Background: Jim Coleman, Background: Cristy Maltese, Background: Dean Gordon, Background: Tom Woodington, Background: Diana Wakeman, Gregory Alexander Drolette, Ink and Paint Manager: Gretchen Maschmeyer Albrecht, Paint Supervisor: Hortensia M. Casagran, Paint Mark-up: Irma Velez, Micki Zurcher, Painting: Carmen Sanderson, Painting: Phyllis Bird, Painting: Russell Blandino, Painting: Sherrie Cuzzort, Painting: Phyllis Fields, Painting: Paulino Garcia Demingo, Painting: Anne Hazard, Painting: David Karp, Painting: Harlene Cooper-mears, Painting: Deborah Jane Mooneyham, Painting: Karen Nugent, Painting: Leyla C. de Pelaez, Painting: Bruce Phillipson, Painting: Heidi Shellhorn, Painting: Fumiko Roche Sommer, Painting: Britt Vandernagel, Susan Wileman, Digital Painting: Thomas Cardone, Editor: John Carnochan, Editor [2002]: John Carnochan, Ellen Keneshea, Associate Editor: Gregory Perler, Art Director [2002]: Brian Mcentee, Edward L. Ghertner, Art Director: Brian Mcentee, Scene Planning Supervisor: Ann Tucker, Scene Planning: Dave Thomson, Annamarie Costa, Character Sculptures: Ruben Procopio, Kenny Thompkins, Title Design: Saxon/Ross Film Design, Titles/Opticals: Buena Vista Visual Effects Group, Optical Supervisor: Mark Dornfeld, Music: Alan Menken, Songs (Music): Alan Menken, Songs (Lyrics): Howard Ashman, Music Director: David Friedman, Orchestrations: Danny Troob, Additional Orchestrations: Michael Starobin, Music Producer: Howard Ashman, Music Producer: Alan Menken, Supervising Music Editor: Kathleen Bennett, Music Sound Recordist: Michael Farrow, John Richards, Sound Re-recording: Terry Porter, Sound Re-recording: Mel Metcalfe, Sound Re-recording: David J. Hudson, Sound Re-recording: Denis Blackerby, Sound Editor: Julia Evershade, Sound Editor: Michael Benavente, Sound Editor: Jessica Gallavan, Sound Editor: J.H. Arrufat, Sound Editor: Ron Bartlett, Sound Effects: Mark Mangini, Sound Effects: Dave Stone, Special Sound EFfects: John P., Additional Sound Effects: Drew Newman, Special Vocal Effects: Frank Welker, ADR Recordist: Doc Kane, ADR Recordist: Vince Caro, Foley: Taj Soundworks, Buena Vista Sound, Foley Artist: John Roesch, Foley Artist: Catherine Rowe, Foley Artist: Vanessa Ament, Optical Consultant: Peter Montgomery
Cast (58)
David Ogden Stiers (), Paige O'Hara (voice of Belle), Robby Benson (voice of Beast), Richard White (voice of Gaston), Jerry Orbach (voice of Lumière), David Ogden Stiers (voice of Cogsworth), Angela Lansbury (voice of Mrs Potts), Bradley Michael Pierce (voice of Chip), Rex Everhart (voice of Maurice), Jesse Corti (voice of Le Fou), Hal Smith (voice of Philippe the horse), Jo Anne Worley (voice of wardrobe), Mary Kay Bergman, Kath Soucie (voice of bimbette), Brian Cummins (voice of stove), Alvin Epstein (voice of bookseller), Tony Jay (voice of Monsieur D'Arque), Alec Murphy (voice of baker), Kimmy Robertson (voice of feather duster), Frank Welker (voice of foot stool), Jack Angel, Bruce Adler, Scott Barnes, Vanna Bonta, Maureen Brennan, Liz Callaway, Phillip Clarke, Margery Daley, Jennifer Darling, Albert De Ruiter, George Dvorsky, Bill Farmer, Bruce Fifer, Johnson Flucker, Larry Hansen, Randy Hansen, Mary Ann Hart, Alix Korey, Phyllis Kubey, Hearndon Lackey, Sherry Lynn, Mickie Mcgowan, Larry Moss, Panchali Null, Wilbur Pauley, Jennifer Perito, Caroline Peyton, Patrick Pinney, Cynthia Richards-Hewes, Phil Proctor, Stephani Ryan, Gordon Stanley, Stephen Sturk (additional voice), Sherri Stoner, Dan McCoy, Peter Hastings (Live-action Reference), Mary Anderson, Duane May (Dance Sequence Model)