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Beauty and the Beast
Family, Fantasy, Musical
Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” is a live-action re-telling of the studio’s animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the score with several new songs. “Beauty and the Beast” is the fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast’s hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince within.
Movie Info
Directed by: Bill Condon
Starring: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson
Produced by: David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman
Screenplay by: Stephen Chbosky, Evan Spiliotopoulos
Based on: Disney's Beauty and the Beast by Linda Woolverton; Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Music by: Alan Menken
Cinematography: Tobias A. Schliessler
Edited by: Virginia Katz
Production company: Walt Disney Pictures, Mandeville Films
Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures
Release date: February 23, 2017 (Spencer House), March 17, 2017 (United States)
Running time: 129 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Cast
Photo Credits. Emma Watson: Georges Biard/Wikimedia. Dan Stevens: Mingle Media Tv/Flickr/Wikimedia. Luke Evans, Ian McKellen: Gage Skidmore/Flickr/Wikimedia. Kevin Kline: gdcgraphics/Wikimedia. Josh Gad: Voice Chasers/Flickr/Wikimedia. Ewan McGregor: Georges Biard/Wikimedia. Stanley Tucci: Martin Kraft/Wikimedia. Audra McDonald: Kristin Dos Santos/kristin.eonline.com/Wikimedia. Gugu Mbatha-Raw: GabboT/Flickr/Wikimedia. Emma Thompson: Justin Harris/Flickr/Wikimedia. Hattie Morahan: jamie.minoprio/Flickr/Wikimedia. Haydn Gwynne: Eimaiegw/Wikimedia. Ray Fearon: Wikimedia. Rafaëlle Cohen: Doris Ginet/Wikimedia. Stephen Merchant: Carolyn Djanogly/Wikimedia.
Characters
Belle, a young benevolent bibliophile woman who develops feelings for the Beast and begins to see the humanity within him.
Beast, a cold-hearted, selfish, unkind prince who is transformed into a beast and forced to earn back his humanity by learning to truly love and be loved in return, as well as to give rather than take.
Gaston, a narcissistic and arrogant hunter and veteran of the French Royal Army who is willing to go as far as it takes to have Belle as his trophy wife.
Maurice, Belle's protective widowed father who works as a music box maker and an artist.
LeFou, Gaston's flamboyant and long-suffering sidekick who bolsters his friend's ego but gets very little in return.
Lumière, the Beast's charismatic bouteiller who has been transformed into a candelabra.
Maestro Cadenza, the neurotic court composer and Madame de Garderobe's husband who has been transformed into a harpsichord.
Madame de Garderobe, a world-renowned opera singer and Cadenza's wife who has been transformed into a wardrobe.
Plumette, one of the castle maids and Lumière's lover who has been transformed into a feather duster.
Cogsworth, the Beast's gruff but loyal majordomo and the head of the household staff who has been transformed into a mantel clock.
Mrs. Potts, the castle's motherly head housekeeper who has been transformed into a teapot.
Agathe, an impoverished hermit and resident of Villeneuve who, in reality, is the enchantress responsible for cursing the Prince.
Chip, Mrs. Potts' plucky son who has been transformed into a teacup.
Monsieur D'Arque, the sly warden of the local asylum who is bribed by Gaston to have Maurice institutionalized.
Monsieur Jean Potts, an absent-minded potter and resident of Villeneuve who is later revealed to be Mrs. Potts' husband and Chip's father.
Clothilde, a fishmonger and resident of Villeneuve who is later revealed to be Cogsworth's wife.
Tavern Keeper, the owner and keeper of Villeneuve's local tavern where Gaston and the village residents drink.
Père Robert, Villeneuve's local chaplain who encourages Belle to borrow the books in the chapel's meager library.
The Village Lasses, a trio of women who fawn over Gaston and have a jealousy for Belle.
Belle's mother, Maurice's late wife who contracted the plague and died when Belle was an infant.
Cuisinier, the castle's head chef who has been transformed into a stove.
Frou-Frou, Maestro Cadenza's and Madame de Garderobe's pet Yorkshire Terrier who has been transformed into a footstool.
Chapeau, the prince's valet who has been transformed into a coat rack.
The King, the prince's father who, following his wife's death, raised his son to be just as selfish and arrogant as he was.
The Queen, the prince's mother who died of an illness when he was a child.
Villeneuve's residential baker.
Nasty Headmaster, the unnamed headmaster of an all boys school in Villeneuve that disapproves of Belle teaching a young girl how to read.
The Village Lass' mother, an unnamed seamstress.
Monsieur Toilette, a servant who was turned into a toilet. This character was cut from the film, but is featured in the deleted scenes.
Credit: Wikipedia
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