Animation· 1991· Fantasy

Beauty and the Beast

by Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

Beauty and the Beast: it draws on 1 recorded source.

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What influenced Beauty and the Beast

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Disney's film is the Beaumont version of the tale, the short 1756 retelling that became the standard one, rather than Villeneuve's much longer 1740 original. What comes straight across: the merchant father, the rose picked in the Beast's grounds that puts him in debt, the daughter who takes his place, the enchanted household, and the condition that the Beast be loved as he is before the spell breaks. Gaston and the talking objects are the film's additions; the bargain and its terms are Beaumont's.

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Beauty and the Beast

Set in the Beauty and the Beast universe.

Set in 18th-century France, a selfish prince is cursed to remain a beast forever unless he can earn the love of a spirited young woman named Belle before the final petal falls from his enchanted rose.