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***Beauty and the Beast was released in cinemas in 1992***
***Beauty and the Beast tool 3� years to make***
***It took nearly 606 animators, artists and technicians to
make this film***
***Portions of this film were animated at Disney's
satellite centre at Disney MGM studios in Lake Buena Vista, Florida***
***Art directors went to the Loire Valley in France for inspiration***
***Art directors studied great French romantic painters like Fragonard and
Boucher to give the settings a European look.***
***The idea for for turning the enchanted objects into living creatures
with unique personalities was devised by lyricist Howard Ashman***
***The Beast is a combination of many animals: He has the mane of a lion, the
beard and skull profile of a buffalo, the tusks and nose bridge of a wild boar,
the heavy muscled brow of a gorilla, the legs and tail of a wolf and the body of
a bear***
Beast: A one creature zoo!
***Computer generated images were used in several sections of the film, most
notably in the "Be Our Guest" sequence and in the striking three dimensional
ballroom which allowed dramatic camera movements as Belle and the Beast danced.***
***Beauty and the Beast was the most successful animated feautyre in motion
picture history up to that time, and box office revenue was over $140 million.***
***Beauty and the Beast was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise***
***List of voices - *Paige O'Hara (Belle), *Robby Benson (Beast), *Richard
White (Gaston), *Jerry Orbach (Lumiere), *David Ogden Sters (Cogworth),
*Angela Lansbury (Mrs. Potts), *Jo Anne Worley (Wardrobe)
***Beauty and the Beast lasts 84 mins***
***Beauty and the Beast received 4 Academy Award Nominations***
***Beauty and the Beast was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars,
the first animated film to do so***
***Beauty and the Beast won 2 Academy Awards for Best Song - Beauty and the
Beast, and Best Original Score***
***In the film, Angela Lansbury sang the title song, and Celine Dion and
Peabo Bryson did another version over the films credits at the end.***
***Beauty and the Beast was dedicated to Howard Ashman as he died earlier
in 1992***
***At the end of the film, a dedication to Howard Ashman was placed, it
read : "To our friend, Howard, who gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his
soul, we will be forever grateful"
***The songs for Beauty and the Beast were written by Howard Ashman and
Alan Menken***
***List of songs - *Belle, *Gaston, *Be Our Guest, *Beauty and the Beast,
and *Something There - all of which you find the lyrics to in our
songwords
page.***
***The characters you can find in our
characters are *Belle, *Beast, *Gaston,
*Lumiere, *Cogsworth and *Maurice***
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Beast: A one creature zoo!
Visit the Beauty and the Beast gallery here!
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� DAVIES PRODUCTIONS 2001