Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The 30th film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series and the third film of the Disney Renaissance period, the film is based on the fairy tale La Belle et la Bête by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont and uses some ideas from the 1946 film of the same name. The film centers around a prince wh... More

Initial release date:

  • Nov 13, 1991

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 24 min

Produced by:

Also known as:

  • Beauty and the Beast: Special Edition,
  • Beauty and the Beast 3-D,
  • The Special Edition of Beauty and the Beast

Film

Directed by

Gary Trousdale

Gary A. Trousdale (born June 8, 1960) is an American film director known for directing movies such as Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and...

Kirk Wise

Kirk Wise (born August 24, 1963) is an American film director, animator and screenwriter best known for his work at Disney. Wise has directed such Disney...

Tagline:

  • The most beautiful love story ever told.

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Release date(s):

Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • Oct 8, 2002
  • Oct 5, 2010
  • Nov 23, 2010
  • Nov 22, 1991
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Runtime:

Runtime Note
  • 1 h 24 min
  • original
  • 1 h 30 min
  • special edition
  • 1 h 25 min
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Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 20,000,000

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Awards

Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Winners

Golden Globe Award for Best Film - Musical or Comedy Nominees

AFI's 10 Top 10 Animation Films of 2008

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Adapted From

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête) is a traditional fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a rendition by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740. The best-known written version was an abridgement...

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