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• Disney's Beauty and the Beast is a Disney animated film. It was based on a fairy tale that has no known author or origin.

• Fast Facts

  1. Release date: November 22, 1991
  2. Studio: The Walt Disney Company
  3. Starring: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden, Angela Lansbury, and Bradley Pierce
  4. It is the first and only animated picture to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

• Plot

  The story of Beauty and the Beast is the story of a selfish Prince who had a spell put on him, turning him into a hideous beast. The only way for him to have the curse reversed is to have someone else fall in love with him before the last petal falls from the enchanted flower. A beautiful young woman, Belle, moves into the town with her family. The Beast captures her father and locks him in a dungeon, then realizes that with Belle's help, the curse could be reversed. The Beast captures Belle, who eventually ends up in a fight where he is fatally wounded. Just as the last rose is falling on the enchanted flower, Belle kisses the Beast, turning back into a handsome Prince.

• Awards

  1. Academy Awards
     1. Best Music, Original Score: Alan Menken
     2. Best Music, Original Song (Beauty and the Beast): Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
  2. Golden Globes
     1. Best Motion Picture
     2. Best Original Score
     3. Best Original Song For Beauty and the Beast
  3. Grammy Awards
     1. Best Album for Children
     2. Best Pop Performance by a Group or Duo With Vocal
     3. Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture
     4. Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
  4. ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
     1. Most Performed Songs in a Motion Picture
  5. Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films
     1. Best DVD Classic Film Release
     2. Best Music
  6. Annie Awards
     1. Best Animated Feature
  7. BMI Film and TV Awards
     1. BMI Film Music Award
  8. DVD Exclusive Awards
     1. Best Overall New Extra Features, Library Release
  9. Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
     1. Best Animated Feature
  10. Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
      1. Best Animation
  11. Motion Picture Sound Editors
      1. Best Sound Editing, Animated Feature
  12. National Board of Review
      1. Special Award for Animation
  13. Young Artist Awards
      1. Outstanding Family Entertainment of the Year

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