Animated flicks don’t get the justice they deserve when it comes to the Academy Awards. So often, animated movies are some of the most original, memorable, and well-told stories of the entire year yet they are, more often than not, confined to the category of Best Animated Picture.
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarves,” “Fantasia,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “The Lion King,” “Toy Story,” “Finding Nemo,” “Wall-e,” “Shrek,” and last year’s Best Animated Picture winner, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” are just a handful of all-time classic movies that aren’t great animated movies, they are great movies period. Despite this, however, we have only had three animated movies in Oscars history that have been nominated for Best Picture.
“Beauty and the Beast” was the first animated movie to do so, landing a Best Picture bid in 1991. Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, “Beauty and the Beast...
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarves,” “Fantasia,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “The Lion King,” “Toy Story,” “Finding Nemo,” “Wall-e,” “Shrek,” and last year’s Best Animated Picture winner, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” are just a handful of all-time classic movies that aren’t great animated movies, they are great movies period. Despite this, however, we have only had three animated movies in Oscars history that have been nominated for Best Picture.
“Beauty and the Beast” was the first animated movie to do so, landing a Best Picture bid in 1991. Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, “Beauty and the Beast...
- 9/8/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
According to Empire, Rob Marshall's "The Little Mermaid" -- a live-action/CGI remake of John Musker and Ron Clements' 1989 animated film of the same name -- will feature a brand new song called "For the First Time," to be sung by the titular mermaid Ariel (Halle Bailey) as she makes her first sojourn onto dry land after being transformed into a human. It was co-penned by Disney legend and award-winning songwriter Alan Menken, the Egot maestro who co-wrote the songs for the animated "Little Mermaid" movie with Howard Ashman, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Broadway superstar and songwriter behind the Disney-released animated films "Moana" and "Encanto."
Menken's return is a big deal. In 1990, he won two Academy Awards for "The Little Mermaid," taking home trophies for the film's score and for the song "Under the Sea" (for which Ashman was also awarded the Oscar). Menken and Ashman's ballad "Kiss the...
Menken's return is a big deal. In 1990, he won two Academy Awards for "The Little Mermaid," taking home trophies for the film's score and for the song "Under the Sea" (for which Ashman was also awarded the Oscar). Menken and Ashman's ballad "Kiss the...
- 3/13/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Martin Short and Shania Twain are set to play the world’s most famous candelabra and teapot. The two stars have joined ABC’s upcoming December 15 “Beauty and the Beast” 30th-anniversary special, along with David Alan Grier, Rizwan Manji, Jon Jon Briones, and Leo Abelo Perry.
Short, the Emmy and Tony winner who currently stars in Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” will portray the flirtatious French candelabra Lumière, voiced in the original 1991 Disney film by Jerry Orbach. Five-time Grammy-winning country singer Twain will play the teapot Mrs. Potts, whose original voice actor, Angela Lansbury, died last week. Perry, who made his film debut this year in the Disney+ remake of “Cheaper by the Dozen,” will play Potts’ son Chip. Grier, who won a Tony last year for his performance in “A Soldier’s Play,” will portray the majordomo clock Cogsworth, while Jon Jon Briones will play village inventor Maurice,...
Short, the Emmy and Tony winner who currently stars in Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” will portray the flirtatious French candelabra Lumière, voiced in the original 1991 Disney film by Jerry Orbach. Five-time Grammy-winning country singer Twain will play the teapot Mrs. Potts, whose original voice actor, Angela Lansbury, died last week. Perry, who made his film debut this year in the Disney+ remake of “Cheaper by the Dozen,” will play Potts’ son Chip. Grier, who won a Tony last year for his performance in “A Soldier’s Play,” will portray the majordomo clock Cogsworth, while Jon Jon Briones will play village inventor Maurice,...
- 10/17/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Oscar-winning animators Phil Lord and Christopher Miller slammed the Academy for diminishing the animation categories during the 94th Academy Awards.
The directing duo behind “The Lego Movie” and co-producers of “Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse” penned an opinion piece for Variety calling out the Oscars’ handling of the animated categories, especially when “Encanto” won Best Animated Feature. Presenters Lily James, Halle Bailey, and Naomi Scott (who’ve all played Disney princesses) took to the stage, saying, “So many kids watch these movies over and over… and over and over and over and over… I think some parents out there know exactly what we’re talking about.”
That glib presentation of one of the night’s biggest honors didn’t sit well with two leaders of the animation community.
“Framing the five Academy Award nominees for Best Animated Feature as a corporate product for kids that parents must begrudgingly endure could be dismissed as simply careless,...
The directing duo behind “The Lego Movie” and co-producers of “Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse” penned an opinion piece for Variety calling out the Oscars’ handling of the animated categories, especially when “Encanto” won Best Animated Feature. Presenters Lily James, Halle Bailey, and Naomi Scott (who’ve all played Disney princesses) took to the stage, saying, “So many kids watch these movies over and over… and over and over and over and over… I think some parents out there know exactly what we’re talking about.”
That glib presentation of one of the night’s biggest honors didn’t sit well with two leaders of the animation community.
“Framing the five Academy Award nominees for Best Animated Feature as a corporate product for kids that parents must begrudgingly endure could be dismissed as simply careless,...
- 4/6/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Kirk Wise, known for his work on some iconic animated Disney films like Beauty and the Beast and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, has signed on to direct Sunny, the first animated feature from Enderby Entertainment.
Enderby CEO Rick Dugdale will produce the pic with Darrell Brown of Creative Anarchy. Todd Ireland will pen the screenplay based on a story by Dugdale and Brown. It’s about a boy named Sunny who must learn to control his emotions because his emotions control the sun.
Dan Petrie, Jr., Cam Cannon, and Zac Reeder will serve as executive producers.
“It’s exciting to enter the animation space with one of the biggest names in animation and a story that is fresh, engaging and family friendly,” said Dugdale. “We are aiming to create a story that has a positive impact on our culture and society. These are...
Enderby CEO Rick Dugdale will produce the pic with Darrell Brown of Creative Anarchy. Todd Ireland will pen the screenplay based on a story by Dugdale and Brown. It’s about a boy named Sunny who must learn to control his emotions because his emotions control the sun.
Dan Petrie, Jr., Cam Cannon, and Zac Reeder will serve as executive producers.
“It’s exciting to enter the animation space with one of the biggest names in animation and a story that is fresh, engaging and family friendly,” said Dugdale. “We are aiming to create a story that has a positive impact on our culture and society. These are...
- 1/21/2021
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney is in early development on a live-action “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” movie, based on Disney’s animated film and Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel “Notre-Dame de Paris.”
Playwright David Henry Hwang is attached to write the script, with Mandeville Films and Josh Gad set to produce. Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz will pen the music.
“Hunchback” — the story of the bell-ringer at the Notre Dame Cathedral and his friendship with the gypsy Esmeralda — has been adapted multiple times into features, most notably the 1939 Charles Laughton and 1996 Disney animated versions. The animated movie, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, grossed $325 million worldwide.
“The Hunchback of Notre Dame” follows Disney’s highly successful strategy of rebooting its animated titles into live-action films, including “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Jungle Book,” “Alice in Wonderland,” and the upcoming “Aladdin,” “The Lion King,” and “Dumbo.”
Hwang won a Tony Award for “M. Butterfly,...
Playwright David Henry Hwang is attached to write the script, with Mandeville Films and Josh Gad set to produce. Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz will pen the music.
“Hunchback” — the story of the bell-ringer at the Notre Dame Cathedral and his friendship with the gypsy Esmeralda — has been adapted multiple times into features, most notably the 1939 Charles Laughton and 1996 Disney animated versions. The animated movie, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, grossed $325 million worldwide.
“The Hunchback of Notre Dame” follows Disney’s highly successful strategy of rebooting its animated titles into live-action films, including “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Jungle Book,” “Alice in Wonderland,” and the upcoming “Aladdin,” “The Lion King,” and “Dumbo.”
Hwang won a Tony Award for “M. Butterfly,...
- 1/16/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Brendon Connelly Jul 27, 2017
Disney is potentially looking to The Hunchback Of Notre Dame for its next live action take on an animated movie.
Even while Beauty And The Beast is warming up the shelves in Sainsbury and Aladdin is filling up the UK's sound stages (while Mulan pre-production continues in parallel with the complex VFX work needed for The Lion King), Disney continues to pillage its attic full of toys even further. Another 'brand deposit' movie seems to be on the way, once again taking an older, already-loved property and finding new ways to sell it to us, even as our nostalgia for the original is being simultaneously rekindled.
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This time it's The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, previously realised as Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale's undervalued,...
Disney is potentially looking to The Hunchback Of Notre Dame for its next live action take on an animated movie.
Even while Beauty And The Beast is warming up the shelves in Sainsbury and Aladdin is filling up the UK's sound stages (while Mulan pre-production continues in parallel with the complex VFX work needed for The Lion King), Disney continues to pillage its attic full of toys even further. Another 'brand deposit' movie seems to be on the way, once again taking an older, already-loved property and finding new ways to sell it to us, even as our nostalgia for the original is being simultaneously rekindled.
See related The Handmaid’s Tale episode 9 review: The Bridge The Handmaid’s Tale episode 8 review: Jezebels The Handmaid’s Tale episode 7 review: The Other Side
This time it's The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, previously realised as Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale's undervalued,...
- 7/26/2017
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Vision Films handles worldwide sales on eco-themed feature.
Pierce Brosnan has wrapped narration duties on the family feature Aldabra: Once Upon An Island, which Vision Films represents for worldwide sales.
The film is available in 2D and 3D and generated more than $1m in the Czech Republic through Falcon. It just opened in Italy through Twelve Entertainment and launches in Russia through Luxor. Next up is India through Picture House.
Brosnan voices every role in the English-language version and recorded the narration in Kauai, Hawaii. Vision Films will meet with Us buyers in Toronto and the Afm.
Characters include a giant tortoise, a coconut crab, a turtle, an old man, and a grouper. The story is set on Aldabra, the world’s little-seen second largest coral atoll that lies within the Seychelles. As the island rises and drops below Indian Ocean, the cycle gives life to new generations of creatures.
“Aldabra: Once Upon An Island is a film...
Pierce Brosnan has wrapped narration duties on the family feature Aldabra: Once Upon An Island, which Vision Films represents for worldwide sales.
The film is available in 2D and 3D and generated more than $1m in the Czech Republic through Falcon. It just opened in Italy through Twelve Entertainment and launches in Russia through Luxor. Next up is India through Picture House.
Brosnan voices every role in the English-language version and recorded the narration in Kauai, Hawaii. Vision Films will meet with Us buyers in Toronto and the Afm.
Characters include a giant tortoise, a coconut crab, a turtle, an old man, and a grouper. The story is set on Aldabra, the world’s little-seen second largest coral atoll that lies within the Seychelles. As the island rises and drops below Indian Ocean, the cycle gives life to new generations of creatures.
“Aldabra: Once Upon An Island is a film...
- 7/24/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Simon Brew Nov 13, 2019
We consider why Beauty and the Beast remains Disney’s finest animated feature film to date…
This article comes courtesy of Den of Geek UK.
The current trend in the corridors of Disney, as you probably well know, is to take some of its classic animated movies--lots of them actually--and turn them into live-action films in various guises. It's had success with this too. And few have been more successful than Bill Condon's slavish, and uninspired, remake of Beauty and the Beast. The first Disney Renaissance film to make the jump to "live-action," it paved the way for Aladdin and The Lion King in 2019.
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For me though, the 1991 animated version is a flat-out classic, and the new version inevitably doesn’t top that. But what about it makes it so special for me? You might just regret asking that.
We consider why Beauty and the Beast remains Disney’s finest animated feature film to date…
This article comes courtesy of Den of Geek UK.
The current trend in the corridors of Disney, as you probably well know, is to take some of its classic animated movies--lots of them actually--and turn them into live-action films in various guises. It's had success with this too. And few have been more successful than Bill Condon's slavish, and uninspired, remake of Beauty and the Beast. The first Disney Renaissance film to make the jump to "live-action," it paved the way for Aladdin and The Lion King in 2019.
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For me though, the 1991 animated version is a flat-out classic, and the new version inevitably doesn’t top that. But what about it makes it so special for me? You might just regret asking that.
- 3/17/2017
- Den of Geek
Few questions feel as stale as the following: Is the Disney Princess feminist? It's become profoundly boring to scavenge for an answer, so common is this refrain that arises each holiday season since Peggy Orenstein’s barnstorm of an essay. It will no doubt be a talking point upon the release of Moana later this year. The "Disney Princess" has congealed into a homogenous, lumpen unit of capitalist excess, so much that each character’s particular idiosyncrasies often become obscured in such discussions.Belle, the heroine of Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale’s Beauty and the Beast (1991), is a headstrong bibliophile with a peripatetic mind; she spends the beginning of the film longing to be elsewhere. “There must be more than this provincial life,” she screams in the film’s opening number, which economically introduces us to the townspeople who fawn over her. Belle, voiced by Paige O’Hara, occupies...
- 9/15/2016
- MUBI
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From Flushed Away and Hunchback to Titan A.E. and Sky High - the family movies that don't get the love they deserve...
When I sit through a film such as Zootropolis, Rango, Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph, Eddie The Eagle or Coraline, I can’t help but be thankful somebody has bothered. As a parent as well as a movie lover, I’ve grown to really dislike family movies that just turn up to act as a surrogate babysitter for 90 minutes, with no intention of becoming anybody’s favourite film. The films I'm going to talk about are the family movies therefore that I think both try and do something a bit more, yet continue to fly under many people's radar.
A bonus mention before we get going, and number 26 in the list, much to my surprise: Alvin & The Chipmunks 4. I was expecting next to zero from it, courtesy...
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From Flushed Away and Hunchback to Titan A.E. and Sky High - the family movies that don't get the love they deserve...
When I sit through a film such as Zootropolis, Rango, Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph, Eddie The Eagle or Coraline, I can’t help but be thankful somebody has bothered. As a parent as well as a movie lover, I’ve grown to really dislike family movies that just turn up to act as a surrogate babysitter for 90 minutes, with no intention of becoming anybody’s favourite film. The films I'm going to talk about are the family movies therefore that I think both try and do something a bit more, yet continue to fly under many people's radar.
A bonus mention before we get going, and number 26 in the list, much to my surprise: Alvin & The Chipmunks 4. I was expecting next to zero from it, courtesy...
- 5/26/2016
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Aldabra: Once Upon An Island will have two market screenings at Cannes following its domestic release in the Czech Republic.
Visions films has picked up worldwide sales rights for the 3D family film Aldabra: Once Upon An Island, with planned market screenings at Cannes.
The company has also closed a deal with Russia’s Luxor Group for a theatrical release in the summer.
Aldabra, one of The Seychelles’ 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, is largely inaccessible to humans, and has fully sunken into the sea and resurfaced six times in its history.
The largely documentary film, which has English narration from Czech actor Oldrich Kaiser and CGI rendered footage, follows the island’s marine and animal inhabitants as they try to survive on one of nature’s last remaining untouched paradises.
Aldabra was the subject of Jacques-Yves Cousteau’s Palme d’Or and Oscar-winning documentary A Silent World.
The film was released in its native Czech Republic...
Visions films has picked up worldwide sales rights for the 3D family film Aldabra: Once Upon An Island, with planned market screenings at Cannes.
The company has also closed a deal with Russia’s Luxor Group for a theatrical release in the summer.
Aldabra, one of The Seychelles’ 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, is largely inaccessible to humans, and has fully sunken into the sea and resurfaced six times in its history.
The largely documentary film, which has English narration from Czech actor Oldrich Kaiser and CGI rendered footage, follows the island’s marine and animal inhabitants as they try to survive on one of nature’s last remaining untouched paradises.
Aldabra was the subject of Jacques-Yves Cousteau’s Palme d’Or and Oscar-winning documentary A Silent World.
The film was released in its native Czech Republic...
- 4/1/2016
- ScreenDaily
There are people out there who have never seen The Princess Bride. They walk among us, holding down jobs, contributing to society, and generally living happy, semi-fulfilled lives. But whisper a perfectly-timed “mawage” in their direction during a wedding, and the resulting blank stare or awkward chuckle will expose an inconceivable pop-cultural blind spot. Someone failed them when they were growing up.
In many ways it’s too late for them, but we can still save the next generation. The 55 Essential Movies Kids Must Experience (Before They Turn 13) is a starting point. This isn’t a list of the 55 “best” kids movies,...
In many ways it’s too late for them, but we can still save the next generation. The 55 Essential Movies Kids Must Experience (Before They Turn 13) is a starting point. This isn’t a list of the 55 “best” kids movies,...
- 6/23/2014
- by EW staff
- EW.com - PopWatch
Disney’s quest to re-imagine the contents of its back catalogue continues, with confirmation that Bill Condon will direct a live-action version of the studio’s 1991 Oscar nominated animated feature, Beauty And The Beast. The great modernisation of Disney classics has thus far been well-received by audiences, who embraced updated versions of Alice In Wonderland and The Wizard Of Oz (aka Oz the Great and Powerful), and most recently carried Maleficent to a $170 million opening weekend. With this latest project, the studio is clearly hoping to capitalize on that success.
The story – based on the traditional fairy tale first published in 1740 from the pen of Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve – has been filmed many times since Jean Cocteau’s 1946 version, La Belle et la Bete. Disney’s own 1991 animation of the tale was directed by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale from a screenplay by Linda Woolverton. Billed as a musical romantic fantasy,...
The story – based on the traditional fairy tale first published in 1740 from the pen of Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve – has been filmed many times since Jean Cocteau’s 1946 version, La Belle et la Bete. Disney’s own 1991 animation of the tale was directed by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale from a screenplay by Linda Woolverton. Billed as a musical romantic fantasy,...
- 6/5/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
As we continue on, I need to once again clarify that if this list was “Joshua Gaul’s 50 Favorite Movie Musicals,” it’d be a quite a different list. But, if my tastes determined what is definitive, I’d be asking you all to consider Aladdin as a brilliant piece of filmmaking and wax nostalgic about my love for Batteries Not Included and Flight of the Navigator (not for the musicals list, of course). Much to my dismay, my tastes are not universal. I’d like to think my research methods are.
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30. Annie (1982)
Directed by John Huston
Signature Song: “Tomorrow” (http://youtu.be/Yop62wQH498)
Originally a 1924 comic strip, the beloved stage musical about a red-haired orphan girl was brought to the big screen in 1982 and directed by John Huston (yes, that John Huston – director of The Maltese Falcon and The African Queen, not to...
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30. Annie (1982)
Directed by John Huston
Signature Song: “Tomorrow” (http://youtu.be/Yop62wQH498)
Originally a 1924 comic strip, the beloved stage musical about a red-haired orphan girl was brought to the big screen in 1982 and directed by John Huston (yes, that John Huston – director of The Maltese Falcon and The African Queen, not to...
- 5/12/2014
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Written by Tab Murphy
Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
Us, 2001
One of the biggest complaints of animated films in North America is that they are undoubtedly targeted solely at children. While Disney and Pixar may occasionally slip adult jokes in to their films, the films are still marketed to children. On weekends when animated films open, it is assumed that they will be successful because they are targeted at kids going with their families. This is why many flock to the films of Studio Ghibli as examples of animated films for adults. However, shortly after the end of the Disney Renaissance (the films between The Little Mermaid and Tarzan), Disney released their most mature film since The Black Cauldron: Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
The film opens with a quote from Plato about the fall of the continent of Atlantis followed by a cataclysmic scene of its destruction.
Written by Tab Murphy
Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
Us, 2001
One of the biggest complaints of animated films in North America is that they are undoubtedly targeted solely at children. While Disney and Pixar may occasionally slip adult jokes in to their films, the films are still marketed to children. On weekends when animated films open, it is assumed that they will be successful because they are targeted at kids going with their families. This is why many flock to the films of Studio Ghibli as examples of animated films for adults. However, shortly after the end of the Disney Renaissance (the films between The Little Mermaid and Tarzan), Disney released their most mature film since The Black Cauldron: Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
The film opens with a quote from Plato about the fall of the continent of Atlantis followed by a cataclysmic scene of its destruction.
- 2/4/2014
- by Mynt Marsellus
- SoundOnSight
Marc Davis is a legend of Disney Feature Animation—one of Walt's Nine Old Men (his highly influential cabal of animators), Marc animated Thumper from "Bambi" and Cruella De Vil from "101 Dalmatians" and had just as profound an impact in Imagineering, where he helped design iconic attractions like Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion, and America Sings. The Academy holds a series of Marc Davis Lectures, where they discuss some aspect of animation, and this year held the first "away" lecture, this time at Siggraph, the annual conference on computer graphics. At the lecture they assembled nine relatively young men: Ron Clements, Pete Docter, Eric Goldberg, Kevin Lima, Mike Mitchell, Chris Sanders, Henry Selick, David Silverman and Kirk Wise. The theme of the lecture was "Giants' First Steps," and focused on the early student short films by the animators. If you have even a cursory interest in animation, it's something of a must-watch.
- 8/6/2013
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
Disney makes me a very happy man by releasing Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Atlantis: Milo's Return on Blu-ray. The 3-Disc Special Edition includes both movies on a single Blu-ray and separately on regular DVDs. Recognized as Walt Disney Feature Animation's first science fiction film, it underperformed at the box office despite good word-of-mouth from audiences. An extended life on video and DVD has garnered it as one of Disney's most overlooked gems of a bygone era.
In Atlantis: The Lost World, historian Milo Thatch leads a crew of the world's greatest archaeologists and explorers in a search for the lost city of Atlantis. They travel through the depths of the dangerous sea aboard the submarine Ulysses. Only expecting to unearth ruins and artifacts, the team is astonished to find the ancient city still thriving with life.
This is one of my all-time favorite animated Disney features. It's a masterful...
In Atlantis: The Lost World, historian Milo Thatch leads a crew of the world's greatest archaeologists and explorers in a search for the lost city of Atlantis. They travel through the depths of the dangerous sea aboard the submarine Ulysses. Only expecting to unearth ruins and artifacts, the team is astonished to find the ancient city still thriving with life.
This is one of my all-time favorite animated Disney features. It's a masterful...
- 6/25/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Eric Shirey)
- Cinelinx
How much are you willing to spend on a Blu-ray combo pack if you don’t get any special features? I’ve posed this question in so many words in past Disney Blu-ray Roundup columns, and it’s perhaps never felt more pressing than today, specific to three of their four new releases. (We’ll get to Oz the Great and Powerful a bit later on.) One of Disney’s more prevalent decisions relative to home media in the last few years has been releasing as much of their older feature content as possible, as quickly and simply as possible. There are quite a few Disney full-length animated features that don’t yet have Blu-ray releases, but by the end of 2013, that number will be dwindling close to zero. Today, Disney releases three films from directly after their Renaissance period of the 1990s: The Emperor’s New Groove, Atlantis: The Lost Empire,...
- 6/11/2013
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
Beauty And The Beast 3D
Review by LondonFilmFan
Stars (the voices of): Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, David Ogden Stiers | Written by Linda Woolverton, Roger Allers | Directed by Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
With the immense box office success of The Lion King‘s 3D conversion last year, it was only a matter of time before similar films followed suit. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is highly regarded as an animated classic, so who is to argue with a 3D theatrical re-release then? Well, this reviewer volunteers (may as well add “as tribute” since this unpopular opinion just might spell my end). Over twenty years after its initial release, there seems little reason for the film to be occupying cinema space again.
While the hand-drawn animation has an uneven charm, there isn’t much that holds up visually when compared with modern animation.
Review by LondonFilmFan
Stars (the voices of): Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, David Ogden Stiers | Written by Linda Woolverton, Roger Allers | Directed by Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
With the immense box office success of The Lion King‘s 3D conversion last year, it was only a matter of time before similar films followed suit. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is highly regarded as an animated classic, so who is to argue with a 3D theatrical re-release then? Well, this reviewer volunteers (may as well add “as tribute” since this unpopular opinion just might spell my end). Over twenty years after its initial release, there seems little reason for the film to be occupying cinema space again.
While the hand-drawn animation has an uneven charm, there isn’t much that holds up visually when compared with modern animation.
- 5/1/2012
- by Guest
- Nerdly
Ben Foster, Contraband According to Deadline.com, this four-day Martin Luther King holiday weekend the North American box office could reach $165 million — or up about 4% compared to last year. Considering the disappointing returns in late 2011, a modest increase is good news indeed for the jittery Hollywood studios. Helping things out are the Mark Wahlberg crime thriller Contraband, which earned an estimated $9 million on Friday and may reach $30 million by Monday evening. Box Office Mojo was expecting the film to bring in only $18.5 million. Anyhow, if those early estimates are correct, that's a solid start for a movie that reportedly cost $25 million (not including marketing/distribution expenses). A remake of Óskar Jónasson's 2008 Icelandic hit Reykjavik-Rotterdam, Contraband was directed by Baltasar Kormákur, the original film's star-producer. In addition to Wahlberg Contraband features Kate Beckinsale, Giovanni Ribisi, Diego Luna, Ben Foster, Lukas Haas, Caleb Landry Jones, and J.K. Simmons. Disney's 3D-ification of...
- 1/14/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Chicago – It is a tale as old as time, and a film almost as old as I am. After the success that Disney had bringing “The Lion King” back to theaters this past September, it is no surprise that they have decided to bring four more films back to the theaters, starting with the classic tale “Beauty and the Beast,” which was first released in November of 1991. And while it is exciting to see these films again on a large screen with surround sound, I can’t help but wish the third dimension could have been kept out of this one.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The classic story of a young girl who is forced to live with a beast-man in a giant castle as a trade for her father’s life, the story of “Beauty and the Beast,” is one of the most brilliant ever seen in a Disney film. The film...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The classic story of a young girl who is forced to live with a beast-man in a giant castle as a trade for her father’s life, the story of “Beauty and the Beast,” is one of the most brilliant ever seen in a Disney film. The film...
- 1/14/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Box office pits 3D Beauty and the Beast against Contraband, Joyful Noise. Disney's Beauty and the Beast, reincarnated in 3D should top the box office charts this weekend, playing in 2.625 theaters. Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers and Angela Lansbury voice the main cast of the Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise-directed film which first saw theaters back in 1991, and went on to capture two Academy Awards for Best Music, Original Score and Best Music, Original Song. Universal Pictures' Contraband action thriller helmed by Baltasar Kormákur, finds 2,836 theaters, with a cast including Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Foster, Caleb Landry Jones and Lukas Haas. Pic should take second place with relative ease over Paramount's current number one horror The Devil Inside, running in its sophomore weekend.
- 1/12/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Box office pits 3D Beauty and the Beast against Contraband, Joyful Noise. Disney's Beauty and the Beast, reincarnated in 3D should top the box office charts this weekend, playing in 2.625 theaters. Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers and Angela Lansbury voice the main cast of the Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise-directed film which first saw theaters back in 1991, and went on to capture two Academy Awards for Best Music, Original Score and Best Music, Original Song. Universal Pictures' Contraband action thriller helmed by Baltasar Kormákur, finds 2,836 theaters, with a cast including Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Foster, Caleb Landry Jones and Lukas Haas. Pic should take second place with relative ease over Paramount's current number one horror The Devil Inside, running in its sophomore weekend.
- 1/12/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Box office pits 3D Beauty and the Beast against Contraband, Joyful Noise. Disney's Beauty and the Beast, reincarnated in 3D should top the box office charts this weekend, playing in 2.625 theaters. Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers and Angela Lansbury voice the main cast of the Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise-directed film which first saw theaters back in 1991, and went on to capture two Academy Awards for Best Music, Original Score and Best Music, Original Song. Universal Pictures' Contraband action thriller helmed by Baltasar Kormákur, finds 2,836 theaters, with a cast including Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Foster, Caleb Landry Jones and Lukas Haas. Pic should take second place with relative ease over Paramount's current number one horror The Devil Inside, running in its sophomore weekend.
- 1/12/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
There is an inexorable, inexplicable quality about some great movies, as there is about great art in general. Sometimes, yes, we can pinpoint exactly what makes a movie work so well, why it becomes one of our favorites, why it wins awards, why critics love it, or why it makes millions of dollars at the box office. The script is insightful, the direction is incredible, the visuals are eye-popping, the performances are immense powerhouses of talent. These are easy ways to calculate what makes a movie work, but sometimes, we see a movie and we just like it. Sometimes, you can’t put your finger on one element about a movie that burrows itself under your skin, but you love it all the same.
Now, don’t get me wrong: Beauty and the Beast has a lot of clearly standout aspects to it, but I don’t know that I...
Now, don’t get me wrong: Beauty and the Beast has a lot of clearly standout aspects to it, but I don’t know that I...
- 1/6/2012
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
I imagine something that matters most to many of the people fortunate enough to work for the Walt Disney Company, especially those in Walt Disney Feature Animation, is the legacy they get to not only leave behind, but create. Sure, most of those people will never get the same kind of recognition that Disney himself or, these days, John Lasseter gets from the adoring public, but the legacy they leave behind can be just as powerful or important. There are a few really good modern examples of this; two directing duos were involved with some incredibly influential films, even though theirs are not household names. John Musker and Ron Clements directed Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, the movie that pretty much singlehandedly saved Walt Disney Pictures from mediocrity, embarrassment or, even worse, obscurity.
But Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale are the duo I want to focus on for just a bit.
But Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale are the duo I want to focus on for just a bit.
- 1/6/2012
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
We’ve shared the best films of 2011 and now it is time to move on. 2012 has arrived and we’ll countdown our most-anticipated later this month, but first we have a taste of what to expect in January. Infamous for the dumping ground of the year, there is certainly a lot of crap left off (Contraband, One For the Money, Underworld 4, etc), but with a few limited releases and some promising big-budget films, this is actually shaping up to be a strong month.
As always, please look at our previous Films To See lists to be alerted of limited releases expanding in your area. And as the VOD market expands, look forward to titles like Kill List, The Innkeepers, and Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie hitting the format bu check back for their inclusion in future lists as they get theatrical bows.
See:
10. Declaration of War (Valérie Donzelli; Jan.
As always, please look at our previous Films To See lists to be alerted of limited releases expanding in your area. And as the VOD market expands, look forward to titles like Kill List, The Innkeepers, and Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie hitting the format bu check back for their inclusion in future lists as they get theatrical bows.
See:
10. Declaration of War (Valérie Donzelli; Jan.
- 1/3/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Be our guest... in 3D! Disney has released an official poster via Yahoo to tease the 3D re-release of Beauty and the Beast, which it looks like will finally happen on January 13th next year. We've been hearing about this 2D-animation-converted-to-3D re-release for a few years now, I previewed footage way back in 2009, but The Lion King got the actual 3D release first, now it's finally time for Belle and the Beast to make their triumphant return to the big screen. Beauty and the Beast was directed by Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise and won two music Oscars and was even nominated for Best Picture. Take a look! It's a tale as old as time... This new poster is much more conventional compared to the original artistic version from the 1991 release. Beauty and the Beast's original team of filmmakers, including producer Don Hahn (also of Waking Sleeping Beauty) and...
- 11/10/2011
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Beast (Robby Benson), Belle (Paige O'Hara), Beauty and the Beast The Lion King 3D, a movie originally released in standard format back in 1994, has become the sleeper hit this early fall in North America. Whereas most new releases are bombing right and left, The Lion King 3D has brought in nearly $80 million domestically (it'll pass that mark today) and about $20 million internationally since its rerelease two-and-a-half weeks ago. No one needed an Mba or facsimile to predict that Disney — and likely other studios — would be rereleasing old 2D movies converted to the 3D format. Next in line for Disney are Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and the Pixar titles Finding Nemo and Monsters, Inc. As per The Hollywood Reporter, Beauty and the Beast 3D begins its limited theatrical run on January 13, 2012. Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, and featuring the voices of Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Angela Lansbury,...
- 10/4/2011
- Alt Film Guide
Disney don’t often make terrible films: even those counted as the worst in the stable are still head and shoulders above 90% of the other animated releases that enter the market under a different banner, and it’s only a matter of relativity when it comes to classifying what is a good Disney and what is a bad. In some cases though, no such debate even gets off the ground.
Most of those cases involve those films which fall within the Classics “vault”, and there are some which excel even in that auspicious company. Beauty and the Beast is firmly one of the finest. Aside from being a watershed moment in the genesis of Disney’s animation, thanks to that still astounding ballroom scene, and it’s CGI innovation, it is a richly rounded, beautifully drawn story that has some of the most compelling characters in the canon, including the best human villain,...
Most of those cases involve those films which fall within the Classics “vault”, and there are some which excel even in that auspicious company. Beauty and the Beast is firmly one of the finest. Aside from being a watershed moment in the genesis of Disney’s animation, thanks to that still astounding ballroom scene, and it’s CGI innovation, it is a richly rounded, beautifully drawn story that has some of the most compelling characters in the canon, including the best human villain,...
- 10/3/2011
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
First off, I have to tell you that this page may load slow. We're making an awful lot of calls to the Amazon Api here, and that's bound to monkey with things. If you have no idea what that means... it's shiny. Please note also that, for the same reason, you may find, depending on traffic, that not all of the Amazon details will load properly. I apologize for that, it's just the nature of the beast, and the fact that the Api wasn't really meant for such things. If you refresh, it will probably fix.
You may have heard me mention this giveaway quite a while ago, and it's taken me a long time to figure out what sort of format to put things in, and I kept added things. Eventually it became too much to really give any kind of run down on the items, so I decided...
You may have heard me mention this giveaway quite a while ago, and it's taken me a long time to figure out what sort of format to put things in, and I kept added things. Eventually it became too much to really give any kind of run down on the items, so I decided...
- 9/15/2011
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Disney Animation Studios and Pixar chief creative officer, John Lasseter, chats to us about animation, making Cars 2, and the British rain…
John Lasseter is tired. He's been doing interviews all day for Cars 2 by the time we turn up in the graveyard slot. A spent cup of coffee by his side, at one point he looks like he might nod off on us. He wouldn't be the first.
But then we start talking animation and it's as if fresh jolts of energy are rippling through his body. His infectious enthusiasm for the art comes forth, and we settle down for a chat about it, and his new film, Cars 2...
The last film director that I can remember was so senior in a movie studio was Joe Roth, who was heading up Disney in the 1990s.
That's interesting, yeah.
And Joe Roth couldn't make films himself while he was heading up Fox,...
John Lasseter is tired. He's been doing interviews all day for Cars 2 by the time we turn up in the graveyard slot. A spent cup of coffee by his side, at one point he looks like he might nod off on us. He wouldn't be the first.
But then we start talking animation and it's as if fresh jolts of energy are rippling through his body. His infectious enthusiasm for the art comes forth, and we settle down for a chat about it, and his new film, Cars 2...
The last film director that I can remember was so senior in a movie studio was Joe Roth, who was heading up Disney in the 1990s.
That's interesting, yeah.
And Joe Roth couldn't make films himself while he was heading up Fox,...
- 7/19/2011
- Den of Geek
Seemingly lost in the recent history of Disney, Simon salutes what he argues is one of its finest and most interesting animated films: The Hunchback Of Notre Dame…
In 1995, Toy Story changed modern day animation. There’s no question about it. Released to ecstatic reviews, and equally ecstatic box office returns, it pretty much instantly had two ramifications. Firstly, it gave audiences a real thirst for CG-animated movies. And secondly, it suddenly left hand drawn features, in the eyes of some, looking like yesterday’s news. Whichever hand drawn movies were released in 1996 were going to be in serious trouble.
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, then.
To some within the no-doubt labyrinthine headquarters of Walt Disney Pictures in the 1990s, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame was not a welcome project. It did less than a third of the box office business of The Lion King had done two years earlier,...
In 1995, Toy Story changed modern day animation. There’s no question about it. Released to ecstatic reviews, and equally ecstatic box office returns, it pretty much instantly had two ramifications. Firstly, it gave audiences a real thirst for CG-animated movies. And secondly, it suddenly left hand drawn features, in the eyes of some, looking like yesterday’s news. Whichever hand drawn movies were released in 1996 were going to be in serious trouble.
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, then.
To some within the no-doubt labyrinthine headquarters of Walt Disney Pictures in the 1990s, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame was not a welcome project. It did less than a third of the box office business of The Lion King had done two years earlier,...
- 5/16/2011
- Den of Geek
The directors of Disney’s latest animated movie, Tangled, spend some time with us for a detailed chat about the making of the film…
A bit of history, first. The story of Rapunzel is one that Disney first looked at for an animated feature back when Walt Disney was alive. Walt Disney couldn't crack it, and over the years, others came and had a go.
Eventually, it was decided to press ahead with the film as a CG movie to be directed by legendary Disney animator, Glen Keane. However, Keane suffered a heart attack early on in the production (returning to the film months later as Animation Director), giving new directors Byron Howard (Bolt) and Nathan Greno two years to bring the film in.
And that's roughly where we started our conversation...
You know how to set yourselves up on this one. You came to the film after production had started.
A bit of history, first. The story of Rapunzel is one that Disney first looked at for an animated feature back when Walt Disney was alive. Walt Disney couldn't crack it, and over the years, others came and had a go.
Eventually, it was decided to press ahead with the film as a CG movie to be directed by legendary Disney animator, Glen Keane. However, Keane suffered a heart attack early on in the production (returning to the film months later as Animation Director), giving new directors Byron Howard (Bolt) and Nathan Greno two years to bring the film in.
And that's roughly where we started our conversation...
You know how to set yourselves up on this one. You came to the film after production had started.
- 1/28/2011
- Den of Geek
#Gift Students of film and pop culture history have had a bumper selection of titles to choose from in the last few weeks. Four documentaries have been released that warrant the attention of anyone with an interest in two of the most enduring and successful enterprises in the entertainment industry: Walt Disney Studios and DC Comics. They might not make it onto the best sellers shelves at your local Best Buy but here at CinemaSpy we believe in bringing worthwhile works to your attention regardless of their commercial appeal. These four films definitely qualify.
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Official Synopsis: Far from a fairytale, Waking Sleeping Beauty is an unprecedented eye-opening look at the conflict, drama and tension that ushered in the second chapter of Disney’s animation legacy – a decade of unparalleled creativity that included The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King. Told by the...
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Official Synopsis: Far from a fairytale, Waking Sleeping Beauty is an unprecedented eye-opening look at the conflict, drama and tension that ushered in the second chapter of Disney’s animation legacy – a decade of unparalleled creativity that included The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King. Told by the...
- 12/13/2010
- CinemaSpy
In spite of having grown up as a part of the Disney “VHS Generation”, one of the first groups of children to have the privilege and opportunity to enjoy nearly every Disney classic in the comfort of my home on demand, I don’t have much nostalgia for my childhood favourites. They still have a special place in my heart because they undeniably have a hand in the person I have become, but they have since been replaced by other Disney films I didn’t necessarily appreciate as a child.
I have my qualms with Disney, none of which I plan on getting into right here, but I can appreciate many of their films for their artistry and heartfelt sentiment. This list does not reflect the tastes and impulses of my childhood self, but the obsessions and preferences of my young adulthood. That isn’t to say there isn’t any nostalgia involved,...
I have my qualms with Disney, none of which I plan on getting into right here, but I can appreciate many of their films for their artistry and heartfelt sentiment. This list does not reflect the tastes and impulses of my childhood self, but the obsessions and preferences of my young adulthood. That isn’t to say there isn’t any nostalgia involved,...
- 11/25/2010
- by Justine
- SoundOnSight
Simon Brew Mar 17, 2017
Simon puts forward the case for why Beauty And The Beast remains Disney’s finest animated feature to date…
The current trend in the corridors of Disney, as you probably well know, is to take some of its classic animated movies - well, lots of them actually - and turn them into live action films in various guises. It's had success with this, too, and the live action take on Beauty & The Beast, that’s been helmed by Bill Condon, is now taking its turn. It’s pretty much assured to be a monster hit. Haw haw.
For me, though, the 1991 animated version is a flat-out classic, and the new version inevitably doesn’t top that. But what about it makes is so special for me? You might just regret asking that.
I originally wrote this article for the site back in 2010, but I’ve updated it...
Simon puts forward the case for why Beauty And The Beast remains Disney’s finest animated feature to date…
The current trend in the corridors of Disney, as you probably well know, is to take some of its classic animated movies - well, lots of them actually - and turn them into live action films in various guises. It's had success with this, too, and the live action take on Beauty & The Beast, that’s been helmed by Bill Condon, is now taking its turn. It’s pretty much assured to be a monster hit. Haw haw.
For me, though, the 1991 animated version is a flat-out classic, and the new version inevitably doesn’t top that. But what about it makes is so special for me? You might just regret asking that.
I originally wrote this article for the site back in 2010, but I’ve updated it...
- 11/4/2010
- Den of Geek
Simon puts forward the case for why Beauty And The Beast remains Disney’s finest animated feature to date…
"For who could ever learn to love a beast?"
Well, me for starters. And many before and after me.
For it's probably best I declare my bias right at the start. Beauty And The Beast is one of my all-time favourite films. I'm a Disney animation nerd at the best of times, but this, for me, was the one that really got me started. Yet I first saw it when I took my five-year-old cousin on an outing to the cinema for the first time.
I was 16 at the time, not hugely interested in the film, but intrigued enough to agree to watch it. And I was utterly blown away. So much so that I went to see it two further times during its original theatrical run. And it flamed a...
"For who could ever learn to love a beast?"
Well, me for starters. And many before and after me.
For it's probably best I declare my bias right at the start. Beauty And The Beast is one of my all-time favourite films. I'm a Disney animation nerd at the best of times, but this, for me, was the one that really got me started. Yet I first saw it when I took my five-year-old cousin on an outing to the cinema for the first time.
I was 16 at the time, not hugely interested in the film, but intrigued enough to agree to watch it. And I was utterly blown away. So much so that I went to see it two further times during its original theatrical run. And it flamed a...
- 11/4/2010
- Den of Geek
Don Hahn interview: Beauty And The Beast, Howard Ashman, The Lion King, South Park and Frankenweenie
Producer Don Hahn looks back at Beauty And The Beast, and chats to us about The Lion King, Tim Burton, the genius of Howard Ashman, and a whole lot more.
"We're going to need another three hours," joked producer Don Hahn as time was called on our chat in London earlier this year. He wasn't kidding. A fascinating, engaging and open man, who was at the heart of the Disney animation revival of the late 80s and 1990s (to the point where he's made a documentary about it, Waking Sleeping Beauty), Hahn was in town to talk about the new disc release of Beauty And The Beast. But heck, did we squeeze in a lot more chat...
The first thing that always struck me with Beauty And The Beast is just how much storytelling it contracts into the first ten minutes of the film. And it's not all light stuff,...
"We're going to need another three hours," joked producer Don Hahn as time was called on our chat in London earlier this year. He wasn't kidding. A fascinating, engaging and open man, who was at the heart of the Disney animation revival of the late 80s and 1990s (to the point where he's made a documentary about it, Waking Sleeping Beauty), Hahn was in town to talk about the new disc release of Beauty And The Beast. But heck, did we squeeze in a lot more chat...
The first thing that always struck me with Beauty And The Beast is just how much storytelling it contracts into the first ten minutes of the film. And it's not all light stuff,...
- 11/3/2010
- Den of Geek
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly Ioncinephile profile, we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of favorite films. This November, we profile first-time filmmaker Damien Chazelle whose micro-budgeted Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench has charmed critics and found itself on several Best Undistributed Films Lists of 2009. Via Variance Films, his film is finally receiving its theatrical debut this November 5th at the Cinema Village in New York City. Below, you'll find Damien's top ten list as of November 2010 -- a nice mix of films of retro and contemporary films ranging between studio films and obscure short film titles. Here is Damien Chazelle's Top Ten in his own words. Barry Lyndon - Stanley Kubrick (1975) "Ok, here’s a thing that really bothers me: the rap on Kubrick’s cinema as unemotional.
- 11/1/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
The Lion King might be seen as the coolest film to have come out of Disney Studios in its modern era, but Beauty and the Beast is, in my view, the best. With lovable characters, a fairytale story in the classic Disney tradition and an action-packed climax that is more stirring than anything Disney had produced before or has created since, Beauty and the Beast is among the finest pieces of cinematic animation ever made. Does the studio's Diamond Edition Blu-ray makeover do it justice? Absolutely and with a cherry on top!
Set in and around a quaint French village during the late 18th century, Beauty and the Beast focuses on Belle, a bright and beautiful young woman who finds escape from her ordinary life, and the advances of local bully Gaston, in the pages of books. Meanwhile, off in a castle in the distance, a cruel young prince is...
Set in and around a quaint French village during the late 18th century, Beauty and the Beast focuses on Belle, a bright and beautiful young woman who finds escape from her ordinary life, and the advances of local bully Gaston, in the pages of books. Meanwhile, off in a castle in the distance, a cruel young prince is...
- 10/14/2010
- CinemaSpy
Chicago – If you still know anyone who doubts the quality difference between Blu-ray and standard DVD, show them the stunning transfer of Disney’s Best Picture-nominated “Beauty and the Beast,” one of the rare animated films that actually plays even better two decades after its release than it did when it began its cultural domination. With one of the best animated HD transfers yet produced, this is a must-own.
Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0
The quality of the image in Disney’s Blu-ray version of “Beauty and the Beast” is hard to capture in words. The colors don’t just pop off the screen. They’re not just “bright.” They’re perfect. Every line detail, every background, every movement — being one of the favorite movies of a major Disney fan, I’ve seen “Beauty and the Beast” several times but the quality of this transfer made it feel new again. It’s that remarkable.
Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0
The quality of the image in Disney’s Blu-ray version of “Beauty and the Beast” is hard to capture in words. The colors don’t just pop off the screen. They’re not just “bright.” They’re perfect. Every line detail, every background, every movement — being one of the favorite movies of a major Disney fan, I’ve seen “Beauty and the Beast” several times but the quality of this transfer made it feel new again. It’s that remarkable.
- 10/11/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
With the release of Beauty and the Beast (and The Little Mermaid a few years before), Disney returned to a more serious status in the theatrical release department, and what a return it was. Now, Disney is also making great strides in upping their game when it comes to home releases of their titles with Diamond Editions. The second installment in the Diamond Edition series, the Beauty and the Beast release is an absolute must own.
The film itself surely needs no introduction at this point, but it is worth mentioning that this release includes three versions of the film, plus alternate beginning and ending sequences. You can watch the theatrical version, an extended version with some additional material, and a storyboard version of the film from the New York Film Festival. Together with deleted songs, alternate versions of songs, a sequence “Belle in the Library” with four new characters,...
The film itself surely needs no introduction at this point, but it is worth mentioning that this release includes three versions of the film, plus alternate beginning and ending sequences. You can watch the theatrical version, an extended version with some additional material, and a storyboard version of the film from the New York Film Festival. Together with deleted songs, alternate versions of songs, a sequence “Belle in the Library” with four new characters,...
- 10/7/2010
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Like nearly everyone else that was alive at the time, I saw Beauty and the Beast for the first time in 1991, but unlike nearly everyone else I wasn't entirely enamored with it. I just didn't understand what the big deal was and my bewilderment continues to this day. Certainly the film has some extraordinarily memorable songs, but beyond that I don't get the overwhelming love. This is to say I like it, but I'm not among the group that holds it in such high esteem.
Sure, it was the first animated film nominated for Best Picture, but if you look back at '91 it isn't as if there was an overwhelming amount of competition. What's even more interesting is to look back at that year and imagine if movie reporting existed then as it does now. I can just imagine the demand for a Terminator 2 Best Picture nod and the...
Sure, it was the first animated film nominated for Best Picture, but if you look back at '91 it isn't as if there was an overwhelming amount of competition. What's even more interesting is to look back at that year and imagine if movie reporting existed then as it does now. I can just imagine the demand for a Terminator 2 Best Picture nod and the...
- 10/5/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Film: ‘Beauty And The Beast (3D)’; Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise; Cast: Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White; Rating: ****
It is an eternal fairy tale that has had as many rebirths as the dozens of decades it’s been with us. It has even been spoofed in ‘Shrek’. Yet, the most enduring one of all, remains Disney’s 1991 classic ‘Beauty and the Beast’. The same film comes back on screen, in an all new shiny 3D.
The story is skin-deep and yet deeper like its message. A beautiful girl hates an ugly beast she is forced to live with in a palace till she discovers that true beauty lies way deeper than the surface and that behind the bestiality of the.
It is an eternal fairy tale that has had as many rebirths as the dozens of decades it’s been with us. It has even been spoofed in ‘Shrek’. Yet, the most enduring one of all, remains Disney’s 1991 classic ‘Beauty and the Beast’. The same film comes back on screen, in an all new shiny 3D.
The story is skin-deep and yet deeper like its message. A beautiful girl hates an ugly beast she is forced to live with in a palace till she discovers that true beauty lies way deeper than the surface and that behind the bestiality of the.
- 9/25/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Movie Review: Beauty and the Beast 3D; Starring: Voices of Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Rex Everhart and Richard White; Director duo: Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise; Rating: *** – Super cute fun.
Beauty and the Beast the 1991 released Disney classic has been rejuvenated with 3D and more polished animation for the new release. But even then, this movie is sheer as much worth a watch for nostalgia sense as is for the beautiful love story it narrates.
Belle (voice of Paige O’Hara) is the most beautiful girl in a provincial town in France. Unfortunately.
Beauty and the Beast the 1991 released Disney classic has been rejuvenated with 3D and more polished animation for the new release. But even then, this movie is sheer as much worth a watch for nostalgia sense as is for the beautiful love story it narrates.
Belle (voice of Paige O’Hara) is the most beautiful girl in a provincial town in France. Unfortunately.
- 9/25/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
We are pleased to offer you 9 clips from the "Beauty and the Beast: Diamond Edition" which hits shelves on October 5th via Disney. The film directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, saw release in 1991, winning 2 Academy Awards after being nominated for 6, for Best Music (Original Score) and Best Music (Original Song). One of the most acclaimed and treasured animated films of all time is about to sweep you off your feet. Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all -- that true beauty comes from within...
- 9/7/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
So Stitch Kingdom found this trailer over the internet and we got wind of it on Twitter. It is the 2D teaser trailer for the re-mastering of Beauty and the Beast 3D. So what should you expect with a 2D conversion made into a 3D film? well we got a glimpse of the opening sequence at the 2009 Comic-Con last year and it was pretty marvelous. The film really pops with all the animation in digital format but the layering works really well too. Basically they created a fore, middle and back ground showing 3 layers in the animation that sort of looks like those old picture wheels from the 1800s if I am not mistaken.
Based on the fairy tale La Belle et la Bête by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, Beauty and the Beast is one of the most if not the most successful animated films in Disney history. It...
Based on the fairy tale La Belle et la Bête by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, Beauty and the Beast is one of the most if not the most successful animated films in Disney history. It...
- 7/28/2010
- by Kevin Coll
- FusedFilm
Beauty and the Beast is probably one of the best animated films ever made, and as we've heard over the last couple of years, the movie is currently going through the 3D conversion process for a theatrical re-release sometime in 2011. I haven't seen any footage from the film in 3D, but I've heard it actually looks really good. It was also revealed recently that Disney was converting The Lion King for a 3D re-release as well. Unfortunately this teaser trailer isn't in 3D, but you can check it out below. What do you think about Disney converting their films into 3D?
The film’s original producers Don Hahn and directors Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale used the film’s original computer files to re-render the film in 3D, a process that took an estimated 10 months. “By going back to the original animation files, which have been carefully archived for 17 years,...
The film’s original producers Don Hahn and directors Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale used the film’s original computer files to re-render the film in 3D, a process that took an estimated 10 months. “By going back to the original animation files, which have been carefully archived for 17 years,...
- 7/27/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
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