Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bte) is a 2014 Franco-German romantic fantasy film based on the traditional fairy tale of the same name by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve.Written by Christophe Gans and Sandra Vo-Anh and directed by Gans, the film stars La Seydoux as Belle and Vincent Cassel as the Beast.. They invite her to a spectacular dinner. The film underwent a digital restoration in 1997, and that version was released to both VHS and LaserDisc in fullscreen and widescreen as part of the Masterpiece Collection on September 16. The film was re-released theatrically in 1970,[77] where it was released on standard 35mm film. She commented that the Beast's less scary appearance gave lesser impact when he revealed himself to Belle compared to the original. It closed shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks, supposedly because the dark, unmonitored corridors were a risk. [86], Beauty and the Beast was released on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD on June 6, 2017. However, Beauty's heart is moved by her father's overprotectiveness, and she reluctantly agrees to stay longer. He saves her and brings her back to the castle. ", "Bill Condon to Direct Live-Action 'Beauty and the Beast' Film for Disney", "Sean Bailey on How Disney's Live-Action Division Found Its 'Beauty and the Beast' Mojo", "The Live Action Beauty and the Beast Almost Got a Sequel, Here's What It Would Have Been About", "Emma Watson to Star in Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' (Exclusive)", "Luke Evans to Play Gaston in Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' (EXCLUSIVE)", "Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' Casting Dan Stevens as the Beast (Exclusive)", "Bonjour Gaston! In the Disney Princess video game, he acts as the main antagonist of Belle's chapter. The plot often seems to owe less to the tradition of the fairy tale than to the formula of the monster movie. Because of a musicians' strike, the musical score was recorded in Berlin, Germany with the Graunke Symphony Orchestra from September 8 through November 25, 1958.[68][10]. According to researchers at universities in Durham and Lisbon, the story originated about 4,000 years ago.[9][10][11]. His youngest daughter, Belle (La Seydoux) is the only one happy with the change. Ashamed of his new appearance, the Beast conceals himself inside his castle with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world, and an enchanted rose that would act as the curse's timer which would bloom until he turns 21. This version is a good one! However, Disney felt that the "eerie, haunting presentation of a victim powerless in the hands of evil" would be the "strongest and best statement for the film", so the scene was changed to have Maleficent lure Aurora to her doom under hypnosis, without interacting with her directly. One day, the well she usually fetches water from is dry, so she walks to a spring. Her third husband was the French spy Thomas Pichon (17571760). [29], White's casting ultimately influenced Gaston's design; the animators adjusted the character's appearance after hearing White's operatic singing voice for the first time, making Gaston similarly operatic in his movements, gestures and mannerisms. Adrian Schiller as Monsieur D'Arque, the sly warden of the local asylum who is bribed by Gaston to have Maurice institutionalized. At the fairies' urging, King Stefan and Queen Leah reluctantly bring Aurora to a cottage in the forest to live with the fairies in safety. Disney's interpretation of the Beast made him more constantly angry and depressed, due to the shame from his unkind actions which led to his transformation, and particularly his struggle of reconciling his hideous appearance with his inner humanity which made him feel hopeless about breaking the curse. [110], In the United States and Canada, Beauty and the Beast topped Fandango's pre-sales and became the fastest-selling family film in the company's history, topping the studio's own animated film Finding Dory released the previous year. Gaston, seeing rescuing Belle as an opportunity to win her hand in marriage, agrees to help Maurice. The musical was directed by Robert Jess Roth, produced by Disney Theatrical, and written by Linda Woolverton. While Beast sits most of the preparations out, a treacherous servant plots to have Belle thrown out of the castle: Forte the Pipe Organ, since he is far more appreciated by the Beast while under the spell. Whenever one of her family members is sick, the heroine is warned by the garden (a spring with muddy waters; a tree with withered leaves). The film was directed by Les Clark, Eric Larson, and Wolfgang Reitherman, under the supervision of Clyde Geronimi. "[59] According to the Orlando Sentinel, Gaston is the 12th-greatest Disney villain. 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The queen left him in the care of an evil fairy, who tried to seduce him when he became an adult; when he refused, she transformed him into a beast. Despite this, she remains calm and fetches water from a nearby spring, which she uses to resuscitate him. The merchant tries to trick the poodle, giving him other girls pretending to be the princess, but the poodle sees through this. The role of Prince Phillip was modeled by Ed Kemmer,[47] who had played Commander Buzz Corry on television's Space Patrol[49] five years before Sleeping Beauty was released. The Chteau features an animatronic dragon, imagineered to look like Maleficent's dragon form, is found in the lower level dungeon La Tanire du Dragon. [32], In a Flemish version from Veurne titled Rose without Thorns (Roosken zonder Doornen), the prince is disenchanted differently than in Beaumont's and Villeneuve's versions. When the Beast asks if she knows that he can't live without her, Rose answers yes, and the Beast turns into a human. [99][100][101][102] On April 12, it passed the $1billion threshold, becoming the first film of 2017, the fourteenth Disney film, and the twenty-ninth film overall to pass the mark. Beaumont greatly pared down the cast of characters and pruned the tale to an almost archetypal simplicity. Movies included Gaston at number 11 on their ranking of "the 12 most famous Disney villains from worst to best", awarding him "points for not only being a huge jerk, but for also trying to blackmail Belle into marrying him and for leading a mob to kill Beast. Take that vision, put it into a new medium, make it a radical reinvention, something not just for the stage because it's not just being literal, now other elements come into play. [8] Zmire and Azor is based on the second version of the tale. He was just a toady and besotted with a person he could never be. (In contrast to the 1991 animated film where the Prince is depicted in stained-glass windows wearing royal regalia and armor before being cursed, the Prince in Enchanted Christmas is dressed simply in a white shirt and black breeches prior to his transformation.) Television [204], Several critics regarded the film as inferior to its 1991 animated predecessor. He also had a section dedicated to himself in the tongue-in-cheek book Villain Files alongside the other Disney villains, with it implying that his meeting Belle was during archery practice. He was then promoted to a full-fledged background painter for the Goofy cartoon "For Whom the Bulls Toil" and the color stylist for the Academy Award-winning short Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953). Suddenly, vines sprout about the castle. [57][58][59][60], The 2017 film features a remake of the 1991 original song recorded as a duet by Ariana Grande and John Legend. To minimize that risk, the actors spent three months in pre-production and rigorously rehearsed their scenes. "[29] Constant production delays led to a significant increase in its costs, which Disney was unhappy with. Unfortunately, the girl is later visited by her two elder sisters who pressure her to tell them what is happening. In the novel, Gaston and the Beast are portrayed as childhood friends, with the curse erasing Gaston's memory of the prince. Before signing on to the film, Emma Watson did study whether Belle is trapped in an abusive relationship with the Beast and concluded that she does not think the criticism fits this version of the fairy tale. Nevertheless, Disney insisted on the visual design, claiming that the inspirational art he had commissioned in the past had been homogenized by the animators. The earlier sketches of the Beast's character design are seen as gargoyles and sculptures in the Beast's castle.[1]. [24], When released in 1991, Beauty and the Beast marked a turning point for Walt Disney Pictures by appealing to millions of fans with its Academy Award-winning musical score by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken. Unknown to Beast, Belle writes him a special book which he doesn't see until later on. The Beauty and the Beast universe encompasses two main locations: a French village and a castle, which are linked by woods. During the battle, Gaston abandons his companion LeFou, who then sides with the Beast's servants to fend off the villagers. Beauty and the Beast (2014), a French-German film. The two then marry and live happily ever after. When he refuses, she rejects him once again. Animator Milt Kahl would blame him for the numerous delays because "he wouldn't have story meetings. When the merchant finds a lily, a bear appears, saying that his youngest daughter must come to the garden because only she can repair the damage the merchant has caused. Early tracking had the film grossing around $100million in its opening weekend, with some publications predicting it could reach $130million. He departs and picks a rose in the garden for Belle. After she and the bear cross twelve rooms of disgusting creatures, the bear turns into a prince. The Brothers Grimm originally collected a variant of the story, titled The Summer and Winter Garden (Von dem Sommer- und Wintergarten). [65] The film makes sure that Gaston's opinions about women are viewed as little more than "boorish";[64] Woolverton wanted Gaston to teach young boys "how not to treat women. "[1], Beauty and the Beast parodies the idea of excessive masculinity, a trait shared by both Gaston and the Beast. [72], During its original release in January 1959, Sleeping Beauty grossed approximately $5.3 million in theater rentals (the distributor's share of the box office gross) from the United States and Canada. [191] Owen Gleiberman of Variety, in his positive review of the film, wrote: "It's a lovingly crafted movie, and in many ways a good one, but before that it's an enraptured piece of old-is-new nostalgia." He accosts her at her home, subtly offering his hand in marriage for when Maurice dies, but she turns him down. Despite the fall, the film helped Disney push past the $1billion threshold internationally for the first time in 2017. Beast hates the idea of Christmas, for it was the very day almost ten years ago when the Enchantress cast the spell on him and the entire castle. The enchanted prince is a frog, and the daughter asks for a three-colored rose. Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas is the first direct-to-video installment of the film series and served as a holiday special. [21] Additionally, both characters use Belle's loyalty to her father to manipulate her. Gaston is one of several elements unique to Disney's animated adaptation of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale, written by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. Later on, Beast encounters Sora once again when he returns to Hollow Bastion to lock the Keyhole. [18] Domenico Comparetti included a variant from Montale titled Bellindia, in which Bellindia is the heroine's name, while her two eldest sisters are called Carolina and Assunta. The King was also recast to Tom Turner, although Harriet Jones was still the Queen, albeit with dark hair. [276] Luke Evans and Josh Gad will reprise their roles from the film, and will executive produce the series alongside Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, with Gad, Kitsis and Horowitz serving as showrunners and writers for the series. [59] Prior to Gaston's debut, virtually every Disney villain before him had been unattractive in appearance; Den of Geek writer Simon Brew holds Gaston accountable for changing the reputation of future Disney villains. That night, she witnesses the Beast prey upon a hog. "[48] Similarly, The Media and the Models of Masculinity author Mark Moss accused the character of uttering "the most anachronistic nonsense heard on the screen for quite some time. She called the introduction "spectacular" and praised Gans for his willingness to make the audience believe the "incredible and improbable love story", praising the "excellent" Seydoux and Cassel. [56][57], In a Moravian version, the youngest daughter asks for three white roses, and the Beast is a dog;[58], In another Moravian version, the heroine asks for a single red rose and the Beast is a bear. [61][a], In a version from the island of Zakynthos in Western Greece, the prince is turned into a snake by a nereid whom he rejected. "[59] Referred to as a personification of misogyny,[60] Gaston is accustomed to acquiring anything he desires,[21][51] and believes he deserves to marry Belle only because she is considered to be the most beautiful girl in his hometown, and thus "the best. [93] The hold was notable considering how the film was able to fend off three new wide releases: Power Rangers, Life, CHiPs, and Wilson. 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[66] In its first 24 hours, the teaser trailer reached 91.8million views, which was the largest number ever seen for a trailer in that amount of time. [34], Another Flemish version from Wuustwezel, collected by Victor de Meyere, is closer to Beaumont's plot, the merchant's youngest daughter staying one day more at her family's home and soon returning to the Beast's palace. Its launch is the second-biggest for the month of March, behind Batman v Superman ($256.5million). Belle goes outside to greet her husband, the prince, and the two embrace. [116] The building also contains La Galerie de la Belle au Bois Dormant, a gallery of displays which illustrate the story of Sleeping Beauty in tapestries, stained-glass windows and figures.[117]. He also has blue eyes, the one physical feature that does not change whether he is a beast or a human. This version was written between 1889 and 1913, some time after the original version, and so should be considered as a later version of the story. Haydn Gwynne as Clothilde, a fishmonger and Cogsworth's wife. Belle has another dream about how the prince broke his promise to the princess and killed the golden deer. So we started figuring the other way and worked on how we could develop them into special personalities". Not wanting to sink to Gaston's level of behavior, the Beast decides to show mercy and spare Gaston on the condition that he immediately leave the castle. [14][15] In April 1951, the earliest known story outline included a wake-up kiss as a climactic moment, as well as the meeting between the prince and princess in the forest before the latter falls asleep. Two episodes from the first season were released with an episode of an abandoned Beauty and the Beast cartoon series and were released direct-to-video as Belle's Tales of Friendship. Condon later explained that "after Frozen opened, the studio saw that there was this big international audience for an old-school-musical approach. [98] Earning a total of $174.8million on its opening weekend, it defied all expectations and went on to set numerous notable records. She constantly brushes off advances from Gaston, an arrogant hunter and war veteran, as he is not the type of man Belle wishes to marry. [35] She was the first and only choice of Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan F. Horn, who had previously run Warner Bros. which released the eight Harry Potter films that starred Watson as Hermione Granger. A widower merchant lives in a mansion with his twelve children (six sons and six daughters). You're in a room by yourself and are invited to be as creative as you can be. MsMojo ranked the Beast second in the Top 10 Disney Princes video, praising his character development in the film. [128][129] The film's opening was credited to positive word of mouth from audiences, good reviews from critics, effective marketing which sold the title not just as a family film but also as a romantic drama, the cast's star power (namely Emma Watson), lack of competition, being the first family film since The Lego Batman Movie a month earlier, nostalgia, and the success and ubiquity of the first film and Disney's brand. [151][152], In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the film recorded the biggest opening ever for a PG-rated film, the biggest Disney live-action opening of all time, the biggest March opening weekend, the biggest opening for a musical (ahead of 2012's Les Misrables), the number one opening of 2017 to date and the fifth-biggest-ever overall with 19.7million ($24.5million) from 639 theatres and almost twice that of The Jungle Book (9.9million). Releasing Belle from the dungeon and asking for her forgiveness, Beast prepares to join in the Christmas festivities. [45] The only known surviving footage of Stanley as Aurora's live-action reference is a clip from the television program Disneyland, which featured several artists sketching her dancing with the makeshift woodland animals. The Blu-ray set features BD-Live, an online feature, and the extras include a virtual castle and multi-player games. [78] He has a brief cameo in the fourth Kingdom Keepers book, where he alongside Prince John and Horned King were present with the Overtakers at Tom Sawyer Island. Diablo, Maleficent's raven, appears in Kingdom Hearts II to resurrect his defeated mistress. Beauty and the Beast premiered at Spencer House in London on February 23, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States in standard, Disney Digital 3-D, RealD 3D, IMAX, and IMAX 3D formats, along with Dolby Cinema on March 17, 2017. In Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Beast is merely a figment of Sora's memories. It was ahead of all new releases and second overall behind Badrinath Ki Dulhania and its Indian gross was around 17.63 crore (US$2.2million). [69][70] The first official teaser poster was released on July 7, 2016. Who would be?" This was the only time Larson directed a sequence or a film during his tenure at Walt Disney Productions. The man cannot find a singing rose for his youngest daughter, and he refuses to return home until he finds one. [51], Condon initially prepared on only drawing inspiration from the original film, but he also planned to include most of the songs composed by Menken, Ashman and Tim Rice from the Broadway musical, with the intention of making the film as a "straight-forward, live-action, large-budget movie musical". [57] Time's Richard Corliss called Gaston "a way-too-handsome galoot" and "Dudley Do-Right gone wrong. Beast appears as a major Disney character in the bestselling video game series Kingdom Hearts. [12] The story begins in much the same way as Villeneuve's version, although now the merchant has only six children: three sons and three daughters of which Beauty is one. Belle (2021), a Japanese animated science fantasy film written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda and produced by Studio Chizu. The tale is classified in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 425C, "Beauty and the Beast". [31] In terms of research, Deja sought inspiration from male Los Angeles residents who constantly adore themselves, observing them as they fix their hair and admire themselves in mirrors, explaining, "It was fun to observe them and bring some of that attitude to Gaston. [35] Following Gaston's success, Deja would develop a reputation of animating Disney villains, continuing with Jafar from Aladdin (1992) and Scar from The Lion King (1994). [173][174] The two-day gross was $9.7million, outstripping Frozen's previous record of $9.5million. [90], Beauty and the Beast grossed $504million in the United States and Canada and $759.5million in other countries for a worldwide gross of $1.263billion. The Beast uses guile to make up for his lack of weaponry, and remains unfazed by frequent taunts from Gaston, who proclaims that handsome appearance is the entitlement to Belle. [140] By May 28, the film had earned over $500million in ticket sales becoming the first film of 2017 (until it was later surpassed by The Last Jedi),[141][142] the third female-led film (after The Force Awakens and Rogue One followed by Wonder Woman and The Last Jedi) and the eighth overall film in cinematic history to pass the mark. "[98], Among more favorable reviews, Variety praised the singing voices of Mary Costa and Bill Shirley and noted that "some of the best parts of the picture are those dealing with the three good fairies, spoken and sung by Verna Felton, Barbara Jo Allen and Barbara Luddy. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is a popular song written by Frank Loesser in 1944 and popularized in the 1949 film Neptune's Daughter. "[47] JoBlo.com reviewed Gaston as an "inferior villain", writing, "While White's performance is terrific, the character itself is ultimately basic and bland. [195] Mike Ryan of Uproxx praised the cast, production design and the new songs while noting the film doesn't try anything different, saying: "There's certainly nothing that new about this version of Beauty and the Beast (well, except it isn't a cartoon anymore), but it's a good recreation of a classic animated film that should leave most die-hards satisfied. The tale is one of the most popular in oral tradition. [151] In its second weekend, it fell just by 35% earning another $120.6million and maintaining its first position hold. She teleports in front of him and transforms into a gigantic dragon. Gil his youngest son who appears in Descendants 2 and Descendants 3. The second time was in the fifth season, where he befriended Belle. Beast's Limit attack for Kingdom Hearts II is Twin Howl, where he and Sora violently roar together and slash at enemies furiously. [60], In a Hungarian version titled The Speaking Grapes, the Smiling Apple and the Tinkling Apricot (Szl szl, mosolyg alma, cseng barack), the princess asks her father for the titular fruits, and the Beast is a pig. It earned $26.3million (48%) and retained second place. The most significant difference is that the enchanted prince is a horse. Two of whom, Twins Gaston Jr and Gaston the Third, he evidently named after himself due to his egomania. [180][181], The only markets where the film did not top the weekend charts were Vietnam (behind Kong: Skull Island), Turkey (with two local films and Logan ahead) and India (where Badrinath Ki Dulhania retained No. [114][115] It earned $16.3million from Thursday previews night, marking the biggest of 2017 (breaking Logan's record), the biggest ever for a Disney live-action film (breaking Maleficent's record), the second-biggest ever for both a G- or PG-rated film (behind the sixth Harry Potter film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which also starred Watson), and the third-biggest ever in the month of March (behind Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and The Hunger Games). [47] Gaston intimidates and threatens anyone opposed to his ideas,[48] and actively attends male social gatherings via which he can exercise his "alpha male" status. and when she wakes up next to him, she finds that the Beast has transformed into the unknown Prince from her dreams. 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[109] Even after inflation adjusted, it is still ahead of the $425million gross ($760million in 2017 dollars) of the original film. Gaston appears in the 2017 live-action remake, played by Luke Evans. [74], A live-action version of Gaston appears in two episodes of the fantasy television series Once Upon a Time, in which he is first portrayed by Sage Brocklebank and later by Wes Brown. At one point, Gaston mentions in a discussion to Belle that the headmaster did not like him at first. The facial capture for the Beast was done separately in order to "communicate the subtleties of the human face" and "[capture the] thought that occurs to him" which gets "through [to] the eyes, which are the last human element in the Beast." Tale as Old as Time: The Making of Beauty and the Beast. 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