Beauty and the Beast
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Short description
A live-action reworking of Disney's animated musical from 1991, this film follows Belle, a book-loving young woman in a quiet French village, who takes her father's place as a prisoner in the castle of a Beast. The Beast is a prince who was transformed by an enchantress as punishment for his selfishness, and he must earn love and be loved in return before the last petal falls from an enchanted rose. Belle gradually befriends the castle's enchanted servants while a vain hunter named Gaston pursues her.
Bill Condon directed the film, which sits between Mr. Holmes and The Good Liar in his filmography. Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos wrote the screenplay, and David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman produced it for Walt Disney Pictures and Mandeville Films. Emma Watson plays Belle, with Dan Stevens as the Beast, Luke Evans as Gaston, Josh Gad as LeFou, Kevin Kline as Maurice, and Hattie Morahan as Agathe. The production credits list 139 cast members and 165 crew members.
The film cost 160 million dollars to make and took 1.26 billion dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds a 7.1 rating from 357,000 votes, and on TMDB 7 out of 10 from 16,171 votes. A critics' score of 6.7 from 380 reviews places it slightly below the audience ratings. The film runs 129 minutes.
What's left behind the scenes
- Ewan McGregor once said that he was very worried during filming because he found it difficult to speak with a French accent. The actor even consulted his French wife on this matter. McGregor later admitted that he never quite mastered the accent.
- Over 8,700 candles (or 2.65 kilometers of wax) were used in the sets during the production of the film.
- It took over 15 weeks to create the enchanted forest of living trees and shrubs surrounding the Beast’s castle, covered with the ice of the lake and 20,000 icicles that decorated the film set.
- Approximately 1500 roses were grown or purchased during filming for research purposes or for use in the sets.
- For some time, actress Amanda Seyfried was seriously considered for the role of Belle.
- The lanterns on the terrace, the staircase in the Beast’s castle, and the pink colonnade on the castle grounds are a tribute to the avant-garde 1946 version of the fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast,” directed by French filmmaker Jean Cocteau, whose film served as inspiration for Bill Condon.
- Half of the ballroom in the Beast’s castle, which covers 1115 square meters, is made of artificial marble, and its design is based on the pattern of the ceiling in the Benedictine monastery located in the Braunau-in-Ror abbey in Germany. Ten glass chandeliers illuminating the ballroom, each measuring 2x4 meters, were constructed based on real chandeliers from the French royal palace of Versailles, covered with glaze imitating frost, and draped with fabric.
- This is Kevin Kline's third film for Disney, where he plays Maurice. He voiced Captain Phoebus in the animated film “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, 1996) and its sequel “The Hunchback of Notre Dame II” (Bradley Raymond, 2002). In 1991, Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise directed the animated film “Beauty and the Beast.” Also, this is the third Disney film starring Kline that takes place in France.
- Emma Thompson, who plays Mrs. Potts, and Hattie Morahan, who plays Agatha, both played Elinor Dashwood – in Ang Lee’s film “Sense and Sensibility” (1995) and the BBC television series (2008) based on Jane Austen’s novel of the same name (1775-1817).
- Some lyrics from the songs “Gaston” and “Belle and the Beast,” written by Howard Ashman for the animated film but not performed in 1991, will be heard for the first time in songs recorded for the film adaptation.
- Froufrou, the dog of Madame de Garderobe (Odra McDonald) and Maestro Cadenza (Stanley Tucci), is played by a dog named Gizmo, who is actually a pet from one of the oldest and most famous animal shelters in the UK.
- Emma Watson, who played Belle, Luke Evans, who played Gaston, and Emma Thompson, who played Mrs. Potts, were all born on the same day, April 15th. Emma Watson was born in 1990, Luke Evans in 1979, and Emma Thompson in 1959.
- Over 12,000 hours of work were spent creating Belle’s yellow ballgown. In addition, costume designers used approximately 55 meters of weightless organza, 914 meters of thread, and 2160 Swarovski crystals for the dress.
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