Beauty and the Beast (1991) is a classic Disney
animated feature that tells the story of a beautiful girl in a small town in
France who gets entangled with a prince and his servants who had been
previously transformed into a ferocious beast and a variety of household objects.
The film is distinguished for being the first animated film to be nominated for
Best Picture at the Academy Awards and remains a staple of the Disney princess
cannon. The film is directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise and stars Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach,
David Ogden Stiers, and Angela Lansbury.
