Beauty And The Beast

Once upon a time...a young woman named Belle happened upon a castle and was imprisoned by the Beast who lived there. Yet, Beauty and the Beast soon fell in love, and it is her love that could break the spell that had been cast upon the Beast and his castle. "Beauty And The Beast" was the first animated motion picture to be nominated for Best Picture by the Motion Picture Academy. The first two-disc "experiential" DVD set included the new 91-minute Special Edition originally prepared for IMAX and Large Format presentation and featured the newly-completed "Human Again" sequence deleted from the original release. The DVD also included the original 84-minute Oscar®-winning theatrical edition as well as the 84-minute Work-In-Progress cut shown at the 1991 New York Film Festival which features a mixture of completed scenes and rough pencil sketches and unfinished footage. This Blu-ray Disc Diamond Edition includes all three of the above versions of the classic (Work-In-Progress on DVD) plus the Original Theatrical Release with storyreel picture-in-picture. (Gary Reber)