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Beauty and the Beast

1991 animated film directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
Movie animated_film Q179673
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Summary

Beauty and the Beast is an animated film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of animated film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29,010 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Original Score[3], Annie Award for Best Animated Feature[4]
  • Director: Gary Trousdale[5], Kirk Wise[6]
  • Screenwriter: Linda Woolverton[7]
  • Composer: Alan Menken[8], Howard Ashman[9]
  • Genre: romance film[10], musical film[11], comedy drama[12], cinematic fairy tale[13], romantic fantasy[14]
  • Based on: Beauty and the Beast[15]
  • Followed by: Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas[16]
  • Producer: Don Hahn[17]
  • Part of the series: Walt Disney Animation Studios feature film[18], Disney Renaissance[19]
  • Depicts: shapeshifting[20], provincialism[21], kiss[22]
  • Production company: Walt Disney Animation Studios[23], Walt Disney Pictures[24]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[25]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[26]
  • Commons category: Disney's Beauty and the Beast[27]
  • Soundtrack release: Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[28], Beauty and the Beast[29]
  • Review score: 8.7/10[30], 95%[31], 95/100[32], 8.0/10[33]
  • Color: color[34]
  • Country of origin: United States[35]
  • Publication date: November 22, 1991[36], November 20, 1992[37], November 26, 1992[38]
  • Characters: Belle[39], Beast[40], Gaston[41], Lumière[42], Cogsworth[43], Mrs. Potts[44], Chip[45], Maurice[46], LeFou[47], Philippe[48], Wolves[49], Wardrobe[50]
  • Voice actor: Paige O'Hara[51], Robby Benson[52], Richard White[53], Jerry Orbach[54], David Ogden Stiers[55], Angela Lansbury[56], Bradley Pierce[57], Rex Everhart[58], Jesse Corti[59], Hal Smith[60], Jo Anne Worley[61], Mary Kay Bergman[62], Kath Soucie[63], Brian Cummings[64]

Why It Matters

Beauty and the Beast has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]

FAQs

What awards did Beauty and the Beast receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Original Score[3] and Annie Award for Best Animated Feature[4].

Related Entities

Alan Menken Angela Lansbury Beauty and the Beast David Ogden Stiers France Frank Welker Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont Jerry Orbach Kath Soucie United States Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . mafab.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved . movieweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . AlloCiné. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Swedish Film Database. Retrieved . sfi.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . The Numbers. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . The Numbers. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  58. [60] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  59. [61] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  60. [62] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  61. [63] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  62. [64] ↑ . Beauty and the Beast. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [65] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [66] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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