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The film that officially signaled Disney's animation renaissance (following The Little Mermaid) and the only animated feature to receive a Best Picture Oscar nomination, Beauty and the Beast remains the yardstick by which all other animated films should be measured. It relates the story of Belle, a bookworm with a dotty inventor for a father; when he inadvertently offends the Beast (a prince whose heart is too hard to love anyone besides himself), Belle boldly takes her father's place, imprisoned in the Beast's gloomy mansion. Naturally, Belle teaches the Beast to love. What makes this such a dazzler, besides the amazingly accomplished animation and the winning coterie of supporting characters (the Beast's mansion is overrun by quipping, dancing household items) is the array of beautiful and hilarious songs by composer Alan Menken and the late, lamented lyricist Howard Ashman. (The title song won the 1991 Best Song Oscar, and Menken's score scored a trophy as well.) The downright funniest song is "Gaston," a lout's paean to himself (including the immortal line, "I use antlers in all of my de-co-ra-ting"). "Be Our Guest" is transformed into an inspired Busby Berkeley homage. Since Ashman's passing, animated musicals haven't quite reached the same exhilarating level of wit, sophistication, and pure joy. --David Kronke --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Beauty and the Beast (Special Platinum Edition) was shipped as ordered. My granddaughters love it. many thanks

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Rating: - Beauty and the Beast (Special Platinum Edition)
Beauty and the Beast (Special Platinum Edition) was shipped as ordered. My granddaughters love it. many thanks

Rating: - Disappointed grandchild
I ordered the Platinum version DVD of Beauty and the Beast from HorseCrazy. The sound raced and was so distorted we couldn't watch it, and my grandchildren were very unhappy. I sent three emails to the vendor and haven't gotten a reply. I certainly won't do business with HorseCrazy again.

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Rating: - Something's wrong here
Neither our Blu-Ray now our DVD player will play this DVD without "Angle On" and "Angle Off" appearing repeatedly in the upper left hand corner of the screen. I have never seen this with any other DVD I have ever watched. Seller denied that it was a bootleg copy, but I'm pretty sure it is. Other than the above annoyance, the movie itself is ok, but agree with some others that the colors do not seem quite right. Dull and washed out come to mind.

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Rating: - Very fast service, older VHS, but usable
This title in Spanish was difficult to find. Even though this was a used library copy, it is perfectly adequate. The vendor sent it very quickly and the price was reasonable.

I had tried to find it in DVD, but found the price prohibitive.

As I'm giving my four year old grandson Spanish lessons, he loves to watch movies of stories he is familiar with already in English. I just sent this home with him, as we only watched the beginning at Nana's house.

Starting on a framework of known concepts and story line and then building a scaffold for concepts and vocabulary that need to be developed, the use of Spanish language Disney movies is a good tool.

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Rating: - Beauty and the Beast (Special Platinum Edition)
I am extremely pleased with my order/movie. I received it before the expected date and the movie was in wonderful condition. No scratches, no skips or pauses while viewing. Family is delighted.

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