Beauty and the Beast is a 2017 American musical romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay by Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos. It is a live-action adaptation of Disney’s 1991 animated film of the same name, itself an adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s 1756 version of the fairy tale. It features an ensemble cast including Emma Watson and Dan Stevens as the eponymous characters, with Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, and Emma Thompson in supporting roles. The film premiered at Spencer House in London on February 23, 2017, and was theat
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Beauty and the Beast is a 2017 American musical romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay by Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos. It is a live-action adaptation of Disney’s 1991 animated film of the same name, itself an adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s 1756 version of the fairy tale. It features an ensemble cast including Emma Watson and Dan Stevens as the eponymous characters, with Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, and Emma Thompson in supporting roles. The film premiered at Spencer House in London on February 23, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States in standard, Disney Digital 3-D, RealD 3D, IMAX, and IMAX 3D formats, along with Dolby Cinema on March 17, 2017. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with many praising its faithfulness to the original animated film, as well as elements from the Broadway musical, performances of the cast, visual style, musical score, songs, costume design, and production values. It grossed over USD 1.2 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing live- action musical film, making it the second-highest-grossed film of 2017. A spin-offprequel television series, Little Town, is in development. It also received nominations for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design at the 90th Academy Awards, and two nominations at the 71st British Academy Film Awards.
The film received four nominations for the 23rd Critics’ Choice Awards and two nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 73rd British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards. It was also nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 91st Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Award for Best animated feature film at the 86th Academy Award ceremony. The movie is one of the most expensive films ever made, with an estimated budget of around USD 255 million, and is the 10th-highest grossing film of all time. It has been described as the “most expensive film ever made” by The Hollywood Reporter. The story follows Belle, a book-loving daughter of an inventor named Maurice, who dreams of adventure. She constantly brushes off advances from Gaston, an arrogant former soldier as he is not the type of man Belle wishes to marry. When Maurice’s horse returns without him, she finds him locked in the castle dungeon. Belle tricks both her father and theBeast by asking for a simple hug goodbye from her father, she pushes him out and locks herself in the dungeon. The Beast agrees to let her take her father’s place and forces Maurice to leave immediately. As Belle nurses Gaston’s wounds, a spark develops between them. In Villeneuve, Maurice fails to convince the other villagers of Belle’s imprisonment, seeing her as an opportunity to win her mother’s love.
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