

She would be a total outcast if not for her loveliness, and the proud hunter Gaston ( Richard White) wants her simply for her beauty as a trophy wife - but she has no interest in an oafish Jerk Jock. Belle ( Paige O'Hara) is a bookish lass in a rural French village who lives with her genial dad Maurice ( Rex Everhart), who tinkers with various inventions. This retelling of the old fairy tale Beauty and the Beast has Homages to Jean Cocteau's 1946 film, but in its tone diverges from both versions and becomes its own story.


The film is directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, with the screenplay by Linda Woolverton. Potts ( Angela Lansbury)Įntry #30 in the Disney Animated Canon, from 1991.
