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Beauty and the Beast / La belle et la bete (1946) [The Criterion Collection #6]
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 4:3 | 720x480 | 5800kbps | 7.15Gb
Audio: #1 French AC3 6.0 @ 192 Kbps | #2 French AC3 1.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
01:33:00 | France | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 4:3 | 720x480 | 5800kbps | 7.15Gb
Audio: #1 French AC3 6.0 @ 192 Kbps | #2 French AC3 1.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
01:33:00 | France | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.
Directors: Jean Cocteau, Rene Clement
Cast: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parely, Nane Germon, Michel Auclair, Raoul Marco, Marcel Andre, Janice Felty, John Kuether, Jacques Marbeuf, Ana Maria Martinez, Hallie Neill, Gregory Purnhagen, Zhang Zhou, Noel Blin, Jean Cocteau, Christian Marquand, Gilles Watteaux
Criterion Collection (review for Blu-Ray edition)
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Jean Cocteau’s sublime adaptation of Mme. Leprince de Beaumont’s fairy-tale masterpiece—in which the pure love of a beautiful girl melts the heart of a feral but gentle beast—is a landmark of motion picture fantasy, with unforgettably romantic performances by Jean Marais and Josette Day. The spectacular visions of enchantment, desire, and death in Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bete) have become timeless icons of cinematic wonder.
DVDBeaver (Review for Blu-Ray Edition)
Once upon a time, in a world of magic and wonder, the true love of a beautiful girl may finally dispel the torment of a feral but gentle-hearted beast. Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bete) is a landmark feat of cinematic fantasy in which master filmmaker Jean Cocteau conjures spectacular visions of enchantment, desire, and death that have never been equaled.
IMDb
Beauty and the Beast is one of the all-time great movie fantasies, and one of the most gorgeous pictures ever made. It was the first feature film by French director Jean Cocteau, a writer, poet, and painter with ties to the surrealists. (In fact, his first film, The Blood of a Poet, was delayed after the scandal caused by L'Age D'Or, made by his fellow surrealists Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali.) The haunting, surreal visuals (candelabra made of human hands, for example) and a sensitive performance by Jean Marais as the Beast imbue the film with an indelible, mythical power.
~ Jim Emerson
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Disc Features
- High-definition digital transfer from restored film elements (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
- Philip Glass’s opera La Belle et la Bete, as an alternate soundtrack (presented in 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition)
- Two commentaries: one by film historian Arthur Knight and one by writer and cultural historian Sir Christopher Frayling
- Screening at the Majestic, a 1995 documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew
- Interview with cinematographer Henri Alekan
- Rare behind-the-scenes photos and publicity stills
- Film restoration demonstration
- Original trailer, directed and narrated by Jean Cocteau, and the 1995 restoration trailer