Beauty And The Beast 3D Diamond Edition

Disney's 1991 animated classic Beauty And The Beast begins with... Once upon a time...a young woman named Belle happened upon a castle and was imprisoned by the Beast who lived there. Yet, Beauty and the Beast soon fell in love, and it is her love that could break the spell that had been cast upon the Beast and his castle. Beauty And The Beast was the first animated motion picture to be nominated for Best Picture by the Motion Picture Academy. The Disney classic has been rejuvenated with 3D and a polished treatment. The release includes a little extra dialogue (principally Belle reading to the Beast from "Romeo And Juliet") and one deleted song, "Human Again." The animation itself is an impeccable mixture of predominately traditional hand-drawn cel character drawing and modern computer-generated backgrounds using CAPS (Computer Animation Production System), which allowed animators to simulate multiplane effects and stage sequences with depth. The 3-D treatment actually opens up the picture for new discovery within the frame of its carefully-constructed production design to reveal nuanced details. The 2-D version is identical to the previously released Diamond Edition and, as with that release, this release includes the original 84-minute Oscar®-winning theatrical edition as well as the 84-minute Work-In-Progress cut shown at the 1991 New York Film Festival, which features a mixture of completed scenes and rough pencil sketches and unfinished footage. This Blu-ray Disc™ Diamond Edition includes all three of the above versions of the classic (Work-In-Progress on DVD) plus the Original Theatrical Release with storyreel picture-in-picture. (Gary Reber)