Beauty and the beast
Title:
Beauty and the beast
Series:
Series Number:
6.
Summary:
Tells the fable of the kindly beast and the self-sacrificing beauty whose love releases the prince in him. Contains such visual displays as tears that become real diamonds and walls that grow arms to light Beauty's path through the castle of the Beast.
General Note:
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture by Lopert Films in 1946.
A foreign film (France).
Based on the fairy tale by Mme. Leprince de Beaumont.
"A Janus Films release."
Special features include commentary by writer/cultural historian Sir Christopher Frayling, Commentary by film historian Arthur Knight, original opera written for the film by renowned composer Philip Glass, Screening at the Majestic, 1995 documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew, interview with cinematographer Henri Alekan, rare behind-the-scenes and publicity stills, original 1945 trailer narrated and directed by Cocteau, a note about the film by Cocteau, film restoration demonstration, a reprint of Mme. Leprince de Beaumont's original fable translated from the French, notes by Francis Steegmuller from the definitive book Cocteau: a Biography,
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Publication Date:
2003
ISBN:
9780780026094
Publication Information:
[S.l.] : Criterion Collection, c2003.
Call Number:
DVD BEAUTYA