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![]() ![]() A selfish prince (voiced by Robby Benson) lives under the curse of a righteous witch: that he be a beast, confined to his castle, until he can love and be loved. Enchantment is at the heart of the story too. Its animators’ pens are wands their movement enchants. “ Beauty and the Beast, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, is … close to seamless. Here’s what I wrote about the film in 1991: (MORE: The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Features) After many permutations on VHS and DVD, the film is back in theaters, tarted up but not tarnished in 3-D, for a new generation of kids and other movie lovers to see as it should be seen: on a giant screen, in a community of the similarly enthralled. The first animated feature to be nominated for Best Picture, the movie also secured three of the five slots in the Best Original Song category, winning for the title tune. Beauty and the Beast, the Walt Disney Studio’s 30th cartoon feature, cast a quick, sure spell over audiences, critics and the Motion Picture Academy. Follow as old as time / Tune as old as song…”
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