User blog:ARTaylor/25 Years of Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Today is the twentieth anniversary of Beauty and the Beast. The much beloved film was the thirtieth animated feature from Walt Disney Animation Studios. Based on the French fairy tale, it follows Belle as she is forced to live with a prince-turned-monster in his castle full of objects come to life while slowly falling in love with him. The film was the third highest grossing film of the year. It was nominated for numerous awards, and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "Beauty and the Beast" as well as becoming the first animated feature to become nominated for Best Picture. It was adapted into a successful broadway show and is being adapted into a coming live-action film. The film features the talents of Mary Kay Bergman and Kath Soucie as the trio of head-over-heels for Gaston Bimbettes, Tony Jay as the sadistic warden of the Asylum de Loons Monsieur D'Arque, Frank Welker as a dog-turned-footstool Sultan, as well as Jack Angel and Philip Proctor doing additional voices. John Lasseter served as executive producer of the 3D elements.