Beauty and the Beast | 2017 | Advance | UK Quad

Beauty and the Beast is a 2017 musical romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon and produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman. The screenplay was written by Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos is a live-action adaptation of Disney’s 1991 animated film of the same name by Linda Woolverton, which in itself is an adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s 1756 version of the fairy tale. Beauty and the Beast was made predominantly with British actors and stars Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen and Emma Thompson.

The storyline centres on a young Prince who has been imprisoned in the form of a monstrous beast by a mysterious enchantress. The only condition is if he can learn to love someone and earn their love in return, the curse will be lifted. Enter young bookworm Belle, who stumbles upon the castle and is taken prisoner by the Beast while rescuing her father. With help from the Beast’s servants, Belle comes to appreciate and love the Beast all the while evading a stalking hunter who wants to marry her.

Principal photography began on 18th May 2015, at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England. In the film the Beast is portrayed with a more traditional motion capture puppeteering for the body and the physical orientation, where actor Dan Stevens was in a 40lb gray suit on stilts for much of the film. The facial capture for the Beast was done separately in order to communicate the subtleties of the human face and capture the thought that occurs to him which gets through to the eyes, which are the last human element in the Beast. The castle’s servants who are transformed into household objects were created using CGI animation.

When Beauty and the Beast was released it received positive reviews from the critics with particular praise going to its cast most notably Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, the visuals, musical score, songs, costume design, production values, and faithfulness to the original animated film with a few elements of the Broadway musical version, while the designs of the Beast and the servants’ household object forms drew mixed reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes it currently holds a rating of 71% with the general consensus being, “With an enchanting cast, beautifully crafted songs, and a painterly eye for detail, Beauty and the Beast offers a faithful yet fresh retelling that honors its beloved source material.”.

Commercially, Beauty and the Beast was an amazing box office success. Made with a production budget of $254 million, which made it the most expensive musical ever made. In its opening weekend it gross $174.8 million at the US box office and after ten days, it became the highest-grossing live-action musical of all time, beating the nine-year-old record set by Mamma Mia. Beauty and the Beast went on to take $504 million at the US box office in additon to $759.5 million in other countries making gross worldwide box office reciepts of $1.263 billion.

Beauty and the Beast numerous nominations including four nominations at the 23rd Critics’ Choice Awards and two nominations at the 71st British Academy Film Awards. It also received Academy Award nominations for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design at the 90th Academy Awards.

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