[192] A. O. Scott of The New York Times praised the performances of both Watson and Stevens, and wrote: "It looks good, moves gracefully and leaves a clean and invigorating aftertaste. Her father, the God of the Forest, transformed the prince into a beast as punishment, proclaiming that only the true love of a woman would break the Beast's curse. [164][165][166], In Russia, despite receiving a restrictive 16 rating, the film managed to deliver a very successful opening with $6million. Most of the story is the same, except at the beginning where the merchant himself is not at sea, but his ships are. For instance, he feels some remorse for ejecting her father without a proper farewell, and as an atonement he lets her stay in a furnished room rather than the tower dungeon and places the servants at her disposal. [109] Even after inflation adjusted, it is still ahead of the $425million gross ($760million in 2017 dollars) of the original film. Her father steals a chip and is threatened by an army of Tatars who work for their master. The film was released posthumously after Davies' death. [9] In January 2022, Jelani Alladin and Fra Fee joined the cast. "[96] A review in Time magazine harshly wrote that "Even the drawing in Sleeping Beauty is crude: a compromise between sentimental, crayon-book childishness and the sort of cute, commercial cubism that tries to seem daring but is really just square. Belle then shows up on the balcony and the Beast climbs up to meet her; however Gaston refuses to accept defeat and stabs the Beast from behind. and added that "it's loaded with feeling, almost like a brash interpretive dance expressing the passion and elation little girls (and some boys, too) must have felt upon seeing the earlier version. Belle goes outside to greet her husband, the prince, and the two embrace. "[12] Dana Schwartz from The Observer is less positive in the Beast's 2017 portrayal. The curse' length in the live-action adaptation is not mentioned as opposed to the 1991 version wherein its limit would reach by the end of the Beast's twenty-first year. [261], The film also received criticism over its portrayal of LeFou, as some felt that it was used as a way of teasing LGBTQ+ audiences without providing adequate representation, with his "exclusively gay moment" being his three seconds' dancing with another man at the end of the film. "[27] Gaston's expressions were exaggerated to the point of which they exceeded normalcy, essentially "overacting. When Cogsworth, having been ordered to retrieve Belle, explains that the household cannot find her, Beast becomes enraged. It features the voices of Mary Costa, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen, Bill Shirley, Taylor Holmes, and Bill Thompson. As a human he is simply known as the "Prince", as supervising animator Glen Keane stated that everyone on the production was too busy to give him an alternative name, however some licensed works such as the trivia video game The D Show (1998) have named him "Prince Adam". The Beast agrees to let him give the rose to Beauty, but only if the merchant brings one of his daughters to take his place without deception; he makes it clear that she must agree to take his place while under no illusions about her predicament. [27] White agreed that Gaston is "full of himself, of course, but he's not recognizably villainous" until his opinions and expectations of Belle are further explored. Alexander Afanasyev collected a Russian version, The Enchanted Tsarevich ( ), in which the youngest daughter draws the flower she wants her father to bring her. alternating between walking and crawling, animal growls). The edges of her dress became squarer, pointed even, and the back of her head came almost to a point rather than round and cuddly like the other Disney girls. [93] Worldwide, the film proved to be a global phenomenon, earning a total of $357million over its four-day opening weekend from 56 markets. [43] Simon Brew of Den of Geek attributes Gaston's increasing villainy to "his raging jealousy and insecurity" that ultimately "transforms him into the story's antagonist" after he finally succumbs to "circumstance[s] of his life. [36][37], Gaston is depicted as a very narcissistic, self-centered and superficial individual, motivated by extreme jealousy. Beaumont greatly pared down the cast of characters and pruned the tale to an almost archetypal simplicity. At the castle, Belle is given permission to roam the grounds, but must have dinner with the Beast every evening. The stage version included many songs not included in the musical, such as the deleted songs "Human Again" (whose demo was 9 minutes long) and "Gaston (Reprise)", a Beast number - "If I Can't Love Her", and a Maurice number - "No Matter What". [37] Production designer Ken Anderson was impressed with Nielsen's artwork, but felt his soft pastel paintings would be difficult to translate into animation. [35], More similar Beaumont's plot is a Dutch version from Driebergen titled Rozina. The film was directed by Les Clark, Eric Larson, and Wolfgang Reitherman, under the supervision of Clyde Geronimi. As he tries to chase the bird out, however, he falls over on the stairs and hits his head hard, stripping him of his hatred for birds. [19] During Gaston and the Beast's climactic battle, the character was originally intended to yell "Time to die!" In the Swiss variant, The Bear Prince (Der Brenprinz), collected by Otto Sutermeister, the youngest daughter asks for grapes. They are living in the same countryside house, with Belle's father, who is now a flower merchant. She went on to say that "Belle actively argues and disagrees with the Beast constantly. "[21] Deja maintains "a real discipline here in holding Gaston back, to let the audience hook into him, before allowing his gradual slide. [64][65], North American missionary Adele M. Fielde collected a version from China titled The Fairy Serpent, in which the heroine's family is visited by wasps until she follows the beast, who is a serpent. [93] TVOvermind also ranked Gaston sixth despite his lack of magical powers "because of his overwhelming douchebaggery" whose "general intolerance makes for a terrific villain. Xaldin appears to flee. [33] According to Den of Geek's Simon Brew, Gaston is "animated really carefully, as it would have been easy to slip, and allow us to see the less jovial, more sinister side of his character earlier. [32], Production of Sleeping Beauty resumed in December 1956,[22] and by that time the release date was scheduled for Christmas 1958. [30] Later in September of that same year, Stephen Chbosky (who directed Emma Watson in The Perks of Being a Wallflower) was hired to re-write the script. An estimated $1.1million came from IMAX screenings, the fourth-biggest ever in the country. [13] However, some filmmakers continued to contest whether or not Gaston was actually a strong enough villain. The first villainous character to whom Deja had been assigned by Disney, the animator immediately recognized that Gaston was unique in terms of Disney villains because he was not designed to frighten both the film's hero and audience, as previous Disney villains had been. Early tracking had the film grossing around $100million in its opening weekend, with some publications predicting it could reach $130million. [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][39], Susan Egan, who originated the role of Belle on Broadway, commented on the casting of Watson as "perfect". The Beast turns to despair as the years pass by, with little hope of achieving this. This article is about the 2017 live-action film. [102], The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that the film received an 89% based on 46 reviews, approval rating with an average rating of 8.2/10. Relatively late in production, he removed Larson as supervising director and replaced him with Clyde Geronimi. She searches and discovers many enchanted rooms containing sources of entertainment ranging from libraries to aviaries to enchanted windows allowing her to attend the theatre. "[101] Charles Solomon, reviewing for the Los Angeles Times, felt the film "represents the culmination of Walt Disney's effort to elevate animation to an art form," although he later wrote "lacks the strong story line of the other Disney features. Perducas is killed by the vines and turned into a human tree. "[250] GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis praised the move, stating, "It is a small moment in the film, but it is a huge leap forward for the film industry. Beast was included in the video game Disney Magic Kingdoms during a 2017 Event focused on Beauty and the Beast, being a playable character to unlock for a limited time.[8]. In this version, the Beast takes the form of a lion. [276] Luke Evans and Josh Gad will reprise their roles from the film, and will executive produce the series alongside Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, with Gad, Kitsis and Horowitz serving as showrunners and writers for the series. The version found at Disneyland Paris is much more reminiscent of the film's artistic direction. Instead of going to visit her family alone, the heroine can only go to her sister's wedding if she agrees to let the snake go with her. [94] Meanwhile, on Babble's list of "The Top 15 Disney Villains Ranked from Bad to Worst", which ranked the characters based on scariness, Gaston was placed 10th. [54], Meanwhile, Tom Oreb was tasked as character stylist that would not only inhabit the style of the backgrounds, but also fit with the contemporary UPA style. After each refusal, Beauty dreams of a handsome prince with whom she begins to fall in love. [191] Owen Gleiberman of Variety, in his positive review of the film, wrote: "It's a lovingly crafted movie, and in many ways a good one, but before that it's an enraptured piece of old-is-new nostalgia." [99][100][101][102] On April 12, it passed the $1billion threshold, becoming the first film of 2017, the fourteenth Disney film, and the twenty-ninth film overall to pass the mark. After several years of having no children, the rulers of a European kingdom King Stefan and Queen Leah welcome the birth of their daughter, Princess Aurora. Beast appears as a major Disney character in the bestselling video game series Kingdom Hearts. [16], In June 1952, the full storyboard presentation was completed but Disney rejected it, concluding the story approach was too similar to the studio's earlier films. [98], This article is about the character. [22] Among the actors who auditioned for the role was Rupert Everett,[7] who Disney decided not to cast because the filmmakers felt that he did not sound arrogant enough to voice such a proud character;[23] Everett would ultimately go on to voice Prince Charming, a similar character who appears in the Shrek film series, using the critique of not sounding arrogant enough to play Gaston to secure the role, although Charming's motives and vindictive traits were more in resemblance to that of Jafar's (as he only wanted Fiona for the throne and seized it in the same manner). [70], In a variant from Schoharie, New York, collected by Emelyn Elizabeth Gardner with the title The Rosy Story, the heroine is named Ellen. [43], In Carl and Theodor Colshorn's second version, The Cursed Frog (Der verwunschene Frosch), the heroine is a merchant's daughter. "[87][88] In her book From Mouse to Mermaid: The Politics of Film, Gender, and Culture, author Elizabeth Bell reviewed Gaston as a "Chauvinist Pig, the kind that would turn the women of any primetime talkshow audience into beasts themselves. [199] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone rated the film three out of four, deeming it an "exhilarating gift" while he remarked that "Beauty and the Beast does justice to Disney's animated classic, even if some of the magic is M.I.A (Missing in Action)". A spin-off television series, Little Town, was in development, but has been postponed indefinitely. [21] Further distinguishing Gaston from the villains in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and Sleeping Beauty (1959), respectively, the character does not undergo a hideous physical transformation before he dies. [14][15] In April 1951, the earliest known story outline included a wake-up kiss as a climactic moment, as well as the meeting between the prince and princess in the forest before the latter falls asleep. [53] Greg Garrett, author of The Gospel According to Hollywood, determined that Gaston serves as "a reminder that what the world loves is not worth emulating". Original songs performed in the film include: Disney's distribution arm, Buena Vista Distribution, originally released Sleeping Beauty to theaters in both standard 35 mm prints and large-format 70 mm prints. [4] With a production budget of $254million, it is the most expensive musical ever made. They also shared his egomania to some extent but were comparatively kinder than their father. There is only one scene I thought unnecessary but overall, I like it. The merchant begs to be set free, revealing that he had only picked the rose as a gift for his youngest daughter. Suddenly, vines sprout about the castle. Italo Calvino included a version on Italian Folktales titled Bellinda and the Monster, inspired mostly from Comparetti's version, but adding some elements from De Nino's, like the Tree of Weeping and Laughter. [28][34] Wolfgang Reitherman, an animator from the Nine Old Men, joined Geronimi as sequence director over the climactic dragon battle sequence, commenting: "We took the approach that we were going to kill that damned prince! Afterward, Prince and Belle host a ball for all the villagers. Nevertheless, it is the second-biggest March Monday, behind Batman v Superman ($15million). "[211], Controversy arose after director Bill Condon said there was a "gay moment" in the film, when LeFou briefly waltzes with Stanley, one of Gaston's friends. 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