indeed and it a tale as old a time and with a complex message that be as ageless a it be universal while but beneath all the layer it can be sum up very simply represent love one another and and refrain from judge others who eem to be ` different . and leave it to disney to present it in such a way that it can be embrace and understand by young and old alike a they have here and in one of their best animate feature ever and ` beauty and the beast and direct by gary trousdale . when a young prince fail the test of an enchantress disguise a an old hag and she transform him into a hideous beast and a he be destine to remain until he open his heart and learn how to love and be love in return . and so that he will know where he stand a time go by and she give him an enchant rise and which will bloom until his twenty first birthday and and he have only until the last petal fall from the flower to effect the change within himself that will be his salvation . the beast and however and seem doom and a he shut himself away and alone in his castle and take up a reclusive existence far from everyone and everything . until and one day and a beautiful young woman name belle show up at his doorstep . belle be search for her inventor father and maurice and who disappear while take one of his late invention to the fair while and his trail lead belle to the castle of the beast and where she discover he be be hold prisoner and have run afoul of the beast by trespass while lose during the night of his journey . repulse by the appearance of the beast and belle nevertheless strike a bargain with him represent if he will release her father and she will stay in his place . the beast agree and with the stipulation that she must remain with him forever . and a the beast cast belle father from the castle and send him on his way and belle fate seem seal . the only hope now for either belle or the beast lie in the remote possibility that true love may somehow prevail before the last petal of the enchant rise fall . with the help of a richly textured screenplay ( by linda woolverton ) that invest the character with a depth of humanity that be often lack even in ` non animate film and and an oscar win score by alan menken and director trousdale provide some real insight into human nature in this retelling of the familiar story of how true love can change even the dark and coldest of heart . there magic in this film and which hold an enchantment of it own and and the message be present ever so subtly and with a sensitivity that draw you in gradually until you be so catch up in the story that you become immersed and totally involve without be consciously aware of it . it a film that enfold you and take you where it will and and you go willingly . a beautifully render and realize film that successfully transcend it genre and it be the first animated feature ever to be recognize and reward with an oscar nomination for best movie ( quite a feat in itself and a it receive the nod over such film a ` the fisher king and ` fry green tomato and ` thelma and louise and john singleton ` boyz n the hood that year ) . the talented cast supply the voice of the character include paige ohara ( belle ) and robby benson ( the beast ) and richard white ( gaston ) and jerry orbach ( lumiere ) and david ogden stiers ( cogsworth ) and angela lansbury ( mrs. potts ) and bradley pierce ( chip ) and rex everhart ( maurice ) and jesse corti ( lefou ) and hal smith ( phillipe ) and jo ann worley ( wardrobe ) and brian cummings ( stave ) and alvin epstein ( bookseller ) and kimmy robertson ( featherduster ) . there a scene in this film that be so entrancing and so emotionally involve that it stand up against the best from any drama ever make represent a angela lansbury ( a mrs. potts ) sing the oscar win title song and belle begin to perceive the true nature of the man within the beast while and it no longer the cold hearted prince upon whom the enchantress cast her spell and because he have change . and a they come together and the beast take belle in his arm and sweep her in dance across the elegant ballroom floor and it become one of those rare cinematic ` moment that be entirely transport and and it do and indeed and take you away . it a memorable scene that exemplify the quality and craftsmanship of this film and a do the scene in which the beast be at last transformed while that such emotion can be capture and express in an animated film be an exemplary accomplishment and and it all a part of why ` beauty and the beast be one of disney all time great film . one final note represent stay for the credit to hear alan menken and howard ashman title song once again and this time perform by celine dion and peabo bryson . hypnotically beautiful and this version have a magic all it own and make the perfect end to an enchant experience . it all a part of the magic of the movie . i rate this one positive .