Beauty and the Beast (re-release)
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Universal acclaim- based on 17 Ratings
- Starring: Jean Marais
- Summary: Jean Cocteau's 1946 classic, newly restored to its original glorious black and white splendor. (Film Forum)
- Director: Jean Cocteau
- Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Romance
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100Beautifully remastered and containing Cocteau's long-unseen special prologue and credits -- is as much a feat of feverish delight as it was in the dark days of Vichy and WWII.
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100Cocteau, a poet and surrealist, was not making a "children's film" but was adapting a classic French tale that he felt had a special message after the suffering of World War II: Anyone who has an unhappy childhood may grow up to be a Beast.
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100The timeless fairy tale about a young woman who agrees to dwell with a mysterious monster, as interpreted in 1946 by one of cinema's most brilliant visual stylists and mythmakers.
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Viewers must get in touch with their inner child to fall for Belle's eventual love for Beast. The film seems somewhat aware of this, casting an ambiguous hue on its happily-ever-after conclusion.
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JeffK10Magical film.
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