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5.7/10   1,142 votes
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Director:
Andrew Knight
Writers:
Flip Kobler (writer) &
Cindy Marcus (writer) ...
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Release Date:
11 November 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Animation | Family | Music more
Plot:
Belle prepares the castle for Christmas against Beast's wishes, trying to bring him happiness for the season... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
It just didn't seem to fit more (25 total)

Cast

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Paige O'Hara ... Belle (voice)
Robby Benson ... Beast (voice)

Jerry Orbach ... Lumiere (voice)

David Ogden Stiers ... Cogsworth (voice)

Bernadette Peters ... Angelique (voice)

Tim Curry ... Forte (voice)

Haley Joel Osment ... Chip (speaking) (voice)

Frank Welker ... Phillippe / Sultan (voice)
Jeff Bennett ... Axe / Poke (voice)
Jim Cummings ... Various (voice)
Kath Soucie ... Enchantress (voice)

Paul Reubens ... Fife (voice)

Angela Lansbury ... Mrs. Potts (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Beauty and the Beast 2 (USA) (promotional title)
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Runtime:
72 min
Country:
USA | Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the early stages of production, the film was planned to be a direct-to-video sequel to the original film, taking place after the events of the first film and featuring Gaston's vengeful younger brother, Avenant, as the villain. Interestingly, Avenant was the villain in the 1946 French film, and the inspiration of the Gaston character, but did not appear in any way in the 1991 film. As the film would no longer be "Beauty and the Beast", however, the filmmakers felt it would lack the magic of the original, and decided to change the story entirely, making it into a midquel. Avenant's goal (to ruin the lives of Belle and the Prince), however, was used in the final scenes of the movie for the film's antagonist, Forte the Pipe Organ (who decided to kill them both to stop the spell breaking). more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the course of the movie, the character, Fife clearly has 4 keys/arms, but at the very end of the film, he is seen to clearly to have 6 keys/arms. more
Quotes:
Chip: Doesn't look so special to me.
Belle: Oh, Chip, I'm sorry. Nothing's changed.
Angelique: I told you nothing would change. I told you the master would not allow this. I told you Christmas was a hopeless folly. But, I was wrong.
[singing]
Angelique: When I felt lost and lonely, not a dream in my head, your words lifted my spirits high. Remember what you said: As long as there's Christmas, I truly believe that hope is the greatest of the gifts we'll receive. As long as our guiding star shines above...
Belle: [at the same time as Angelique] That hope is the greatest of the gifts we'll recieve. As long as our guiding star shines above...
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999) (V) more
Soundtrack:
As Long As There's Christmas more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
It just didn't seem to fit, 29 August 2001
7/10
Author: Thornfield2 from West Valley

Don't get me wrong this was not a bad movie, I just didn't think that it fit somehow. It didn't seem like a sequel or the "missing middle chunk" of the beloved cartoon. The first film, to me, seemed to have been set in the middle to late fall, I can stretch my imagination and see it possibly being November but not December. I think they could have made Forte' much more interesting and menacing and Fife was cute, but I think the real kudos goes to Haley Joel Osment's Chip. Paige O'Hara's Belle sings a lovely song about story books and this little sequence was charming, but still it seemed to lack the essence that made the original so magical. I rarely watch these Disney sequels anyhow due to the animation not being what it's like in the originals. I took a gamble and watched this and it was good, but nothing like the first and finest.

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