Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. It premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on November 13, 1991 and is the thirtieth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classic series. The film is based on the fairy tale of the same name about a beautiful woman kept in a castle by a horrific monster. It is the only full-length animated feature film to ever be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. Heightening the level of performance in the era known as the Disney Renaissance (1989–1999, beginning with The Little Mermaid and ending with Tarzan), many animated films following its release have been influenced by its blending of traditional animation and computer generated imagery.
Beauty and the Beast ranked at #7 on the American Film Institute's list of best animated films, #22 on the Institutes's list of best musicals, and #34 on its list of the best romantic American movies. On the list of the greatest songs from American movies, Beauty and the Beast ranked #62. The film was adapted into a Broadway musical of the same name, which ran from 1994 to 2007.
In 2002, Beauty and the Beast was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." In January of the same year, the film was reissued in IMAX format in a special edition edit including a new musical sequence, a two-disc Platinum Edition DVD release (featuring the original, the IMAX, and the workprint versions) followed in October. On February 12, 2010, the film will be re-released in the Disney Digital 3-D format, with a DVD / Blu-Ray re-release followed.[2]
The movie was adapted to an animation screenplay by Linda Woolverton, based upon the fairy tale La Belle et la Bête by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont (uncredited in the English version of the film, but credited in the French version as writer of the novel).[3] It was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, and the music was composed by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, both of whom had written the music and songs for Disney's The Little Mermaid. It was a significant success at the box-office, with more than $145 million in domestic revenues alone and over $403 million in worldwide revenues.[4][5] This high number of sales made it the third-most successful movie of 1991, surpassed only by summer blockbusters Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. It was also the most successful animated Disney film at the time and the first animated movie to reach $100 million at the domestic box-office.[6]
Beauty and the Beast won two Academy Awards for Best Music, Original Score and Best Music, Song for Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's "Beauty and the Beast", sung in the film's most famous scene by Angela Lansbury, and at the end of the film by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson. Two other Menken and Ashman songs from the movie also nominated for Best Music, Song were "Belle" and "Be Our Guest", making it the first picture ever to receive three Academy Award nominations for Best Song, a feat that would be repeated by The Lion King, Dreamgirls, and Enchanted (Academy rules have since been changed that limit one film to two nominations in this category). Beauty and the Beast was also nominated for Best Sound and Best Picture. It is the only animated movie ever to be nominated for Best Picture. There are also Disney versions of the story published and sold as storybooks and a comic book based on the film published by Disney Comics. In 1995, a live-action children's series called Sing Me a Story with Belle started on syndication, running until 1999. On November 11, 1997, a midquel called Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas was released directly to videocassette and to critical acclaim. It was quickly followed by another midquel titled Belle's Magical World that was released on February 17, 1998.
Plot
In the prologue, told through stained glass windows, an old beggar woman arrives at the castle of a French prince. The woman asks for shelter from the cold, and in return, offers the young prince a rose. Repulsed by her appearance, the prince turns her away. The beggar warns him not to judge by appearances, but the Prince ignores her and shuts the door on her. The woman then throws off her disguise, revealing that she is a beautiful enchantress. The Prince tries to apologize, but she has already seen the lack of kindness in his heart. She conjures a powerful curse, transforming him into a hideous beast, his servants into anthropomorphic household items, and the entire castle and all its surroundings into a dark, forbidding place, so that he will learn not to judge by appearances. The curse can only be broken if the Beast learns to love another and receives the other's love in return before the last petal of the enchantress's rose withers and falls; if not, he will be doomed to remain a beast forever. As the years pass, the Beast sits in his castle wallowing in despair, convinced that no one could ever love him.
Years later, a beautiful young peasant woman named Belle lives in a nearby village with her father, Maurice, who is an inventor. Belle is seen as "odd" by the other townsfolk due to her preference for reading books. Belle is the object of unwanted attention from the local hero, Gaston, whom she perceives as an egomaniac and 'positively primeval'. He and his sidekick, LeFou, openly mock her father's inventions and her love of books. Belle reveals her feelings of loneliness to her father, who promises her that his next invention, a wood-chopping machine, will be the start of a new life for them both.
Maurice rides off to a fair with his invention, but gets lost and loses his horse as night falls. He escapes from some wolves and desperately seeks shelter from a storm. Cold and tired, he stumbles upon a mysterious castle and enters. One by one, the enchanted household items - Lumière the candelabra, Mrs. Potts the teapot and her son Chip the tea cup and Cogsworth the clock and head of the household - welcome him. The Beast, however, is enraged when he discovers Maurice and locks him in a dungeon in the castle tower.
The next day, Gaston arranges a wedding ceremony right outside of Belle's house and invites the entire town. He invites himself in to propose to her and gives her an image of their life together -- "A rustic hunting lodge, my little wife massaging my feet, while the little ones play on the floor with the dogs; oh, we'll have six or seven [strapping boys, like me]". Belle attempts to politely decline when Gaston corners her against her front door and tries to kiss her. As she opens the door to move out of the way, he falls through the door frame and into the mud in front of the entire town. This serves as a hard blow to Gaston's ego.
Belle, who worries when her father's horse returns home without him, decides to seek out her father. Eventually, she winds up at the Beast's castle. The objects, their hope renewed with the arrival of Belle, show her the way to the dungeon while keeping themselves concealed from her sight. Belle finds Maurice in the tower dungeon, but the Beast catches her. She offers herself in exchange for her father's life, against his wishes, giving her word to remain in the castle forever. The Beast reveals himself to her, and although Belle is clearly terrified, she bravely refuses to back down from her offer. The Beast agrees and releases Maurice, who is taken back to the village in an walking coach before they can say goodbye. Moved by Belle's sadness, the Beast decides to give Belle a room in the castle instead of keeping her in the dungeon. The Beast gives Belle permission to go anywhere in the castle except the West Wing, refusing to explain why. He shows Belle her room and tells her that they must meet for dinner (at Lumiere's suggestion).
Back in the village, the citizens attempt to cheer up Gaston in the local tavern after Belle's rejection by reminding him how in awe they are of him. Maurice bursts in and asks for help to rescue Belle from "a horrible, monstrous beast", but no one believes him. When one of the villagers calls him crazy, Gaston thinks of a plan to get Belle to marry him. He has a talk with Monsieur D'Arque, the owner of the local insane asylum and tells him of his intentions to make Belle his. He pays D'Arque handsomely to take Maurice away, until she agrees to marry him. D'Arque knows Maurice is harmless but is delighted at the despicable idea and his reward for being a part of it. Maurice goes off to search for Belle alone, unaware of Gaston's plan. Gaston and the others arrive at the house shortly after Maurice leaves. Finding the house empty, Gaston orders LeFou to wait by the porch until Belle and Maurice return.
Belle meets the enchanted objects who cheer her up, but she refuses to have dinner with the Beast. Enraged, he tells the servants that if Belle does not eat with him, she will have to starve, then shuts himself away in the West Wing. He sees Belle through the magic mirror, who angrily cries that she will have nothing to do with the Beast. Melancholy, he watches one more petal fall from the rose. Ignoring the Beast's orders, Lumiere, along with the other servants, welcomes Belle warmly and entertains her with an elaborate dinner and a show.
The famous ballroom dance sequence.
After dinner, Belle asks the servants for a tour of the castle. Lumiere and Cogsworth happily oblige, but Belle manages to sneak away from them and penetrate into the forbidden West Wing, where she discovers an extremely disarrayed and desolate room, a slashed portrait of a handsome man with strangely familiar blue eyes, and the enchanted rose. The Beast finds her there and frightens her with a terrifying display of temper. Belle flees the castle, disregarding her promise to the Beast, and, in the dark forest, is attacked by wolves. The Beast appears and fights off the vicious creatures, but is wounded during the fight; a grateful Belle returns to the castle and, while tending to the Beast's wounds, thanks him for saving her life. Over some time, the two start to become friends. The Beast even gives Belle "ownership" of his immense library. The household items are excited and optimistic that Belle may fall in love with the Beast and cause them to become human again. The relationship reaches its climax with an elegant dinner and ballroom dance.
After the romantic evening, The Beast notices that Belle seems melancholy. She tells him that she wishes to see Maurice again, just for a moment. The Beast takes her to the West Wing and gives her the magic mirror, explaining that it will allow her to see anything she might desire to see. Belle asks if she can see her father and the magic mirror reveals that Maurice is lost and sick in the forest. The Beast, having fallen in love with Belle, releases her to rescue her father and also gives her the mirror so that she may look back and remember him. Belle hurries off, finds Maurice and takes him back to the village, and nurses him back to health. Soon afterwards, a mob gathers to take him to the asylum. Gaston offers to have Maurice spared if Belle agrees to marry him but she still refuses. Belle uses the magic mirror to show the Beast to the villagers, who become frightened at his hideous visage. Belle assures them that the Beast is kind and gentle, and that he's her friend. Out of jealousy and anger, Gaston tells the mob that Belle is as crazy as her father. Gaston rallies the villagers to storm the castle and "kill the beast," convincing them that he is dangerous to the entire town. To prevent Belle and Maurice from warning the Beast, Gaston has his men lock them in the cellar of their home.
With the help of Chip the teacup, who has stowed away in Belle's satchel, Belle and Maurice escape from the cellar using the invention and rush back to the castle. The villagers force open the door, but Lumiere leads the servants in defense of the castle. Gaston deserts the battle to search for the Beast. While combatants on both sides are comically foiled, the servants eventually manage to drive the villagers out of the castle.
Meanwhile, Gaston finds the Beast alone in the West Wing and attacks him, throwing both of them outside on the balcony and rooftops. The Beast does not defend himself because he has given up hope of being able to see Belle again. As soon as he sees Belle arriving at the castle, calling out for him, the Beast gains the will to fight Gaston. A heated battle ensues between the two, culminating when the Beast grabs Gaston by the neck and threatens to throw him off the roof. Gaston begs for his life, and the Beast relents, softened by his love for Belle. He tells Gaston to leave and never come back, and then throws him aside. When the Beast climbs back up to the balcony where Belle is waiting for him, Gaston stabs him in the back, then loses his footing and falls into the deep chasm far below.
Belle tries to reassure the badly wounded Beast that everything will be fine, but he knows that his wound is fatal. The Beast tells her that he was happy to see her one last time, and dies succumbing to his injury. Belle, in tears, whispers that she loves him, just before the last petal falls from the rose. The spell is broken. The Beast, brought back to life, is reverted to his human form, unrecognizable until Belle looks into his blue eyes. The castle becomes beautiful again and the enchanted objects turn back into humans. The last scene shows Belle and the prince dancing in the ballroom while her father and the inhabitants of the castle watch and they live happily ever after.
Cast
- Paige O'Hara as Belle - A bookworm who falls in love with the Beast and finds the kind-hearted human inside him. She serves as the main protagonist of the film.
- Robby Benson as The Beast - A cold-hearted Prince transformed into a Beast as punishment, but later warms, with the help of Belle, ending up being transformed back into a handsome prince as a reward.
- Richard White as Gaston - A local and fiendish hunter who vies for Belle's hand in marriage and is determined not to let anyone else win her heart, even if it means killing her true love. He serves as the main antagonist of the film.
- Jerry Orbach as Lumière - The kind-hearted but rebellious maître d' (Master of Guests) of the Beast's castle, he has been transformed into a candelabra. He has a habit of disobeying his master's strict rules, sometimes leading to tension between them, but the Beast often turns to him for advice. Depicted as a bit of a Ladies man, as he is frequently seen with Fifi with Featherduster and immediately takes to Belle.
- Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Potts - The castle maid, turned into a teapot. Takes on a motherly attitude towards Belle.
- David Ogden Stiers as Cogsworth - The castle Majordomo, transformed into a clock. While he is as good-natured as Lumiere, he is extremely loyal to the Beast so as to save himself and anyone else any trouble, often leading to friction between himself and Lumiere. Stiers also provided the voice of The Narrator
- Bradley Pierce as Chip - A teacup and Mrs. Potts' son.
- Jesse Corti as LeFou - Gaston's bumbling and often mistreated sidekick, and a supporting antagonist.
- Rex Everhart as Maurice - Belle's inventor father.
- Hal Smith as Philippe - Belle's horse.
- Jo Anne Worley as Wardrobe aka Armoire aka Madame de la Grande Bouche - The former Opera singer of the castle, turned into a wardrobe.
- Kimmy Robertson as Featherduster aka Fifi aka Babette - A featherduster and Lumiere's lover.
- Frank Welker as Footstool aka Sultan, Wolves
- Mary Kay Bergman as Babette - A village girl with her eyes on Gaston.
- Kath Soucie as Bimbette - Another village girl who fancies Gaston.
- Tony Jay as Monsieur D'Arque - The owner of the Maison de Loons. Gaston bribes him to help him in his plan to blackmail Belle.
- Brian Cummings as Stove aka Chef Bouche - The hot-tempered castle chef, turned into a stove.
- Alvin Epstein as Bookseller - A friendly man whose favourite customer is Belle.
- Alex Murphey as Baker - A villager who shows little interest in literature and a supporting antagonist.
In the Chinese dubs of Beauty and the Beast, the voice of the Beast is provided by Jackie Chan. He provided both the speaking and singing voices in these versions.
In September 2007, CCTV6 (a Chinese movie channel) aired a new dub version of Beauty and the Beast in which Beast's voice (by 王凯, Wang Kai) sounds younger. Together with this version, a translated version of Céline Dion and Peabo Bryson's Beauty and the Beast theme song was released, which was translated by Chan Siu Kei and sung by Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung and Mei Lin(梅琳, a newer Chinese singer).[7] But this translated theme song was only separately released before the film started and not occurred in the film, which uses another translated version of lyrics, translated by Han Wen(翰文).[8]
In the French version, the theme song is provided by Charles Aznavour. Two Spanish versions exist, one in Mexican Spanish for the Latin American market, the other in Castilian Spanish for the European market; in the Mexican version, the voice of LeFou is provided by the same actor who played the role in English, Venezuelan-American voice actor Jesse Corti.[9]
Production
The film was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. It was produced by Don Hahn, executive produced by Howard Ashman, and associated produced by Sarah McArthur. The screenplay was written by Linda Woolverton. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken wrote the film's songs. Its score was created by Alan Menken. The art director was Brian McEntee, and the film editor was John Carnochan. The artistic supervisors were Roger Allers (Story supervisor), Ed Ghertner (Layout supervisor), Lisa Keene (Background supervisor), Vera Lanpher (Clean-up supervisor), Randy Fullmer (Effects supervisor), and Jim Hillin (Computer Graphics supervisor). The supervising animators were Supervising Animators || James Baxter (Belle), Glen Keane (Beast), Andreas Deja (Gaston), Ruben A. Aquino (Maurice), Will Finn (Cogsworth), Nik Ranieri (Lumiere), David Pruiksma (Mrs Potts/Chip), Russ Edmonds (Philippe), Larry White (The Wolves), Chris Wahl (LeFou). The production manager was Baker Bloodworth.
A barnyard scene from the opening number of the film was actually first conceived during initial work on the unproduced feature Chanticleer.[10] Sequences were rewritten during the production of the film, even while some scenes were already being animated.[11] The character of Wardrobe (introduced by visual development person Sue C. Nichols to the then entirely male cast of servants) was originally a more integral character named Madame Armoire, but her role was later taken over and expanded by Mrs. Potts.[12] Stefan Kanfer writes in his book Serious Business that in this film "the tradition of the musical theater was fully co-opted", such as in the casting of Broadway performers Angela Lansbury and Jerry Orbach.[13] Robby Benson, who voices the Beast, said of his character, “There's a rage and torment in this character I've never been asked to use before.”[14]
Supposedly, Walt Disney had put Beauty and the Beast high on a list of fairy tales that he thought would not make good animated films.[15] Peter M. Nichols states that Disney considered it in the 1930s but may later have been discouraged by Cocteau having already done his version.[16] The film includes intentional homages to other films such as The Sound of Music (in a scene with Belle on a hilltop), and earlier Disney animated features.[17]
The film diverges several times from the original story written by Beaumont. In the original, the servants are simply rendered invisible. In the film, they are turned into animated household objects. Beauty's dreams, in which the Beast appears in his human form, are omitted from the film. In the film, the Beast was cursed as a punishment from his having no love in his heart. In the original, it was after he refused to marry a cruel fairy. Gaston was not in the original story; he was inspired by the character, Avenant, from the 1946 film version, who is also Belle's suitor who plots to kill the Beast so he can have Belle to himself. Beauty's sisters, the villains in the original story, are omitted from the film. The father was changed from a merchant to an inventor. The Beast dies of heartbreak in the original story, whereas in the film he is mortally wounded from stab wounds delivered by Gaston, but is revived when the curse is broken.
Music
All songs were the last complete works for a movie by Academy Award winner Howard Ashman. Ashman died eight months prior to the release of the film. There is a tribute to him at the end of the film: "To our friend, Howard, who gave a mermaid her voice, and a beast his soul. We will be forever grateful. Howard Ashman 1950–1991". On Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic, this includes Beauty and the Beast on the red disc, Be Our Guest, Something There, and Gaston on the blue disc, The Mob Song on the green disc, and Belle on the orange disc.
And on Disney's Greatest Hits, this also includes Beauty and the Beast on the blue disc, Be Our Guest on the green disc, and Gaston on the red disc.
Beauty and the Beast has influenced the works of the symphonic metal band Nightwish. Keyboardist and composer Tuomas Holopainen cites "all the Disney classics" as among his favourite films,[18] and the song "Beauty and the Beast" from their debut album Angels Fall First is a reinterpretation of the movie's plot.
Release
The film was shown at the New York Film Festival in September 1991. Because the animation was only about 70% complete, the film was shown as a "Work-In-Progress." Storyboards and pencil tests were used in place of the remaining 30%. In addition, parts of the film that were finished were "stepped-back" to previous versions of completion. This version of the film has been released on VHS, the September 1993 LaserDisc, and the October 8, 2002, Platinum Edition DVD.
Upon the theatrical release of the finished version, the film was universally praised, with Roger Ebert giving it four stars out of four stars and saying that "Beauty and the Beast reaches back to an older and healthier Hollywood tradition in which the best writers, musicians and filmmakers are gathered for a project on the assumption that a family audience deserves great entertainment, too." As of August 2008, the film had received a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes[19] The visual effects have also been praised "stunning early use of computer animation", regarding the spectacular ballroom sequence in which Belle and the Beast dance around a 3-D ballroom. (The filmmakers had originally decided against the use of computers in favor of traditional animation, but later, when the technology had improved, they decided they could use it for that one scene.)[16] The sequence helped convince studio executives to look further into computer animation.[20]
Smoodin writes in his book Animating Culture that the studio was trying to make-up for earlier gender stereotypes with this film.[21] Smoodin also states that, in the way it has been viewed as bringing together traditional fairy tales and feminism as well as computer and traditional animation, and the film’s greatness could be proved in terms technology narrative or even politics.[22] Another author writes that Belle “becomes a sort of intellectual less by actually reading books, it seems, than by hanging out with them,” but says that the film comes closer than other “Disney-studio” films to “accepting challenges of the kind that the finest Walt Disney features met”.[23] David Whitley writes in The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation that Belle is different from earlier Disney heroines in that she is mostly free from the burdens of domestic housework, although her role is somewhat undefined in the same way that “contemporary culture now requires most adolescent girls to contribute little in the way of domestic work before they leave home and have to take on the fraught, multiple responsibilities of the working mother”.[24] Whitley also notes other themes and modern influences, such as the film's critical view of Gaston’s chauvinism and attitude towards nature, the cyborg-like servants, and the father’s role as an inventor rather than a merchant.[24]
As Gaston plunges to his implied death and his face fills the screen at the end of the completed film, two frames showed skulls in his eyes. For the VHS and laserdisc releases, these frames were altered to remove the skulls from his eyes. However, no such alteration was made for the DVD release. The Walt Disney Company has stated that the skulls determine Gaston's fate as fans were unsure whether or not he ultimately died.[25]
The film was restored and remastered for its January 1, 2002 re-release in IMAX theatres. For this version of the film, much of the animation was touched up, a new sequence set to the deleted song "Human Again" was inserted into the film's second act, and a new digital master from the original CAPS production files was used to make the high resolution IMAX film negative. A 3D version of the film is scheduled to be released in theatres in February 12, 2010.[26][27]
The film was released to VHS and Laserdisc on October 30, 1992, as part of the Walt Disney Classics series, but it was for a limited-time only for it was dropped in print after it was put on moratorium. Beauty and the Beast: Special Edition, as the enhanced version of the film is called, was released on a 2-Disc Platinum Edition Disney DVD on October 8, 2002. The Special Edition DVD features the IMAX version, which includes the deleted song "Human Again", the original theatrical version, and the workprint version which was shown at the 1991 New York Film Festival. This 2-Disc Platinum Edition DVD went to the Disney Vault on January 2003 along with its follow-ups (Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and Belle's Magical World). Disney has recently announced that a home video re-release is planned for October 2010 after the release of the 3-D version which will bring the film to DVD and, for the first time, on Blu-Ray.
Legacy
On Tuesday, April 18, 1994, a stage adaptation, also titled "Beauty and the Beast", premiered on Broadway at the Palace Theatre in New York City. The show transferred to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 11, 1999. The commercial (though not critical) success of the show led to productions in the West End, Toronto, and all over the world. The Broadway version, which ran for over a decade, received a Tony Award, and became the first of a whole line of Disney stage productions. The original Broadway cast included Terrence Mann as the Beast, Susan Egan as Belle, Burke Moses as Gaston, Gary Beach as Lumiere, Heath Lamberts as Cogsworth, Tom Bosley as Maurice, Beth Fowler as Mrs. Potts, and Stacey Logan as Babette the feather duster. Many celebrities also starred in the Broadway production during its thirteen year run including Kerry Butler, Deborah Gibson, Toni Braxton, Andrea McArdle, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Christy Carlson Romano, Ashley Brown, and Anneliese van der Pol as Belle; Chuck Wagner, James Barbour, and Jeff McCarthy as the Beast; Meshach Taylor, Jacob Young, and John Tartaglia as Lumiere; and Marc Kudisch, Christopher Sieber, and Donny Osmond as Gaston. The show ended its Broadway run on July 29, 2007 after 46 previews and 5,464 performances.
Awards and nominations
In June 2008, the American Film Institute revealed its "Ten top Ten"—the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. Beauty and the Beast was acknowledged as the 7th best film in the animation genre.[28][29] In previous lists, Beauty and the Beast also ranked #22 on the Institutes's list of best musicals and #34 on its list of the best romantic American movies. On the list of the greatest songs from American movies, Beauty and the Beast ranked #62.
- Academy Awards
To date, Beauty and the Beast (1991) is the only animated film ever to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. This film currently shares the record for the most nominations for an animated film, six, with WALL-E (2008).
- Golden Globes
Beauty and the Beast was the first animated feature to win a Golden Globe for Best Picture - Musical or Comedy. This feat was repeated by The Lion King and Toy Story 2.
| Award |
Result |
| Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy |
Won |
| Best Original Score |
Won |
| Best Original Song (For "Beauty and the Beast") |
Won |
| Best Original Song (For "Be Our Guest") |
Nominated |
- Grammy Awards
| Award |
Result |
| Best Album for Children |
Won |
| Best Pop Performance by a Group or Duo With Vocal (For Beauty and the Beast) |
Won |
| Song of the Year (For Beauty and the Beast) |
Nominated |
| Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture |
Won |
| Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television (For Beauty and the Beast) |
Won |
| Best Song (For Beauty and the Beast) |
Nominated |
- Other Awards
| Award |
Result |
| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards: Most Performed Songs in a Motion Picture |
Won |
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films: Best DVD Classic Film Release |
Won |
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films: Best Music |
Won |
| Annie Awards: Best Animated Feature |
Won |
| BAFTA Awards: Best Original Film Score |
Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards: Best Special Effects |
Nominated |
| BMI Film and TV Awards: BMI Film Music Award |
Won |
| DVD Exclusive Awards: Best Overall New Extra Features, Library Release |
Won |
| DVD Exclusive Awards: Best Menu Design |
Nominated |
| Hugo Awards: Best Dramatic Presentation |
Nominated |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Animated Feature |
Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Animation |
Won |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors: Best Sound Editing, Animated Feature |
Won |
| National Board of Review: Special Award for Animation |
Won |
| Satellite Awards: Best Youth DVD |
Nominated |
| Young Artist Awards: Outstanding Family Entertainment of the Year |
Won |
See also
- Direct-to-video films
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