I can't believe how old this movie is. /headdeskThis was my Disney princess, the first one that looked like me instead of mile after mile of pretty blondes.
Belle (Paige O'Hara) wants her life to be more like the books she reads, instead of predictable and boring like the village she lives in. Her father, Maurice (Rex Everhart), hopes to take his latest invention to a fair and win enough money to get her the type of life she deserves. He gets lost along the way and ends up at a castle filled with talking furniture. The master of the house is a monstrous beast who locks Maurice up for trespassing. Belle tracks him down and offers to exchange places. The Beast, under a curse, agrees in the hopes that she will fall in love with him and break the spell, but he's a little unsure how to go about making that happen. His faithful retainers, Lumiere (Jerry Orbach) and Cogsworth (David Ogden Stiers) try to help, with the kindly advice of Mrs. Potts (Angela Lansbury).
This is the gold standard for retellings of this fairy tale. Don't let anybody tell you differently.
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