robby benson played the voice of the beast in the 1991 film beauty and the beast.
who played the voice of the beast in the 1991 film beauty and the beast?
robby benson
beauty and the beast is a 1991 american animated musical romantic fantasy film produced by walt disney feature animation and released by walt disney pictures. the 30th disney animated feature film and the third released during the disney renaissance period, it is based on the french fairy tale of the same name by jeanne-marie leprince de beaumont (who was uncredited in the english version but credited in the french version), and ideas from the 1946 french film of the same name directed by jean cocteau. "beauty and the beast" focuses on the relationship between the beast (voice of robby benson), a prince who is magically transformed into a monster and his servants into household objects as punishment for his arrogance, and belle (voice of paige o'hara), a young woman whom he imprisons in his castle to become a prince again. to break the curse, beast must learn to love belle and earn her love in return before the last petal falls from an enchanted rose or else the beast will remain a monster forever. the film also features the voices of richard white, jerry orbach, david ogden stiers, and angela lansbury.
beauty and the beast (1991 film)
menken would later revise "human again" for inclusion in the 1994 broadway stage version of "beauty and the beast", and another revised version of the song was added to the film itself in a new sequence created for the film's special edition re-release in 2002. ashman died of aids-related complications at the age of 40 on march 14, 1991, eight months before the film's release. he never saw the finished film, though he did get to see it in its unfinished format. ashman's work on "aladdin" was completed by another lyricist, tim rice. before ashman's death, members of the film's production team visited him after the film's well-received first screening, with don hahn commenting that "the film would be a great success. who'd have thought it?", to which ashman replied with "i would." a tribute to the lyricist was included at the end of the credits crawl: ""to our friend, howard, who gave a mermaid her voice, and a beast his soul. we will be forever grateful. howard ashman: 1950–1991"." a pop version of the "beauty and the beast" theme, performed by céline dion and peabo bryson over the end credits, was released as a commercial single from the film's soundtrack, supported with a music video. the dion/bryson version of "beauty and the beast" became an international pop hit and performed considerably well on charts around the world. the song became dion's second single to land within the top-10 of the "billboard" hot 100, peaking at number nine. the song peaked at number three on the "billboard" hot adult contemporary chart. in canada, "beauty and the beast" peaked at number two. outside of north america, the song peaked within the top ten in new zealand and the united kingdom, while peaking within the top twenty in australia, netherlands, and ireland. the song sold over a million copies worldwide. this version of the song was also nominated for record of the year and song of the year at the grammys, and it won the grammy for dion and bryson for best pop duo/group vocal performance.
beauty and the beast (1991 film)