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Beauty and the Beast (2017 live remake)

From the 1991 Animated Oscar Award winner, Beauty and the Beast is a Disney Princess animated musical film. This year disney made its live remake Directed by Bill Condon from screenplay written by Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos, The film features an ensemble cast that includes Emma Watson and Dan Stevens as the lead actors with Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen and Emma Thompson in supporting roles. Dan Stevens is a cruel and selfish prince. one night on his party an enchantress disguised as an old lady and barge in on his party and offered the prince a rose as a gift but then the prince denied the rose and throw it back to the old woman. But then she transformed to a beautiful enchantress and cursed the prince to become a beast and his servants as a different house furnitures and things. The enchantress also erased all the memories of him and his servants on his own people and relatives and they flee and forgot about the castle the curse is only to be broke when the beast found its true love before all the rose petals fall out or else they will all stay like that forever. Emma watson as Belle is the daughter of Maurice (Kevin Kline) an artist and an overprotective widowed father. They are from Paris but moved to The village of Villanueve when Paris was hit by a plague that killed her mother when Belle was only a baby. She grew up on the village and the people think they are crazy and weird but Gaston(Luke Evans), a celebrated former soldier, seeks her hand in marriage, but she is repulsed by his arrogance and narcissism. Maurice left Belle to sell his music boxes with their horse named Philippe but losses their way and was attacked by the wolves and Maurice and his horse ended up on the Beasts Castle where he found that some things were alive and speaking. He ran but remembered that his beloved daughter requested for a rose when he get back so he picked a rose on the castle but beast saw him and imprisoned Maurice because beast accused him of stealing. When she realizes her father is missing, Belle ventures into the forest in search for him, and finds him in the castle's dungeon. The Beast confronts her and accepts her offer to take her father's place. Belle meets and befriends the servants in the castle. She eventually wanders into the forbidden west wing and finds the rose. The Beast, enraged, frightens Belle into fleeing into the woods. He rescues her from a pack of wolves but is injured during the fight. Belle assists him to the castle and nurses him back to health. A friendship develops, and the servants tell her she may be the one who can break the curse. The Beast develops feelings for Belle and allows her access to his library. However, Belle remains uncertain of her feelings due to her imprisonment. Maurice Returned to the Village of Villanueve and told all the people about what happened he asked help from the people but they think he was crazy. Gaston agreed to help Maurice to save Belle in exchange for hre hand in marriage. They then travel back to the castle with LeFou(Josh Gad) Gaston's flamboyant and long-suffering sidekick. But on their way they tried to kill Maurice by tying him on a tree to be fed by the wolves but ge was fount by Agathe the hermit and helped him. Meanwhile after sharing a romantic dance in the castle Belle and the Beast developed some feelings together. Beast gave Belle a magic mirror who can show anyone she wishes to see. Then she asked the mirror to see her father but she was shocked that the villagers was attacking him because he told the village what Gaston did to him ang they think he was crazy. The beast let Belle go back to his father. When she arrived, she told the people that the beast is true and asked the mirror to show the beast. The mirror showed them the beast and they all gasped in horror and went to the castle to attack the beast. Gaston attacks the Beast in his tower, who is initially too depressed to fight back, but regains his will upon seeing Belle return. He corners Gaston but spares his life before reuniting with Belle. However, Gaston shoots the Beast in the back before falling off the tower to his death. The Beast dies as the last rose petal falls and the castle's servants become completely inanimate. Belle professes her love to him, then Agathe reveals herself as the enchantress and undoes the curse, restoring the Beast's life and human form. The servants' humanity and the villagers' memories are also restored, with several villagers recognizing some of the servants as their loved ones. The prince and Belle host a ball for the kingdom, where they dance happily. The film began at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England, May 18, 2015. Then Disney announced that the film would be released on March 17, 2017. The world premiere of Beauty and the Beast took place on February 23, 2017, at Spencer House in London, England and the film later premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, on March 2, 2017. Disney Spent $140 million on marketing the film. On November 14, 2016 the theaterical trailer appeared on Good Morning America then the next day it was was released on youtube and it reached 124.6 million views in just 24 hours. Setting a record with the most viewed trailer in just one day. The production of the film costs $160.4 million the film grossed over $1.8 billion worldwide. Emma Watson as the lead actress of the film estimated pay would be over $15million with the highest pay of all the actors who played in the movie. The film earned 9/10 star raitings and good feedbacks on the people who already watched the movie.