Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

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1997
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1h 12m

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5.9/10

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Robby Benson and Paige O'Hara in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)

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Astonished to find the Beast has a deep-seated hatred for the Christmas season, Belle endeavors to change his mind on the matter.Astonished to find the Beast has a deep-seated hatred for the Christmas season, Belle endeavors to change his mind on the matter.Astonished to find the Beast has a deep-seated hatred for the Christmas season, Belle endeavors to change his mind on the matter.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

12K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations

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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
(voice)

Frank Welker

Phillippe
(voice)
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Jeff Bennett

Axe
(voice)
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Jim Cummings

Various
(voice)

Kath Soucie

Enchantress
(voice)

Paul Reubens

Fife
(voice)

Angela Lansbury

Mrs. Potts
(voice)

Judith Blazer

Chorus
(singing voice)

Jeff Blumenkrantz

Chorus
(singing voice)

Bill Cantos

Chorus
(singing voice)

Victoria Clark

Chorus
(singing voice)

Kevin Dorsey

Chorus
(singing voice)

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Trivia
The flashback scene where the Prince is transformed into the Beast was the original idea for the prologue for Beauty and the Beast (1991), as suggested by late lyricist Howard Ashman.

Goofs
Chip makes it sound as if he's never experienced a Christmas before, though we see him in flashback (human form) celebrating Christmas Eve with the castle staff. He was already at least five years old when he was enchanted.

Quotes
[looking out the window]
Fife: Wow! Will you look at that!
Forte: Well, I think I might. I'll just pick myself up and... oh! What's this? Heavens! I'M BOLTED TO THE WALL!

Alternate versions
When the film was re-released on Blu-Ray and DVD in 2011, the following edits for the remastered version brought some small changes from previous releases of the film:
The film is matted to a 16:9 widescreen format, while the original release was in a 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
In the opening scene, the speed of the waterfall goes fast in the original release, where as in the later release, the waterfall's speed has been reduced.
When Belle sings "It'll stay up until July...", in the original release, the camera is at a Dutch angle, where as in the later release, it is straight.
When Forte introduces himself to Belle ("I am Maestro Forte, court composer...") the sound appears to be slightly out of synchronization and there is a slight pause focusing on the steps before the camera pans up to Forte.
When Forte shouts "I THINK NOT!" there is a keyhole cutaway when the camera zooms out, in the earlier releases, there is none.
The Keyboard scenes are in animated after they were CGI in the earlier releases.
The Christmas angel on the tree at the end of the flashback is replaced by one resembling Angelique.
The end credits are golden yellow like the end credits of the first movie instead of chalk white like in the earlier releases.

Connections
Edited into Disney Princess: A Christmas of Enchantment (2005)

Soundtracks
Deck the Halls
Traditional Carol tune, lyrics by Thomas Oliphant (uncredited)
Performed by Angela Lansbury, David Ogden Stiers, Jerry Orbach, and Bernadette Peters
Lyrics by Thomas Oliphant
Composed by John Thomas, John Jones Talhaiarn

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Not as derivative as expected

When I heard that there was going to be a direct to video sequel of Beauty and the Beast, I was appalled. But I took a chance and rented it. Using the original cast was an inspired idea! The animation is great (much better than most DTV sequels), but the CGI used on Forte (the evil organ) is distracting. The songs aren't wonderful. It's nice to explore the section of the original movie that was skimmed over. Christmas!