THE HISTORY OF THE HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL

OLLI at ILLINOIS

SPRING SEMESTER 2018

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

• $25 million budget - grossed $425 million worldwide

• Oscars for Best Song (“Beauty and the Beast”) and Best Score

• Nominations for “Be Our Guest” and “Belle” – and for Best Picture

• First animated film to be nominated for Best Picture

• Premiered (in unfinished form) at the New York Film Festival

Directed by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale

Screenplay byLinda Woolverton

Music by Alan Menken

Lyrics byHoward Ashman