Release Date: Nov 12, 2002 Region: 1 Runtime: 72 mins Studio: Disney / Buena Vista Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] ENGLISH: DTS 5.1 [CC] SPANISH: Dolby Digital Stereo FRENCH: Dolby Digital Stereo
Video:
Standard 1.33:1 Color
Subtitles: [None] Packaging: Keep Case Rating: G Features:
All New Music Video: "As Long As There's Christmas" by Pop Sensation, Play Behind the Scenes Featurette "Forte's Challenge" Game Enchanted Environment: Bring the castle's crackling fireplace into your home Disney's Song Selection
Obviously the Disney suits gave more than two figs about the legacy from the first Beast film, as they reassembled the former cast and spent some cash on production and tune-smithing for this straight-to-video effort. The events unfold between the time in the first film where Belle bartered herself to the Beast and her later return to the village to save her father. So the Beast's heart still hasn't been melted yet and he's susceptible to the inky persuasions of Forte (Tim Curry), a malevolent pipe organ (and former music teacher to the prince). Belle is still trying to win over the Beast and decides that bringing Christmas to the castle will be the way to do it. Please control that gag reflex for this does work remarkably well and though entirely unnecessary and certainly not a complement to the original, it doesn't tarnish its good name. --Keith Simanton
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