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Janus Films
Directed by: Jean Cocteau
Featuring: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély, Nane Germon, Michel Auclair, Raoul Marco, Marcel André
The sublime adaptation by Jean Cocteau of Mme. Leprince de Beaumont's fairy-tale masterpiece-in which the true love of a beautiful girl melts the heart of a feral but gentle beast-is a landmark feat of motion picture fantasy, with unforgettably romantic performances by Jean Marais and Josette Day. The spectacular visions of enchantment, desire, and death in Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête) have become timeless icons of cinematic wonder.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
French PCM Mono 1.0
Musical Score DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Alternate Score, Documentary, Interview, Audio Commentary, Gallery, Theatrical Trailer, Restoration Demonstration, Booklet
- Original opera written for the film by renowned composer Philip Glass, presented in Dolby Digital 5.1
- Screening at the Majestic, 1995 documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew
- Interview with cinematographer Henri Alekan
- Audio commentary featuring film historian Arthur Knight
- Audio commentary featuring writer/cultural historian Sir Christopher Frayling
- Rare behind-the-scenes and publicity stills
- Original 1945 trailer narrated by Jean Cocteau
- Film restoration demonstration
- 1995 restoration trailer
- Booklet featuring an essay by film critic Geoffrey O'Brien, a 1947 piece on the film by Jean Cocteau, escerpts from Francis Steegmuller's 1970 Cocteau: A Biography, and introduction to Philip Glass' opera by the composer
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Release Credits
Artwork: Eric Skillman
Producer: Susan Arosteguy
Release Notes on Restoration
Beauty and the Beast
In 1995, as part of the celebration of a hundred years of French cinema, the restoration of Beauty and the Beast was initiated by the Luxembourg's Centre national de l'audiovisual, in association with CLT-UFA International. The resotration began with the original nitrate negative, which had suffered typical age related deterioration. The negative was meticulously cleaned and many of its sprocket holes repaired so that it would roll evenly through the gate at 24 frames per second. Using a wetgate process, in which liquid runs over the emulsion, filling scratches and removing fine dust, the restorers made fine-grain positive elements that became the main source for the new restoration negative.
Beauty and the Beast is presented here in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. This high-definition digital transfer was created on a Spirit Datacine from the 35mm restoration duplicate negative. Further restoration was done to manually remove thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, warps, jitter, and flicker using MTI's DRS system and Pixel Farm's PFClean system, while Digital Vision's DVNR system was used for small dirt, grain, and noise reduction.
The monaural soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from an optical soundtrack print. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD. Crackle was attenuated using AudioCube's integrated workstation.
Beauty and the Beast is presented here in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. This high-definition digital transfer was created on a Spirit Datacine from the 35mm restoration duplicate negative. Further restoration was done to manually remove thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, warps, jitter, and flicker using MTI's DRS system and Pixel Farm's PFClean system, while Digital Vision's DVNR system was used for small dirt, grain, and noise reduction.
The monaural soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from an optical soundtrack print. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD. Crackle was attenuated using AudioCube's integrated workstation.