Featuring unforgettable music by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, and an enormously talented vocal ensemble, Beauty and the Beast was the firstand onlyanimated feature to receive a Best Picture nomination from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Some facts:
The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning Oscars for Best Song, by the renowned Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, and Best Original Score (Menken).
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST was the first animated feature to cross the $100 million plateau in its initial release.
Not only was BEAUTY AND THE BEAST the first animated feature to receive a Best Picture nomination from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, it won a Golden Globe Award for Best Comedy/Musical.
Alan Menken has been nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 15 times with seven wins. Prior to his death in 1991, Howard Ashman received six Oscar nominations with two wins.
Three years after the film`s debut, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST hit Broadway. The musical ran on Broadway for 5,464 performances between 1994 and 2007, becoming Broadway`s sixth-longest running production. It has played in 13 countries and 115 cities and continues to enchant audiences worldwide.
The film opens here 22 March 2012.