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Tale as Old as Time: The Art and Making of Beauty and the Beast
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Tale as Old as Time: The Art and Making of Beauty and the Beast Hardback - 2010

by Charles Solomon

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The Beauty and the Beast legend has a universal appeal; the fairy tale exists in numerous versions throughout the world. In the West, it's best known from the 17th and 18th French versions, which Walt Disney considered animating during the late 1930s. Disney gave up on the idea, as he felt the original story was too claustrophobic and lacking in action.
Reapproached in the 1980s, Beauty and the Beast had several false starts. It was originally conceived as an 18th century period piece, directed by the British husband-and-wife team of Richard and Jill Purdum. After some changes, two new directors, Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale, were put in charge of the project. Although he was initially reluctant to do another animated film after The Little Mermaid, the late Howard Ashman came on board shortly after the new directors. Over many months, the characters and story gradually took form, but there were many changes, false starts and wrong turns. Sequences were created, reworked, cut and added as the film gradually emerged, like a statue from a block of marble. After all the ups and downs, Beauty and the Beast was released in 1991 to rave reviews and record-breaking business. The film was widely hailed as a technical and aesthetic breakthrough and remains the only animated feature ever to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture. This authoritative book will feature interviews with artists, executives, and voice actors; and transcripts of meetings and story sessions. Illustrations will abound throughout, including sketches, caricatures, sequences of animation drawings, and preliminary artwork from discarded sequences. This book will be a must-have for any fan of the Tale As Old As Time.

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  • Title Tale as Old as Time: The Art and Making of Beauty and the Beast
  • Author Charles Solomon
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Disney Editions, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2010-08
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781423124818 / 1423124812
  • Weight 2.51 lbs (1.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 12.25 x 9.5 x 0.75 in (31.12 x 24.13 x 1.91 cm)
  • Age range 10 to 14 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 9
  • Category Art & Art Instruction
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011280644
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.437

About the author

Charles Solomon is an internationally respected critic and historian of animation. He has written on the subject for the "New York Times, TV Guide, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Times, Modern Maturity, Film Comment," and the "Hollywood Reporter." His books include "Disney Lost and Found; The Prince of Egypt: A New Vision in Animation; The Disney That Never Was"; and "Enchanted Drawings: The History of Animation," which was a "N""ew York Times" Notable Book of the Year; and the first film book to be nominated for a National Book Critics' Circle Award.

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