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No, not the 1980s TV series with Ron Perlman and not the 1991 Disney animated film. Jean Cocteau's 1946 film is based upon the Beaumont version of a French fairy tale and you've not seen anything like it. The clip below is my favorite scene in the film. It introduces to the Beast, who in reality is a man under a spell. There are no subtitles in this clip. Basically, it goes like this- The Beast appears (marvelous makeup!) and says to the man 'You've stolen my roses, the thing I love the most, and for this, you must die. You have fifteen minutes to prepare yourself'. The man says 'Sir, I did not know'. The Beast says 'Don't call me sir. I am the Beast'. The man says 'Please forgive me'. The Beast says that the man can't talk his way out of this, but asks him how many daughters he has. The man says three. The Beast says that the only way the man can live is of one of his daughters takes his place. The Beats tells him to go home and if one of his daughters does not return, the man must swear to come back to meet his fate. The man swears it but asks how he can get home because he is now lost. The Beast tells him to go to the stable and get on the horse called 'Magnificent' and whhisper to the horse to take him where he is going. This is such cool film and all other versions of this fairy tale pale in comparison. TCM aired it a couple of days ago. I hadn't seen it for some time. | ||
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