DOHA: The Doha Film Institute (DFI) is organising a special screening of Disney’s animated musical romantic fantasy Beauty and the Beast at Museum of Islamic Art Park on Friday at 7.30pm.
The screening celebrates the 25th anniversary of the popular love story and is part of DFI’s ‘Cinema Under the Stars’, a series of free outdoor screenings for family members throughout the cooler months.
‘Cinema Under the Stars’ has played a remarkable role in blending communities in Qatar and participated in national celebrations such as National Day and National Sport Day with tributes to cinematic milestones. More recently, it has paid tributes to historic blockbuster film trilogies such as Back to The Future and Rocky.
Released in 1991, Beauty and the Beast became a worldwide phenomenon, receiving critical acclaim and grossed $425m on the global box office.
The Disney classic also became the first animated film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and Disney’s first animated film to be adapted into a Broadway musical in 1994.
Beauty and the Beast won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Academy Award for Best Original Score and Best Original Song for its title song.
In 2002, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
The 30th film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series and the third in the Disney Renaissance period, Beauty and the Beast was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, and is based on the French fairy tale of the same name by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont.
The film focuses on the relationship between the Beast (Robby Benson), a prince who is magically transformed into a monster by the spell of a wicked enchantress as punishment for his arrogance, and Belle (Paige O’Hara), a beautiful young woman whose father he imprisons in his castle.
To become a prince again, Beast must win her love in return otherwise he remains a monster forever.
The film features the voices of Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers and Angela Lansbury.The Peninsula
DOHA: The Doha Film Institute (DFI) is organising a special screening of Disney’s animated musical romantic fantasy Beauty and the Beast at Museum of Islamic Art Park on Friday at 7.30pm.
The screening celebrates the 25th anniversary of the popular love story and is part of DFI’s ‘Cinema Under the Stars’, a series of free outdoor screenings for family members throughout the cooler months.
‘Cinema Under the Stars’ has played a remarkable role in blending communities in Qatar and participated in national celebrations such as National Day and National Sport Day with tributes to cinematic milestones. More recently, it has paid tributes to historic blockbuster film trilogies such as Back to The Future and Rocky.
Released in 1991, Beauty and the Beast became a worldwide phenomenon, receiving critical acclaim and grossed $425m on the global box office.
The Disney classic also became the first animated film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and Disney’s first animated film to be adapted into a Broadway musical in 1994.
Beauty and the Beast won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Academy Award for Best Original Score and Best Original Song for its title song.
In 2002, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
The 30th film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series and the third in the Disney Renaissance period, Beauty and the Beast was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, and is based on the French fairy tale of the same name by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont.
The film focuses on the relationship between the Beast (Robby Benson), a prince who is magically transformed into a monster by the spell of a wicked enchantress as punishment for his arrogance, and Belle (Paige O’Hara), a beautiful young woman whose father he imprisons in his castle.
To become a prince again, Beast must win her love in return otherwise he remains a monster forever.
The film features the voices of Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers and Angela Lansbury.The Peninsula
