Remembering Disney

In the prologue, we find out that a prince was visited one night by an elderly lady, offering him a rose in exchange for a place to sleep for the night. The prince refuses, and the lady turns into a huge fairy. The prince begs for forgiveness, but the fairy turns his subjects into household objects, and he himself is turned into a beast. The fairy gives him the rose, which now acts as a time dial; the beast must find true love by his twenty-first birthday, or he will remain a beast for the rest of his life. After many years, the beast gives up all hope, for who could learn to love a beast?
As if in answer, the next shot shows us a pretty French countryside, with a young woman walking out of her cottage and walking toward town. This girl’s name is Belle, the French word for “Beauty”. The animators purposefully drew her clothes as blue, as opposed to all the villagers’ plain clothing, to show that she is different from them.
Throughout the village, everybody marvels at Belle, exclaiming how awkward and strange the girl is. Everybody exclaims this except for one man, a hunter named Gaston. Gaston and his sidekick LeFou discuss Gaston’s intention on asking Belle to be his wife, something that he can’t seem to do because of several distractions. When he finally stops Belle long enough to talk to her, she says that she must hurry home to help her father. But LeFou starts laughing, “That old nut? He’s crazy.” Belle says that her father’s not crazy; he’s a genius.
Hardly after she speaks, the cottage starts smoking, as if an explosion from within has occurred. She hurries away from Gaston and LeFou, hoping to see what has happened. She finds her father, Maurice, in the basement, rolling around angrily; his latest invention has not worked properly. Belle just smiles, tells her father he’s really a mastermind, and he goes back to work. After a few more minutes, Maurice tries his invention again, and this time it works. He yells in triumph; he’s now able to go to the fair!
But on the way to the fair, he and his horse Philippe get lost. After a long while, trudging through the dark woods, they are attacked by a pack of wolves. Philippe gets away with the invention, but Maurice is thrown off, having to run on foot. He finds a gate and goes through it, barely making it alive. But he is now faced with an even greater horror: a haunted-looking castle.
Maurice goes inside the castle, seeking shelter from a coming storm. He walks inside, but nobody is there; he only hears voices. He picks up a candlelamp and starts searching for the source of the voices, but it is coming from the lamp. He drops it, startled. Then a clock walks up to the lamp. In the following conversation, we learn that the lamp’s name is Lumiere and the clock’s is Cogsworth. Lumiere takes Maurice over to a fire, helping him warm up; Cogsworth is against this. Then a tea-table rolls up, and a pot—appropriately, Mrs. Potts—offers Maurice a drink, pouring tea into a cup named Chip.
But then, at the very merriest moment, the door is thrown open, and the fire goes out. A beast walks up, glaring at Maurice. The old man nervously explains that he only needed a place to stay for the night. The beast growls, “I’ll give you a place to stay!” Then he takes Maurice down to his dungeon.
 
My list of movies is as follows, as are the status of each:


Snow White--Complete
Pinocchio--Complete
Fantasia--Complete
Bambi--Complete
Cinderella--In-production
Peter Pan--Complete
Sleeping Beauty--To Be Started
The Jungle Book--In Production
Robin Hood--Complete
The Fox and the Hound--To Be Started
The Great Mouse Detective--To Be Started
The Little Mermaid--To Be Started
Beauty and the Beast--Complete
Aladdin--To Be Started
The Lion King--Complete
Fantasia 2000--Complete
Brother Bear--In Production
Bolt--To Be Started
 
Update again:
Haven't been writing as much as I would like. But I have taken out a few movies and added a few, as well. As follows:

Snow White--Post-production
Pinocchio--Post-production
Fantasia--Post-production
Bambi--Post-production
Cinderella--Post-production
Peter Pan--Post-production
Sleeping Beauty--Post-production
The Jungle Book--Pre-production
Robin Hood--Post-production
The Fox and the Hound--Pre-production
The Great Mouse Detective--Pre-production
Oliver & Company--Pre-production
The Little Mermaid--Pre-production
Beauty and the Beast--Post-production
Aladdin--Pre-production
The Lion King--Post-production
Fantasia 2000--Post-production
Brother Bear--In production
Bolt--In Production
 
I know this is a really old thread, but...these are great!!!! If you've written any new ones, Skulblaka_Shur'tugal, can you post some?:D I'd especially like to read the one for The Great Mouse Detective.
 
Yeah, I haven't been on in forever, and unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to write as much as I would like. The newest--and final--list of movies that will be in this book are as follows. Unless otherwise noted, the synopses are completed.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Pinocchio
Fantasia
Bambi
Cinderella
Peter Pan
Sleeping Beauty
The Jungle Book
Robin Hood
The Fox and the Hound
The Great Mouse Detective
Oliver & Company
The Little Mermaid (started, not finished)
Beauty and the Beast
The Lion King
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Fantasia 2000
Brother Bear (not yet started)
WALL-E (not yet started)
Bolt
The Princess and the Frog (not yet started)


I would like for you all to PM me with your vote on which story you want to see next on the site. Thanks for your patience.
 
Okay, I'm finishing "Beauty and the Beast", and then posting "The Great Mouse Detective".


The next morning, Gaston waits outside of Belle’s cottage, on his way to ask her to marry him. He tells LeFou to strike up the band the second he emerges, and then walks inside.
Belle reluctantly invites him in, and he makes himself at home. He tells Belle of his idea of a wonderful wife, and then tells her that she is the one for him. Belle is struck dumb, and then throws Gaston out of the house—literally. When Gaston lands in a mud puddle, the band starts playing. “So,” LeFou asks, “how’d it go?” Gaston stomps away, murmuring, “I’ll have Belle for my wife!”
Belle walks away from her cottage, singing a song of loneliness. Before she finishes, Philippe runs up…without Maurice. Belle senses something is wrong, and then asks Philippe to take her to her father.
They arrive at the castle that night, and Belle leaves Philippe at the gate while she goes inside herself. She walks around, not seeing any of the walking objects. Finally, she finds her father in the dungeon. But just after she does, the beast runs in. He is about to throw her out of the castle, but she offers herself to replace her father; he is freezing. The beast agrees, but only as long as Belle promises to stay under his roof for the rest of her life. She agrees, and the beast sends Maurice back into the village.
The beast, out of what kindness is in his heart, takes Belle to her new room, a very fashionable room at the top of one of the towers. Upon persuasion from Lumiere, the beast orders—rather than invites, as suggested—for Belle to join him for dinner. Belle simply falls onto her bed and starts weeping.
In the village, Gaston is in a bar—possibly one he owns—rambling on about how he wants Belle to be his wife. The following song—started by LeFou—complements Gaston on his many ups, none of his downs. Then Maurice runs inside, saying that Belle has been abducted by the beast. But because of his past quirkiness, nobody believes him, and he is thrown out. But after he is, Gaston starts thinking—“A dangerous pastime”, someone points out. But he has a plan, which will undeniably make Belle his wife.
In the castle, Belle finds out that her wardrobe talks, like all the other objects. She starts talking absently, and mentions that she will not join the beast for dinner. When the beast learns about this, he storms up and bangs on her door. When she still refuses, he tells Lumiere to stand guard in case she emerges: “If she doesn’t eat with me, then she doesn’t eat at all!” Then he storms away to his private chambers, grabs a mirror, and tells for it to show him Belle. The mirror becomes something like a camera, and we can see Belle talking to her wardrobe. “I don’t want to get to know him!” The beast slowly lowers the mirror, rubbing his eyes. “It’s hopeless.”
Back in the village, Maurice packs his bags; he’s going off to find Belle and rescue her from the beast. No sooner does he leave then Gaston and LeFou come to his cottage. When they find nobody there, Gaston shoves LeFou into the snow. “Don’t move from that spot until they come back.”
Later that night, Belle becomes hungry and goes to the kitchen. While Cogsworth tries to send her back to her room to avoid angering the beast, Lumiere says, “She is not our prisoner; she’s our guest!” Then a grand feast is prepared for Belle, accompanied by a wonderful song.
After Belle is finished eating, Belle asks to explore the castle. While Lumiere and Cogsworth take her on a tour, she slips away and starts going off on her own, going to a place called the West Wing, which was previously mentioned to be forbidden for her to go to. This scene is one of the darker scenes of the movie; while looking around, Belle comes across rooms with no light in them, scary figures all around. She finds a picture of a handsome-looking prince—who was actually the beast at one time—and then finds a rose. As mentioned at the beginning of the story, this rose loses one pedal for every month the beast lives; when it runs out of pedals, he will remain a beast for eternity.
Suddenly, the beast appears. He is obviously surprised, and then turns angry. “I told you never to come here! Get out!” Belle runs away, and the beast realizes what he has done. He starts to pursue her.
Belle grabs her coat, mounts Philippe, and starts running through the woods, despite her promise to stay. But while she is riding, wolves start to attack her and her horse. Just when they’re about to knock her off, the beast appears and starts fighting the wolves away. When he finally succeeds, he collapses; he is wounded too much to stay awake.
Belle once more decides to run away, but something tells her to save the beast. She puts the beast on Philippe and takes him back to the castle.
Later, while Belle is trying—in vain—to treat the beast’s wounds, they start an argument; this is the first time in Disney history when the two main characters argue with each other. It’s actually rather humorous to watch this, because it ends with Belle saying, “You should learn to control your temper!” With this final shout, the beast starts calming down; he is hardly angry anymore.
 
In the following weeks, Belle teaches the Beast proper manners, something he probably never learned. He, in turn, shows her all around his home…including the biggest library she has ever seen.
Finally, one day early the next year, we see the beast getting a bath. And like most males—animal or human—he hates it. While Lumiere and Cogsworth try to encourage him, the other servants-turned-objects start dressing him and fixing his hair. “Ah,” Cogsworth exclaims. “You look…you look…”
The beast has a hairdo that resembles a poodle’s. “Stupid,” he finishes.
Late that night, Belle appears at the top of the stairway, dressed up in dazzling clothes. The beast, in reflection, is wearing a blue—notice, blue—outfit. He and Belle approach each other, and start dancing around on the ballroom floor. While they dance, Mrs. Potts sings a song that has become viewed as a masterpiece: “Beauty and the Beast.”
After the dance, the beast takes Belle onto the balcony. “Belle…do you like it here?” Belle replies, “Yes…but I wish I could see my father one last time.”
The beast takes Belle up to his West Wing, showing her his magic mirror. She looks through it and sees Maurice…lying unconscious in the forest. The beast, who has by now come to understand and love Belle, tells her to go ahead and rescue him; he also gives her the mirror, in case she wants to see him again, too.
Belle races away, and soon finds her father. She takes him back to their cottage, reviving him. But LeFou sees them and rushes off to find Gaston. When they come back, they have an asylum officer with them. Belle gasps, “My father’s not crazy!”
“Yes he is!” LeFou replies. “He went on talking about a beast!” And Maurice goes on to describe the beast. While he does so—not helping his case any—Gaston tells Belle that she need only marry him, and Maurice will be left alone. Belle rushes back inside and comes back out with the mirror. In it, she shows everybody—the entire village is there—the beast. Gaston grabs the mirror and rouses the townspeople away, telling them to go and destroy the beast. He locks Maurice and Belle in their basement in the meantime.
After the people leave, Chip emerges; he has stowed away. He thinks cleverly for his age, finds Maurice’s invention, and cuts Belle and Maurice out of the basement. He smiles; he is hanging from a spring. “You have got to try this.”
The people come to the castle, but the beast doesn’t care; without Belle, his life is as good as gone anyway. So his servants decide to act, and each one of them attacks a person—not killing them—with whatever they can…sometimes using themselves; Lumiere smokes a person with his fire.
Gaston goes upstairs and finds the beast. He shoots the beast with an arrow, and then starts to tackle him. The beast does not react. Then Gaston pushes him out a window, and the beast disappears. Gaston follows, breaks a small rock-club off the wall, and starts searching. He finds the beast, and yells, “It’s over, beast!” Originally, he was supposed to shout, “Time to die!” but it was changed later to “Belle is mine!” to keep Belle in the overall picture.
Gaston hits the beast, nearly sending him over the edge. But then the beast sees Belle on the drawbridge far below. With new strength, he grabs Gaston by the throat, holding him over the edge. For a few frightening seconds, it seems as if he will let go…but his expression softens, and he lets Gaston back down. “Get out.” Then Belle appears at the top of the balcony. The beast goes up to her, smiling.
Gaston pulls a knife and stabs the beast—originally twice, but in the final cut only once. Then, before he can attempt the final blow, he loses his balance, and falls over the side. Skulls are in his eyes as he falls, indicating that he is not a man…but a beast.
Belle grabs the fatally-wounded beast and lays him down. While he dies, he whispers, “I was glad I could see your face…one last…” Then he dies. Belle starts crying. “I love you…” she whispers.
Inside the West Wing, the final pedal falls from the flower..
Then lights start falling from the sky. They fall all around the beast, and then his body is raised into the air. Belle watches with fascination as the beast’s body explodes with light. Within seconds, a human takes replaces him, and falls to the ground. Then the man begins to stand up. He looks at Belle. “Belle…” He smiles. “It’s me.”
Belle looks into the prince’s eyes, and sees the beast’s eyes there. “It is you!” she exclaims. Then she kisses him.
All around them, changes start to take place. The dark castle is replaced by a bright-cream one. The household objects are replaced by humans. And finally, the prince and Belle’s clothes change; they are now dressed ready for a dance.
And so they do dance. In a few months, they dance their wedding dance with all of France bearing witness. Chip and his mother talk. “They’re going to live happily ever after, aren’t they, Mom?” “Of course, dear.” Then Chip scrunches his nose. “Do I still have to sleep in the cupboard?”
As a choir sings the final notes of the film, Belle and her husband continue dancing across the room. On the wall, a stained-glass picture looks over them, indicating that the final song rings true:
“Tale as old as time. Song as old as rhyme. Beauty and the beast.”
 
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