Beauty & The Beast comes out of the Disney Vault for a limited time today, and on to a 2 disc Diamond Edition Blu-ray Value Pack and a 2 disc DVD pack. The Blu-ray pack includes not only the film in Blu-ray format, but also the DVD version.
Having its cinema release in 1991, the last time Beauty & The Beast was released on DVD was in 2002, going into the Disney vault in January 2003.
Beauty & The Beast – release date and price
Beauty & The Beast goes on sale 13 October, 2010. The 2 disc Diamond Edition Blu-ray Value Pack including bonus 1 disc DVD has an RRP of $49.95, the 2 disc DVD pack is $39.95 RRP.
Bonus features
Blu-ray
- In addition to the original theatrical release of Beauty & The Beast, included are the original theatrical release with story reel picture-in-picture, plus the Special Extended Edition
- Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind The Making of Beauty and the Beast
- Laugh-O-Gram Fairy Tales: Puss in Boots, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, The Four Musicians of Bremen
- Act II: Struggling With the Beast
- Full Circle to Broadway
- The Purdham Reel
- Act III: Something There
- Ever a Surprise: A Portrait of Howard Ashman
- “Human Again” Reel
- Act IV: Casting a Spell
- Animation and Production Galleries
- Frame by Frame: A Thumbnail Sketch of the History of Animation
- Backgrounds and Concepts: Visual Development, Backgrounds
- Act VI: Classic Beauty
- Enchanted Musical Challenge: A Disney Quest Game
- The Story Behind the Story
- “Beauty and the Beast” Music Video: Performed by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson
- Deleted Song
- Composing a Classic: A musical conversation with Alan Menken, Don Hahn and Richard Kraft
- Deleted Scenes
- Broadway Beginnings: Up close interviews with stars of the Broadway production, Toni Braxton, Nick
Jonas and Donny Osmond - Music and More
DVD
- In addition to the original theatrical release of Beauty & The Beast, included are the Work in Progress Edition, and the Special Extended Edition
- Deleted scenes
- Games and activities
- The Story Behind the Story
- “Beauty and the Beast” music video performed by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson
- Early presentation reel
- Alternative version: “Be Our Guest”
- Alternative score: The Transformation
- Deleted song
- Animation
- Camera move test
- Trailers and TV spots
- Audio commentary
- Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind Making Beauty and the Beast
- Broadway Beginnings: Up close interviews with stars of the Broadway production, Toni Braxton, Nick Jonas and Donny Osmond
- Composing a Classic: A musical Conversation with Alan Menken, Don Hahn and Richard Kraft
- Music video
- Sing-along track