Beauty and The Beast Prologue (English)

[JeRM52591]

One thing I always wondered. So the movie happens just b4 the beast's 21st birthday. Lumiere says in Be Our Guest that the curse has been on them for 10 yrs. So the prince was 11 when he had this curse placed on him. Where were his parents?

[shelbielynnVEVO]

That melody is haunting

[ihavetogoful]

whats the song/melody called at 0:02??

[UndercoverCracker]

Right as this scene started I knew something in me was about to change.

[HP1818]

I just saw this in 3D and oh my god! Now that's what I call a animation 3D masterpiece, no offense to the lion king 3D but Beauty and the Beast 3D is REAL 3D! The scenes really popped out at you.

[rgbchivas77]

Yes, David Ogden Steirs who played Charles Winchester on MAsh, did the narrating and voice of Cogsworth.He does a good job doesn't he?

[emilywicks]

what is the name of the music?

[Iksbrown]

Best Disney movie by far.

[Flooelm199]

@TylermcnamerRules actually, at least in the broadway version, there is a line in be our guest that says "we can sing we can dance after all miss this is France" so its not England it actually is France.

[LaromZenshin]

"For who could ever learn to love a beast.." I could cut diamonds with my nipples.

[SUPERVANMAN64]

@LaromZenshin I know what you mean, man. This has to be one of my fave Disney movies of all time.

[bolodearroz]

"until his 21st year" that means if I was the beast I would be enchanted permanently. :(

[misskac9]

chills everytime i hear this. goosebumps, literally, haha.

[MissHollyMarie47]

Best. Movie. Ever. :D

[UndercoverCracker]

Chills...forever.

[Dilgkal]

I cried twice watching this movie in 3D...

[545416855987988666]

I'm 21 in 16 days.

Pray for me please.

[RobinHoodinSherwood]

@545416855987988666 haha I will, I hope you find your prince/princess

[Kovaelin]

This was the first film I ever saw in theatres. It will always be my favourite movie of all time.

[ltmksm]

I watched this beautiful movie in 3d in theater yesterday... omg, tons of tear in my eyes...

[shadowofforms]

@amycycki so true

[Lexiluver1099]

Where can I find this song?? I've been looking and I loooove it! Please help!!

[mnprice13]

@Lexiluver1099 it is based off of Carnival of the Animals Suite, Aquarium movement, by Camille Saint Saens :) enjoy!

[alio20297]

When you look at the vow it looks like Count Dracula castle.

With Dracula and Frankenstein and Wolfman and the Mummy and the Creature from the Black lagoon are all in there

[amycycki]

"she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within...she transformed into a BEAUTIFUL enchantress"

[RuuYaa96]

@amycycki the fact that she was willing to look haggard despite being truly beautiful shows she doesn't care for appearances. she becomes beautiful to see the change in the prince's attitude

[PrincessOnSpaz]

I LOVE THIS SONG BUT CAN NEVER FIND IT! ;A;

[fireongreen]

The music behind this prologue is insanely beautiful.

[afroqueen98]

Does it mean 21st year alive, or his 21st year as a beast, and the rose stops him from aging?

[starlitdown]

Lol he was a selfish 11-year-old but don't forget how old the story is. You were an adult by that age or close it back then. =)

[maxtull21]

Prince Adam (The Beast) really pissed off the Enchantress.

[themissjane100]

Omg my school is doing beauty and the beast this year!! It's going to be epic!! I'm in like all the big production numbers! And my friend is the enchantress!!!

[Sivart343]

France might be far away depending on where the viewer is. Or it might be all around them. Or just over the border.

[FlameG102]

"A far away land..."

You mean France?

[QTipbandit]

@FlameG102 The south side of France.... :)

[TylerMcNamerRULES]

@FlameG102 NO! France doesn't have castles like these. Some people speak France because it's one of the most romantic languages. Like England.

[AkuaWDK]

I feel bad for Beast.

He had to do through Puberty looking like that :P

[epp6681]

Lol who would dislike this video ?

[werewolfpuppy5]

i love this song

its a bit eerie, but its so beautiful

[paschapink]

I don't think nowadays it would be safe for an 11 year old to let any old person into their homes late at night!

[Kartoonkid95]

I spy Bambi's mom.

[TylerMcNamerRULES]

@Kartoonkid95 SHE'S ALIVE!

[richardworthtucker]

Did the spell go like this:

"This castle shall look dark and spooky until his 21st year"

"Dark black clouds will be on top of it and near"

"Now go with a curse and serve me well"

"Powerful magic cast my spell"?

[Guigley]

One of the most enchanting, magical openings in cinema history.

[1lucariolover]

I have loved this movie since I was four. I still love it and I'm nineteen!!!!!

[YondaimeKitsuneKage]

"For who could ever learn to love a beast?" Favorite line in this entire movie :)

[Agaotaku]

i GOT SHILLS Watching this 

[VikkyRz]

The first 22 seconds are so enchanting that I keep listening to them and I feel like I'm in the movie! If it's a song, or if the theme is longer, can someone upload it or tell me the name?

[homicidalPEACH]

@VikkyRz The song is based off/an adaptation of the Carnival of Animals: The Aquarium They aren't the same though, just so's ya know.

[dionysos46]

@homicidalPEACH : And " A Little French Night Music " from Tchaïkovsky for Intro.

[knotwrite]

Had to make sure this song wasn't the same as Aquarium.

Could have fooled me...

[SmileyFace10122]

This is my favorite one out of all disney princess movies. It sends chills down my back every single time i listen to it

[mkc92ingc]

20 years and still one of the best openings of a Disney movie (next to Lion King and Tangled).

[AylaRselhesur]

I am the Enchantress for our version of Beauty and The Beast!!!

[DisneyClassicsFan]

The music is absolutely wonderful. Sends chills down my spine every single time:)

[globogs]

@DisneyClassicsFan

It's so dramatic.

[Guigley]

"For who could ever learn to love a beast?" And thus begins one of the greatest pieces of cinematic art ever made.

[Mycatjewel]

I never understood why she cursed all of them. I mean okay the prince was a jackass, I understand cursing him. But what did the people working in the castle do to deserve becoming a teapot or a clock?

[bluethunder25]

@Mycatjewel I think its to teach the Prince that ones cruel and selfish actions can affect not only him, but those around him as well.

[frostfang1]

@Mycatjewel because when your a prince you actions affect all your subjects

[MrZAP17]

As much as I love many of the musical numbers in Disney movies, I still have to say that this instrumental is probably the most involving of all. It's, for lack of a better word, enchanting. Melancholy and mysterious, drawing you into this world and never letting go until the very end. Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Pocahontas...they all have very good soundtracks throughout with great vocalists but...this piece will always be #1.

[Sarah404]

Cant believe thats the voice of cogsworth as well lol... I LOVE HIS VOICE, i can listen to it 24/7

[GerrySantiago1982]

A huge castle with all those rooms and empty space sheesh man If I was that prince I would have gladly welcome a 100 homeless women in for shelter. I will say this though that single rose claimed to be an enchanted rose YEAH RIGHT! Show me a true BLUE ROSE now that would be a truley enchanted rose. USH!

[hpotter103]

Faraway land, you mean France?

[Supes1932DC]

@hpotter103 We'll considering that this takes place in the 1500's and the nararator is probably talking within America where the film was made, it could be considered a far away place by that era's standards.

[Maclanemast]

@Supes1932DC Lumiere does say it's in France...

[Jam24511]

@hpotter103 Perhaps they made France faraway from America's point of view.

[Meggabear1988]

I love this movie, but I still dont understand why his nice kind servants had to suffer and possibly be changed like that forever because their master was an asshole

[LittleDoeCM]

If I am not mistaken, the music IS or is largely BASED ON Leonard Bernstein's Carnival of the Animals: The Aquarium... absolutely beautiful!... and it's perfect for Beauty and the Beast!

[Satisarah]

Is there a Beauty and the Beast Prologue Instrumental version without the voice?

[Tara121Brigden]

@Satisarah There is a twilight video with the instrumental prologue of beauty and the beast which I tried to link but it would not let me so it's called Stephenie Meyer book series - instrumental by a user named Smokeyfizz, if you type it into the search it should appear, just listen to/rip the audio, it was the only one I could find for you :) hope this helps

[pirateninjaalliance]

So... was he like 11 when she cursed him?... Cause they say it has been 10 years since the curse began, and he has until his 21st year. So it's official. The enchantress cursed one of the many, MANY selfish 11-year-olds of the world.

[bsangel93]

@pirateninjaalliance when did they say it has been 10 yrs since the curse began?

[Supes1932DC]

@bsangel93 During Lumiere's monoluge in "Be Our Guest".

[misswolfsong]

@pirateninjaalliance I think that it means that e would have to spend 21 years as a beast from the time that she cursed him, otherwise he'd be cursed forever. That's what I got from it anyway.

[paschapink]

@misswolfsong I think it means his 21st birthday.

[Brawler484]

@pirateninjaalliance it isn't referring to his age when it says twenty first year, it's referring to spending twenty one years as a beast, so basically it's been twenty one years since he was turned into a beast.

[pirateninjaalliance]

@Brawler484 But that would make him at least 40, if he was cursed as an adult, because the curse practically expired. Either conclusion is still very creepy.

[BulletShootingGuys]

@pirateninjaalliance If that were true, then it would make sense why he was such a spoiled brat.

[NeuroticBarista]

@pirateninjaalliance Yeah, that's what I thought too! But someone explained to me that because the castle is enchanted, time probably moved differently in it. So what to them felt like ten years could have actually been just a year.

[psychoteddy87]

@pirateninjaalliance the better question is, if he was 11 when he was cursed, why is he an adult in the stained glass windows, and why is he a full grown beast at the beginning? For that matter, if he was 11 when he was cursed, why is the painting that he rips a portrait of himself as a full grown man?

So many discrepancies...

[RobinHoodinSherwood]

@psychoteddy87 ive always wondered those same exact thing, the painting for instance, hes supposed to be 11, and Belle sees it and is like, ohh hes handsome,ok Belle, ok : ) but its a movie, just gotta let some things go

[jon85554es]

@pirateninjaalliance Oh shut up...all of you.

[TheAmayasasaki]

@pirateninjaalliance I think that when he was cursed, his age was frozen, along with him being stuck in the form of a beast.

[SwarovskiGal]

Beautiful intro,

But I think fair enough to teach the Prince a lesson but why punish everyone who lived in the castle?

[Chillaz89]

@SwarovskiGal

The enchantress punished people who lived or worked at the castle because they let the prince to become self-centered and spoiled so it's more like a collective punishment so everyone can change their ways after that.

[wichi6100]

I always love this prologue since i was a kid!! i would like if the producers make the movie without being animated in which bryce dallas howard as belle. In which were more drama about the beast.

[drewbols]

My god, it's James Earl Jones!!

[ultamatefrogmaster]

The narrater's voice is gorgeous! Just saying...



[rgbchivas77]

@ultamatefrogmaster , the narrators voice is David Ogden steirs who played Charles Winchester on the tv show MASH..

[ultamatefrogmaster]

@rgbchivas77 No way! You mean Cogsworth is narrating this!?

[knobchez]

I find this video difficult to masturbate to. :/

[vanburikwouter]

@knobchez wait until the scene comes with the old witch ;p

[meshmaker55]

@Jeremyd2000 the song isn't old, Disney created this music for the film... On iTunes they call this part of the soundtrack "Prologue" that's it.

[meshmaker55]

I've got nothing against the enchantress teaching the Prince to love... BUT IF A CREEPY OLD LADY SHOWED UP AT MY DOOR TO COME IN, I WOULDN'T DARE LET HER IN!!!!!

[RKOyou]

@meshmaker55 but if a beautiful woman came to your doorstep, you would let her in right?

[ZukoHalliwell]

@meshmaker55 Even if was the middle of winter, and it was freezing outside?

[killer92173]

@meshmaker55 Learned that from Snow White?

[rgbchivas77]

Im with sisterof sorrow,the timing doesnt make sense.I always wondered about that myself.He looks 18 not 11 but it says his 21st birthday and 10 years before so that would make him 11!

[foralldisneyfans]

The beast was never scary to me when I was a kid. He just had a bad temper is all. Who doesn't now and then?!?!

[LovedByNoneButAll43]

Does anyone know what the Prince's name is? It bugs me that they just call him Beast. What about when he becomes human huh? Would you still call him Beast? Sorry, just me ranting a little that's all.

[heroes55]

@LovedByNoneButAll43 Prince Adam

[13Nebur]

@LovedByNoneButAll43

The writers never gave him a name. They joke about it in the commentary and call him Steve and Bob. Quite hilarious. :p

[emrys8888]

@LovedByNoneButAll43 I think his name is Adam.

[AlonsoKnight09]

Back when Disney made beautiful movies! Not cheap humor bullshit with forced lessons and pop soundtracks

[AlonsoKnight09]

21 people haven´t found true love

[yongsta210]

does this prologue give anyone else the chills? it seems kinda scary for some reason!

[DmitryDavidoff]

@yongsta210

Yes, i think it's because of the great melody and voice

[SisterOfSorrow]

only thing that doesnt make sense, she gives him the rose which will bloom until his 21st birthday, and the film takes place 10 years after his curse.....he did not look 11 years old! not in the stain glass window prologue, not in the tattered painting and not in the christmas sequel flashback either....good movie but they screwed up on that part of the plot

[alzanoletti]

This scene has always been my favorite

[VariusMayhem]

Listen closely: You think Disney wants to tell a lesson, that you shouldn't judge people by outer apperance, hm? Then why is it a BEAUTIFUL enchantress and not just an enchantress? Contradiction!

[HaoWenXiang]

@VariusMayhem "...and her ugliness melted away to reveal an okay-looking enchantress..."

[VariusMayhem]

@HaoWenXiang

You know what I mean... -.- It could have been a mighty enchantress as well.

[RKOyou]

@VariusMayhem while the enchantress is beautiful, her heart is pure and good, she's beautiful but she herself knows that inner beauty is more important

the point is that in reality, any beautiful person will always think that outer beauty is more important, but this beautiful enchantress is not like that, she knows real beauty is found within

[SugarBean11]

@VariusMayhem She is beautiful but that doesn't make her special... She just is special and happens to be beautiful. The POINT is that the prince judged her when he thought she was ugly and it turns out she isn't AND she has magic powers. He begs her forgivness since he knows he's in trouble.

[abalvarez]

"As the years past, he fell into despair and lost all hope, for who could ever learn to love a best." That line really grabbed me.

[WildDancer101]

is this off a dvd you have? cause the vhs of that movie I used to have is a little dark in some scenes like this one.

[GraphiteRULES]

This was one of my favorite Disney films when I was little.

[Jeremyd2000]

what classical song is in this prologue?

[936justme]

Who is Prince Vegeta?

[Becca11389]

is it just me or does it seem like they are talking about Prince Vegeta?

[Becca11389]

Best movie prologue EVER...the music is just incredible!

[redberry0]

good

[HellsBloodyRoses]

What's the music called for this prologue? It's played on the piano and it's beautiful... Can anyone tell me the name of the piece?

[babygurl59033]

once upon a time in a not so faraway land, disney was like, the best thing ever!

[nayru33]

The perfect beginning to a perfect movie

[ggbeaks]

well if your in america france is pretty far away !!!!!

[kanyinlam]

would this mean the prince skipped puberty altogether...its not fair lol

[CaptainCretaceous91]

I betcha they used that zooming technique that Walt used to use. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

[WishfulThinkingArt]

@CaptainCretaceous91 If you are talking about the multi-plane camera, then yes, I do know what you're talking about :-)

[CaptainCretaceous91]

@WishfulThinkingArt :D Like I said. I betcha they used the multi-plane camera in the beggining and end of this vid.

[WishfulThinkingArt]

@CaptainCretaceous91 HA!! That would be neat if they actually did use it instead of a computer or something along those lines!

[CaptainCretaceous91]

@WishfulThinkingArt If I ever make a Disney movie, I am DEFINITLEY using a Multi-Plane camera.

[WishfulThinkingArt]

@CaptainCretaceous91 If you can get a bunch of people to break away from CGI nonsense and get going with it. Though yeah, I would be anxious to see a movie made the old-fashioned way with that camera!

[nyo267n]

People keep saying that the music was inspired by "Aquarium" by Camille Saint-Saëns, and they are absolutely right about that. However, am I the only one who gets that New World Symphony vibe (2nd movement) from the oboe solo at 00:38?

This musical piece by Menken is, regardless of the fact that he was inspired by previous music, some of his finest work. The oscar win was well deserved.

[Mr101Thomas]

io just love 0:03 it so chilling and a wonderful piece of art!!! :) im a lad and i remember iwas big into transformers and action man but always had a soft spot 4r dis film!!

[everybodyneedsyou]

the most beautiful film in my life.

[quicksand241]

What I actually wonder is did she plan it? Did she know he was selfish and plan this curse/ If she was a beautiful enchantress, why the old beggar woman?

[OriginalTharios]

@quicksand241 Consider in the time period that if she ran around in her true form she'd likely be a target of the church. Granted they don't mention things like that in the movie, but at that time, even the accusation of witchcraft could ruin your life if not get you killed. It seems to be implied that her mere appearance would've been enough to suggest her unnatural status. While Belle is the most beautiful, she's still humanly so, whereas the enchantress was likely inhumanly so.

[quicksand241]

thanks

[87katymay]

and kids dont realise that the prince was only about 11 when transformed into the beast,

[FlyingPandaNinja]

Best. Opening. Ever.

[fishingftw09]

Ever since I can remember, 0:02 to 0:20, was one of the most beautiful scenes! The whole atmosphere, the woods, the deer drinking water, the birds, and the castle in the background!

[1994comm]

Headhunterz - Doomed <3

like if heady brought you here

[thatoneartfreak]

this was and still is my favorite disney movie by far. since i watched it so obsessively as a kid, i can't help but wonder if that's why i seem to fall for the lost puppy type of guys now.. well, more like scary-seeming ones that're actually teddy bears on the inside if you give em a chance. you know what i mean:P

[imdb88]

Here's a good question:

WHAT IS THE ENCHANTRESS' STORY?

[TheSonicfan129]

I love this Prologue story. Third time I've seen a video with over 1,000 comments! Who-ho!

[Moneymakingpants1]

I love the music. It's like opening up a magical music box.

[Dgamer21]

Best disney animated feature by far!

[AdArmand]

Everyone says how The Lion King opening is Disney's greatest, but I feel it is overrated. It is too life affirming to ask any deeper questions of its audience - the worship of heroism in too apparent to give us any feeling other than grandeur and security. In contrast, you feel so many DIFFERENT things from this Beauty and the Beast opening - beauty of form, danger, intrigue, fear, suspense, the nature of people and the nature of the unknown etc!! I just find this to be limitlessly compelling!

[miku1253]

Its the hottest day of the year and this music and opening still gives me chills :-)

[philham423]

No it's not Ian mc kellen it's Tony Jay.

[Slim2J]

does anyone know if it is possible to get just the background music from this scene?

much appreciated, thank you!!

[GEMINIMONKEY18]

Awesome Movie

[Randomenes]

I love this movie. c: <3

[Dharkhaze17]

I had this when i was kid. I watched it so many times i broke the tape. Snow white had the same fate too :(

[UndercoverCracker]

0:03 When this first came out at that moment I bet the audiences new they would witness a legend being born.

[Fuumasfrog]

Disney has never done a movie as good as this one. When I see their poor attempts now with 3-D it makes me want to cry

[kryhappy96]

i really like the message in this. :3

[thegreatherox]

is that ian mc kellen?

[PhantomBolt]

The most epic piece of animation I've ever seen.