Beauty and The Beast Prologue (English)

Narrator:

Once upon a time, in a faraway land,
A young Prince lived in a shining castle
Although he had everything his heart desired,
The Prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind.
But then, one winter's night, an old beggar-woman came to the castle,
And offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold.
Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the Prince sneered at the gift and turned the old woman away,
But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances,
For beauty is found within.
And when he dismissed her again, the old woman's ugliness melted away
To reveal a beautiful Enchantress.
The Prince tried to apologize, but it was too late,
For she had seen that there was no love in his heart.
And as punishment, she transformed him into a hideous Beast, and placed a powerful spell on the castle, and all who lived there.
Ashamed of his monstrous form, the Beast concealed himself inside his castle, with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world.
The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his 21st year.
If he could learn to love another, and earn her love in return,
By the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken.
If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time.
As the years passed, he fell into despair, and lost all hope.
For who could ever learn to love a Beast?

© Disney

Thanks everyone for loving this prologue :-) this sends chills down to my spine whenever I listen/watch the movie, and yes, "Beauty and the Beast" remains as one of the best Disney movies ever! For me, after Y2K there's no such precious Disney movies as before :-(

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[ltmksm]

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

[Guigley]

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

[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.

[SUPERVANMAN64]

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

[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?

[ultamatefrogmaster]

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

[emilywicks]

what is the name of the music?

[rgbchivas77]

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

[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.