Beauty & The Beast 25th Anniversary Edition Coming To Home Video
To Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Disney’s Beloved Animated Classic, Beauty and the Beast is coming back to home video, letting fans relive the magic and the music with four versions of the film plus all-new bonus features! With the release of the Walt Disney Signature Collection on Sept. 6th on Digital HD and Disney Movies Anywhere, and on Sept. 20th on Blu-ray and DVD.
Here is the trailer:
Here is the cover:
The video includes:
- Original theatrical version
- New advanced sing-along version
- Extended version with ‘Human Again’ song sequence
- Work-in-progress version (Digital and Disney Movies Anywhere only)
Bonus Features:
- Menken & Friends: 25 Years of Musical Inspiration – Get a front-row seat for an intimate discussion between legendary music composers from classic and future Disney films, including Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Discover how the composers are personally connected, how they first experienced Beauty and the Beast and how they find inspiration for their own films. And watch as they pay tribute to the film’s award-winning music score and the man who has inspired them all — Alan Menken.
- #1074: Walt, Fairy Tales & Beauty and the Beast – Long before Beauty and the Beast became the instant classic we know and love, Walt Disney made two attempts — between the 1930s and 1950s — to adapt the famous fairy tale into an animated film. Discover what Walt and his team was dreaming up through Walt’s actual voice recordings, archived artwork, story notes, and learn why the project was sidelined for decades.
- Always Belle – The original voice of Belle, Paige O’Hara, reminisces about earning the role of the beautiful bookworm in Beauty and the Beast and recalls how the iconic character changed her life and continues to inspire fans both young and old.
- The Recording Sessions – Go in the recording booth with the cast of Beauty and the Beast and see what went into adding voices to the characters and the lines we know and love.
- 25 Fun Facts About Beauty and the Beast – Disney Channel’s Gus Kamp and Kayla Maisonet host this entertaining countdown featuring little-known fun facts, anecdotes and hidden Easter Eggs (references to Disney animated films and characters) from one of the most cherished animated films of all time.
- Beauty and The Beast Sneak Peek – An exciting first look into the live-action re-telling of Beauty and the Beast, which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the score with several new songs.
- Classic Bonus Features – These offerings from prior home entertainment releases include over five hours of bonus material, such as an alternate version of ‘Be Our Guest’ and the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ music video performed by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson, and deleted scenes. (Digital and Disney Movies Anywhere only)
Are you going to be picking up the new home video version? Comment below:
Yes!!! I was hoping we would see this! I’m excited they included the original, the WIP, and the extended edition with Human Again. I hope the digital copy is or includes the extended edition as that is my preferred edition to watch.