00:00Coming to theaters from Walt Disney Pictures.
00:03In 1937, Walt Disney made motion picture history
00:08when he transformed a classic fairy tale
00:11into one of the most successful feature films of all time,
00:15Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
00:18For the first time, audiences were transported
00:21to a world of pure imagination,
00:23filled with color, music, and the incredible magic of animation.
00:28But Snow White was just the beginning.
00:31The parade of memorable Disney characters
00:34would stretch across generations,
00:36bringing to life some of the most wonderful stories ever told.
00:40And this tradition of family entertainment continues today.
00:44With Oliver and Company and The Little Mermaid,
00:47a whole new generation has been introduced
00:49to the magic and music of Disney animation.
00:52Why should I worry? Tell me, why should I care?
00:57Oliver and Company brought together the vocal talents
01:00of superstars Bette Midler and Billy Joel
01:03to help us experience New York City Disney-style.
01:08Yeah, that's right, man.
01:09Yeah, yeah.
01:10In the Academy Award-winning Little Mermaid,
01:13the Disney family grew even larger
01:15with new friends like Ariel, Flounder, and Scuttle,
01:19and a host of unforgettable faces who took us.
01:23Under the sea
01:24Each little snail here
01:26No hot or whale here
01:27That's why it's hot
01:28Under the water
01:29Yeah, we're lucky
01:31Down in the muck here
01:32Under the sea
01:38Now, the Walt Disney Studio
01:40is preparing its 30th full-length animated feature film,
01:44Beauty and the Beast.
01:46And we have a rare opportunity
01:48to go behind the scenes
01:50and see firsthand
01:51just how the magic is made.
01:53Hi, I'm Jeffrey Katzenberg,
01:55chairman of the Walt Disney Studios.
01:57At Disney,
01:58when we set out to make an animated feature,
02:00the first thing we look for
02:01is a very special story
02:03and unforgettable characters.
02:05And that's just what Beauty and the Beast is.
02:08A great story
02:09and great characters.
02:11In Designing Beast,
02:12I had to figure out,
02:13well, is he going to be
02:14just a ferocious monster?
02:17Or does he have a heart?
02:18Well, I'll be working on the heroine, Belle.
02:20In the opening song,
02:21she's walking down the street
02:22singing to people who are walking by.
02:24Bonjour!
02:25Bonjour!
02:26Bonjour!
02:27Bonjour!
02:28There goes the baker
02:29with his train
02:30like always
02:31Once we've created the characters
02:33in the story,
02:34we record the voices
02:35that begin to bring
02:36the characters to life.
02:38Like so many other
02:39great Disney films,
02:41Beauty and the Beast
02:42is a musical.
02:43So we've reassembled
02:45the Academy Award-winning
02:46songwriting team
02:47from The Little Mermaid
02:48to create those
02:49very special songs.
02:51When Angela Lansbury
02:52does the teapot in the movie,
02:54suddenly that character
02:55transcends
02:56both the animation
02:57and the voice
02:58and together you have
02:59a whole new character
02:59that stands on its own.
03:00He's got a dog to do!
03:02He's it locked up
03:03for two
03:04for you, our guest!
03:06He's our guest!
03:07He's our guest!
03:08He's our guest!
03:09He's our guest!
03:10He's our guest!
03:10I'm the man!
03:11He's our guest!
03:12Like all Disney classics,
03:14Beauty and the Beast
03:15promises to take us
03:16to a magical place,
03:17a place we've never been before,
03:19a place full of pure
03:20Disney imagination.
03:24Coming only to theaters
03:26in Fall 1991!
03:28This is true!
03:29We'll be back on our
