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 By ERIC GERON

Screenplay by EVAN SPILIOTOPOULOS

and STEPHEN CHBOSKY and BILL CONDON

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n the heart of France, there lived a prince with no love in his heart.
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The Prince was handsome. But despite having everything he could

ever have wanted, he was selfish and terribly unkind.

One dark and stormy night, the Prince threw a party and invited

only guests he deemed as handsome as himself.

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Suddenly, an old beggar woman entered the castle.

She offered a red rose to the Prince in exchange for

shelter from the storm. The Prince turned her away.

The old beggar woman revealed that she was actually

an enchantress. She knew that the Prince could not

see past appearances. As punishment, she turned him

into a horrible beast and his subjects into household

objects. The enchantment also made the villagers

completely forget the castle and all who lived there.

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One day, a music box maker named Maurice stumbled

upon the enchanted castle. He had been traveling to the

market but got lost along the way. Freezing and hungry,

he entered the castle, happy to find food and shelter.

On his way out, he saw a garden filled with white roses.

His daughter had asked for a rose, and these roses

were beautiful. As Maurice cut into a stem, the Beast

appeared. Furious that Maurice was stealing from him,

the Beast took the man as his prisoner.

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Maurice’s daughter, Belle, was a smart, kind, and brave

young woman, as beautiful on the inside as she was

on the outside. She had always dreamed of something

more than her small town could offer. When her father

failed to return from his trip, Belle set out to find him.

At the enchanted castle, Belle discovered her father

locked up in a dark prison tower. Then she met the

Beast and decided she would rescue her father herself.

Against her father’s wishes, she took his place as

prisoner. She assured him she was not afraid. She would

find a way out.

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Lumiere the candelabrum and Cogsworth the clock

greeted Belle in her cell. Lumiere and Cogsworth secretly

hoped that Belle would be the one to break the castle’s

curse. If their master could learn to love another—and if

she could love him in return—by the time the last petal

fell from the Enchantress’s rose, they would all be human

again. But time was running out.

Lumiere and Cogsworth led Belle to a more comfortable

room. There Belle met the kind teapot Mrs. Potts and

her sweet teacup son, Chip. She also met Madame de

Garderobe, the theatrical wardrobe and opera singer.

The castle staff served Belle dinner, treating her as a

proper guest.

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After dinner, Belle snuck off to the West Wing of the

castle, where she discovered the Enchantress’s rose and

a portrait of the Prince painted before his curse. The

Beast stormed in, enraged that she had trespassed in

his private quarters. Belle had had enough. She fled the

castle. During her escape, wolves attacked her, but the

Beast arrived in the nick of time to fight them off. He

was injured in the struggle, so Belle helped him get back

to the castle.

She cleaned a large gash on the Beast’s arm. His subjects

were eternally grateful that Belle had helped him.

Lumiere and Cogsworth explained the enchantment to

Belle—but kept her potential role in it a secret.

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Meanwhile, Belle was being enchanted in other ways.

Once the Beast realized that he and Belle shared a love of

reading, he showed her his favorite place in the castle. It

was the biggest private library in all of France, lined with

books from floor to ceiling. Belle was delighted.

That night, the two, each reading a book, shared a quiet

dinner at the table. Looking up from the pages, Belle

watched the Beast plant his face in his bowl and slurp up

his soup. The Beast’s table manners made Belle smile.

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Belle continued to see the softer side of the Beast.

They played in the snow, throwing snowballs at each

other, then cleaned the castle. With each year’s worth

of grime removed, the shiny surface of the castle

was further revealed. Belle was beginning to see the

Beast more clearly, too. Maybe he wasn’t as much of

a monster as she had thought. There was kindness

beneath the fur and fangs.

And the Beast was feeling something similar. He began

to realize that things weren’t as grim and hopeless as

he had thought. He was surprised by how much he

had in common with Belle.

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One night, the Beast revealed to his staff that he had

strong feelings for Belle. But he felt she deserved to

fall in love with someone better than him. He met

Belle in the ballroom, which had been restored to

its former glory. He and Belle danced gracefully and

shared a special evening together.

Belle admitted that she missed her father. The Beast

gave her his magic mirror. In it, she could see her

father being bullied by the villagers. The Beast

encouraged Belle to go help him. He loved her and

knew he had to set her free. The Beast only wished he

could have done the same for his enchanted subjects.

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In the village, Belle fearlessly faced those who tormented

her father. Maurice had told them that Belle was trapped

in the enchanted castle with the Beast, but they thought

he was out of his mind. To prove her father had spoken

the truth, Belle revealed the Beast to the villagers through

the magic mirror.

Belle’s plan backfired: the villagers set off and stormed

the enchanted castle. The Beast’s subjects defended

themselves, sending the villagers running. The villain

Gaston tried to kill the Beast but met his own end.

Belle raced to the Beast’s side. He had been badly

injured. Meanwhile, all the Beast’s subjects began to

lose their remaining human traits as the last petal of the

Enchantress’s rose fell. Was it too late?

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Then Belle told the Beast she loved him. The enchantment

began to lift as dawn broke over the castle. One by one,

the subjects, including Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts,

and Chip, turned back into humans. The Beast was

once again a handsome prince, though now he was kind

and selfless and had love in his heart.

Later that day, the entire castle celebrated. Maestro

Cadenza played the harpsichord as his beautiful wife,

Madame de Garderobe, sang. Everyone waltzed across

the ballroom, thrilled to be human again.

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Belle was very happy that the Prince was alive and well. The

enchantment over the castle might have lifted, but the enchantment

of love between Belle and the Prince was just beginning.

It wasn’t long before Belle turned the castle library into a schoolroom

to teach boys and girls how to read. The Prince watched her with pride.

They would have a wonderful, beautiful life together, fuller than Belle

could ever have dreamed. She and the Prince had recognized the inner

beauty in each other and would live happily ever after because of it.

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hen a selfish prince is cursed to live as a hideous beast, he begins to
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lose hope for himself and his enchanted staff. That is, until Belle,
a smart, brave young woman with a caring heart, enters their lives.
Soon a different sort of enchantment sparks, and beauty is found within.

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