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If you love this movie, check out ...

posted 15 years ago by derekb27
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If you love this movie, check out the "Beauty and the Beast" episode of "Faerie Tale Theatre"; it's pretty much a remake of this version. Costumes, dialogue, set designs, and even the smoke that emits from the Beast's hands are taken directly from this version.

I'm not saying the "Faerie Tale Theatre"'s version is better (It's not; Cocteau's is much better!), but it makes for an interesting comparison (and companion piece).

"FTT"'s version stars Susan Sarandon and the infamous Klaus Kinski (whom you also need to see in "Aguirre: The Wrath of God"!). And for those of you who insist that you would love to see a version of this movie in color (although I find the black and white irresistable), this is a good one to watch without artificial colorization.

And, last I checked, it was available to watch in sections on YouTube.

--derekb27

[–] lillyw226 14 years ago

Yeah I was totally thinking about that episode during the movie! I had seen that episode before I actually saw this movie so I thought it was really cool that they made it like the movie, which I loved. Faerie Tale theatre did a pretty good job for condensing it to a half an hour or 40 mins (however long an episode is).

Love Faerie Tale Theatre! Why can't they make awesome kid tv shows like that anymore? I think people should stop making such *beep* new kids shows and just re-run all the awesome old ones.