Beauty and the Beast

 

Year: 1946

Time: 93 min.

 

Series: The Criterion Collection

Edition #: 6

Release Date: Tuesday, 19 July 2011

MSRP: $39.95

 

Blu-ray

1 Disc

1.33:1

French PCM Mono 1.0

Musical Score DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1

Subtitles: English

Region A

 

 Original opera written for the film by renowned composer Philip Glass, presented in Dolby Digital 5.1   Screening at the Majestic, 1995 documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew   Interview with cinematographer Henri Alekan   Audio commentary featuring film historian Arthur Knight   Audio commentary featuring writer/cultural historian Sir Christopher Frayling   Rare behind-the-scenes and publicity stills   Original 1945 trailer narrated by Jean Cocteau   Film restoration demonstration   1995 restoration trailer   Booklet featuring an essay by film critic Geoffrey O'Brien, a 1947 piece on the film by Jean Cocteau, escerpts from Francis Steegmuller's 1970 Cocteau: A Biography, and introduction to Philip Glass' opera by the composer