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**Prologue:**
NARRATOR: Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young prince lived in a shining castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, the prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind. But then, one winter's night, an old beggar woman came to the castle and offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold. Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the prince sneered at the gift and turned the old woman away, but she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within. And when he dismissed her again, the old woman's ugliness melted away to reveal a beautiful enchantress. The prince tried to apologize, but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart, and as punishment, she transformed him into a hideous beast, and placed a powerful spell on the castle, and all who lived there. Ashamed of his monstrous form, the beast concealed himself inside his castle, with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world. The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his twenty-first year. If he could learn to love another, and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time. As the years passed, he fell into despair, and lost all hope, for who could ever learn to love a beast?
(We have seen a progression of stained glass windows illustrating the narration, as well as BEAST shredding his portrait. The camera slowly zooms out from the castle and we see the title. Fade up on the home of BELLE. She exits the front door and begins her walk into town.)
**Start of Song: "Bonjour"**
BELLE: Little town, it's a quiet village
Every day, like the one before
Little town, full of little people
Waking up to say...
TOWNSFOLK 1: Bonjour!
TOWNSFOLK 2: Bonjour!
TOWNSFOLK 3: Bonjour!
TOWNSFOLK 4: Bonjour!
TOWNSFOLK 5: Bonjour!
BELLE: There goes the baker with his tray like always
The same old bread and rolls to sell
Ev'ry morning just the same
Since the morning that we came
To this poor provincial town...
BAKER: Good morning, Belle!
(BELLE jumps over to the bakery)
BELLE: Morning monsieur!
BAKER: Where are you off to?
BELLE: The bookshop! I just finished the most wonderful story, about
a beanstalk and an ogre and...
BAKER: (Ignoring her) That's nice...Marie, the baguettes! Hurry up!!
TOWNSFOLK: Look there she goes, that girl is strange no question
Dazed and distracted, can't you tell?
WOMAN 1: Never part of any crowd
BARBER: Cause her head's up on some cloud
TOWNSFOLK: No denying she's a funny girl, that Belle!
(BELLE jumps on the back of a wagon and rides through town)
DRIVER: Bonjour!
WOMAN 2: Good day!
DRIVER: How is your family?
WOMAN 3: Bonjour!
MERCHANT: Good day!
WOMAN 3: How is your wife?
WOMAN 4: I need six eggs!
MAN 1: That's too expensive!
BELLE: There must be more than this provincial life!
(BELLE enters the bookshop)
BOOKSELLER: Ah, Belle!
BELLE: Good morning. I've come to return the book I borrowed.
BOOKSELLER:
(Putting the book back on the shelf)
Finished already?
BELLE: Oh, I couldn't put it down! Have you got anything new?
BOOKSELLER: (laughing)
Not since yesterday.
BELLE: That's all right. I'll borrow... this one.
BOOKSELLER: That one? But you've read it twice!
BELLE: Well it's my favorite!
Far off places, daring swordfights, magic spells, a prince in disguise!
BOOKSELLER: (handing her the book)
Well, if you like it all that much, it's yours!
BELLE: But sir!
BOOKSELLER: I insist!
BELLE: Well thank you. Thank you very much!
(leaves bookshop)
MEN: (looking in window, then turning to watch her)
Look there she goes
That girl is so peculiar!
I wonder if she's feeling well!
WOMEN: With a dreamy far-off look!
MEN: And her nose stuck in a book!
ALL What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle!
(BELLE sits on the edge of a fountain, singing to the sheep
and the washing woman in the background, who leaves)
BELLE: Oh! Isn't this amazing!
It's my favorite part because, you'll see!
Here's where she meets Prince Charming
But she won't discover that it's him 'til chapter three!
WOMAN 5: Now it's no wonder that her name means 'beauty'
Her looks have got no parallel!
MERCHANT: But behind that fair facade
I'm afraid she's rather odd
Very different from the rest of us...
ALL: She's nothing like the rest of us
Yes different from the rest of us is Belle
(GEESE flying overhead, one is shot and plummets to the ground. LEFOU runs
over, holds out the bag, and misses catching the prize. He returns to GASTON)
LEFOU: Wow! You didn't miss a shot, Gaston! You're the
greatest hunter in the whole world!
GASTON: I know!
LEFOU: Huh. No beast alive stands a chance against
you...and no girl for that matter!
GASTON: It's true, Lefou, and I've got my sights set on that one!
(pointing to BELLE)
LEFOU: The inventor's daughter?
GASTON: She's the one! The lucky girl I'm going to marry.
LEFOU: But she's--
GASTON: The most beautiful girl in town.
LEFOU: I know--
GASTON: And that makes her the best. And don't I deserve the best?
LEFOU: Well of course, I mean you do, but I mean...
GASTON: Right from the moment when I met her, saw her,
I said she's gorgeous and I fell
Here in town there's only she
(BELLE walks by and away)
Who is beautiful as me
So I'm making plans to woo and marry Belle
Silly Girls: Look there he goes, isn't he dreamy
Monsieur Gaston, oh he's so cute
Be still my heart, I'm hardly breathing
He's such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute
(BELLE walks easily through the crowd of people in the town,
GASTON struggles to catch up to her)
MAN 1: Bonjour!
GASTON: Pardon!
MAN 2: Good day!
MAN 3: Mais oui!
WOMAN 1: You call this bacon?
WOMAN 2: What lovely grapes!
MAN 4: Some cheese!
WOMAN 3: Ten yards!
MAN 4: One pound
GASTON: 'scuse me!
MAN 4: I'll get the knife!
GASTON: Please let me through!
WOMAN 4: This bread!
MAN 5: Those fish!
WOMAN 4: It's stale!
MAN 5: They smell!
MAN 6: Madame's mistaken!
BELLE: There must be more than this provincial life!
ALL: Well maybe so...
GASTON: Just watch I'm going to make Belle my wife!
(TOWNSFOLK gather around GASTON, and eventually surround him)
ALL: Look there she goes a girl who's strange but special
A most peculiar mademoiselle
It's a pity and a sin
She doesn't quite fit in!
GROUP 1: But she really is a funny girl
GROUP 2: A beauty but a funny girl
ALL: She really is a funny girl! That Belle!
**End of Song**
GASTON: Hello, Belle.
BELLE: Bonjour Gaston.
(GASTON grabs the book from BELLE)
Gaston, may I have my book, please?
GASTON: How can you read this? There's no pictures!
BELLE: Well, some people use their imaginations.
GASTON: Belle, it's about time you got your head out of those books
(tossing book into the mud)
and paid attention to more important things...like me! The whole town's talking about it.
(The Silly girls, who are looking on, sigh. BELLE
has picked up the book and is cleaning off the mud)
It's not right for a woman to read--soon she starts getting ideas... and thinking.
BELLE: Gaston, you are positively primeval.
GASTON: (Putting his hand around her shoulders)
Why thank you, Belle. Hey, whaddya say you and me take a walk over to
the tavern and have a look at my hunting trophies.
BELLE: Maybe some other time.
Silly girl 1: What's wrong with her?
Silly girl 2: She's crazy!
Silly girl 3: He's gorgeous!
BELLE: Please, Gaston. I can't. I have to get home and help my father.
LEFOU: Ha ha ha, that crazy old loon, he needs all the help he can get!
(GASTON and LEFOU laugh heartily)
BELLE: Don't you talk about my father that way!
GASTON: Yeah, don't talk about her father that way!
(He conks LEFOU on the head.)
BELLE: My father's not crazy! He's a genius!
(Explosion in background. GASTON and LEFOU continue
laughing. BELLE rushes home and descends into the basement.)
BELLE: Papa?
MAURICE: How on earth did that happen? Dog gonnit!
(He pulls the barrel off his waist, along with his pants.)
BELLE: Are you all right, Papa?
MAURICE: I'm about ready to give up on this hunk of junk!
(kicking machine)
BELLE: You always say that.
MAURICE: I mean it, this time. I'll never get this boneheaded contraption to work.
BELLE: Yes, you will. And you'll win first prize at the fair tomorrow
MAURICE: Hmmmph!
BELLE: ...and become a world famous inventor!
MAURICE: You really believe that?
BELLE: I always have.
MAURICE: Well, what are we waiting for? I'll have this thing fixed in no time.
(sliding under machine)
Hand me that dog-legged clincher there... So, did you have a good time in town today?
BELLE: I got a new book. Papa, do you think I'm odd?
MAURICE: My daughter? Odd?
(Appears from under machine with bizarre goggle contraption on his head distorting his eyes) Where would you get an idea like that?
BELLE: Oh, I don't know. It's just I'm not sure I fit in here. There's no one I can really talk to.
MAURICE: What about that Gaston? He's a handsome fellow!
BELLE: He's handsome all right, and rude and conceited and...Oh Papa, he's not for me!
MAURICE: Well, don't you worry, cause this invention's going to be the
start of a new life for us.
(Comes out from under machine)
I think that's done it. Now, let's give it a try.
(MACHINE whirs and chops wood, just as it should)
BELLE: It works!
MAURICE: It does? It does!
BELLE: You did it! You really did it!
MAURICE: Hitch up Philippe, girl. I'm off to the fair!
(Log strikes him in the head, knocking him out. Fade to later in the day)
BELLE: Good bye, Papa! Good luck!
MAURICE: Good bye, Belle, and take care while I'm gone!
(MAURICE and PHILLIPE continue on their journey until they become lost)
MAURICE: We should be there by now. Maybe we missed a turn. I guess I should have taken a...wait a minute.
(Lifts lantern to illuminate sign giving directions to Anaheim and Valencia)
Let's go this way!
(PHILLIPE looks right, at a dark, overgrown path, then left towards a more inviting route, then begins to go left)
MAURICE: Come on, Philippe! It's a shortcut. We'll be there in no time!
(PHILLIPE and MAURICE continue through the dark.)
MAURICE: This can't be right. Where have you taken us, Philippe? We'd better turn around...and...whoa...whoa boy, whoa Philippe. Oh, oh! Look out!
(A swarm of bats fly out of a tree. PHILLIPE runs through the forest avoiding everything until he almost runs over the edge of a cliff)
MAURICE: Back up! Back up! Back up! Good boy, good boy. That's good,
that's--back up! Steady. Steady! Hey now. Steady. (PHILLIPE finally bucks him off.)
Philippe!
(PHILLIPE runs away, leaving MAURICE on the edge of the cliff.)
Philippe? Oh no!
(He looks up and sees WOLVES growling at him. MAURICE runs away, being chased by the WOLVES. He stumbles down a hill, and lands at the gate of a castle. He grabs the locked gate and tries to shake it open.)
MAURICE: Help! Is someone there?
(The gate opens, and MAURICE runs in. He slams the gate in the faces of the WOLVES. Leaving his hat on the ground as the rain begins to fall, MAURICE runs to the castle and bangs on the door. It creaks open and he enters, cautiously.)
MAURICE: Hello? Hello?
(Watching from a table near the entrance are LUMIERE and COGSWORTH)
LUMIERE: (Barely whispering) Old fellow must have lost his way in the woods.
COGSWORTH: (Also whispering) Keep quiet! Maybe he'll go away.
MAURICE: Is someone there?
COGSWORTH: Not a word, Lumiere. Not one word!
MAURICE: I don't mean to intrude, but I've lost my horse and I need a place to stay for the night.
LUMIERE: (looking at COGSWORTH like a child having just found a lost puppy)
Oh Cogsworth, have a heart.
COGSWORTH: Shush shush shhhhh!
(COGSWORTH puts hand over LUMIERE'S mouth, who promptly proceeds to touch his lit candle hand to COGSWORTH's hand.)
Ow ow Ow OW OW OUCH!!!!!
LUMIERE: Of course, monsieur, you are welcome here.
MAURICE: (looking around in confusion) Who said that?
LUMIERE: (Tapping him on the shoulder) Over here!
MAURICE: (Spins around, pulling LUMIERE to the other side) Where?
LUMIERE: (Taps MAURICE on the side of the head. MAURICE looks at LUMIERE.) Allo!
MAURICE: Oh!!!! Incredible! (Startled, he drops LUMIERE onto the floor.)
COGSWORTH: (hopping over)
Well, now you've done it, Lumiere. Splendid, just peachy--aaarrrgghh!
MAURICE: How is this accomplished?
MAURICE to wind the spring on the back of COGSWORTH's head, twisting his face around with the clock hands. MAURICE opens the front of COGSWORTH and begins to play with his pendulum. COGSWORTH slams the door shut on his finger.)
COGSWORTH: Sir, close that at once, do you mind!
MAURICE: I beg your pardon; it's just that I've never seen a clock that...aah...i mean...aah aah aah-chooo!!!!
(MAURICE sneezes in the face of COGSWORTH, who proceeds to wipe his face off using his clock hands in a very anachronistic windshield wiper manner. MAURICE sniffles, indicating the cold he has caught from being in the rain.)
LUMIERE: Oh, you are soaked to the bone, monsieur. Come, warm yourself by the fire.
MAURICE: Thank you.
(LUMIERE and MAURICE head towards the den, with COGSWORTH running after them.)
COGSWORTH: No, no, no, do you know what the master would do if he finds you here.
(BEAST is watching the action from an overhead walkway, and rushes off as the trio enters the den.)
I demand that you stop...right...there!
(COGSWORTH tumbles down the steps. MAURICE takes a seat in a large chair in front of a roaring fire.)
Oh no, not the master's chair!
I'm not seeing this, I'm not seeing this!
COGSWORTH: All right, this has gone far enough. I'm in charge here, and
(COGSWORTH is run over by the (once again) anachronistic Indy Car sounding teacart of MRS. POTTS)
MRS. POTTS: How would you like a nice spot of tea, sir? It'll warm you up in no time.
(Pours tea into cup (CHIP), which hops over into MAURICE's open hand)
COGSWORTH: (from face down position on carpet) No! No tea, no tea!!!
CHIP: (As MAURICE sips the tea) Ha ha! His moustache tickles, momma!
MAURICE: (Startled by the cup) Oh! Hello!
(The door to the den slams open and a strong gust of wind blows into the room, extinguishing LUMIERE's flames and the fire in the fireplace. COGSWORTH dives for cover. MRS. POTTS begins to shake. CHIP jumps back onto the tea cart and takes refuge from behind his mother)
CHIP: Uh oh!
(BEAST enters. We see him in full for the first time. He is on all fours. He looks around in the darkness.)
BEAST: (Growling his words) There's a stranger here.
LUMIERE: (who has re-lit his flames)
Master, allow me to explain. The gentleman was lost in the woods and he was cold and wet...
(LUMIERE's last sentence is drowned out by the very loud growl of BEAST, which puts out his flames once again. LUMIERE looks down, dejected.)
COGSWORTH: (Coming out from under a rug)
Master, I'd like to take this moment to say...I was against this from the start.
I tried to stop them, but would they listen to me? No, no, no!
(Again, BEAST's growl drowns out COGSWORTH. MAURICE looks to one side of the chair, then to the other and sees BEAST.)
BEAST: Who are you! What are you doing here?
MAURICE: (Very scared and backing away from the advancing BEAST)
I was lost in the woods and...(stares at BEAST)
BEAST: (Advancing on him) You are not welcome here!
MAURICE: I'm sorry
BEAST: What are you staring at?
MAURICE: (Cowering under BEAST) Noth-noth-nothing! (Turns to leave)
BEAST: (Racing around and blocking the entrance with surprising speed)
So, you've come to stare at the beast, have you?
MAURICE: Please, I meant no harm! I just needed a place to stay.
BEAST: I'll give you a place to stay!
(BEAST picks up MAURICE, carries him out of the room and slams the door, plunging the den, along with COGSWORTH, LUMIERE, MRS. POTTS, and CHIP into darkness. Fade out. Fade in to BELLE's cottage, seen from P.O.V. of GASTON and LEFOU.)
LEFOU: Heh! Oh boy! Belle's gonna get the surprise of her life, huh Gaston?
GASTON: Yep. This is her lucky day!
(GASTON lets go of a branch, which swings back and hits LEFOU in the mouth. GASTON turns to the band, wedding guests and others, apparently just out of sight of BELLE's cottage.)
GASTON: I'd like to thank you all for coming to my wedding.
But first, I better go in there and... propose to the girl!
(MINISTER, BAKER, and OTHERS laugh heartily. Camera
pans quickly to show BIMBETTES crying their eyes out. To LEFOU)
Now, you Lefou. When Belle and I come out that door--
LEFOU: Oh I know, I know!
(He turns and begins directing the band in "Here Comes the Bride." GASTON slams a baritone over his head.)
GASTON: Not yet!
LEFOU: (From inside the instrument, with his lips sticking out the mouthpiece)
Sorry!
(Cut to interior of cottage. BELLE is sitting in a chair reading her new book. There is a knock at the door. She puts the book down and walks to the door. She reaches up and pulls down a viewing device. She peeks through and sees an anachronistically accurate fish-eye view of GASTON. She moans, and pushes the door open.)
BELLE: Gaston, what a pleasant...surprise.
GASTON: Isn't it though? I'm just full of surprises. You know, Belle,
There's not a girl in town who wouldn't love to be in your shoes. This is the day...
(GASTON pauses by a mirror and licks his teeth clean.)
This is the day your dreams come true.
BELLE: What do you know about my dreams, Gaston?
GASTON: Plenty. Here, picture this.
(GASTON plops down in the chair and props his mud-covered feet up on BELLE's book. He begins to kick off his boots and wiggle his toes through his hole-y socks.)
A rustic hunting lodge, my latest kill roasting on the fire, and my little wife, massaging my feet, while the little ones play with the dogs.
(BELLE looks positively disgusted. GASTON gets up next to her face.)
We'll have six or seven.
BELLE: Dogs?
GASTON: No, Belle! Strapping boys, like me!
BELLE: Imagine that.
(She picks up her book, places a mark in it, and puts it on the shelf.)
GASTON: And do you know who that wife will be?
BELLE: Let me think...
GASTON: (Corners BELLE) You, Belle!
BELLE: (Ducking under GASTON'S arms) Gaston, I'm speechless. I really don't know what to say.
GASTON: (Pushing chairs and things out of the way until he reaches BELLE and traps her against the door)
Say you'll marry me.
BELLE: (Reaching for the doorknob) I'm very sorry, Gaston, but I just don't deserve you.
(She twists the knob and the door opens - this time outward-. BELLE ducks under GASTON as he tumbles out the door and into the mud. The wedding band begins to play "Here Comes the Bride." GASTON's boots are thrown out of the door -now opened inward- and the door is slammed shut. LEFOU, who is directing the band, looks down and sees GASTON's legs sticking out of the mud, and a PIERRE's head sticking up. LEFOU cuts off the band, and GASTON's head pops up, with the pig on top of him. He tilts his head, and the pig slides down his back.)
LEFOU: So, how'd it go?
GASTON: (Picks up LEFOU by the neck) I'll have Belle for my wife, make no mistake about that!
(GASTON drops LEFOU into the mud.)
LEFOU: (To PIERRE) Touchy!
PIERRE: Grunt Grunt.
(GASTON walks off, dejected, and the focus returns to the cottage. BELLE pokes her head out the door.)
**Start of Song: "Belle Reprise"**
BELLE: (To the chickens)
Is he gone? Can you imagine, he asked me to marry him!
Me, the wife of that boorish, brainless...
Madame Gaston, can't you just see it
Madame Gaston, his little wife
Not me, no sir, I guarantee it
I want much more than this provincial life...
(BELLE walks into the pen and feeds the animals, then runs off singing into an open field overlooking a beautiful valley)
I want adventure in the great wide somewhere
I want it more than I can tell
And for once it might be grand
To have someone understand
I want so much more than they've got planned
**End of Song**
(PHILLIPE runs into the open field. BELLE looks at him, disturbed that MAURICE is not with him.)
BELLE: Philippe! What are you doing here? Where's Papa? Where is he, Philippe?
What happened? Oh, we have to find him; you have to take me to him!
(BELLE unhitches the wagon from PHILLIPE. Cut to exterior of the castle gate. -How PHILLIPE brought BELLE there is a mystery, seeing as PHILLIPE never made it to the castle with MAURICE!-)
BELLE: What is this place?
(PHILLIPE snorts, and then begins to buck as if something is scaring him. BELLE dismounts and comforts him.)
BELLE: Philippe, please, steady.
(She enters the gate and sees MAURICE's hat on the ground.)
Papa.
(Cut to interior of castle with COGSWORTH and LUMIERE discussing events.)
COGSWORTH: Couldn't keep quiet, could we. Just had to invite him to stay, didn't we? Serve him tea; sit in the master's chair, pet the pooch.
LUMIERE: I was trying to be hospitable. (Cut back to door opening and BELLE entering castle.)
BELLE: Hello? Is anyone here? Hello? Papa? Papa, are you here?
(We follow as BELLE ascends the grand staircase and searches for her father. Cut to kitchen where MRS. POTTS is standing next to a tub of hot water. CHIP hops in.)
CHIP: Momma. There's a girl in the castle!
MRS. POTTS: Now, Chip, I won't have you making up such wild stories.
CHIP: But really, momma, I saw her.
MRS. POTTS: (Disgusted) Not another word. Into the tub. (She lifts CHIP into the tub. FEATHERDUSTER enters)
Babette: A girl! I saw a girl in the castle!
CHIP: (poking his head out from the water) See, I toooooold ya!
(Cut back to LUMIERE and COGSWORTH bickering)
COGSWORTH: Irresponsible, devil-may-care, waxy eared, slack-jawed--
BELLE: Papa?
(COGSWORTH and LUMIERE turn to look at the new arrival)
LUMIERE: Did you see that?
(Running to the door and poking his head around the corner with COGSWORTH) It's a girl!
COGSWORTH: I know it's a girl.
LUMIERE: Don't you see? She's the one. The girl we have been waiting for. She has come to break the spell!
(He chases after her.)
COGSWORTH: Wait a minute, wait a minute!
(BELLE advances down a narrow hallway. COGSWORTH and LUMIERE sneak up behind
her and open the door that leads to the tower where MAURICE is being kept. The door creaks open and BELLE hears the sound)
BELLE: Papa? Papa?
(COGSWORTH hides behind the door and LUMIERE rushes off.)
Hello? Is someone here? Wait! I'm looking for my father!
(She begins up the stairs, but doesn't realize that LUMIERE is watching her.)
That's funny, I'm sure there was someone...I-I-Is there anyone here?
MAURICE: Belle? (MAURICE's voice echoes from his cell)
BELLE: Oh, Papa! (Rushes up to the cell to find him)
MAURICE: How did you find me?
BELLE: Oh, your hands are like ice. We have to get you out of here.
MAURICE: Belle, I want you to leave this place.
BELLE: Who's done this to you?
MAURICE: No time to explain. You must go...now!
BELLE: I won't leave you!
(Suddenly, BEAST grabs BELLE's shoulder and whips her around. She drops the torch she was carrying into a puddle and the room is dark except for one beam of light from a skylight.)
BEAST: What are you doing here?
MAURICE: Run, Belle!
BELLE: Who's there? Who are you?
BEAST: The master of this castle.
BELLE: I've come for my father. Please let him out! Can't you see he's sick?
BEAST: Then he shouldn't have trespassed here.
BELLE: But he could die. Please, I'll do anything!
BEAST: There's nothing you can do. He's my prisoner.
BELLE: Oh, there must be some way I can...wait! Take me, instead!
BEAST: You! You would take his place?
MAURICE: Belle! No! You don't know what you're doing!
BELLE: If I did, would you let him go?
BEAST: Yes, but you must promise to stay here forever.
(BELLE ponders the situation and realizes she can't see the captor)
BELLE: Come into the light.
(BEAST drags his legs, then his whole body into the beam of light. BELLE looks,
her eyes growing wider until she can stand no more and falls back to MAURICE.)
MAURICE: No, Belle. I won't let you do this!
(BELLE regains her composure, then steps into the beam of light, giving her a very innocent look)
BELLE: You have my word.
BEAST: (quickly) Done!
(BEAST moves over to unlock the cell, and BELLE collapses to the floor with her head
in her hands. We hear the door being unlocked, then MAURICE rushing over to BELLE.)
MAURICE: No, Belle. Listen to me. I'm old, I've lived my life--
(BEAST grabs him and drags him downstairs)
BELLE: Wait!
MAURICE: Belle!
BELLE: Wait!
(Cut to exterior. of castle. BEAST drags MAURICE towards PALLENQUIN)
MAURICE: No, please spare my daughter!
BEAST: She's no longer your concern.
(BEAST throws MAURICE into the PALLENQUIN.)
Take him to the village.
(The PALLENQUIN breaks the ivy holding it to the ground,
then slinks off like a spider with MAURICE inside)
MAURICE: Please, let me out, please!
(Cut to BELLE looking out cell window at the PALLENQUIN crossing the bridge over the moat. She begins to cry. Cut to BEAST walking up the stairs. LUMIERE is still at his post.)
LUMIERE: Master?
BEAST: (angrily) What!
LUMIERE: Since the girl is going to be with us for quite some time, I
was thinking that you might want to offer her a more comfortable room.
(BEAST growls angrily at him.) Then again, maybe not.
(BEAST enters the cell where BELLE is still crying.)
BELLE: You didn't even let me say good bye. I'll
never see him again. I didn't get to say good-bye.
BEAST: (feeling bad) I'll show you to your room.
BELLE: (surprised) My room? (Indicating the cell) But I thought--
BEAST: You wanna, you wanna stay in the tower?
BELLE: No.
BEAST: Then follow me.
(BEAST leads BELLE to her room. As they proceed, BELLE begins to lag behind. She looks at the hideous sculptures on the walls and the light casting shadows on them. Frightened, she gasps and runs to catch up with BEAST, who is carrying LUMIERE as a light source. BEAST looks back at BELLE, and sees a tear form at the corner of her eye.)
LUMIERE: Say something to her.
BEAST: Hmm? Oh.
(To BELLE)
I...um...hope you like it here.
(He looks at LUMIERE for approval. He motions BEAST to continue.)
The castle is your home now, so you can go anywhere you wish, except the West Wing.
BELLE: (looking intrigued) What's in the West Wing?
BEAST: (stopping angrily) It’s forbidden!
(BEAST continues, and BELLE reluctantly follows. Cut to interior of BELLE's room, dark. The door opens and light spills in.)
BEAST: (Tenderly) Now, if there's anything you need, my servants will attend you.
LUMIERE: (whispering in his ear) Dinner--invite her to dinner.
BEAST: (Growing angry) You...will join me for dinner. That's not a request!
(BEAST leaves, slamming the door behind him. BELLE, terrified, runs over to the bed and flings herself onto it, finally breaking down and crying.
BELLE:
Yes, I made the choice
For Papa-I will stay
But I don't deserve to lose my freedom in this way
You monster!
If you think that what you've done is right, well then
You're a fool
Think again
Is this home?
Is this where I should learn to be happy?
Never dreamed
That a home could be dark and cold
I was told
Every day in my childhood
Even as we grow old
Home will be where the heart is
Never were words so true
My heart's far, far away
Home is too
Is this home?
Is this what I must learn to believe in?
Try to find
Something good in this tragic place
Just in case
I should stay here forever
Held in this empty space
Oh, but that won't be easy
I know the reason why
My heart's far, far away
Home's a lie
What I'd give to return
To the life that I knew lately
But I know that I can’t
Solve my problems going back
Is this home?
Am I here for a day or forever?
Shut away
From the world until who knows when
Oh but then
As my life has been altered once
It can change again
Build higher walls around me
Change every lock and key
Nothing lasts
Nothings holds
All of me
My heart's far, far away
Home and free
(Fade to tavern in the town.)
**Start of Song: "Gaston"**
GASTON: Who does she think she is? That girl has
tangled with the wrong man. No one says 'no' to Gaston!
LEFOU: Darn right!
GASTON: Dismissed. Rejected. Publicly humiliated. Why, it's more than I can bear. (turns chair away)
LEFOU: (Runs in front of him) More beer?
GASTON: (Turns chair away again) What for? Nothing helps. I'm disgraced.
LEFOU: Who, you? Never. Gaston, you've got to pull yourself together.
Gosh it disturbs me to see you, Gaston
Looking so down in the dumps
Every guy here'd love to be you, Gaston
(cheering from the gallery)
Even when taking your lumps
There's no man in town as admired as you
You're everyone's favorite guy
Everyone's awed and inspired by you
(LEFOU turns chair back to forward)
And it's not very hard to see why!
No one's slick as Gaston, no one's quick as Gaston
No one's neck’s as incredibly thick as Gaston
For there's no man in town half as manly
Perfect, a pure paragon!
You can ask any Tom, Dick, or Stanley
And they'll tell you who's team they'd prefer to be on!
(LEFOU has pulled a man's belt off, whose pants fall to the ground. LEFOU jumps up and wraps the belt around GASTON's neck, who flexes and breaks it off. LEFOU continues to dance around. OLD CRONIES pick him up and swing him around.)
OLD CRONIES: No one's been like Gaston, a king-pin like Gaston
LEFOU: No one's got a swell cleft in his chin like Gaston
GASTON: As a specimen, yes, I'm intimidating!
OLD CRONIES: My, what a guy that Gaston!
(OLD CRONIES swing LEFOU back and forth into the camera. LEFOU tickles GASTON's chin, who stands with pride)
OLD CRONIES: Give five hurrahs, give twelve hip-hips
LEFOU: Gaston is the best and the rest is all drips!
(LEFOU swings up his arm in dance and throws a mug of beer in GASTON's face, who socks LEFOU in the face)
ALL: No one fights like Gaston, no one bites like Gaston
WRESTLER: In a wrestling match, nobody bites like Gaston
Silly Girls: For there's no one as burly and brawny
GASTON: As you see I've got biceps to spare
LEFOU: Not a bit of him scraggly or scrawny
GASTON: That's right! And every last bit of ME’s covered with hair!
(GASTON fights with the men, and then lifts a bench with the Silly Girls on it. He
drops the bench on LEFOU, then turns to the camera and reveals his hairy chest.)
OLD CRONIES: No one hits like Gaston, matches wits like Gaston
LEFOU: In a spitting match, nobody spits like Gaston!
GASTON: I'm especially good at expectorating! Ptooey!
ALL: Ten points for Gaston!
(GASTON plays a chess game with a man, then hits the board, sending it and pieces all over. He takes a bite of leather from the belt once wrapped around his neck, chews it and spits it into a spittoon, which falls and gets stuck on the head of LEFOU.)
GASTON: When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs
Every morning to help me get large!
And now that I'm grown, I eat five dozen eggs
So I'm roughly the size of a barge!
(GASTON juggles a number of eggs, and then swallows them whole. LEFOU attempts the trick, and is hit in the face by three eggs.)
ALL: No one shoots like Gaston, makes those beauts like Gaston
LEFOU: Then goes tromping around wearing boots like Gaston
GASTON: I use antlers in all of my decorating!
(GASTON takes three shots at a beer barrel, which begins leaking into the mugs of onlookers. He returns stomping to his chair, where we see the fireplace surrounded by the heads of the animals he has killed. The mystery cut of music is here! Cut to ending of "Gaston Reprise" on the soundtrack.)
ALL: My what a guy! Gaston!!!!!!!
(The OLD CRONIES have picked up the chair and carry GASTON around in it. LEFOU tries to flee, but they toss the chair into its normal place, and LEFOU is pinned underneath. MAURICE bursts in frantically)
**End of Song**
**Start of Song: "Gaston Reprise"**
MAURICE: Help! Someone help me!
OLD MAN: Maurice?
MAURICE: Please! Please, I need your help! He's got her. He's got her locked in the dungeon.
LEFOU: Who?
MAURICE: Belle. We must go. N-not a minute to lose!
GASTON: Whoa! Slow down, Maurice. Who's got Belle locked in a dungeon?
MAURICE: A beast! A horrible, monstrous beast!
(MAURICE has gone from person to person, pleading his case, until he is thrown at the feet of GASTON. A moment of silence, then the OLD CRONIES begin to laugh and mock him.)
CRONY 1: Is it a big beast?
MAURICE: Huge!
CRONY 2: With a long, ugly snout?
MAURICE: Hideously ugly!
CRONY 3: And sharp, cruel fangs?
MAURICE: Yes, yes. Will you help me?
GASTON: All right, old man. We'll help you out.
MAURICE: You will? Oh thank you, thank you!
(The OLD CRONIES pick up MAURICE and help him out by throwing him through the door.)
CRONY 1: Crazy old Maurice. He's always good for a laugh!
GASTON: (Very pensive) Crazy old Maurice, hmm? Crazy old Maurice. Hmmm?
Lefou, I'm afraid I've been thinking.
(LEFOU is still under the chair.)
LEFOU: A dangerous pastime--
GASTON: (finishing line)
I know,
But that wacky old coot is Belle's father
And his sanity's only so-so
Now the wheels in my head have been turning
Since I looked at that loony old man
See I promised myself I'd be married to Belle,
And right now I'm evolving a plan!
(GASTON picks LEFOU out from under the chair and holds his head close, and whispers)
GASTON: If I... (whisper)
LEFOU: Yes?
GASTON: Then I... (whisper)
LEFOU: No, would she?
GASTON: (whispering) ...GUESS!
LEFOU: Now I get it!
BOTH: Let's go!
(They begin a waltz around the floor as they sing)
BOTH: No one plots like Gaston, takes cheap shots like Gaston
LEFOU: Plans to persecute harmless crackpots like Gaston
ALL: So his marriage we soon'll be celebrating!
My what a guy, Gaston!!!
(Camera zooms out through window to snow covered square, empty except for MAURICE)
**End of Song**
MAURICE: (to no one in particular) Will no one help me?
(Fade back to the bedroom of the castle where BELLE is still crying. There is a 'clink clink clink' at the door. She gets up and walks over to open the door. MRS. POTTS enters with CHIP and their entourage.)
BELLE: Who is it?
MRS. POTTS: (from outside the door) Mrs. Potts, dear. (Door opens.)
I thought you might like a spot of tea.
BELLE: (amazed at the fact that she is listening to a walking tea set)
But you...ah...but...I--
(BELLE bumps into the WARDROBE)
WARDROBE: Oof. Careful!
BELLE: (sits on bed) This is impossible--
WARDROBE: (leans 'shoulder' on bed, popping other end and BELLE into the air)
I know it is, but here we are!
CHIP: (as sugar and cream are being poured into him)
Told ya she was pretty, mama, didn't I?
MRS. POTTS: All right, now, Chip. That'll do.
(CHIP hops over to BELLE, who is sitting on the floor) Slowly, now. Don't spill!
BELLE: Thank you.
(She picks up CHIP, and is about to take a sip of tea.)
CHIP: (To BELLE) Wanna see me do a trick?
(CHIP takes a big breath, then puffs out his cheeks and blows bubbles out the top of the cup.)
MRS. POTTS: (admonishingly) Chip!
CHIP: (looking guilty) Oops. Sooorry.
MRS. POTTS: That was a very brave thing you did, my dear.
WARDROBE: We all think so.
BELLE: But I've lost my father, my dreams, everything.
MRS. POTTS: Cheer up, child. It'll turn out all right in the end. You'll see.
(She looks up, startled.)
Oops! Look at me, jabbering on, when there's a supper to get on the table. Chip!
CHIP: (hopping away) Bye!
(BELLE stands and the WARDROBE approaches her.)
WARDROBE: Well now, what shall we dress you in for dinner? Let's see what I've got in my drawers.
(The doors fly open and moths flutter out. She slams them shut.)
Oh! How embarrassing. Here we are.
(One door opens, the other serves as an arm. It pulls out a pink dress.)
Ah! There, you'll look ravishing in this one!
BELLE: That's very kind of you, but I'm not going to dinner.
WARDROBE: Oh, but you must!
(COGSWORTH waddles in)
COGSWORTH: Ahem, ahem, ahem. Dinner...is served.
(Cut to BEAST pacing back and forth in front of fire, with MRS. POTTS and LUMIERE looking on.)
BEAST: What's taking so long? I told her to come down. Why isn't she here yet?!?
MRS. POTTS: Oh, try to be patient, sir. The girl has lost her father and her freedom all in one day.
LUMIERE: Uh, master. Have you thought that, perhaps, this girl could be the one to break the spell?
BEAST: (angrily) Of course I have. I'm not a fool.
LUMIERE: Good. You fall in love with her, she falls in love with you, and--Poof!--the spell is broken! We'll be human again by midnight!
MRS. POTTS: Oh, it's not that easy, Lumiere. These things take time.
LUMIERE: But the rose has already begun to wilt.
BEAST: It's no use. She's so beautiful, and I'm so...well, look at me!
(LUMIERE shrugs his shoulders and looks at MRS. POTTS.)
MRS. POTTS: Oh, you must help her to see past all that.
BEAST: I don't know how.
MRS. POTTS: Well, you can start by making yourself more presentable. Straighten up; try to act like a gentleman.
(BEAST sits up, then straightens his face very formally)
LUMIERE: (adding in) Ah yes, when she comes in, give her a dashing, debonair smile. Come, come. Show me the smile. (BEAST bears his ragged fangs in a scary, and yet funny grin.)
MRS. POTTS: But don't frighten the poor girl.
LUMIERE: Impress her with your rapier wit.
MRS. POTTS: But be gentle.
LUMIERE: Shower her with compliments.
MRS. POTTS: But be sincere
LUMIERE: And above all...
BOTH: You must control your temper!
(The door creaks open. BEAST wipes the silly face off, and looks to the door expectantly.)
LUMIERE: Here she is! (COGSWORTH enters.)
COGSWORTH: Uh, good evening.
(BEAST goes from expectant to mad.)
BEAST: (growling) Well, where is she?
COGSWORTH: (buying time)
Who? Oh! The girl. Yes, the, ah, girl. Well, actually, she's in the process of, ah, um, circumstances being what they are, ah... she's not coming.
BEAST: WHAT!!!!!!!
(Door bangs open and BEAST comes running out, with OBJECTS giving chase)
COGSWORTH: Your grace! Your eminence! Let's not be hasty!
(Cut to exterior of BELLE's room. BEAST runs up to it and bangs on the door.)
BEAST: (Yelling) I thought I told you to come down to dinner!
BELLE: (From behind the door) I'm not hungry.
BEAST: You'll come out or I'll...I'll break down the door!
LUMIERE: (interrupting) Master, I could be wrong, but that may not be the best way to win the girl's affections.
COGSWORTH: (pleading) Please! Attempt to be a gentleman.
BEAST: (growing angrier) But she is being so...difficult!
MRS. POTTS: Gently, gently.
BEAST: (very dejected) Will you come down to dinner?
BELLE: No!
(BEAST looks at the OBJECTS, with an expression that says "SEE?!")
COGSWORTH: Suave. Genteel.
BEAST: (Trying to act formal, bowing at the door) It would give me great pleasure if you would join me for dinner.
COGSWORTH: Ahem, ahem, we say 'please.'
BEAST: (once again dejected) ...please.
BELLE: (Mad at BEAST) No, thank you.
BEAST: (furious) You can't stay in there forever!
BELLE: (provokingly) Yes I can!
BEAST: Fine! Then go ahead and STARVE!!!!
(To OBJECTS)
If she doesn't eat with me, then she doesn't eat at all!
(BEAST runs back down the hall, slamming a door and causing a piece of the ceiling to fall on LUMIERE.)
MRS. POTTS: That didn't go very well at all, did it?
COGSWORTH: Lumiere, stand watch at the door and inform me at once if there is the slightest change.
LUMIERE: (Taking guard position next to door) You can count on me, mon Capitan.
COGSWORTH: Well, I guess we better go downstairs and start cleaning up.
(Cut to interior of BEAST's lair. BEAST enters, knocking over and destroying things in his path.)
BEAST: I ask nicely, but she refuses. What a...what does she want me to do--beg?
(Picking up the MAGIC MIRROR)
Show me the girl.
(The MAGIC MIRROR shines, then glows green and reveals BELLE in her bedroom, talking to the WARDROBE)
WARDROBE: (in mirror pleading) Why the master's not so bad once you get to know him. Why don't you give him a chance?
BELLE: (still disturbed by the attack)
I don't want to get to know him.
I don't want to have anything to do with him!
BEAST: (setting down MAGIC MIRROR, speaking tenderly)
I'm just fooling myself. She'll never see me as anything...but a monster.
(Another petal falls off the rose.)
It's hopeless.
(BEAST puts his head in his hands as in a depressed state. Fade out/Fade in to exterior of BELLE's room. Door creaks open. BELLE silently emerges. We see her feet go by as three bright spots shine through a curtain at floor level. Behind it are LUMIERE and Babette.)
Babette: Oh, no!
LUMIERE: Oh, yes!
Babette: Oh, no!
LUMIERE: Oh, yes, yes, yes!
Babette: I've been burnt by you before!
(LUMIERE and Babette have emerged and LUMIERE takes her in his arms. Suddenly he looks up and sees BELLE walking down the hall. He drops Babette.)
Babette: Oof!
LUMIERE: Zut alors! She has emerged!
(Cut to kitchen, where we find COGSWORTH, MRS. POTTS, CHIP and the STOVE.)
MRS. POTTS: Come on, Chip. Into the cupboard with your brothers and sisters. (helping him in)
CHIP: But I'm not sleepy.
MRS. POTTS: Yes you are.
CHIP: No, I'm...not.
(He falls asleep and MRS. POTTS shuts the cupboard door. A banging of pots and pans comes from the STOVE.)
STOVE: I work and I slave all day, and for what? A culinary masterpiece gone to waste.
MRS. POTTS: Oh, stop your grousing. It's been a long night for all of us.
COGSWORTH: Well, if you ask me, she was just being stubborn. After all, the master did say 'please.'
MRS. POTTS: But if the master doesn't learn to control that temper, he'll never break the--
(BELLE enters, and COGSWORTH cuts off MRS. POTTS before she can say 'spell.')
COGSWORTH: (interrupting) Splendid to see you out and about, mademoiselle.
(LUMIERE comes running in.)
I am Cogsworth, head of the household. (He leans over to kiss her hand, but LUMIERE butts in front of him.)
This is Lumiere.
LUMIERE: En chante, Cherie.
COGSWORTH: (trying to talk around LUMIERE who is still kissing BELLE's hand)
If there's anything...stop that...that we can...please (finally shoving him out of the way)
...to make your stay more comfortable. (LUMIERE burns the hand of COGSWORTH)
Ow!!!!
BELLE: I am a little hungry.
MRS. POTTS: (excited, to the other tea pots)
You are? Hear that? She's hungry. Stoke the fire; break out the silver, wake the china.
(The fire on the STOVE roars to life, and drawers open to reveal silverware standing at attention.)
COGSWORTH: (secretively) Remember what the master said.
MRS. POTTS: Oh, pish tosh. I'm not going to let the poor child go hungry.
COGSWORTH: (thinking he is giving in to the ultimate demand)
Oh, all right. Glass of water, crust of bread, and then--
LUMIERE: Cogsworth, I am surprised at you. She's not our prisoner. She's our guest. We must make her feel welcome here.
(to BELLE)
Right this way, mademoiselle.
COGSWORTH: Well keep it down. If the master finds out about this, it will be our necks!
LUMIERE: Of course, of course. But what is dinner without a little music?
(LUMIERE has started out the swinging door. He lets it close, and the door hits COGSWORTH and sends him across the room to land in a pan filled with -what looks like- pancake batter. He screams his line as he is in flight.)
COGSWORTH: MUSIC!?!
(Cut to dining room, where BELLE is seated at the end of a long table. LUMIERE is on the table and a spotlight shines on him.)
**Start of Song: "Be Our Guest**
LUMIERE: Ma chere, mademoiselle. It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that I welcome you tonight. And now, we invite you to relax. Let us pull up a chair as the dining room proudly presents...your dinner.
Be our guest, be our guest
Put our service to the test,
tie your napkin 'round your neck, Cherie
and we provide the rest!
Soup du jour, hot hors d'oeuvres
Why we only live to serve
Try the grey stuff, its delicious
Don't believe me? Ask the dishes!
(LUMIERE offers BELLE a plate of hors d'oeuvres. She dips her finger in one, and tastes it.)
They can sing, they can dance
After all, miss, this is France!
And a dinner here is never second best!
Go on unfold your menu, take a glance and then you'll
Be our guest, be our guest, be our guest!
(A cabinet at the end of the table opens to reveal a large CHINA collection, which rolls out and begins to perform. LUMIERE hands BELLE a menu, which she begins to read.)
Beef ragout, cheese soufflé,
Pie and pudding en flambé!
We'll prepare and serve with flair
A culinary cabaret!
(Plates of food go dancing by, with COGSWORTH in the pudding. LUMIERE sets his torch to it, and it explodes, turning COGSWORTH's face black with soot.)
You're alone and you're scared,
But the banquet's all prepared!
No one's gloomy or complaining,
While the flatware's entertaining!
(The FLATWARE enters a 'Busby Berlkley-esque' swimming scene.)
We tell jokes, I do tricks
With my fellow candlesticks
(LUMIERE, standing on a plate, is elevated and begins to juggle his candles. MUGS enter the shot.)
MUGS: And it's all in perfect taste
That you can bet!!!
(The MUGS begin a gymnastics routine, hopping over one another and passing a beverage from one to the next)
ALL: Come on and lift your glass,
You've won your own free pass
To be our guest, be our guest, be our guest!
LUMIERE: If you're stressed, it's fine dining we suggest!
ALL: Be our guest, be our guest, be our guest!
(ALL leave except COGSWORTH, who looks scared, then begins to inch away. LUMIERE enters and holds him there.)
LUMIERE: Life is so unnerving,
For a servant who's not serving!
He's not whole without a soul to wait upon
COGSWORTH: Get off!
LUMIERE: Ah, those good old days when we were useful
Suddenly, those good old days are gone.
(LUMIERE sings as if he were reminiscing. Snow begins to fall. COGSWORTH looks up and sees the salt and pepper shakers doing their thing.)
LUMIERE: Ten years we've been rusting
Needing so much more than dusting
Needing exercise, a chance to use our skills!
(LUMIERE dusts the salt of the head of COGSWORTH, who tries to escape. He trips and falls into the gelatin mold.)
Most days just lay around the castle,
Flabby fat and lazy
You walked in, and oops-a-daisy!
(LUMIERE jumps on a spoon in the gelatin, which catapults COGSWORTH out of the mold. Cut to kitchen, where MRS. POTTS is surrounded by soap bubbles.)
MRS. POTTS: It's a guest, it's a guest!
Sakes alive, well I'll be blessed!
Wine's been poured and thank the Lord
I've had the napkins freshly pressed!
(MRS. POTTS continues to dance around the kitchen)
With dessert, she'll want tea,
And my dear, that's fine with me!
While the cups do their soft shoeing,
I'll be bubbling, I'll be brewing!
I'll get warm, piping hot
Heaven's sake, is that a spot?
Clean it up, we want the company impressed!
We've got a lot to do--
Is it one lump or two?
For you our guest!
(MRS. POTTS is cleaned off by a napkin. She hops onto the tea cart and rolls into the dining room, where she offers tea to BELLE.)
ALL: She's our guest!
MRS. POTTS: She's our guest!
ALL: She's our guest!
Be our guest! Be our guest!
Our command is your request!
Its ten years since we had anybody here
And we're obsessed!
With your meal, with your ease,
Yes indeed, we aim to please
While the candlelight's still glowing
Let us help you, we'll keep going--
(The CHINA and CANDLESTICKS perform an elaborately choreographed dance sequence, ending in a close up of LUMIERE.)
ALL (especially. LUMIERE):
Course, by course
One by one
'Til you shout "Enough, I'm done!"
Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest
Tonight you'll prop your feet up,
But for let's eat up
Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest! Please Be our guest!!
**End of Song**
(A fantastic ending comes of the song, with SILVERWARE flying through the air, PLATES and FEATHERDUSTERS dancing, and COGSWORTH the focus of attention, until LUMIERE comes sliding in and sends him flying out of camera range.)
BELLE: Bravo! That was wonderful!
COGSWORTH: Thank you, thank you, mademoiselle. Yes, good show, wasn't it everyone. (Looking at his own face)
Oh, my goodness, will you look at the time. Now, it's off to bed, off to bed!
(LUMIERE comes up next to COGSWORTH.)
BELLE: Oh, I couldn't possibly go to bed now. It's my first time in an enchanted castle.
COGSWORTH: Enchanted? Who said anything about the castle being enchanted?
(He tries to cover it up, just as a fork runs past. To LUMIERE)
It was you, wasn't it!
BELLE: I, um, figured it out for myself.
(COGSWORTH and LUMIERE have been fighting. They both look at her, then stop. COGSWORTH dusts himself off, and LUMIERE fixes his wax nose.)
I'd like to look around, if that's all right.
LUMIERE: (excited) Oh! Would you like a tour?
COGSWORTH: Wait a second, wait a second. I'm not sure that's such a good idea.
(Confidentially, to LUMIERE)
We can't let her go poking around in certain places, if you know what I mean.
BELLE: (Poking COGSWORTH in the belly -like the Pillsbury doughboy-)
Perhaps you could take me. I'm sure you know everything there is to know about the castle.
COGSWORTH: (flattered) Well, actually, ah yes, I do!
(Fade to COGSWORTH, LUMIERE, and BELLE walking down a hall COGSWORTH is lecturing.)
COGSWORTH: As you can see, the pseudo facade was stripped away to reveal a minimalist rococo design. Note the unusual inverted vaulted ceilings. This is yet another example of the neo-classic baroque period, and as I always say, if it's not baroque, don't fix it! Ha ha ha. Now then, where was I?
(He turns to find the heads of the SUITS OF ARMOR have turned to follow BELLE.)
As you were!
(They all snap back to face forward.)
Now, if I may draw your attention to the flying buttresses above the--mademoiselle?
(COGSWORTH turns back to the group and is one girl short. He sees her beginning to climb the grand staircase. He and LUMIERE run up to her and jump in front of her, blocking her progress upstairs.)
BELLE: What's up there?
COGSWORTH: Where? Up there? Nothing. Absolutely nothing
of interest at all in the West Wing. Dusty, dull, very boring.
(LUMIERE has been shaking his head, but COGSWORTH nudges him and he nods in agreement.)
BELLE: Oh, so that's the West Wing.
LUMIERE: (To COGSWORTH) Nice going!
BELLE: I wonder what he's hiding up there.
LUMIERE: Hiding? The master is hiding nothing!
BELLE: Then it wouldn't be forbidden.
(She steps over them, but they dash up and block her again.)
COGSWORTH: Perhaps mademoiselle would like to see something else.
We have exquisite tapestries dating all the way back to...
BELLE: (again stepping over them) Maybe later.
LUMIERE: (with COGSWORTH, again dashing and blocking) The gardens, or the library perhaps?
BELLE: (Now, with incredible interest) You have a library?
COGSWORTH: (Thrilled that he has found something to interest her) Oh yes! Indeed!
LUMIERE: With books!
COGSWORTH: Gads of books!
LUMIERE: Mountains of books!
COGSWORTH: Forests of books!
LUMIERE: Cascades...
COGSWORTH: ...of books!
LUMIERE: Swamps of books!
COGSWORTH: More books than you'll ever be able to read in a lifetime! Books on every subject ever studied, by every author who ever set pen to paper...
(LUMIERE and COGSWORTH begin marching off, and BELLE begins to follow, but her curiosity overtakes her, and she turns back to the West Wing. Her excitement begins to dwindle, though, when she enters the hallway leading to BEAST's lair. As she walks down the hall, she stops to look in a mirror that has been shattered into several pieces, each one reflecting her concerned look. She reaches the end of the hall and finds a closed door with gargoyle handles. She takes a deep breath, then reaches out and opens the door. Cut to interior of lair, where BELLE begins to explore. She is truly shocked by everything she sees. She wanders around, looking, and knocks over a table, but she catches it before it crashes to the floor. She then turns her head and sees a shredded picture on the wall. We can only see part of a portrait. It is the same portrait that was shredded in the opening. BELLE reaches out and lifts the shreds of the picture to reveal the prince. We never see this; however, for then she turns her head and sees the rose under the bell jar. She walks over to it, her eyes transfixed. She reaches out, and then lifts off the jar, leaving the rose unprotected. She reaches up; brushes back the strand of hair that has been
repeatedly falling on her forehead, then reaches out to touch the rose. As she nears it, a shadow falls over her. BEAST has been on the balcony, and sees her. He jumps back into the room, and then slams the jar back on the rose. He then turns his attention to BELLE.)
BEAST: (growing angry) Why did you come here?
BELLE: (Backing away, scared) I'm sorry,
BEAST: I warned you never to come here!
BELLE: I didn't mean any harm.
BEAST: (Angrier) Do you realize what you could have done? (Begins to thrash at the furniture)
BELLE: (Pleading, but still scared) Please, stop! No!
BEAST: (Screaming) Get out!!!! GET OUT!!!!
(BELLE turns and flees the room. BEAST calms down, and then falls into despair, finally realizing that he may have destroyed his chances with BELLE. She reaches the stairway and grabs her cloak. She rushes down the stairs, wrapping the cloak around her and bursting past a confused LUMIERE and COGSWORTH.)
LUMIERE: Wh- Where are you going?
BELLE: Promise or no promise, I can't stay here another minute!
COGSWORTH: Oh no, wait, please wait!
(LUMIERE tries to respond, but BELLE slams the door behind her. He and COGSWORTH both bow their heads in sadness. Cut to BELLE outside in the forest on PHILLIPE. She begins to ride through the forest, but PHILLIPE comes to a stop. She looks up and sees the WOLVES. She gasps, then pulls the reins and begins to flee. She runs from side to side, making the WOLVES hit the trees (a la Speeder bike chase in Return of the Jedi). PHILLIPE runs out on a frozen pond, but his and BELLE's weight collapse the ice. The WOLVES chase her into the water. Some begin to drown, but PHILLIPE is able to get out of the water before anything serious happens. He runs into a clearing, but becomes surrounded by WOLVES. He bucks, throwing BELLE off and wrapping the reins around a tree branch. The WOLVES begin their attack on PHILLIPE, but BELLE comes to his rescue and beats them away with a stick. One WOLF grabs the stick in its mouth and breaks half of it off, leaving BELLE defenseless. Another leaps at her, grabbing the corner of her cloak and dragging her to the ground. She looks up and sees a WOLF about to jump on top of her. It leaps and is caught in mid-air by BEAST. He throws the WOLF away, and then stands behind them and BELLE. They lunge at each other. One rips a hole in BEAST's shoulder, and the others focus their attack on that spot. Finally, BEAST throws a WOLF against a tree, knocking it out. The others turn and run in fear. BEAST turns back to BELLE, looks at her despairingly, and then collapses. BELLE, grateful to be alive, turns back to PHILLIPE and begins to get on, but her conscience takes over, and she walks over to the fallen BEAST. Fade to BELLE and PHILLIPE walking back to the castle, with BEAST on the horse's back. Fade to interior of den, with BELLE pouring hot water out of MRS. POTTS. She soaks a rag in the water, and then turns to BEAST, who is licking his wounds.)
BELLE: Here now. Oh, don't do that.
(BEAST growls at her as she tries to clean the wound with her rag.) Just...hold still.
(She touches the rag to the wound and BEAST roars in pain. The OBJECTS,
who have been watching, jump back into hiding from the outburst.)
BEAST: That hurts!
BELLE: (In counterpoint) If you'd hold still, it wouldn't hurt as much.
BEAST: Well if you hadn't run away, this wouldn't have happened!
BELLE: Well if you hadn't frightened me, I wouldn't have run away!
BEAST: (Opens his mouth to respond, but has to stop and think of a good line)
Well you shouldn't have been in the West Wing!
BELLE: Well you should learn to control your temper!
(BEAST raises his hand to bring out another point, but finds he has none, so he bows his head down again. The OBJECTS emerge from their hiding as BELLE has conquered the ferocious temper of BEAST. BELLE moves the rag closer to the wound)
Now, hold still. This may sting a little.
(BEAST gives a surprised grunt, and then grits his teeth as the rag is applied. BELLE speaks tenderly.)
By the way, thank you, for saving my life.
(BEAST opens his eyes, looking surprised.)
BEAST: (Also very tenderly) You're welcome.
(Camera zooms out and we see the OBJECTS looking on with interest. Fade to GASTON's tavern, which is empty except for GASTON, LEFOU and MONSIEUR D'ARQUE, who are all sitting at a table.)
D'ARQUE: I don't usually leave the asylum in the middle of the night, but they said you'd make it worth my while. (GASTON pulls out a sack of gold and tosses it in front of him. He takes out a piece, scrapes it on his chin and continues.)
Aah, I'm listening.
GASTON: It's like this. I've got my heart set on marrying Belle, but she needs a little persuasion.
LEFOU: (butting in) Turned him down flat!
(GASTON slams a beer mug on his head.)
GASTON: Everyone knows her father's a lunatic.
He was in here tonight raving about a beast in a castle...
D'ARQUE: Maurice is harmless.
GASTON: The point is, Belle would do anything to keep him from being locked up.
LEFOU: Yeah, even marry him!
(GASTON gives him another threatening look, and he ducks back under the mug.)
D'ARQUE: So you want me to throw her father in the asylum unless she agrees to marry you? (They both nod in agreement.) Oh, that is despicable. I love it!
(Cut to into of BELLE's cottage. MAURICE is packing to leave.)
MAURICE: If no one will help me, then I'll go back alone. I don't care
what it takes. I'll find that castle and somehow I'll get her out of there.
(MAURICE leaves on his journey. Seconds later, GASTON and LEFOU arrive with D'ARQUE. They enter the house looking for one of the residents.)
GASTON: Belle! Maurice!
LEFOU: Oh, well, I guess it's not gonna work after all.
(GASTON grabs him by the neck and walks outside.)
GASTON: They have to come back sometime, and when they do, we'll be ready for them. (Drops LEFOU into a snowbank by the porch)
Lefou, don't move from that spot until Belle and her father come home.
LEFOU: But, but... aww, nuts!
(He pounds the side of the house and a pile of snow falls on his head. Fade to exterior of castle. BELLE is playing in the snow with PHILLIPE and FOOTSTOOL. BEAST, COGSWORTH and LUMIERE watch from the balcony.)
BEAST: I've never felt this way about anyone.
(Looks excited) I want to do something for her.
(Looks discouraged.) But what?
COGSWORTH: Well, there's the usual things--flowers, chocolates, promises you don't intend to keep...
LUMIERE: Ahh, no no. It has to be something very special.
Something that sparks her inter--wait a minute.
(Cut to interior hallway leading to library. BEAST and BELLE are alone.)
BEAST: Belle, there's something I want to show you.
(Begins to open the door, and then stops.) But first, you have to close your eyes.
(She looks at him questioningly.) It's a surprise.
(BELLE closes her eyes, and BEAST waves his hand in front of her. Then he opens the door. He leads her in.)
BELLE: (Just as she enters the room) Can I open them?
BEAST: No, no. Not yet. Wait here.
(BEAST walks away to draw back the curtains. He does, and brilliant sunlight spills into the room. BELLE flinches reflexively as the light hits her face.)
BELLE: Now can I open them?
BEAST: All right. Now.
(BELLE opens her eyes and the camera pulls back to reveal the gigantic library filled with books.)
BELLE: I can't believe it. I've never seen so many books in all my life!
BEAST: You--you like it?
BELLE: It's wonderful.
BEAST: Then it's yours.
BELLE: Oh, thank you so much.
(Cut to BELLE and BEAST in background, with OBJECTS including CHIP in foreground watching them.)
MRS. POTTS: Oh, would you look at that?
LUMIERE: Ha ha! I knew it would work.
CHIP: What? What works?
COGSWORTH: It's very encouraging.
Babette: Isn't this exciting!
CHIP: I didn't see anything.
MRS. POTTS: Come along, Chip. There's chores to be done in the kitchen.
CHIP: But what are they talking about? What's going on?
(OBJECTS walk away. Fade to breakfast table with BELLE at one end and BEAST at the other, with MRS. POTTS between them. BELLE is served breakfast, and as she begins to eat, she looks at BEAST, gobbling up his food with no table manners whatsoever. CHIP laughs, but MRS. POTTS shoots him an admonishing look. BELLE turns away and tries to ignore it, but CHIP comes to the rescue. He nudges the spoon with his nose, and BEAST reaches out for it. BELLE looks at him in wonder as he tries to eat with the spoon, but he has little success. Finally, BELLE puts down her spoon and lifts her bowl as if in a toast. BEAST looks at the compromise and does the same. They both begin to sip their breakfast out of their bowls. Fade to courtyard where BELLE and BEAST are feeding the birds.)
**Start of Song: "Something There"**
BELLE: There's something sweet
And almost kind
But he was mean
And he was coarse and unrefined.
But now he's dear
And so unsure,
I wonder why I didn't see it there before.
(BELLE is trying to attract some birds to BEAST, who shoves a handful of seed at them. Finally, she takes a handful and gently spreads it out, creating a trail. One lands in his hands, and he looks up thrilled.)
BEAST: She glanced this way
I thought I saw
And when we touched
She didn't shudder at my paw
No it can't be
I'll just ignore
But then she's never looked at me that way before.
(BELLE has ducked around a tree, leaving BEAST with the birds. She begins to look doubtful again, but turns her head around the tree and laughs. BEAST is covered with birds.)
BELLE: New and a bit alarming
Who'd have ever thought that this could be?
True, that he's no Prince Charming
But there's something in him that I simply didn't see.
(BELLE throws a snowball at BEAST, who had looked at her proudly after the birds flew away. He begins to gather a large pile of snow. We cut to the OBJECTS, looking out of a window at the two. In the background, BELLE throws another snowball at BEAST, who drops his huge pile of snow on his head. He chases her around a tree, but she ducks around the other side and sneaks up on him from behind.)
LUMIERE: Well who'd have thought?
MRS. POTTS: Well bless my soul.
COGSWORTH: And who'd have known?
MRS. POTTS: Well who indeed?
LUMIERE: And who'd have guessed they'd come together on their own?
MRS. POTTS: It's so peculiar
ALL: We'll wait and see
A few days more
There may be something there that wasn't there before
(Fade to den where BELLE sits in front of a roaring fire and reads to BEAST. OBJECTS including CHIP watch from doorway)
COGSWORTH: Yes, perhaps there's something there that wasn't there before.
CHIP: What?
MRS. POTTS: There may be something there that wasn't there before.
CHIP: What's there, mama?
MRS. POTTS: I'll tell you when you're older.
**End of Song**
(Cut to interior of BEAST's lair. He is in the tub getting washed up for the big night with BELLE. LUMIERE is there with him.)
Lumiere: Ha ha, oui, my friends. The day we have waited for may be at hand!
Mrs. Potts: Oh, only if that were true, Lumiere!
Lumiere: Aaah...human again
Mrs. Potts: Human again
Lumiere: Yes, think of what that means!
Lumiere:
I'll be cooking again
Be good-looking again
With a mademoiselle on each arm
When I'm human again
Only human again
Poised and polished and gleaming with charm...
I'll be courting again
Chic and sporting again
Mrs. Potts: Which should cause sev'ral husbands alarm!
Chip: I'll hop down off the shelf
Lumiere: And toute suite be myself
Chip: I can't wait to be human again
Mme. De La Grande Bouche, Mrs. Potts, Babette:
When we're human again
Only human again
When we're knickknacks and whatnots no more
Mme. De La Grande Bouche:
Ah, Cherie, won't it all be top-drawer
I'll wear lipstick and rouge
And I won't be so huge
Why, I'll easily fit through that door
I'll exude savior-faire
I'll wear gowns! I'll have hair!
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