Film
Beauty and the Beast + live orchestra
- Director
- Bill Condon
- Certificate
- PG
- Running Time
- 129 mins
Disney’s total domination of the global box office (Uncle Walt owns the Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar studios these days) continues with this latest money-spinning live-actionification of one of its animated classics, which has now taken $1.2 billion worldwide to become the highest-grossing live-action musical.
It’s a musical version, directed by Bill Condon, whose credits include Dreamgirls and those final two Twilight flicks. Emma Watson is cast as Beauty, while Downton Abbey‘s Dan Stevens gets his beast on as her horny abductor. Luke Evans plays Gaston the hunter. Needless to say, A-listers have been queuing up to join the supporting cast, which includes Ewan McGregor, Kevin Kline, Emma Thompson and Condon’s old chum Ian McKellen, whom he directed in Gods and Monsters and Mr. Holmes. This Disney Concerts event at the Colston Hall comprises a screening of the film on a giant screen accompanied by a live orchestra. Tickets are available here.
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