When Gaston has his feet on the table at Belle's house, a bit of the mud strongly resembles Mickey Mouse's head. This follows the long standing Disney tradition of having "hidden Mickeys" in their movies.
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Directed by Gary Trousdale, starring Angela Lansbury, Bradley Pierce, David Ogden Stiers, Jerry Orbach, Jesse Corti, Paige O'Hara, Rex Everhart, Robby Benson (add more)
When Gaston has his feet on the table at Belle's house, a bit of the mud strongly resembles Mickey Mouse's head. This follows the long standing Disney tradition of having "hidden Mickeys" in their movies.
Gaston's socks strongly resemble the logo of the Boston Red Sox baseball team.
This was the first Disney movie for which a woman, Linda Woolverton, wrote the script.
When Maurice is running through the woods and he sees the sign post with the signs pointing to places in California, look at where each is pointing. The ones that point in the direction of the sunny path are the names of where Disney's amusement parks are, the ones that point down the dark, menacing path are where the Six Flags amusement parks are. Six Flags is obviously Disney's rival, so what better way to smear them than to show Six Flags as dark and dirty, while Disney is bright and sunny.
When Belle's father is lost in the forest, he looks at a sign at the crossroads that have barely readable lettering. If you look closely, you can clearly see "Anaheim" written, along with Saugus, Newhall and Valencia.
When Gaston is falling from the castle-top at the end, there is closeup of his eyes. For a brief moment, in a few frames, a tiny grey skull appears in each of his eyes.
When Maurice comes to the castle for the first time, one of the puddles of water is shaped as Mickey's head.
During the raid in the castle, when a villager is thrown through the front doors he cries out the famous Wilhelm scream.
"Beauty and the Beast" was the first animated film to be nominated for an Oscar for "Best Picture" in 1992.
The winding knob on the back of Cogsworth's head is shaped as Mickey. This is definitely more apparent at some times than others.
In that theatrical version, the song "Gaston" had a different ending. It went something like "There's just one guy in town who's got all of it down and his name's G-A-S-T-O-N Gaston.". But this was edited when released on video.
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