Without a shadow of a doubt, I am prepared to name Beauty and the Beast the best Musical of all time, if not one of the greatest pictures of the 20th century (and yes, I really did just say those things). A clearly underappreciated film, some people are shocked, but satisfied, when I remind them of it’s 1991 Academy award nomination for the coveted Oscar: BEST PICTURE. Beauty and the Beast was the first, and still is, the only animated feature to ever be nominated for BEST PICTURE. In the end it walked away with two (Best Original Song, Best Original Score).

I believe that the Disney Company captured lightning in a bottle fo those three years (1989: The Little Mermaid - 1991: Beauty and the Beast). You don’t see animated pictures like those of the early nineties anymore.