Over the past year, we've been spending quite a bit of time with Linda Woolverton. We interviewed her at the 2014 Newport Beach Film Fest, then again at the 2014 Austin Film Fest, and she's helped us give writing instruction and opportunities to deserving kids through Ghetto Film School. Oh, and she recently donated a screenwriter's ransom in great materials to our archive. If her name doesn't ring a bell, Linda has written and contributed to many of Disney's most enduring modern classics, like BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, MULAN, THE LION KING and more. She also wrote live-action Disney flicks like MALEFICENT and ALICE IN WONDERLAND (as well as its upcoming sequel).
The Linda Woolverton collection includes a wide array of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST materials, including handwritten notes from Jeffrey Katzenberg, a beat outline, character notes, and, presented here in part, an outline of the entire script.
Here are the final three pages of that outline, beginning with Beast's efforts to woo Belle once he's realized he's in love with her, and including Belle's release and the final battle between Beast and Gaston.
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