Plot
Late at night, brother and sister ride the elevator with their father. Suddenly, the lights go off, and the box gets stuck between two floors. In the dark. Unable to get any help, the father pushes his little boy through the narrow space between the shaft and the hallway. And he steps into the darkness. Alone in the claustrophobic box, father and daughter stay silent, until a childish whining is heard from the shadows. Someone is inside the elevator... Breathing by their side.
Keywords: hispanic, independent-film, latino, student-film, supernatural-power, third-world, urban-setting
Plot
Ex-King Alfred VII is a young, handsome, and charming erstwhile monarch who once ruled a nation of two million people. Now all he has left are his Count Humbert and Duchess Anna, along with enough money to live an idle life in Paris with dozens of servants. He hasn't seen daylight in years; he prefers instead to drink himself into a stupor regularly. He's phenomenally bored, and a routine trip to a tedious cabaret finds a chorus girl flirting with him. He calls her to his apartment, apparently to seduce her as he's done many times before, but when she comes, he's passed out. Her outrage gives Humbert and Anna the idea that might bring Alfred out of his unhappy ennui - tell him she didn't come, and have her act as though he weren't so important after all. He of course pursues her with vigor and is snapped out of his apathy. But what happens if she falls in love with him?
Keywords: alcoholic, bicycle, boredom, chorus-girl, deception, farce, folies-bergère, kidnapping, love, niagara-falls
Duchess Anna of Elberfield: You're a very fortunate young lady, Miss Ellis.::Miss Dorothy Ellis: And a very nervous one. You see, I've never met royalty before. I don't think I'll know how to act. We haven't any royalty in America.::Count Humbert Evel Bruger: Well, I don't want to tell you how to run your country, but that is a mistake. A smart, well-dressed royalty--awfully good for the tourist trade.::Miss Dorothy Ellis: Well, we're getting along...::Count Humbert Evel Bruger: Oh, well...mmm-hmm...well, of course, if you're satisfied just to be 'getting along'!
Miss Dorothy Ellis: Paris is very beautiful, isn't it?::Alfred Bruger VII: Very.::Miss Dorothy Ellis: Um, tell me--is it true you've never seen Paris by daylight?::Alfred Bruger VII: [surprised] Quite true!::Miss Dorothy Ellis: And, furthermore, is it true you haven't seen daylight for years?::Alfred Bruger VII: [laughing] Also quite true!::Miss Dorothy Ellis: Aren't you curious?::Alfred Bruger VII: Well, I have memories of the sun of my childhood days. 'Tisn't much. I think Edison's doing a better job.
Footman: [watching Alfred going into the 'Franco-Americain Restaurant'] *Look* where he's going! Why, *I* wouldn't even eat in there.::Chauffeur: He'll get poisoned!::Footman: Yes. And they serve it in such small portions.
This article lists information of fictional characters from Disney's Beauty and the Beast franchise, covering the 1991 film, its direct to video midquel, a short story collection, and the stage musical adaptation.
Gaston serves as the main antagonist of the original film. He is rude, conceited, small-minded, narcissistic, and spends his time fighting, drinking and hunting. He is considered by many townspeople to be the town hero. Gaston believes that Belle would best suit as his wife based purely on her beauty, but Belle is not as shallow as Gaston and refuses his every advance. His desire to marry Belle leads him to evolve from a narcissistic but harmless and humorous buffoon to a menacing, murderous villain. Gaston was not a character in the original fairy tale. The 1946 French film did, however, feature the character of a handsome suitor, named Avenant, whom Belle rejected and who ultimately tried to kill the Beast. Disney claims to have added Gaston as a character to the film in order to create a heightened sense of danger as well as to showcase the theme of inner versus outer beauty.
Gaston: Richard White
Lefou: Jesse Corti
MAURICE: Help! Someone help me!
INNKEEPER : 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! 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!
BEERDRINKERS: heckle at MAURICE
BEERDRINKER ONE: Is it a big Beast?
MAURICE: Huge!
BEERDRINKER TWO: With a long, ugly snout?
MAURICE: Hideously ugly!
BEERDRINKER THREE: 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! Thank you!
[Maurice is expelled]
INKEEPER: Crazy old Maurice!
BEERDRINKER ONE: He's always good for a laugh.
GASTON: Crazy old Maurice. Hmmmmm. Crazy old Maurice. Hmm.
GASTON
Lefou, I'm afraid I've been thinking.
LEFOU
A dangerous pastime,
GASTON
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!
(to Lefou)
LEFOU
If I .... (whisper) ...
Yes!
Then we'd ... (whisper) ...
Would she?
... (whisper) ... Guess!
I get it!
BOTH
Let's go!
No one plots like Gaston,
Takes cheap shots like Gaston,
Plans to persecute harmless crackpots like Gaston.
(Gaston)
Yes, I'm endlessly, wildly resourceful
(LeFou)
As down to the depths you descend
(Gaston)
I won't even be mildly remorseful
(LeFou)
Just as long as you get what you
Want in the end!
(Gaston)
Who has brains like Gaston?
(LeFou)
Entertains like Gaston?
(Both)
Who can make up these endless refrains like Gaston?
So his marriage we soon will be celebrating!
My, what a guy!
Gaston!
Who does she think she is? That girl has tangled with
the wrong man! No one says "no" to Gaston!
Heh heh. Darn right.
Dismissed! Rejected! Publicly Humiliated! Why, it's
more than I can bear.
More beer?
What for? Nothing helps. I'm disgraced.
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
Even when taking your lumps
There's no man in town as admired as you
You're ev'ryone's favorite guy
Ev'ryone's awed and inspired by you
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 whose team they prefer to be on
No one's been like Gaston
A king pin like Gaston
No one's got a swell cleft in his chin like Gaston
As a specimen, yes, I'm intimidating
My- what a guy, that Gaston
Give five "hurrahs!"
Give twelve "hip-hips!"
Gaston is the best
And the rest is all drips
No one fights like Gaston
Douses lights like Gaston
In a wrestling match nobody bites like Gaston
For there's no one as burly and brawny
As you see I've got biceps to spare
Not a bit of him's scraggly or scrawny
(That's right!)
And ev'ry last inch of me's covered with hair
No one hits like Gaston
Matches wits like Gaston
In a spitting match nobody spits like Gaston
I'm espcially good at expectorating
(Ptooey!)
Ten points for Gaston!
When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs
Ev'ry 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
No one shoots like Gaston
Makes those beauts like Gaston
Then goes tromping around wearing boots like Gaston
I use antlers in all of my decorating
Say it again
Who's a man among men?
And then say it once more
Who's the hero next door?
Who's a super success?
Don't you know? Can't you guess?
Ask his
Who does she think she is?
That girl has tangled with the wrong man!
Darn right!
No one says, "No" to Gaston!
Dismissed! Rejected! Publically humiliated!
It's more than I can bear
More beer?
What for? Nothing helps, I'm disgraced
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 like to be you, Gaston
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
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's
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 whose team they prefer to be on
No one's been like Gaston
A kingpin like Gaston
No one's got a swell cleft in his chin like Gaston
As a specimen, yes, I'm intimidating!
My, what a guy, that Gaston!
Give five, "Hurrahs!"
Give twelve, "Hip hips!"
Gaston is the best and the rest is all drips
No one fights like Gaston
Douses lights like Gaston
In a wrestling match nobody bites like Gaston
For there's no one as burly and brawny
As you see I've got biceps to spare
Not a bit of him scraggly or scrawny
That's right!
And every last inch of me's covered with hair
No one hits like Gaston
Matches wits like Gaston
In a spitting match nobody spits like Gaston
I'm especially good at expectorating!
Ten points for 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!
My, what a guy, that Gaston!
Hold
Girls, girls, girls, please
There's plenty for all
Oh yeah
[Incomprehensible]
No one shoots like Gaston
Makes those beauts like Gaston
Then goes tromping around wearing boots like Gaston
I use antlers in all of my decorating!
GASTON
Who does she think she is?
That girl has tangled with the wrong man!
LEFOU
Darn right.
GASTON
No one says "no" to Gaston!
Dismissed! Rejected!
Publicly humiliated!
Why, it's more than I can bear.
LEFOU
More beer?
GASTON
What for? Nothing helps.
I'm disgraced.
LEFOU
Who, you? Never!
Gaston, you've got to pull yourself together.
LEFOU
Gosh it disturbs me to see you, Gaston
Looking so down in the dumps
Ev'ry guy here'd love to be you, Gaston
Even when taking your lumps
There's no man in town as admired as you
You're ev'ryone's favorite guy
Ev'ryone's awed and inspired by you
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's
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 whose team they prefer to be on
LEFOU AND CHORUS
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!
LEFOU AND CHORUS
My what a guy, that Gaston!
Give five "hurrahs!" Give twelve "hip-hips!"
LEFOU
Gaston is the best
And the rest is all drips
CHORUS
No one fights like Gaston
Douses lights like Gaston
LEFOU
In a wrestling match nobody bites like Gaston!
BIMBETTES
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's scraggly or scrawny
GASTON
That's right!
And ev'ry last inch of me's covered with hair
CHORUS
No one hits like Gaston
Matches wits like Gaston
LEFOU
In a spitting match nobody spits like Gaston
GASTON
I'm espcially good at expectorating!
Ptoooie!
CHORUS
Ten points for Gaston!
GASTON
When I was a lad
I ate four dozen eggs
Ev'ry 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!
CHORUS
Oh, ahhh, wow!
My what a guy, that Gaston!
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!
CHORUS
My what a guy, Gaston!