In 1987, "Beauty and the Beast" was released as part of the Cannon Movie Tales, a series of live-action films created by The Cannon Group in the 1980s. The musical followed Rebecca de Mornay as Beauty, a merchant's daughter whose role in life is to care for her father and numerous siblings. After an unsuccessful voyage, her father stumbles upon a castle and is treated with great hospitality by a mysterious host. However, when he plucks a rose from the garden to gift to his daughter, his host reveals himself to be a beast (played by John Savage) and demands that his daughter move into his castle as punishment. Though disheartened at first, Beauty's distance from her family finally gives her the opportunity to figure out what she wants in life . . . which may turn out to be the Beast.
