The Beautician and the Beast

A beautician named Joy Miller is mistaken for a teacher and hired to tutor a dictators children in a country she didnt know existed, but ends up forming strong bonds with the children and inspiring positive changes in the dictators actions, before tensions arise and she decides to leave, only to be reunited with the dictator who promises free elections and confesses his love for her. The Beautician and the Beast is a 1997 American English-language Comedy Romance movie featuring Fran Drescher, Timothy Dalton, Lisa Jakub, Ian Mcneice, Patrick Malahide, Michael Lerner and Sharice Zulo. High School Sweethearts in association with Paramount Pictures. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Todd Graff and Hawk Koch. The Beautician and the Beast is written by Todd Graff and directed by Ken Kwapis. Paramount Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. The Beautician and the Beast was released on 10th April 1997 and takes a screen time of 107 minutes. The Beautician and the Beast was made on a budget of $16 million and at the box office it grossed only $8 million. Cinematography was done by Peter Lyons Collister and editing by Jon Poll. The music was composed by Cliff Eidelman.