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Release Date:
6 February 1959 (Brazil)
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Now the magic moment! Full-length feature fantasy - Beautiful beyond belief more
Plot:
A snubbed malevolent fairy casts a curse on a princess that only a prince can break, with the help of three good fairies. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 2 nominations
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(38 articles)
Disney Captures Good Cheer In Newest DVD Release
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Disney Captures Good Cheer In Newest DVD Release
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(From iCelebz. 15 November 2009, 10:06 PM, PST)
Disney Captures Good Cheer In Newest DVD Release
(From iCelebz. 15 November 2009, 10:06 PM, PST)
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One of the finest films of the 1950's
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Mary Costa | ... | Princess Aurora (voice) |
| Bill Shirley | ... | Prince Phillip (voice) |
| Eleanor Audley | ... | Maleficent (voice) |
| Verna Felton | ... | Flora (voice) |
| Barbara Luddy | ... | Merryweather (voice) |
| Barbara Jo Allen | ... | Fauna (voice) |
| Taylor Holmes | ... | Stefan (voice) |
| Bill Thompson | ... | Hubert (voice) |
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Runtime:
75 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
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Stereo (original release) |
70 mm 6-Track (RCA Sound Recording) (70 mm prints) |
Dolby Digital (DVD version) |
Mono (35 mm prints) (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
West Germany:o.Al. |
Iceland:L |
Portugal:M/6 |
South Korea:All |
USA:G (re-rating) (1970) |
Canada:G (video rating) |
USA:Approved (certificate #19062) (original rating) |
Finland:K-3 (2008) (DVD release) |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Chile:TE |
Finland:K-8 (1959) |
Peru:PT |
Spain:T |
Sweden:7 (re-release) |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:U |
Brazil:Livre
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Shot on a 35mm Tecnirama double-frame negative (which is as big as two regular Academy frames joined together) running horizontally through the animation camera, with each frame photographed three times (once with a red filter, once with a blue filter, and once with a green filter). This negative was then printed on both CinemaScope-compatible anamorphic film and Super Technirama 70mm film.
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Plot holes: The spinning wheel that put Aurora to sleep was not real, but a shadow of one. Technically, because of that, shouldn't have activated the curse, due to its false properties.
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Narrator: In a faraway land, long ago, there lived a King and his fair Queen. Many years they had longed for a child, and finally their wish was granted. A daughter was born, and they called her Aurora. Yes, they named her after the dawn, for she filled their lives with sunshine. Then a great holiday was proclaimed throughout the land, so that all of high or low estate could pay homage to the infant Princess. And our story begins on that most joyful day...
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Narrator: In a faraway land, long ago, there lived a King and his fair Queen. Many years they had longed for a child, and finally their wish was granted. A daughter was born, and they called her Aurora. Yes, they named her after the dawn, for she filled their lives with sunshine. Then a great holiday was proclaimed throughout the land, so that all of high or low estate could pay homage to the infant Princess. And our story begins on that most joyful day...
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Movie Connections:
Featured in DTV: Golden Oldies (1984) (V)
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Soundtrack:
Sing a Smiling Song
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In its scale, beauty, and dramatic power, Sleeping Beauty stands as (I think at least) the pinnacle of Disney's animated features. While in terms of cultural significance, it holds a second tiara to Snow White and Fantasia, it is set apart by its richly detailed, groundbreaking expressionistic design. The Disney animators had decidedly moved away from the European storybook feel of its 30's and 40's triumphs with Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Lady and the Tramp (1955), yet it was Sleeping Beauty that was the most radical departure. With its $6 million budget, the film has an epic sweep and scope never before achieved in animation. From the crowds of celebrators in the beginning to the tremendous size of King Richard's throne room, it achieves a tremendous feel of space and depth pioneered by the multi-plane work in Snow White and Fantasia. The film shows many other applications of the lessoned learned from the great experiment of Fantasia, particularly the remarkable scene of the three fairies bestowing their gifts on the infant princess. The camera pans up and off into dreamy, surreal vignettes slightly reminiscent of Fantasia's "Toccata in Fugue" segment. Its one of animation's finest moments. Yet what surely is the most memorable element of this film in the eyes of many viewers is its villain, the Marc Davis creation, Maleficent. Voiced by longtime Disney staple Eleanor Audley, she is easily Disney's most overtly evil villain. Davis' brilliant streamlined design exudes of an infernal elegance (complete with demonic horns). She carries a royal nobility that only adds to her ambiguous, sinister nature as well as to her dramatic presence. She slanders and cackles and proclaims her evil decrees with such bile and disgust it's almost overwhelming. In the final conflict between Prince Phillip, she cries out in utter fury, "Now shall you deal with me, o prince, and all the powers of hell!" Lightning cracks, smoke gathers and Maleficent rises, now changed into a fire-breathing dragon. It is one of Disney's most daring moments and very well one of its finest. Sleeping Beauty is a masterpiece, a tremendous artistic triumph from one of Hollywood's most successful and prolific studios. Its artistry, dramatic power, and compelling performances stand it along side the great American films of the decade, which is a fact not stated often enough.