| Sleeping Beauty | |
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| Credits | |
| Title: | Sleeping Beauty |
| Genres: | Fantasy Family |
| Directed by: | Clyde Geronimi [1] |
| Written by: | Erdman Penner [2] |
| Produced by: | Walt Disney |
| Edited by: | Roy M. Brewer, Jr. Donald Halliday |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Walt Disney Productions |
| Released: | January 29th, 1959 [3] February 17th, 1959 [4] |
| Rating: | Approved |
| Running time: | 75 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $6,000,000 |
| Gross: | $9,464,608 (US) [5] |
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Sleeping Beauty is an American animated feature film of the children's fantasy genre. It is one of the original Walt Disney animated classics and was brought together by supervising director Clyde Geronimi and writer Erdman Penner. The story is based on Charles Perrault's La Belle au bois dormant, aka "The Beauty sleeping in the Wood". Produced by Walt Disney Productions, the film premiered in the United States on January 29th, 1959. The film tells the tale of a young princess who is stricken by a curse by an evil sorceress and falls into a slumber from which she cannot awaken. Only True Love's kiss can set her free.
Plot[]
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Mary Costa | Princess Aurora |
| Bill Shirley | Prince Phillip |
| Eleanor Audley | Maleficent |
| Verna Felton | Flora/Leah |
| Barbara Luddy | Merryweather |
| Barbara Jo Allen | Fauna |
| Taylor Holmes | Stefan |
| Bill Thompson | Hubert |
| Bill Amsbery | Maleficent's goon |
| Candy Candido | Maleficent's goon |
| Pinto Colvig | Maleficent's goon |
| Dal McKennon | Owl |
| Marvin Miller | Narrator |
| Thurl Ravenscroft | Singer |
Notes[]
- Copyright holder: © MCMLIX Walt Disney Productions (on print); Walt Disney Productions; December 30th, 1958; LP13782.
- Sleeping Beauty is the 16th film in the Disney Animated Classics series.
Fun Facts[]
- The story of Disney's Sleeping Beauty was re-imagined in the 2014 live-action fantasy film Maleficent, directed by Robert Stromberg and starring Angelina Jolie.
Recommendations[]
Disney Animated Classics
External Links[]
- Sleeping Beauty at AMG
- Sleeping Beauty at IMDB
- Sleeping Beauty at Wikipedia
- Sleeping Beauty at Disney.com
- Sleeping Beauty at Share TV.org
- Sleeping Beauty at the Disney Wiki
- Sleeping Beauty at Themoviedb.org
References[]
- ↑ Clyde Geronimi is credited as supervising director on this film.
- ↑ Erdman Penner wrote the story adaptation of Charles Perrault's La Belle au bois dormant, aka "The Beauty sleeping in the Wood".
- ↑ Los Angeles, California premiere.
- ↑ New York City, New York premiere.
- ↑ This is the gross for the original 1959 release of the film, and does not include the totals from the 1986 and 1987 re-releases.
Keywords[]
Aurora; Birds; Fairies; Horses; King; Maleficent; Owls; Prince; Princess; Queen; Sword