Sleeping Beauty

'Sleeping Beauty', 1959

After being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies.

After being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies.

Runtime

75 minutes

Type

Feature

Genre

Animation

Keywords

fairy, fire, kingdom, france, spinning wheel

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Sleeping Beauty

Clyde Geronimi, Les Clark, 1959

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Aspect ratio

2.20 : 1 (70 mm prints)

Color

Color (Technicolor)

Screening formats

35 mm
35 mm (anamorphic)
70 mm (spherical)
8 mm (anamorphic)

Awards

National Film Preservation Board, USA

Winner

2019

National Film Preservation Board

National Film Registry

Online Film & Television Association

Winner

2020

Motion Picture

Gold Derby Award

Storyline

After being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies.

After the beautiful Princess Aurora is born into royalty, everyone gathers to celebrate. Everything is perfectly fine until an unwanted guest appears, the evil fairy Maleficent. Maleficent curses the young princess and announces that she will die by pricking her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel before sunset on her 16th birthday. Fortunately, one of the good fairies, Merryweather, changes the spell so Aurora will fall into a deep sleep instead, and the only way to wake her from her sleep is true love's kiss. Finally the day comes.

Summary

After being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies.

Synopsis

After the beautiful Princess Aurora is born into royalty, everyone gathers to celebrate. Everything is perfectly fine until an unwanted guest appears, the evil fairy Maleficent. Maleficent curses the young princess and announces that she will die by pricking her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel before sunset on her 16th birthday. Fortunately, one of the good fairies, Merryweather, changes the spell so Aurora will fall into a deep sleep instead, and the only way to wake her from her sleep is true love's kiss. Finally the day comes.

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Cast & crew

Cast

Mary Costa

Actress

Bill Shirley

Actor

Eleanor Audley

Actress

Crew

Director

Director

Erdman Penner

Screenwriter

Charles Perrault

Screenwriter

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