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Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780788845116
Format: Animated, Color, Dubbed, Special Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 078884511X
Label: Walt Disney Home Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Home Video
Release Date: September 09, 2003
Running Time: 75 minutes
Sales Rank: 51839
Studio: Walt Disney Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: January 29, 1959
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Disney's 1959 animated effort was the studio's most ambitious to date, a widescreen spectacle boasting a gorgeous waltz-filled score adapting Tchaikovsky. In the 14th century, the malevolent Maleficent (not dissimilar to the wicked Queen in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs taunts a king that his infant Aurora will fatally prick her finger on a spinning wheel before sundown on her 16th birthday. This, of course, would deny her a happily-ever-after with her true love. Things almost but not quite turn out that way, thanks to the assistance of some bubbly, bumbling fairies named Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather. It's not really all that much about the title character--how interesting can someone in the middle of a long nap be, anyway? Instead, those fairies carry the day, as well as, of course, good Prince Phillip, whose battle with the malevolent Maleficent in the guise of a dragon has been co-opted by any number of animated films since. See it in its original glory here. And Malificent's castle, filled with warthogs and demonic imps in a macabre dance celebrating their evil ways, manages a certain creepy grandeur. --David Kronke
On the DVD
Sleeping Beauty was the last and most lavish of Walt Disney's animated fairy tales. He told the artists not to hurry and to give him 'a moving illustration': The film required almost four and one-half years and one million finished drawings. Instead of the 19th century storybook illustrations that had influenced the look of Snow White and Pinocchio, the artists adapted the flattened perspective and jewel-like colors of 15th century French illuminated manuscripts. The results remain unmatched for sheer visual opulence. However, Sleeping Beauty suffers from a weak story: the vision of an ageless princess slumbering in a vine-shrouded tower was replaced with elements of Snow White and a boy-meets-girl musical. The evil Maleficent and the three Good Fairies (Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather) dominate the film, rather than Princess Aurora and Prince Philip. Sleeping Beauty was originally released in 70mm, and the Blu-ray edition restores the film to its original splendor. (Many earlier releases trimmed the wide-screen images and/or muted the glowing palatte.) The Bonus DVD looks good on a flat screen monitor, but it pales in comparison to the richness of the Blu-ray. In addition to the commentaries and a making-of documentary, the set includes myriad extras that vary widely in quality. Nostalgia buffs will enjoy the recreation of the old Sleeping Beauty's Castle attraction in Disneyland, and the TV program 'Four Artists Paint One Tree' provides a welcome showcase for key talents from the film. But the CG animation of the dragon and the voice imitations of the Good Fairies fail to capture the magic of the originals in the 'Dragon Encounter'; the 'Maleficent's Challenge Game'--a hi-tech Twenty Questions--sounds only vaguely like the redoubtable sorceress. (Rated G: violence) --Charles Solomon
Stills from Sleeping Beauty (Click for larger image)
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A classic
Love this movie and I do not see any problem with the dragon slaying prince, the pretty princess and the evil witch! I think Disney has made a huge mistake staying away from classic fairy tales. There's nothing wrong with having classic stories being animated.
Anyways, the digital remaster looks fabulous and the 2nd disk really helps kids enjoy the movie more.
Rating: - Sleeping Beauty
This movie is just beautiful, and the 2 disk set has wonderful extras. I especially enjoyed the Grand Canyon Suite, and seeing how the movie was made.
Rating: - Walt Disney Classic
Sleeping Beauty is one of my favorite Walt Disney movies so I purchased it to share with my granddaughter. She of course loves it too. We watch it almost everytime she visits.
Rating: - Sleeping Beauty was awesome
I bought 4 Sleeping Beauty.My nine grandchildern will love Her come Christmas.I bought one to see at my house, well should I tell you more?
Rating: - prompt and perfect
cannot comment beyond above as this is Christmas gift for grandchild and has not been viewed.
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