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Sleeping Beauty (Two-Disc Platinum Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo + BD Live) [Blu-ray]

Mary Costa (Actor), Eleanor Audley (Actor), Clyde Geronimi (Director) Rated:
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Contributor Winston Hibler, Verna Felton, Dal McKennon, Milt Banta, Joe Rinaldi, Marvin Miller, Bill Peet, Clyde Geronimi, Bill Amsbery, Pinto Colvig, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen, Mary Costa, Taylor Holmes, Ted Sears, Candy Candido, Charles Perrault, Erdman Penner, Eleanor Audley, Bill Shirley, Bill Thompson See more
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Awaken your senses to the majesty of SLEEPING BEAUTY, Walt Disney's classic fairy tale. See more than you've ever seen before through the magic of state-of-the-art technology, and experience this groundbreaking film restored beyond its original brilliance, in the way Walt envisioned it -- pristine, beautiful, utterly breathtaking. SLEEPING BEAUTY will transform your home into a fantastic world your family will want to experience again and again.|In the original story, Princess Aurora sleeps for 100 years before being awakened by a prince's kiss. In the Disney version, Prince Philip comes to her rescue much sooner.|George Brun's orchestral score, which was nominated for an Academy Award®, expertly blended famous themes from Tchaikovsky's ballet.|With a budget that exceeded $6 million in 1959, this was Walt Disney's most lavish and expensive animated feature to date.|Determined to make the characters as realistic as possible, Disney had a live action film shot with actors posing as Sleeping Beauty, the Prince, and Maleficent, for the animators to use.|New York Times critic Bosley Crowther called the fight between Prince Philip and Maleficent "the noisiest and scariest go-round he [Disney] has ever put into one of his films."

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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

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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. The BD-Live features require an awful lot of bother: after wading through (or ignoring) 130 screens of legalese, participants must enter their Social Security number or other personal information in the drawn-out sign-on process. Once that's finally done, viewers can send special messages to pop up during the film, chat online with others who are watching, and view it in synch with others. The question is whether or not you want to. (Rated G: violence) --Charles Solomon




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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.55:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ G (General Audience)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches; 3.2 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Clyde Geronimi
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Multiple Formats
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 15 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ October 7, 2008
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Mary Costa, Eleanor Audley, Barbara Jo Allen, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French, Spanish
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 6.1 EX)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0013ND30W
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Milt Banta, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Erdman Penner, Charles Perrault
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 3
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 8,172 ratings

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Customers consider this Disney movie a classic, praising its beautiful detail in the trees and superb art direction. Moreover, the sound quality receives positive feedback for its wondrous music and fully-immersive audio experience, while the picture quality is crystal clear in HD. Additionally, the DVD includes nice extras on the second disc, and customers find it well worth the purchase price. However, the DVD playability receives mixed reviews, with some customers reporting that it plays perfectly while others say it doesn't work.

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685 customers mention "Movie quality"673 positive12 negative

Customers love this classic Disney movie, describing it as a favorite from their childhood.

"...This one is definitely for VERY young children who must identify the most basic of words using visuals from the film...." Read more

"Great movie, great sound, but menu layout, missing content from previous 2003 release, and some weird restoration hiccups make this less than perfect..." Read more

"...In Disc 2 the Games, Music, & Fun is fun for kids but when you the History & Behind the Scene (mostly geared to adults) is too much information...." Read more

"...This movie to begin with has a very straight forward story, it was, is and wall always be a love story, and as many of you know love is not always..." Read more

290 customers mention "Visual quality"275 positive15 negative

Customers praise the visual quality of the movie, noting its beautiful detail in trees and medieval aesthetic, with one customer describing it as stunning and another mentioning that it looks more sweeping than previous editions.

"...(2.55:1 enhanced for 16x9 TVs) film has been restored using state-of-the-art technology, and will fill up your speakers with its 5.1 enhanced home..." Read more

"Item was in excellent condition at a great price." Read more

"...Sleeping Beauty is pure art in every way one can imagine from it's Tchaikovsky music to it's fairy tale of how good always conquers evil, but mainly..." Read more

"...Lastly, the restoration is great for the most part but there are some weird changes made from the 2003 restoration...." Read more

136 customers mention "Value for money"121 positive15 negative

Customers find the movie well worth the purchase price, appreciating the extras included.

"Item was in excellent condition at a great price." Read more

"...n't included in the last, and for hardcore fans, they're definitely worth having. And the film itself...?..." Read more

"This movie works and is a good buy" Read more

"...It comes to about a full 3 hours of movie and extras for this price...." Read more

87 customers mention "Sound quality"76 positive11 negative

Customers praise the sound quality of the movie, describing it as a fully-immersive audio sensory adventure with beautiful classic music that perfectly complements the visuals.

"...from the original recording sessions resulting in an audio experience of superior quality with greater detail and fidelity than before. *..." Read more

"...bonus disc also features the beautiful Mary Costa, whose looks and gorgeous voice made Princess Aurora come to life...." Read more

"Great movie, great sound, but menu layout, missing content from previous 2003 release, and some weird restoration hiccups make this less than perfect..." Read more

"...quite elegant, classy, kind, well behaved, not jaded or cynical, sings beautifully - all things our people value in a woman...." Read more

61 customers mention "Dvd quality"52 positive9 negative

Customers are satisfied with the DVD quality, appreciating the nice extras on the second disc and the inclusion of both Blu-ray and DVD formats.

"...For purists, the restored original theater track is also included. Either way you choose, Mary Costa (the voice of Aurora) sounds incredible...." Read more

"...This blu-ray dvd has a Bonus Feature disc that features many of the artists that contributed to this masterpiece...." Read more

"...I personally like this film and believe is a good addition to our collection. Karl" Read more

"...You can tell I was skeptical. But there are some wonderful new extras on this release that weren't included in the last, and for hardcore fans,..." Read more

61 customers mention "Picture quality"46 positive15 negative

Customers praise the movie's picture quality, particularly noting the crystal clear Blu-ray version and excellent HD upscale.

"...This is the widest version I have ever seen and when you add hi-def 1080p and the all new digital restoration to it, it's like seeing it for the..." Read more

"...Visual lines are also sharper and clearer; both films feature some of Disney's finest animation, the final destruction of both witches is equally..." Read more

"Beautifully restored in high definition Blu-ray disc, a must to own it for a personal collection" Read more

"...the movie just looks incredibly stupid and full of stereotypes and poop humor...." Read more

51 customers mention "Color quality"46 positive5 negative

Customers praise the movie's vivid colors that pop out, with one customer noting the absolute crispness of the backgrounds.

"...Everything is so colorful, super wide, sharper, brighter than you can imagine! You can see every crack in every brick and stone!..." Read more

"...The absolute crispness of the backgrounds, especially forgrounds during closeups is stunning...." Read more

"Music, sound, color, and motion were what Walt Disney once said about exploring the world of animation. This movie has it all!..." Read more

"...The colors pop out and the attention to detail is very impressive. It is like Pixar but 50 years ago. No wonder why this movie took 6 year to make...." Read more

76 customers mention "Dvd playability"45 positive31 negative

Customers have mixed experiences with the DVD functionality, with some reporting that it plays perfectly while others say it doesn't work at all.

"...The princess is actually quite elegant, classy, kind, well behaved, not jaded or cynical, sings beautifully - all things our people value in a woman...." Read more

"...I was nervous to buy this fearing it would be in Korean or not play on US equipment...." Read more

"...It works at many levels...." Read more

"...However, when I got the disc, the bluray did NOT work! I hadn't tried the DVD, but I contacted the seller, who then sent me a new one for no cost...." Read more

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  • Dave
    5.0 out of 5 stars 2 Disc Platinum Edition & Bluray: Fantastic Movie & Extras
    Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2008
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    Sleeping Beauty is considered one of Disney's most artistically beautiful films, and the new Platinum Edition 2 Disc DVD release is a fitting new polishing of the Disney gem. The story is about Princess Aurora, who was cursed as a baby by the evil witch Maleficent due to the fact that she was not invited to the christening. Fated to an eternal sleep upon reaching the age of 16, she is given somewhat of a reprieve by one of the Good Fairies who bestows upon Aurora the blessing of being reawakened by true love's kiss. The 3 Good Fairies (Flora, Merryweather, and Fauna) take Aurora into the woods as a baby and raise her as Briar Rose in order to keep her away from Maleficent, hopefully avoiding the curse in the first place. However, on the crest of her 16th birthday, Aurora happens to meet Prince Phillip and naturally falls in love. Neither knows the true identity of the other and that their kingdoms have already decreed that they marry each other. When she is returned to her parents, the King & Queen, Aurora is upset that she cannot marry her boyfriend from the woods, and instead, must marry a Prince she has not met (as far as she knows). Maleficent finds the Princess and carries out her original curse. Can Prince Philip save the Princess with true love's kiss?

    The film looks and sounds spectacular. Shot in Super Technirama 70, the widescreen (2.55:1 enhanced for 16x9 TVs) film has been restored using state-of-the-art technology, and will fill up your speakers with its 5.1 enhanced home theater mix. For purists, the restored original theater track is also included. Either way you choose, Mary Costa (the voice of Aurora) sounds incredible. It would be hard to imagine anyone else vocalizing the Princess with such warmth and beauty. Eleanor Audley also deserves kudos for her vocalization of the evil Maleficent. She is definitely one of the most scary and memorable Disney characters.

    This project was special to Walt; it was the last feature based on a fairy-tale (until 1989's "Little Mermaid"). Since the studio had already done a similar tale with "Snow White," Walt wanted to make it different by adding a classical music inspired Tchaikovsky score and giving the film a less cartoony and more artistic visual representation. Breaking all box-office records, this film succeeded on all levels.

    And the extras...wow! On Disc One, in addition to the feature, you get:

    *Music & More: "Once Upon A Dream" music video performed by Hannah Montana's Emily Osment, who updates the song with a pop rock beat

    * Disney Song Selection: Instantly access your favorite songs from the movie

    * Backstage Disney includes audio commentary for the film (John Lasseter, film critic Leonard Maltin, and Disney animator Andreas Déja), Princess Fun Facts (pop-up trivia fact option while watching the movie), "Grand Canyon" short (1959 Oscar winner for best short subject film and features the music of Ferde Grof's "Grand Canyon Suite"), and The Peter Tchaikovsky Story. The Peter Tchaikovsky story was featured on the 1959 Walt Disney Presents anthology. It was a historic telecast due to the fact that home viewers could listen in true-stereophonic sound, by turning on two additional radios with ABC simulcast of the necessary stereophonic channels. Disney explains the process at the beginning of the featurette. You can choose between this version and the version that replaces Disney's explanation. Although the featurette was first broadcast in black and white, it was shot in color. The remaining color footage is here on this DVD set.

    * Naturally, there are trailers/promos for other Disney films, including the upcoming theatrical release "Princess & The Frog" and the next Platinum Edition DVD release, "Pinocchio."

    Extras on Disc 2:

    Games & Activities:
    * Briar Rose's Enchanted Dance Game: Learn to Waltz, taking on the role of Princess Aurora or Prince Phillip.
    * "Sleeping Beauty" Fun With Language Game. This one is definitely for VERY young children who must identify the most basic of words using visuals from the film.

    Backstage Disney:
    * Picture Pefect: The Making Of "Sleeping Beauty" (43:32) A wonderful documentary detailing the making of the movie. Features interviews with animators and Mary Costa, who is still beautiful today. Watching this will definitely enhance your appreciation for this movie as the artistic masterpiece that it is.
    * Eyvind Earle: The Man and His Art (7:33) is about the man responsible for the artistic backgrounds and overall look of the film. Disney stepped up everyone's game at the animation studio by having Earle oversee the design. Features interviews with Alice Davis and John Canemaker.
    * Alternate Opening (3:28) is recreated with storyboards and sketches. After viewing this, I'd say they made the right decision, as the music intended for this sequence was more pop-oriented and not fitting the classical Tchaikovsky score.
    * 3 Deleted Songs
    * 8 Art Galleries, including visual design, character development, storyboards, publicity, and a detailed look at the Storybook featured in the film's opening,
    * Original Disneyland Sleeping Beauty Castle walkthrough attraction, unseen for years, presented in a virtual digital recreation which is BREATHTAKING. Almost like being at Disneyland. "Tour" it yourself, or with host Tony Baxter explaining your tour as you go through. There is also a featurette explaining the history of the walkthrough.
    * Sequence 8 (Forest Scene) (5:30) is a featurette that shows the detail and labor that went into this sequence put together by Disney's famous "Nine Old Men." This sequence alone cost the studio over $10,000. It is also interesting to note that only about 8 drawings were able to be done per day because of the precision required; considering it takes 24 to make a second of film, well...you do the math.
    * Publicity features 3 trailers (teaser, original 1959, and 1995 re-release)
    * "Four Artists Paint One Tree" (16:08) is a 1958 featurette that has four Disney artists (Marc Davis, Eyvind Earle, Joshua Meador, and Walt Peregoy) painting the same tree, each showing their own personal style. Walt Disney himself encourages each to "be themselves." An excellent lesson for budding young artists.
    * Storyboard sequences
    * Live-action reference footage. See three of the black and white films that were shot to aid the animators. Especially fun to watch is the sequence where Prince Phillip fights the dragon.

    For those wanting the Blu-ray, here is the exclusive content:

    * Maleficent's Challenge - Go head to head with one of Disney's most infamous villains. Think of anything in the world and Maleficent will read your mind.

    *Dragon Encounter - The ultimate audio experience utilizing Blu-ray high-definition 7.1 or 5.1 audio quality. Explore Maleficent's dungeon in a fully-immersive audio sensory adventure like you've never experienced before. Deep in the bowels of Maleficent's dungeon a dragon encounter awaits.

    *Cine-Explore - An all new Cine-Explore experience with full motion Picture-in-Picture featuring commentary by John Lasseter, Andreas Deja & Leonard Maltin.

    *Restoring The Sound Track - This featurette covers the creation of the all new 7.1 mix of the score of Sleeping Beauty that was done exclusively for this Blu-ray release using the source tapes from the original recording sessions resulting in an audio experience of superior quality with greater detail and fidelity than before.

    *Customized Living Menu - This menu is exclusive to Sleeping Beauty Blu-ray Disc owners only. It is a "real time" virtual castle that magically changes based on the viewer's location, time of day and current weather forecast (requires Live enabled players). If preferred, viewers will also have the ability to manually change the castle's weather to match any of the Magic Kingdom Castles around the world.

    *Disney BD-Live Network - The Disney BD-Live Network is just one of the many ways viewers can continue to stay connected and engage in their favorite movies.

    *Movie Chat - Communicate with your remote friends on-screen while in a synchronized viewing party using your remote control or any text enabled device such as a laptop, desk top or any PDA device such as a Blackberry, iPhone or most other regular cell phones. Your chat session will appear over the movie and occur in real-time while watching the movie together.

    *Movie Mail - Record a personalized video message of themselves, superimpose that capture onto one of many pre-selected clips of the movie, and send it off to a friend, colleague, or relative. This specific feature enables the Sleeping Beauty Blu-ray Disc owner to personalize a special greeting.

    *Movie Challenge - Test your skills against other players in a synchronized, real-time, online trivia game while watching Sleeping Beauty with anyone online. Movie Challenge is always active no matter what time of the day it is, and there will always be a game in progress.

    *Disney Movie Rewards Live - Accumulate Disney Movie Reward Points by participating in many Disney BD-Live Network activities. Viewers can redeem points for exclusive content such as Avatars, downloadable extras and more.

    *A DVD of Sleeping Beauty -Blu-ray owners will also receive a special bonus DVD of the movie!

    What a set! Definitely not to be missed for your Disney home movie collection.
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  • jemstone fan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Condition was new and great price
    Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2025
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    Item was in excellent condition at a great price.
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  • Michael D Wacker
    5.0 out of 5 stars Disney classic
    Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2025
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    Great addition to the household video library
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  • Brooke
    5.0 out of 5 stars True love conquers all
    Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2025
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    Yup, it’s the movie! Works as it should
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  • Tante Maren
    5.0 out of 5 stars Disney's 50th Anniversary of Sleeping Beauty in Stunning Blu-ray!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2008
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    Walt Disney released his greatest artistic masterpiece "Sleeping Beauty" in February of 1959. After spending 6 million dollars and 8 years in the making of this masterpiece, Sleeping Beauty managed to gross 5.3 million at the box office, certainly not enough for Disney to break even on his greatest artistic achievement in animation. Disney spared no expense on Sleeping Beauty, as he used Technicolor and Technirama 70. Technirama 70 was a special system of film running through the camera horizontally, exposing two 35mm frames simultaneously. This unusual film is then printed normally on standard 35mm film and shown with an anamorphic lens for the widescreen, extra dimension effect.

    Unlike Disney's earlier box office successful films of "Snow White" and "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty" lacked the music and characters that younger children love. There are no fun songs like "Heigh Ho" or "Cinderelly" and no adorable little mice like Jacques and Gus. This movie is definitely for a little older audience that appreciates the greatest art ever created for a full length animated movie. To say it is Disney's artistic masterpiece is an understatement! I saw Sleeping Beauty when it premiered in the winter of 1959, and even though I was a small child, it was then and is still now my absolute favorite Disney movie of all time!

    This new blu-ray version of "Sleeping Beauty" made me feel as though I was seeing it again in 1959! This is the widest version I have ever seen and when you add hi-def 1080p and the all new digital restoration to it, it's like seeing it for the first time ever! Everything is so colorful, super wide, sharper, brighter than you can imagine! You can see every crack in every brick and stone! I am keeping my fingers crossed, that they treat more of the other great old Disney films with this same blu-ray restoration, as it's like seeing the film like you've never seen it before!

    "Sleeping Beauty" may not be known for it's songs, like in "Snow White" or it's cute characters in "Cinderella", but it is known for the most fantastic hand drawn art that will never be surpassed by anyone ever again. Every scene is pure art in it's highest form due to the fantastic work of the best Disney artists of the time. This blu-ray dvd has a Bonus Feature disc that features many of the artists that contributed to this masterpiece. Seeing Eyvind Earle, who was given complete control of every artistic aspect of the film, along with other artists Marc Davis, Mary Blair, Ken Anderson and others is a real treat!

    This bonus disc also features the beautiful Mary Costa, whose looks and gorgeous voice made Princess Aurora come to life. We also get to see Bill Shirley, the voice of Prince Phillip, Eleanor Audley, the voice of Maleficent as well as the wicked stepmother in Cinderella (She is the best villainess voice of any in animation!) and of course the three good fairies Verna Felton the voice of Flora, Barbara Jo Allen the voice of Fauna and Barbara Luddy the voice of Merryweather. This is so great as Disney shows how the people whose voices played the characters look so much like the characters! Of course they show how the film looks like Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty music seems to have been written for this Disney masterpiece, instead of the other way around!

    More Bonus features include a Maleficent game, learning to waltz, an all new dragon encounter and a never before seen alternate opening. The best bonus feature for me is the Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough. This is unbelievable, to be able to take a digitally re-created 3-D tour of Sleeping Beauty's Castle, just as it was in 1957 and 1958 (two years before the movie premiered)in Disneyland in California! What a treat! If you don't have a blu-ray player, now is the time to get one to enjoy the most breathtaking Disney masterpiece ever created! Sleeping Beauty is pure art in every way one can imagine from it's Tchaikovsky music to it's fairy tale of how good always conquers evil, but mainly for the opulent, gorgeous art dominated by the talents of Eyvind Earle's scenery and Marc Davis' characters- it's a rare treat for the senses and one you don't want to miss!
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  • Susan Taylor
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good
    Reviewed in Australia on August 17, 2023
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    Great like watching it all the time
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Arrivato
    Reviewed in Italy on May 18, 2025
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente Presentación
    Reviewed in Mexico on February 10, 2023
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    Llegó en tiempo, empaque bien cuidado y en excelentes condiciones. Perfecto para la colección.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Film
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 28, 2025
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    Love the story of Sleeping Beauty, such a colourful film that I remember from my childhood. Im pleased to add this classic to my dvd collection 😀 fab delivery thanks 😊
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Aurora im Tiefschlaf...
    Reviewed in Germany on August 22, 2024
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    Disneys "Sleeping Beauty" aus dem Jahr 1959 heißt zwar Aurora, doch sie ist natürlich gleichzeitig das in Deutschland bekannte "Dornröschen" aus der Märchensammlung der Gebrüder Grimm. Diese hatten das Märchen "Die schlafende Schöne im Walde" des französischen Schriftstellers Charles Perrault gelesen und dessen Geschichte ein bisschen verändert.

    Die Entwicklung von "Dornröschen" (deutscher Verleihtitel) begann bereits 1950. Die Produktion des Films dauerte fast ein Jahrzehnt und kostete 6 Millionen Dollar und er war zu dieser Zeit Disneys teuerster Animationsfilm. Seinen teppichartigen Kunststil entwarf Eyvind Earle, der sich von der europäischen Kunst vor der Renaissance inspirieren ließ; die Musik und die Lieder, komponiert von George Bruns, basierten auf Pjotr ​​Tschaikowskis Ballett aus dem Jahr 1889. "Dornröschen" war der erste Animationsfilm, der im Breitbildverfahren Super Technirama 70 gedreht wurde, und nach "Susi und Strolch" (1955) der zweite abendfüllende Animationsfilm, der im anamorphen Breitbildverfahren gedreht wurde. Er kam am 29. Januar 1959 in die Kinos und galt zunächst als Kassenflop, der Verleiher musste zunächst einen Verlust von 900.000 Dollar ausgleichen. Doch es gab Wiederaufführungen in den Jahren 1970, 1979 und 1986, die den Film in die Gewinnzone katapultierten. Die Wiederveröffentlichungen von "Dornröschen" waren sogar so erfolgreich, dass er inzwischen zu einem der künstlerisch am meisten gefeierten Filme von Disney wurde. Der Film wurde bei der 32. Oscarverleihung für den Oscar für die beste Musik eines Musicalfilms nominiert.

    Im Europa des 14. Jahrhunderts heißen König Stefan und Königin Leah ihre neugeborene Tochter Aurora willkommen und rufen einen Feiertag aus, an dem ihre Untertanen der Prinzessin huldigen sollen. Bei ihrer Taufe wird sie Prinz Phillip, dem Sohn von Stefans Freund König Hubert, versprochen, um ihre Königreiche zu vereinen. Die drei guten Feen Flora, Fauna und Sonnenschein segnen Aurora jeweils mit einem Geschenk. Nachdem Flora und Fauna ihr Schönheit und Gesang geschenkt haben, erscheint die böse Fee Maleficent, wütend, weil sie nicht eingeladen wurde. Sie belegt Aurora mit einem Fluch: Bevor die Sonne an ihrem sechzehnten Geburtstag untergeht, wird sie sich den Finger an der Spindel eines Spinnrads stechen und sterben. Zum Glück hat Sonnenschein ihr Geschenk noch nicht genannt. Sie nutzt ihr Geschenk, um den Fluch abzuschwächen; stattdessen wird Aurora in einen tiefen Schlaf fallen, bis der Kuss der wahren Liebe den Zauber bricht. Immer noch voller Angst befiehlt Stefan, alle Spinnräder des Königreichs zu verbrennen. Flora, Fauna und Sonnenschein entwickeln einen Plan, Aurora an einem abgelegenen Ort zu verstecken und sie bis zu ihrem sechzehnten Geburtstag selbst aufzuziehen. Eine Idee, dem Stefan und Leah widerstrebend zustimmen. Die Feen ziehen mit dem Kind in eine Waldhütte, geben die Magie auf, leben als Bauern und benennen Aurora in Röschen um. An Auroras sechzehntem Geburtstag schicken die Feen sie los, um Beeren zu sammeln, damit sie eine Überraschungsparty vorbereiten können. Im Wald singt Aurora den Tieren etwas vor und erregt damit die Aufmerksamkeit von Phillip, der inzwischen ein gutaussehender junger Mann ist. Sie verlieben sich, ohne ihre Namen preiszugeben, und Aurora lädt Phillip für den Abend in die Hütte ein. Unterdessen erregt der Streit zwischen Flora und Merryweather über die Farbe von Auroras Geburtstagskleid die Aufmerksamkeit von Maleficents Raben Diablo. Damit wird es möglich, dass der Fluch der bösen Zauberin an diesem 16. Geburtstag sich doch noch erfüllt...

    Doch wie in den meisten Märchen siegt am Ende das Gute über das Böse und die Zauberin Malefiz ist sicherlich eine der fiestesten Filmfiguren, die je in einem Disney Film auftauchte. Viele Jahre später wagten sich die Disney Studios an eine Realverfilmung heran. Regisseur Robert Stromberg präsentierte in seinem Film Angelina Jolie als dunkle Fee.
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