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Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

1959Movie⏱️ 1h 15mG🏆 #2032 Top Rated
AnimationAdventureFamilyFantasyMusicalRomance
7.2
IMDB Rating
170,594 votes

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.

Director
N/A
Writers
Erdman Penner, Charles Perrault, Joe Rinaldi
Stars
Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley
Release Date
January 29, 1959
Language
English
Country
United States
🏆 3
Wins
🎯 5
Nominations
💬 261
Reviews
📋 118K
Watchlists
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Mary Costa
Mary Costa
as Princess Aurora
Bill Shirley
Bill Shirley
as Prince Phillip
Eleanor Audley
Eleanor Audley
as Maleficent
Verna Felton
Verna Felton
as Flora
Barbara Luddy
Barbara Luddy
as Merryweather
Barbara Jo Allen
Barbara Jo Allen
as Fauna
Taylor Holmes
Taylor Holmes
as King Stefan
Bill Thompson
Bill Thompson
as King Hubert
👤
Bob Amsberry
as Maleficent's Goon
Billy Bletcher
Billy Bletcher
as Maleficent's Goon

💰 Box Office

$51,600,594
Worldwide Gross
$51,600,000
Domestic Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Color
Color
Filming Location
Loire Valley, Loire, France
Production
Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions

🏷️ Keywords

fairymagicfairy talekissbirthday

🎯 Categories

Fairy TaleHand-Drawn AnimationSword & SorceryAdventureAnimationFamilyFantasyMusicalRomance

⭐ Featured Review

I have a theory about this movie...
by movibuf19622003-09-05
8/10

"...which is that it may have been designed more for an adult audience than a children's. At any rate it was way ahead of its time in 1959. "Sleeping Beauty" was one of the movies I watched as a child, and its grandness overwhelmed me even at the age of ten. I couldn't be happier to see it finally in the DVD format. But watch closely; you'll notice many subtle, sophisticated things which other viewers have touched on in earlier reviews. The animation is almost surreal-- so incredibly lifelike that it abandons its cute, 'Disneyesque' pretensions from previous f..."

💡 Did You Know?

The running gag of Flora and Merryweather arguing about whether Aurora's dress should be pink or blue originated from the filmmakers' problem as to deciding just that.

📖 Synopsis

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.