Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780788844720 Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Special Edition, Digital Video Transfer, THX, Restored, Full Screen, NTSC ISBN: 0788844725 Label: American Broadcasting Company (ABC) Manufacturer: American Broadcasting Company (ABC) Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: American Broadcasting Company (ABC) Release Date: September 09, 2003 Running Time: 75 minutes Studio: American Broadcasting Company (ABC) Theatrical Release Date: January 29, 1959 Sales Rank: 2369
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
Stills from Sleeping Beauty (Click for larger image)
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Rating: - blu-ray vs. special edition
if you own the 2003 special (2 disc) edition and are wondering if this is worth buying... again. i would say yes, and i believe you'll be purchasing for the last time. you can read all the features from ... Read More
Rating: - Blu-Ray and DVD? Awesome Deal!!
We as a family can watch it on Blu-Ray in the front room, or if me and wifey don't want to be bothered my daughter can go into her room and watch the dvd.
The Blu-Ray was done right and looks ... Read More
Rating: - Bright colors a little too bright?
"Sleeping Beauty" is Disney's master piece. No other animated film has utilized the talents of the best dancers, costume markers, musicians, animators, painters, designers, and singers to bring about such ... Read More
Rating: - Even more dazzling and more delightful 50 years later
This is a new release of a Disney classic that first appeared in 1959. As is my custom, I much prefer to watch an animated feature film with several of my younger grandchildren (ages 3-7) and did so ... Read More
Rating: - Very Beautiful Movie
This movie is a classic. To upgrade it to blu-ray was a brilliant idea by Disney. The graphics and colors are vibrant and stunning. But what put me over the top to buy it was the addition of the standard DVD ... Read More
- blu-ray vs. special edition
- Blu-Ray and DVD? Awesome Deal!!