Sleeping Beauty (1959) | |
| Director(s) | Clyde Geronimi |
| Producer(s) | |
| Top Genres | Animation, Family, Fantasy, Film Adaptation, Musical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Disney |
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Sleeping Beauty (1959) was a Animation - Family Film directed by Clyde Geronimi .
Academy Awards 1959 --- Ceremony Number 32 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Music - Scoring | George Bruns | Nominated |
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Sleeping Beauty (1959, Clyde Geronimi)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 13, 2017 From The Stop ButtonSeven credited writers on Sleeping Beauty and none of them could figure out any dialogue to give the prince. Though, notwithstanding some cute banter between the three fairies, there?s not much good dialogue in Sleeping Beauty anyway. Villain Maleficent doesn?t even get any. Eleanor Audley?s great i... Read full article
The Visual Splendor of Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty (1)
By Rick29 on Apr 17, 2017 From Classic Film & TV CafeWhen originally released in 1959, Sleeping Beauty was a major critical and financial disappointment for Walt Disney. The film cost a then-hefty $6 million and failed to break even on its original release in the U.S. Critics were unkind, too, calling it ponderous and lacking in memorable characters. ... Read full article
The Visual Splendor of Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty (2)
By Rick29 on Apr 17, 2017 From Classic Film & TV CafeWhen originally released in 1959, Sleeping Beauty was a major critical and financial disappointment for Walt Disney. The film cost a then-hefty $6 million and failed to break even on its original release in the U.S. Critics were unkind, too, calling it ponderous and lacking in memorable characters. ... Read full article
Sleeping Beauty (1959) (2)
By Beatrice on Nov 26, 2016 From Flickers in TimeSleeping Beauty Directed by Clyde Geronimi Written by Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Winston Hibler et al from the story by Charles Perrault 1959/USA Walt Disney Productions Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Chorus: [singing] For true love conquers all! This might have been the first Disney cartoon I sa... Read full article
Sleeping Beauty
By Alyson on Jun 17, 2016 From The Best Picture ProjectIn 1959, after nearly ten years in production and Disneyland?s castle named in its honor, Disney?s Sleeping Beauty was finally released. ?It was the first film animated in 70mm and a true feat of artistic achievement. ?To this day, many consider it to be the visual high point of animation in the gol... Read full article
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Quotes from
Maleficent: A forest of thorns shall be his tomb! Borne through the skies on a fog of doom! Now go with the curse, and serve me well! 'Round Stefan's Castle, CAST MY SPELL!
[Dark, towering clouds appear over the castle followed by lightning strikes. Huge thorns as thick as weeds burst out of the ground around the castle, cutting off Prince Phillip]
[preparing for Aurora's birthday party]
Merryweather: I never baked a fancy cake.
Flora: Oh, you won't have to, dear.
Fauna: I'm going to bake the cake!
Merryweather: You?
Flora: Oh, she's always wanted to, dear, and this is her last chance.
Merryweather: [doubtfully] Well...
Fauna: I'm going to make it 15 layers with pink and blue forget-me-nots.
Fauna: And *I'm* making the dress.
Merryweather: But you can't sew, and she's never cooked.
Flora: Oh, it's simple.
Fauna: All you do is follow the book!
Flora: [putting Merryweather on a stool] Up here, dear. You can be the dummy.
Merryweather: Well, I still say we oughta use magic.
Flora: Thou sword of truth, fly swift and sure, that evil die and good endure!
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Facts about
This was the last Disney feature to have cels inked by hand. From One Hundred and One Dalmatians onward, the cleaned-up pencil drawings were xeroxed onto the cels. However, some of the scenes in this movie did use the xerography process.
In the original German fairy tale, the Sleeping Beauty is named Briar Rose; she is Princess Aurora in Italian translation.
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