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17/02/1959 Fantasy, Animation, Romance, Family 1h 15m
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Awaken to a World of Wonders!

Overview

Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate.

  1. Clyde Geronimi

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Mary Costa

    Princess Aurora (voice)

  2. Bill Shirley

    Prince Phillip (voice)

  3. Eleanor Audley

    Maleficent (voice)

  4. Verna Felton

    Flora / Queen Leah (voice)

  5. Barbara Luddy

    Merryweather (voice)

  6. Barbara Jo Allen

    Fauna (voice)

  7. Taylor Holmes

    King Stefan (voice)

  8. Bill Thompson

    King Hubert (voice)

  9. Marvin Miller

    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2015-08-20
Beautiful Disney Production Of A Wonderful Fairytale.

When an evil witch places a curse on an infant princess that will cause her to fall into eternal sleep on her 16th birthday, her three fairy godmothers whisk her away to a life of normality and ignorance of her birthright. But can they stave off the curse when the 16th year of age arrives?

It upped the ante in costing for Disney, also taking a decade to produce. The ambition was high as new techniques were being used such as rotoscoping, while the musical score is brilliantly devised from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty ballet. The stor...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$6,000,000.00

Revenue
$51,600,000.00

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