Sleeping Beauty (1959)
In Disney's take on the classic fairy tale, Princess Aurora has been cursed by the evil Maleficent to prick her finger and fall into a deep sleep on her sixteenth birthday. Despite the efforts of the three fairies who raised her, the curse is soon upon Aurora, but hope lies with the handsome Prince Phillip.
sleeping beauty
- Director
- Clyde Geronimi , Wolfgang Reitherman
- Release Date
- January 29, 1959
- Studio(s)
- Disney
- Distributor(s)
- Disney
- Cast
- Mary Costa , Bill Shirley , Eleanor Audley , Verna Felton , Barbara Jo Allen , Barbara Luddy , Bill Thompson
- Writers
- Erdman Penner , Joe Rinaldi , Winston Hibler , Bill Peet , Ted Sears , Ralph Wright , Milt Banta
- Runtime
- 75minutes
- Budget
- $6 million
Summary
In Disney's take on the classic fairy tale, Princess Aurora has been cursed by the evil Maleficent to prick her finger and fall into a deep sleep on her sixteenth birthday. Despite the efforts of the three fairies who raised her, the curse is soon upon Aurora, but hope lies with the handsome Prince Phillip.
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