Sleeping Beauty

1959 75 min ★ 6.9 Fantasy, Animation, Romance, Family

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.

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Cast

Mary Costa

Princess Aurora (voice)

Bill Shirley

Prince Phillip (voice)

Eleanor Audley

Maleficent (voice)

Verna Felton

Flora / Queen Leah (voice)

Barbara Luddy

Merryweather (voice)

Barbara Jo Allen

Fauna (voice)

Taylor Holmes

King Stefan (voice)

Bill Thompson

King Hubert (voice)

Marvin Miller

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Candy Candido

Maleficent’s Goon (voice) (uncredited)

Details

Director

Clyde Geronimi

Screenplay

Erdman Penner

Tagline

"Awaken to a World of Wonders!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$51,600,000

Production

Walt Disney Productions

Reviews

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John Chard

August 20, 2015

★ 9/10

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 tak...

C

CinemaSerf

April 20, 2023

★ 7/10

Now then, for any fans of the more recent "Maleficent" films - this is how it is supposed to be done! I think this film goes a long way to explaining why I almost always support the baddies in films. A princess ("Briar Rose") is born and the three good fairies are summoned to the Christening to bestow their blessings on the newborn. Just as the third is about to lavish her gift on the baby, the om...