Sleeping Beauty (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) [DVD] [1958] |
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Staring:
Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton
Director:
Clyde Geronimi
Average Customer Rating: 
List Price: £19.99
Our Price: £8.51
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Disney's 1959 Sleeping Beauty was the studio's most ambitious effort to date, a lavish spectacle boasting a gorgeous waltz-filled score adapted from the music of 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 sixteenth birthday. This, of course, would deny her a happily-ever-after with her true love. Fortunately, some bubbly, bumbling fairies named Flora, Fauna and Merryweather are on hand to assist. 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, alongside Maleficent's castle, which, filled with warthogs and demonic imps in a macabre dance celebrating their evil ways, manages a certain creepy grandeur. --David Kronke, Amazon.com
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 Absolute Classic, 2010-08-03
Good price for and quick delivery from amazon.
One of the best Disney films out there! love it.
Not just for the kids, 2010-08-28
I bought this as a Birthday present for my wife, who had never seen it. Was great fun to watch and nice relaxation from the TV
bargain!!!, 2010-06-15
Bought this for my 4yr old daughter. She loves it. The price was excellent for a disney dvd. Its been watched so many times, brillent edition to any little girls collection.
DISNEY'S FIRST BLU-RAY FROM THE VAULTS DOESN'T DISAPPOINT, 2010-06-21
Watched Sleeping Beauty last night. Wow! It looks a million dollars - well six million, actually, as that's how much it cost to make. It looks like it could have been made yesterday - except that Disney don't make animations like this anymore. I was also really impressed with the accompanying short film "Grand Canyon" (Despite much of it being 'staged'). It's taken TV 50 years to catch up and make natural history programmes with that amount of style and quality. Disney sure was a visionary. On to Pinocchio tonight!
sleeping beauty, 2010-06-29
arrived in good condition great classic movie grandaughter loves this movie very happy to recommend
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Audience Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Binding: DVD
EAN: 8717418177447
Format: Colour, PAL
Label: Disney
Manufacturer: Disney
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Disney
Region Code: 2
Release Date: 2008-10-27
Running Time: 75
Studio: Disney
Theatrical Release Date: 1958 |
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