Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Sleeping Beauty was the link movie connecting Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas and Robin Hood.
Linked through Mary Costa and Barbara Luddy.
Both Mary Costa and Barbara Luddy appeared in Sleeping Beauty.
About Sleeping Beauty
"Awaken to a World of Wonders!"
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.
Directed by Clyde Geronimi
Written by Charles Perrault, Erdman Penner, Bill Peet, Winston Hibler, Ted Sears, Joe Rinaldi, Ralph Wright, Milt Banta
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Awards
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture at the 32nd Academy Awards. In 2019 Sleeping Beauty was selected for preservation in the U.S. Library of Congress' National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
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Score by George Bruns
The film's score and songs were composed by George Bruns and were based on Pyotr Tchaikovsky's 1889 ballet.
Movie trivia
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Sleeping Beauty began development in 1950 and took nearly a decade and $6 million to produce, making it Disney's most expensive animated feature at the time.
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Eyvind Earle devised the film's tapestry-like art style, drawing inspiration from pre‑Renaissance European art.
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George Bruns composed the film's score and songs, which were based on Pyotr Tchaikovsky's 1889 ballet.
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It was the first animated film to use the Super Technirama 70 widescreen process and the second full-length animated feature filmed in anamorphic widescreen after Lady and the Tramp (1955).
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Walt Disney spent three years searching for Princess Aurora's voice; Mary Costa was cast in June 1952 after composer Walter Schumann heard her sing at a dinner party and she proved she could perform a British accent.
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Story artists discarded Perrault's tale's second half, reduced the fairies from eight to four, expanded the good fairies' roles, and reworked Maleficent into a more powerful villain.
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