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Sleeping Beauty (Blu-ray Two-Disc Platinum Edition plus Standard DVD + BD Live) [Blu-ray] | ![Sleeping Beauty (Blu-ray Two-Disc Platinum Edition plus Standard DVD + BD Live) [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61iAG58Xj-L._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Clyde Geronimi
Actors: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $34.99
Buy New: $23.95
You Save: $11.04 (32%)
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Rating:  255 reviews
Sales Rank: 12
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Subtitled
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.55:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 75 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 5.3 x 0.7
MPN: 05560800
UPC: 786936746228
EAN: 0786936746228
ASIN: B0013ND30W
Theatrical Release Date: January 29, 1959
Release Date: October 7, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Disney's 1959 animated effort was the studio's most ambitious to date, a widescreen spectacle boasting a gorgeous waltz-filled score adapting 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 16th birthday. This, of course, would deny her a happily-ever-after with her true love. Things almost but not quite turn out that way, thanks to the assistance of some bubbly, bumbling fairies named Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather. 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. And Malificent's castle, filled with warthogs and demonic imps in a macabre dance celebrating their evil ways, manages a certain creepy grandeur. --David Kronke
Stills from Sleeping Beauty (Click for larger image)
Product Description
Awaken your senses to the majesty of SLEEPING BEAUTY Walt Disney's ultimate fairy tale. See more than you've ever seen before through the magic of state of the art technology and experience this groundbreaking film restored beyond its original brilliance in the way Walt envisioned it pristine beautiful utterly breathtaking. From the grand celebration of Princess Aurora's birth to the fateful day when she pricks her finger on a spinning wheel and falls under Malificent's evil curse to Prince Philip's courageous battle against a fire-breathing dragon the stunning artistry and spine-tingling sounds will transform your home into a fantastic world. The adventures continue as you are immersed into a wonderful world of bonus features.
BONUS FEATURES
In the original story, Princess Aurora sleeps for 100 years before being awakened by a prince's kiss. In the Disney version, Prince Philip comes to her rescue much sooner.
George Brun's orchestral score, which was nominated for an Academy Award, expertly blended famous themes from Tchaikovsky's ballet.
With a budget that exceeded $6 million in 1959, this was Walt Disney's most lavish and expensive animated feature to date.
Determined to make the characters as realistic as possible, Disney had a live action film shot with actors posing as Sleeping Beauty, the Prince, and Maleficent, for the animators to use.
New York Times critic Bosley Crowther called the fight between Prince Philip and Maleficent the noisiest and scariest go-round he (Disney) has ever put into one of his films.
Live Menus Featuring A Real Time Castle Environment
All-New Making Of SLEEPING BEAUTY Featurette
Deleted Songs
And More!
DISNEY BD LIVE innovative features premiering on Sleeping Beauty include Chat and Create Custom Video Messages With yoru Friends As You Watch The Film, Shop For Add-Ons and Downloads, Maleficent's Challenge Game, Living Menus Real Time Castle Environment Changes Based on Your Location System Requirements:Running Time: 75 minutes Format: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: G UPC: 786936746228 Manufacturer No: 05560800
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 A Classic Renewed October 16, 2008
Ce Haskins (Clinton Twp, MI)
Sleeping Beauty is a musical collage of music and lyrics animated for all to see. The Disney classic is one to collect and enjoy. I am very pleased with the way Disney recaptured the original, and how almost everything in the film looked as if it was just created for the first time. The picture is amazing, and the enhanced audio is a extremely nice touch.The special features are ROCKING, especially for any young kids, you young at heart! I think they did well with this, and it makes for a nice add on to your Disney movie collection. I think for the price Amazon offers it doesn't make for an expensive re-buy either, if you go to any other store, the price is above $18, and I payed under that with shipping. I am not completely happy with how Disney re-invents it's already pre-released classics and films, but for what they add on, how they make the picture better and better, and everything else they end up adding on or offering, it is worth it. A short and dreamy classic that really adds to the value of a well restored viewing of an old classic.
blu-ray vs. special edition October 15, 2008
Nicholas Moore (chicago)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
if you own the 2003 special (2 disc) edition and are wondering if this is worth buying... again. i would say yes, and i believe you'll be purchasing for the last time. you can read all the features from other reviewers, but here's what they won't tell you. i played the blu-ray and s.e. simultaneously. the remastered picture is much brighter, defined, cleaner looking. i saw detail that i did not on the s.e., but more importantly i saw the whole movie. by this i mean that the s. e. is cropped. they released it in "widescreen", yes, but not in its original thatrical ratio of the 1950's. i have a 35 inch tv, the s.e. is missing an inch and a half of picture on ether side of my screen compared to the blu-ray! regardless of the percentage difference in your tv compared to mine, that's still movie you've never seen. i'd say that the original theatrical release preceding 1/2 hour short (grand canyon), the cleaned up "uncut" version of the classic movie itself, and a virtual walk through of the original 1950's disneyland sleeping beauty castle, make this a final purchase that's well worth the price. i hope disney gives this kind of treatment to all their blu-ray releases, it eases the pain of buying again.
 Blu-Ray and DVD? Awesome Deal!! October 14, 2008
D. Jenkins (Missouri)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We as a family can watch it on Blu-Ray in the front room, or if me and wifey don't want to be bothered my daughter can go into her room and watch the dvd.
The Blu-Ray was done right and looks fantastic, better than any cartoon I have ever seen that's for sure.
My only complaint is the DVD comes in a paper sleeve, and doesn't "plug" into the plastic case like a normal disc based media would. Looking at the design of the case I really don't see any reason why they could not have incorporated a "plug" for the DVD into the plastic case. Oh well, just have to be careful not to lose it.
Planet Earth Blu-Ray managed to fit 4 Discs into a dvd sized case so I know it can be done.
Bright colors a little too bright? October 14, 2008
Monica Bruenjes
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"Sleeping Beauty" is Disney's master piece. No other animated film has utilized the talents of the best dancers, costume markers, musicians, animators, painters, designers, and singers to bring about such a harmonious clear vision as in "Sleeping Beauty." Artistically it is one of the most beautiful films you will ever watch.
The Blu-ray and/or the DVD of the restored version are well worth purchasing even if you already own an older version of the film. Comparing it to the special edition DVD, the film grain has been eliminated which gives the characters a nice clean flat look.
The colors are a lot brighter, brighter than they've ever been before. However, I'm not 100% convinced that it enhances every scene. Most of the scenes look wonderful with these bright vivid colors, but there's a few scenes which I feel might have looked better, having a more sophisticated color composition with those subdued tones you get from watching the Special edition. But the thing is, I don't know how true these enhanced bright colors are to the original color compositions intended by the artists so I suppose it all boils down to a matter of taste. Thanks to the Blu-ray you can see in the backgrounds a much higher level of detail and depth of color which is quiet striking.
No matter what version of the film you get your hands on, "Sleeping Beauty" is a must watch and this new restoration has done a wonderful job of eliminating film grain, brightening up colors, and the fact that aspect ratio allows even more of the artwork to be scene is a wonderful breath-taking improvement.
Even more dazzling and more delightful 50 years later October 14, 2008
Robert Morris (Dallas, Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a new release of a Disney classic that first appeared in 1959. As is my custom, I much prefer to watch an animated feature film with several of my younger grandchildren (ages 3-7) and did so again with Sleeping Beauty on its 50th anniversary. Once again, they were engrossed in the story line whereas I was somewhat more interested in how the quality of animation measures up (after 59 years) when compared and contrasted with recent films such as Toy Story and Toy Story 2, the three Shreks, Ratatouille, Cars, and Wall-E. It measures up remarkably well. Just as there is a certain charm in black-and-white classic films from the 1930's and 40's (e.g. Casablanca, The Little Shop Around the Corner, and It Happened One Night), the same is true of older Disney features (e.g. Dumbo, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Pinocchio) despite relatively less sophisticated animation.
There were also generational differences when my companions and I examined the special features that include "Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough (a fully immersive virtual tour), an all-new "Enchanted Dance Game," the "Dragon Encounter Audio Sensory Experience," and an all-new "Making of Sleeping beauty." Predictably, my grandchildren much preferred the supplementary games whereas I was (as always) intrigued by the "behind the screen" material such as a discussion of the film by John Lasseter of Pixar, the film critic Leonard Maltin, and the Disney animator Andreas Deja. The production values in this new edition are superb, especially in the Blu-ray version. The running time of 75 minutes seems just about right. Whatever the ages of those who see this film and one or more of its numerous special features, they will find much to enjoy and appreciate.
The story line is strikingly similar to the one in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. A daughter named Aurora is born to royal parents and then cursed to die by her 16th birthday by an evil fairy, Malificent. To protect her, three good fairies take her away, re-name her Briar Rose, and raise her themselves. A handsome prince meets her by chance, they fall in love, and agree to meet again soon. However, on the night of her 16th birthday, as she prepares to return to her parents and be crowned a princess, the evil fairy locates her and then.... Fortunately, everything eventually works out for Aurora as it also does for Snow White, Belle, and other Disney heroines.
I highly recommend this 50th anniversary celebration of one of Disney's most delightful animated films. Although it was under-appreciated when first released, I think it will now receive the praise it so clearly deserves. Bravo!
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