Sleeping Beauty
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Story: Once upon a time in a rich kingom, a princess was born. Her parents called her Aurora. Everybody in the kingdom came to the castle to see the little princess. The three good fairies came to give her three gifts. Flore gave her the gift of beauty, Flora gave her the gift of music. Then suddenly Maleficent, the evil sorceres, appeared. She was not invited and therefore she casted a curse on the baby. On the princess' 16th birthday, she would hurt herself on a spinning-wheel and die. Merryweather still had her gift and changed the curse. Aurora would not die, but fall a sleep to be woken by a kiss from her prince.
Fearing Maleficent, the three fairies convinced King Stefan to give them Aurora so they could raise her deep in the woods, where no-one could find her. Sixteen years passed and no-one knew where the princess was. The three fairies changed themselves into three old ladies and called Aurora Briar Rose. On the day of her birthday, Rose met a stranger in the forest. They fell in love right away. When Rose returned to the cottage the three fairies had to tell her who she really was and the left for the castle, to reunite her with her parents. Maleficent found out where the princess was and when they got in the castle she tricked Aurora into hurting herself on the spinning-wheel, before the fairies could stop her. She fell a sleep. The three fairies put the castle to sleep as well. Maleficent captures Prince Phillip, because he was the on Aurora fell in love with. The fairies found out about it and went to Maleficents castle to free him. After a daring rescue, Maleficent put everything she had into the battle. But when she still could not stop Prince Phillip, she turned into a dragon. With the help of the fairies, Phillip killed her. He then went into the castle and kissed Aurora. She awoke from her sleep. The rest of the castle awoke too. The two then went to meet her parents and they lived happily ever after.
Directed by: Clyde Geronimi.
Writing credits: Milt Banta, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Ted Sears and Ralph Wright.
Story by: Charles Perrault.
Produced by: Walt Disney.
Non-original music by: Tom Adair and George Bruns.
Original music by: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Animators: Marc Davis, Oliver M. Johnston jr. Milt Kahl, John Lounsbery, Ken O'Brien and Frank Thomas.
Cast:
Princess Aurora: Mary Costa
Prince Phillip: Bill Shirley
Maleficent: Eleanor Audley
Flora: Verna Felton
Merryweather: Barbara Luddy
Fauna: Barbara Jo Allen
King Stefan: Taylor Holmes
King Hubert: Bill Thompson
Owl: Dal McKennon
Narrator: Marvin Miller
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