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Sleeping Beauty (Two-Disc Platinum Edition) | 
| Director: Clyde Geronimi
Actors: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  437 reviews
Sales Rank: 206
Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Restored, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 75 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.5
MPN: DISD54391D
UPC: 786936735345
EAN: 0786936735345
ASIN: B0013ND30M
Theatrical Release Date: 1959
Release Date: October 7, 2008
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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 On the DVD
Sleeping Beauty was the last and most lavish of Walt Disney's animated fairy tales. He told the artists not to hurry and to give him "a moving illustration": The film required almost four and one-half years and one million finished drawings. Instead of the 19th century storybook illustrations that had influenced the look of Snow White and Pinocchio, the artists adapted the flattened perspective and jewel-like colors of 15th century French illuminated manuscripts. The results remain unmatched for sheer visual opulence. However, Sleeping Beauty suffers from a weak story: the vision of an ageless princess slumbering in a vine-shrouded tower was replaced with elements of Snow White and a boy-meets-girl musical. The evil Maleficent and the three Good Fairies (Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather) dominate the film, rather than Princess Aurora and Prince Philip. Sleeping Beauty was originally released in 70mm, and the Blu-ray edition restores the film to its original splendor. (Many earlier releases trimmed the wide-screen images and/or muted the glowing palatte.) The Bonus DVD looks good on a flat screen monitor, but it pales in comparison to the richness of the Blu-ray. In addition to the commentaries and a making-of documentary, the set includes myriad extras that vary widely in quality. Nostalgia buffs will enjoy the recreation of the old Sleeping Beauty's Castle attraction in Disneyland, and the TV program "Four Artists Paint One Tree" provides a welcome showcase for key talents from the film. But the CG animation of the dragon and the voice imitations of the Good Fairies fail to capture the magic of the originals in the "Dragon Encounter"; the "Maleficent's Challenge Game"--a hi-tech Twenty Questions--sounds only vaguely like the redoubtable sorceress. (Rated G: violence) --Charles Solomon
Stills from Sleeping Beauty (Click for larger image)
Product Description
Awaken your senses to the majesty of SLEEPING BEAUTY, Walt Disney's classic 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. SLEEPING BEAUTY will transform your home into a fantastic world your family will want to experience again and again.
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.
All-New Digital Restoration With Enhanced Picture And Sound
All-New 5.1 Disney Enhanced Home Theater Surround Sound
All-New Once Upon A Dream Music Video, Performed By HANNAH MONTANA'S Emily Osment
Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough A Fully Immersive Virtual Tour
All-New Enhanced Dance Game With Help From Briar Rose's Forest Friends, You Can Learn How To Dance
Never-Before-Seen Alternate Opening
Deleted Songs
All-New Making Of SLEEPING BEAUTY Featurette
And Much, Much More
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 Blu-Ray Technical Specs July 21, 2010
Andrew J. Beauto (Tucson, AZ)
Sleeping Beauty (Two-Disc Platinum Edition + Standard DVD and BD Live) [Blu-ray]
Feature film Blu-Ray technical specifications:
Video: 1080p, 2.55:1
Audio:
* English dts-HD Master Audio 7.1 (48 kHz/24-bit)
* "Restored Original Theatrical Soundtrack" (possibly English mono?)
I'm hopeful that Amazon's technical specifications listings will become more useful.
Sleeping Beauty July 6, 2010
Nicole B. Handren (Bangor, Maine United States)
I was very impressed with the quality of the video and how fast it arrived. It arrived way before the appointed time. My son was so happy when the package arrived.
great and on time June 7, 2010
Shalena
I purchased this video for my Aunt whose DVD player broke and she is now back to a VHS scenario. She loves the video, it came on time and it was in perfect condition. Thanks!
Mas hermosa que nunca May 25, 2010
Raul Soto Fernandez (Juarez Mexico)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Si has actualizado tu equipo a blu-ray, esta película clásica no puede faltar en tu colección.
Vi esta película siendo muy chico y la verdad nunca me imaginé que me enamoraría de ella casi 30 años después de haberla descubierto en VHS.
Como creo que hay otras reseñas que hablarán de lo grandioso de la historia y su relevancia nostálgica, no hablaré mucho de eso. Yo les hablaré un poco de las aportacionés técnicas que tiene esta edición en blu-ray.
Si de verdad quieres saber de que es capaz en calidad de imagen tu blu-ray, tienes que tener este filme. Las ilustraciones , el detalle en los fondos y el estilo visual creado por Eyvind Earle no tienen comparación. Y se aprecia el minucioso trabajo artesanal de los artistas de Disney, esta calidad pone en evidencia, para nuestro deleite visual-y auditivo- las razones por las que La Bella durmiente perdió dinero en un principio, pero tienen que verla en alta definición para entender a que me refiero. Una produccion que comenzó en 1951 y terminó hasta 1958.. 7 años de producción!.
IMAGEN
Para esta producción Disney utilizó un formato muy especiál: Negativo Technirama de 35mm de doble cuadro,impreso en Technirama de 70mm, creando un "aspect ratio" de 2.55:1 . Es decir, 2 veces lo largo de una peli normal . Los dibujantes tuvieron que adaptarse y trabajar con ilustraciónes que abarcaban practicamente todo el restirador. Una de las gracias del Blu-ray es que tiene un detrás de cámaras realizada en los 50's para el show de "El mundo de Disney" en donde vemos gran parte del proceso de producción de La Bella Durmiente.
AUDIO
Además el audio fué remezclado para hacer provecho de la tecnología 7.1. , y haciendo provecho de esto escuchamos lo mismo que el principe Felipe escucha cuando es atraido por el canto hetereo de Aurora en la secuencia del bosque, y las llamas de dragon nos envuelven en una de las secuencias de acción más emocionantes en la historia del cine. Que cosa mas maravillosa. La desventaja es que para esta edición, las voces en español aunque verdaderamente geniales,no son las originales. Me imagino que esto se debe a la nueva mezcla de audio que en español está en 5.1-Dios nos libre de que hagan lo mismo con El libro de la Selva.
ESPECIALES.
Esta edicion especial platino de 50 aniversario viene cargado de especiales.
La edicion contien dos blu-rays.
El primero trae la película, las opciones de audio en Ingles, Español, Portugues (5.1) e Ingles y Frances (7.1).. que yo no se porque le siguen dando mas importancia al frances si hay mas gente que habla español, en fin.
Unos jueguillos ahi medio chafones y un cortito digital -El Encuentro con El Dragon-que hace uso de la tecnologia 7.1.
El Especial que de verdad vale la pena de este disco es un audiocomentario con John Lasseter que también va mostrando recuadros con imágenes en relevancia a lo que se está comentando.
El segundo disco tiene la característica que contiene los especiales en Alta Definición. Cosa que hoy en día no es muy común para una película clásica.
Entre los destacable está la reconstrucción virtual de el paseo original de el castillo de la Bella durmiente en Disneylandia, paseo que duró muy poco tiempo en el famoso parque debido a las aconglomeraciones que provocaba.. pero todo eso viene explicado en el disco.
Tambiéon contiene escenas y canciones eliminadas _en su versión de storyboard, claro_. Una mirada a los artistas y sus estilos en "Cuatro artistas pintan un árbol" , entre otros.
CONCLUSION.
Este Blu-Ray vale la pena como ningún otro. Calidad en imágen y sonido insuperables, Especiales como para aventar para arriba, y entretenimiento divertido, musical, romántico, emocionante, sano y familiar. Una compra segura, un clásico inmortal.
A wonderful film animated brilliantly decades before the advent of computer animation May 19, 2010
Gregory N. Perkins (Frankfort, KY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Walt Disney Company's 1959 adaptation of "Sleeping Beauty" is the last truly great animated film from the studio's early brilliance. It caps the first era of feature-length animation which began with Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in style, with a simple story told through daring animation and creativity.
With the voice talents of Mary Costa, Eleanor Audley, and Verna Felton, among many others, the movie's dynamic animation precedes the digital revolution in animation by at least three decades. Yet, the available resources of the time are utilized so ingeniously that the movie is literally forty years ahead of its time. It also boasts unique characters and a script which is not afraid to present its villainess as a purely evil demonic witch.
The storyline is deceptively simple: three benevolent fairies look after a princess, deep undercover because of a vengeful death curse at her christening. Eleanor Audley's vocal work combined with frighteningly mature animation make the evil fairy Maleficent one of Disney's most potentially terrifying antagonists. Her name itself is a stroke of genius: a combination of the words "malevolent" and "magnificent."
Also featuring a great soundtrack comprised mostly of Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty Ballet," and including the poetic "Once Upon A Dream," Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" is a superb film, animated or otherwise.
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