Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney based on Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault. The 16th Disney animated feature film, it was released to theaters on January 29, 1959, by Buena Vista Distribution. This was the last Disney adaptation of a fairy tale for some years because of its initial mixed critical reception and underperformance at the box office; the studio did not return to the genre until 30 years later, after Walt Disney died in 1966, with the release of The Little Mermaid (1989).
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| Written by | Erdman Penner
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| Music by | George Bruns (adapted from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty Ballet)
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| Edited by | Roy M. Brewer Jr.
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| Running time | 75 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Budget | $6,000,000 USD
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| Box office | $52,000,000 USD
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- Art direction for this movie was inspired by European medieval painting and architecture.
- In both Sleeping Beauty (1959) and Cinderella (1950), the main character`s friends surprise her with a new dress, calling out, "Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! Happy birthday!"
- Live actors in costume served as models for the animators. The role of Prince Phillip was modeled by Ed Kemmer, who had played Commander Buzz Corry on television`s "Space Patrol" (1950) five years before Sleeping Beauty (1959) was released. For the final battle sequence Kemmer was photographed on a wooden buck. All the live actors` performances were later screened for the animators` reference.
- The part of King Stefan was Taylor Holmes` s final role.
- When the fairies discuss how to help the king and queen, notice Merryweather magically creates cookies, they are the shape of Mickey Mouse.
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