Sleeping Beauty (Fully Restored Limited Edition) (Walt Disney's Masterpiece)
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Actor: Barbara Luddy, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Mary Costa, Verna FeltonDirector: Clyde Geronimi
Editor: Roy M. Brewer Jr.
Editor: Donald Halliday
Writer: Erdman Penner
Writer: Charles Perrault
Writer: Joe Rinaldi
Writer: Winston Hibler
Writer: Bill Peet
Writer: Ted Sears
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Animated, Color, Limited Edition, NTSC, THX
Running Time: 75 minutes
Release Date: 1997-09-16
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Publisher: Walt Disney Home Video
Studio: Walt Disney Home Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Sleeping Beauty (Fully Restored Limited Edition) (Walt Disney's Masterpiece)
Movie Review: What Size Is Your Set?
Summary: 4 Stars
What? Disney's released another two-disc edition of "Sleeping Beauty?" Why, pray tell? Because they can? Because poor Disney-addicted saps like myself will fall for the ruse and pony up more of our hard-earned cash, even though we already own the Special Edition that was released a mere five years ago? You can tell I was skeptical. But there are some wonderful new extras on this release that weren't included in the last, and for hardcore fans, they're definitely worth having. And the film itself...? Well, for those of you who have never seen "Sleeping Beauty," by all means snatch it up. This may not be Disney's most entertaining film in terms of story line, but it's certainly its most visually gorgeous. The look of the film is based on ancient tapestries and medieval artwork, and the way that the studio's animators and background artists have translated them to the screen (led by the brilliant, visionary Eyvind Earle), is nothing less than breathtaking.
The biggest drawback to any edition of "Sleeping Beauty," and it's not necessarily a small one, is that the scope of the film, its visual, widescreen beauty and impact will be completely lost on a conventionally sized television. If you don't have a big screen TV, it's almost not worth the investment.
So, if you have the old edition of the film, try selling it on Amazon and put the money towards getting the new one. If you don't have either, just be aware that the size of your set may seriously effect (or enhance) your enjoyment of this most beautiful and unique of Disney's masterpieces.
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Summary of Sleeping Beauty (Fully Restored Limited Edition) (Walt Disney's Masterpiece)
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 KronkeKids & Family VHS Video
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