Sleeping Beauty (Special Edition)

Sleeping Beauty (Special Edition)
by Clyde Geronimi

List Price: ~~$24.99~~
Our Price: $5.99
You Save: $19.00 (76%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $3.95 (click here)
Category: VHS Video
See more movie releases

Compare Prices for Sleeping Beauty (Special Edition)

Buy this VHS video movie at online store in your country
Canada

VHS Tape Cover Information

Actor: Barbara Luddy, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Mary Costa, Verna Felton
Director: 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)
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Digital Video Transfer, Full Screen, NTSC, Restored, Special Edition, THX
Running Time: 75 minutes
Release Date: 2003-09-09
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Publisher: American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Studio: American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

VHS Movie Reviews of Sleeping Beauty (Special Edition)

Movie Review: Impressive
Summary: 5 Stars

OK, I always thought Sleeping Beauty was one of Disney's least exciting offerings from their classic animation films. Although I saw in the theaters when I was very young, I mostly know it from the VHS version. But my wife said it was her favorite so when it came out on Blu Ray, I picked it up.

Just a few points on why it is so impressive. First, the BR version displays the full original aspect ratio, you get to see the film in full Cinemascope. Second, the transfer to BR looks flawless, you'll see details in the animation you didn't know where there. I kept staring at it in awe. Finally, the sound quality was full and clean.

So put that all together and it actually makes the semi-flat characters come alive and the kinda lame plot seem exciting. Overall, BR gave me a new appreciation for Sleeping Beauty, and I can't wait for future Disney BR releases. (Beauty and the Beast next, please?)

Oh, and how awesome is it that they threw in the DVD version too?

Write your own review

More Sleeping Beauty (Special Edition) VHS Movie Reviews:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Summary of Sleeping Beauty (Special Edition)

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)

Kids & Family VHS Video

Science Fiction & Fantasy

VHS Video Movies

Movies most talked about in My Favorite Disney Films

The Jungle Book 2
Release date: 2003-06-10; DVD
Best price: $10.50
Price in other shops: ~~$29.99~~

Mulan II
Release date: 2005-02-01; DVD
Best price: $4.28
Price in other shops: ~~$29.99~~

Swiss Family Robinson (Vault Disney Collection)
Release date: 2002-05-07; DVD
Best price: $13.42
Price in other shops: ~~$22.99~~

Finding Nemo (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2003-11-04; DVD
Best price: $13.50
Price in other shops: ~~$29.99~~

Fantasia (Special 60th Anniversary Edition)
Release date: 2000-11-14; DVD
Best price: $29.50
Price in other shops: ~~$29.99~~

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (Special Edition)
Release date: 2003-05-20; DVD
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops: ~~$19.99~~

The Jungle Book (Limited Issue)
Release date: 1999-12-07; DVD
Best price: $26.95
Price in other shops: ~~$34.99~~

Aladdin (Disney Special Platinum Edition)
KANE,BRAD; Release date: 2004-10-05; DVD
Best price: $22.97
Price in other shops: ~~$29.99~~

Pocahontas (10th Anniversary Edition)
Disney; Release date: 2005-05-03; DVD
Best price: $10.25
Price in other shops: ~~$29.99~~

Sleeping Beauty (Special Edition)
American Broadcasting Company (ABC); Release date: 2003-09-09; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $5.99
Price in other shops: ~~$24.99~~

Similar VHS Movies

Barbie and the Diamond Castle
BARBIE & THE DIAMOND CASTLE (DVD MOVIE); Release date: 2008-09-09; DVD
Best price: $10.59
Price in other shops: ~~$19.98~~

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney Special Platinum Edition) (1937) Image

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney Special Platinum Edition) (1937)
DVD
Best price: $54.95

Pinocchio (Disney Gold Classic Collection)
Release date: 1999-10-26; DVD
Best price: $39.99

Kung Fu Panda [Blu-ray]
Release date: 2008-11-09; DVD
Best price: $27.95
Price in other shops: ~~$39.99~~

Horton Hears a Who (Widescreen and Full-Screen Single-Disc Edition)
Release date: 2008-12-09; DVD
Best price: $16.99
Price in other shops: ~~$29.98~~

Tinker Bell (BD Live) [Blu-ray]
Buena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2008-10-28; DVD
Best price: $23.95
Price in other shops: ~~$34.99~~

The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Beginning
Buena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2008-08-26; DVD
Best price: $11.49
Price in other shops: ~~$29.99~~