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 enlarge | Directors: Charles A. Nichols, Clyde Geronimi, James Algar, Wilfred Jackson
Actors: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.99
Buy Used: $9.75
You Save: $20.24 (67%)
New (32) Used (75) Collectible (11) from $9.75
Rating:  307 reviews
Sales Rank: 5161
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Special Edition, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 75
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
UPC: 786936213645
EAN: 0786936213645
ASIN: B00005JKHN
Theatrical Release Date: 1959
Release Date: September 9, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Like buttah! November 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sleeping Beauty is a landmark film in Disney history. Beyond its bold, distinctive look, which has already received due praise and discussion, it came along when Walt Disney Productions had fully transformed from primarily a movie-making studio to a multi-faceted company with its own theme park, publishing, record labels and other interests that interwove each other in a process Roy Disney called "cross-pollination" but today we call synergy.
During its six-year production period leading to its much-heralded release in 1959, Sleeping Beauty inspired the castle in Disneyland (and the walk-through attraction which is now being reopened and featured on this new DVD), fourteen different recording releases (one featuring Broadway star Mary Martin and another with Mouseketeer Darlene Gillespie), countless comics, coloring books, toys and other merchandise, and perhaps most significantly, promoted on television from Walt's very first Disneyland show in 1954 to the Mickey Mouse Club.
While these elements existed for Disney in one form or another before Sleeping Beauty, never before had they been so homegrown.
You can see many of these elements on the not-to-be-missed new 50th anniversary "Platinum Edition" DVD, overflowing with bonus features including a new audio commentary with Leonard Maltin, John Lasseter and Andreas Deja, several new mini-documentaries (with some Pixar artists as well as Disney personalities in attendance) and, as mentioned above, a Disneyland Sleeping Beauty Walk-Through Attraction With Walt Disney Imagineering that you can customize and experience before it opens to the public.
Through years of work in writing his two "Disney's Lost Chords" books about the songs that did not make it into Disney films, artist/historian Russell Schroeder had a hand in making possible the "lost" sequences new to the DVD, including an alternate opening with a song called "Holiday" and three other song demos with storyboards to convey what might have been.
Childhood Favorite - it is now my daughter's November 5, 2008
She even went as sleeping beauty for halloween and wants that to be the theme of her birthday party in a few months. It was one of my favorites...now it is one of hers.
Sleeping Beauty November 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It was the first time my daughter has watched Sleeping Beauty. She loved it. She watched it everyday for a whole week. Couldn't stop talking about it. I enjoyed it as much as she did. It brings back lots of childhood memories of wanting to be a princess.
 Great condition November 3, 2008
Even though it was used. The dvd was in excellent condition. My 4 year old loved both videos, even the 2nd one with art and craft idea.
Great Movie November 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this film, it's even better now that it's on Blu-Ray. I would have liked this video to have come with a digital copy, but the bonus DVD is okay too. I tried to put the DVD on my computer so I could add it to my iPhone, but it wouldn't work. :( Still, it's a great movie and I can't complain about the picture quality, even on the regular DVD. I'm really very happy with this purchase.
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