| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Animated Classic |
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| Barbara Jo Allen |
Fauna
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| Eleanor Audley |
Maleficent
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| Mary Costa |
Princess Aurora / Briar Rose
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| Verna Felton |
Flora
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| Taylor Holmes |
King Stefan
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| Barbara Luddy |
Merryweather
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| Bill Shirley |
Prince Phillip
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| Bill Thompson |
King Hubert
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| Candy Candido |
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| Pinto Colvig |
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Animation; Fantasy; Romance |
| Director |
Wolfgang Reitherman; Clyde Geronimi; Les Clark |
| Producer |
Walt Disney |
| Writer |
Winston Hibler; Ted Sears |
| Musician |
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| Studio |
Buena Vista |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
G (General Audience) |
| Running Time |
75 |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| 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 |
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| Edition Details |
| Edition |
Special Edition |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
1.33:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| Barcode |
786936213645 |
| Release Date |
9/9/2003 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Packaging |
Custom Case |
| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| No. of Disks/Tapes |
2 |
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Extra Features
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| "The Making of..." Featurette Commentary DVD-Rom Content Interactive Game Music Videos Scene Access Theatrical Trailers 2-Disc Set, 3D Galleries, Story Reels, Restoration |
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