Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)
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| - | '''Charles Perrault''' ([[January 12]], [[1628]] – [[May 16]], [[1703]]) was a [[France|French]] author who laid foundations for a new literary [[genre]], the [[fairy tale]]. | ||
| - | His best-known tales include ''Le Petit Chaperon rouge'' (''[[Little Red Riding Hood]]''), ''La Belle au bois dormant'' (''[[Sleeping Beauty]]''), ''Le Chat botté'' (''[[Puss in Boots (fairy tale)|Puss in Boots]]''), ''Cendrillon'' (''[[Cinderella]]''), ''Barbe Bleue'' (''[[Bluebeard]]''), ''Le Petit Poucet'' (''[[Hop o' My Thumb]]''), ''Les Fées'' (''[[Diamonds and Toads]]''), ''la patience de Grisélidis'' (''[[Patient Griselda]]''),''Les Souhaits'' (''[[The Ridiculous Wishes]]''), ''Peau d'Âne'' (''[[Donkeyskin]]'') and ''Ricquet à la houppe'' (''[[Ricky of the Tuft]]''). Perrault's most famous stories are still in print today and have been made into operas, ballets ( e.g., [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]]'s ''[[The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)|Sleeping Beauty]]''), plays, musicals, and films, including the highly-successful animated features ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]'' and ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'' by [[The Walt Disney Company]]. | + | '''''Sleeping Beauty''''' is a {{fy|1959}} [[Cinema of the United States|American]] [[animated feature]] produced by [[Walt Disney]] and based on the [[fairy tale]] "[[Sleeping Beauty|La Belle au bois dormant]]" by [[Charles Perrault]]. It was released to theatres on January 29, 1959 by [[Buena Vista Distribution]]. The sixteenth [[animation|animated feature]] in the [[Walt Disney Animated Classics| Walt Disney Animated Classics series]], it was the last [[fairy tale]] produced by [[Walt Disney]] (after his death, the studio returned to the genre with 1989's ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]''). |
| - | Perrault's tales were famously illustrated by [[Gustave Doré]].{{GFDL}} | + | The film was directed by [[Les Clark]], [[Eric Larson]], and [[Wolfgang Reitherman]], under the supervision of [[Clyde Geronimi]]. The film was based on the fairy tale ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' by [[Charles Perrault]], with additional story work by Joe Rinaldi, Winston Hibler, [[Bill Peet]], [[Ted Sears]], Ralph Wright, and Milt Banta. The film's musical score and songs, featuring the work of the [[Berlin Symphony Orchestra]], are inspired from the 1890 [[The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)|''Sleeping Beauty'' ballet]] by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]. |
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| + | ''Sleeping Beauty'' was the first animated feature to be photographed in the [[Technirama]] [[widescreen]] process. The film was presented in [[Super Technirama 70]] and 6-channel [[stereophonic sound]] in first-run engagements. Only one other animated film, Disney's ''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]'', was shot in Technirama. | ||
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| + | [[Aurora (Disney)|Princess Aurora]], the film's titular character, appears for fewer than eighteen minutes in the film (excluding the time she appears as an infant at the beginning). | ||
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Sleeping Beauty is a Template:Fy American animated feature produced by Walt Disney and based on the fairy tale "La Belle au bois dormant" by Charles Perrault. It was released to theatres on January 29, 1959 by Buena Vista Distribution. The sixteenth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, it was the last fairy tale produced by Walt Disney (after his death, the studio returned to the genre with 1989's The Little Mermaid).
The film was directed by Les Clark, Eric Larson, and Wolfgang Reitherman, under the supervision of Clyde Geronimi. The film was based on the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault, with additional story work by Joe Rinaldi, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Ted Sears, Ralph Wright, and Milt Banta. The film's musical score and songs, featuring the work of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, are inspired from the 1890 Sleeping Beauty ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Sleeping Beauty was the first animated feature to be photographed in the Technirama widescreen process. The film was presented in Super Technirama 70 and 6-channel stereophonic sound in first-run engagements. Only one other animated film, Disney's The Black Cauldron, was shot in Technirama.
Princess Aurora, the film's titular character, appears for fewer than eighteen minutes in the film (excluding the time she appears as an infant at the beginning).
