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Fairy Tale From a Fairy Tale


Aurora, the princess in Disney's Sleeping Beauty, is based
on a classic fairy tale from hundreds of years ago. Disney decided to
lead Prince Philip to Princess Aurora a little sooner than in the
original version, though: a few hours instead of 100 years!
Aurora wasn't the first Disney princess to star in a Disney feature
length animated film based on a fairy tale. Disney's Snow White
was the first. But there wouldn't be another fairy tale based Disney
animated feature until almost 40 years later when Ariel starred in The
Little Mermaid.







Listen To Your Fairy Guardians!


Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather told Princess Aurora over and over
again – Don't talk to strangers! Aurora, anxious to learn more about the
world like many young girls, ignores their advice and talks to Prince
Philip in the woods. Unfortunately for Aurora, the word gets out as to
her whereabouts and evil Maleficent is able to carry out the curse she
placed on the baby when she was born – luckily, with the special
modification created for Aurora's by her fairy guardian.

From A Girl To A Woman


When Disney's Sleeping Beauty begins, Aurora is only a
newborn baby! Soon, she becomes 'Briar Rose', a young girl on her
sixteenth birthday, the magical day when her curse will run out,
allowing her to return home to her kingdom and true identity as princess
Aurora. She is young and innocent and sweet, but she will learn many
lessons in a few short hours - about herself and the world around her.




Once Upon A Dream


Disney's Sleeping Beauty was not only made famous by the
beautiful and sweet princess Aurora. The music for the film was written
by George Brun. He created an orchestral score that was nominated for an
Academy Award for its creative mixing of original music with well known
themes from ballet scores written by the master Tchaikovsky.

Dollar for Dollar


In 1959, Aurora broke a record. Disney Studios spent $6 million to
produce Sleeping Beauty. Up until that time, that much money had
never been spent on an animated feature. At today's dollar value, that
$6 million in 1959 would equal roughly $80 million dollars today!




Before Computers


In 1959, of course, there wasn't a computer in almost every home
the way there is today. The internet was unheard of and so was computer
animation. To create something visual to assist the animators, Disney
Studios got creative. They shot a live film that followed the script of
Disney's Sleeping Beauty using live actors playing all the
characters like Princess Aurora and Prince Philip and the evil
Maleficent. Their bodies and how the clothes of the period flowed served
as guidelines for the artists so that they could draw more realistic
animated figures!

Loud and Scary!


The hot action during the fight scene between the evil Maleficent
and the charming Prince Philip kept moviegoers on the edge of their
seats. Critics, however, were just as impressed and one said so. Bosley
Crowther, a famous movie critic from the New York Times said that this
scene was 'the noisiest and scariest go-round he [Disney] has ever put
into one of his films.'