Sleeping Beauty – Diamond Edition [Blu-ray]

DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:

When a new princess is born to King Stefan and his wife, the entire kingdom rejoices. At a ceremony, three good fairies – Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather – bestow gifts of magic on the child. But an evil sorceress named Maleficent shows up, and because of a rude remark by Merryweather, she places a curse on the princess – that she will die before sunset on her 16th birthday after pricking her finger on a spinning wheel’s spindle. Merryweather turns things around by casting a spell that will allow the princess – named Aurora – to awake from an ageless sleep with a kiss from her true love. The fairies take Aurora to their cottage in the woods to keep her away from the eyes of Maleficent, and raise her as their own child, named Briar Rose. On her 16th birthday Aurora meets Prince Phillip, the son of a king whose own kingdom will soon merge with King Stefan’s – and falls in love. Maleficent manages to kidnap the Prince and her horrible prophecy is fulfilled when she tricks Aurora into pricking her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and falling asleep. Realizing that the Prince is in trouble, the three good fairies head to Maleficent’s castle at the Forbidden Mountain. But the Prince soon finds himself up against Maleficent’s army of brutes, and the power of Maleficent’s evil spells – which include a thorn forest and a fight against Maleficent when she turns herself into a dragon!—Derek O’Cain

This is one of my favorite Disney movies. I love the Tchaikovsky music heard throughout and the beauty of the animation and artwork. The beautiful Mary Costa sings her heart out as Princess Aurora/Briar Rose. When I was a girl I had paper dolls of these characters and an album of Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Tchaikovsky to listen to while I played. I even named my first child Aurora. So yes, I definitely love this movie.

This version is just as beautiful as I remembered it and it includes extras of a short on the Fantasy Parade and also the background on the input of the designers and animators as well as some of the actors. It also includes some story boards on different ways the story could go as well as some live action sequences the animators used to draw the characters. It comes to about a full 3 hours of movie and extras for this price.

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I am a true fan and think this story holds up today with the evil Maleficent becoming the Dragon and the wonderful fairy godmothers, Fauna, Flora and Meriwether. These characters are pure Disney and will be remembered.

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley
Directors: Clyde Geronimi
Format: Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Animated, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0), English (DTS-HD High Res Audio), French (Unknown), Spanish (Unknown)
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Dubbed: French, Spanish
Region: Region A/1
Aspect Ratio: 2.55:1
Number of discs: 1BD+1DVD
Rated: G-General Audience
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: October 7, 2014
Run Time: 75 minutes
ASIN: B00KB3PZ60