This was the sixteenth of the animated features released by Disney, and it was the last (while he was alive) to be based upon a fairy tale. It was also the last to be inked by hand. And it was the first animated film to be filmed in Super Technirama 70. This film took almost the entire decade to make. (Wow!) During the filming of this, each shot of the film was modeled by actors for the benefit of the animators. (And here I thought they only did that in the computer age!)
When this film was released, it was essentially a flop. It almost bankrupted the studio, only recouping half of the filming costs. I can understand the criticisms of its being too slow and having little character development. This is not one of those films that I generally watch over and over again. It is also very dark. I always found that the scene towards the end where Aurora's prince comes to rescue her is quite frightening.
For a lot more information on this Disney classic, please check out these sites:
http://thisdayindisneyhistory.homestead.com/jan29.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053285/
http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty
I did my college English 102 research paper on Sleeping Beauty. I think the story of Disney studios is amazing.
ReplyDeleteThat is really neat! I have read a couple biographies on Walt Disney (back in my teenager years when I lived on biographies of famous people), and I was fascinated with his talent. I bet your paper was good!
DeleteWow! I didn't realize that Sleeping Beauty came out that long ago. Thanks for sharing. It is fun to know what happened on this day!
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Blessings!
I'm glad you like it. I always look forward to what each new day in history has in store!
DeleteI just learned a lot about Sleeping Beauty! Wow! I can't imagine how long it used to take to make an animated movie. I enjoyed this movie as a child. I still laugh because I remember when movies came out in the theater and that was your only chance to see them. When we got a VCR when I was in 4th grade- it was amazing!
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You must not be much older than I. I was about the same age when we got a VCR, and I used to go the library and check out the same movies over and over again. I watched The Sound of Music and My Fair Lady more times than I would care to name!
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