SLEEPING
BEAUTY
The
animation movie, "Sleeping Beauty" was produced by Walt
Disney Studios in 1959 and it joins the extensive list of masterpieces,
realized until then. The story is based on the famous tale by
Charles Perrault, but Walt Disney has changed some parts in order
to make it more exciting and fun. After Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs and Cinderella, he was decided to make the new style of
movie, to differentiate it from the other fairy tales. Walt Disney
chose a innovative graphic for the backgrounds, to resume the
sumptuousness and care of details typical of the medieval tapestries,
while for the characters he chose a simple modern style, typical
of the cartoon of the period. The creation of the landscapes and
backgrounds was carried out by Eyvind Earle, a genius of illustration,
which featured strongly throughout the graphic impact of the movie,
each frame is like a painting. Thanks to the cooperation of his
prodigious staff, Walt Disney has been successful, even in this
extraordinary enterprise, even though production costs are skyrocketed,
more of all the forecast, even if it was a huge success (according
to the box office after "Ben Hur "), failed to cover
the expenses. The movie has an innovative technique, with the
Super 70 Technirama widescreen and 6 stereo audio tracks, this
has made even greater the appreciation of the music of Tchaikovsky.
The story of Sleeping Beauty, tells that long ago in a faraway
land, there lived a king and his beautiful queen Leah. For a long
time they had desired the birth of an heir, until one day he was
born a daughter, which is given the name of Aurora, because from
that day, their lives seemed illuminated by sunlight. The king
proclaimed throughout his kingdom, a great holiday, everyone could
pay homage to the little princess. So on this great day of celebration
all the kingdom the King Stefan with his queen, gave welcome to
their closest friends. King Stefan has greatly enjoyed the visit
of King Humbert and his young son Philip, he would a day celebrate
the wedding between Aurora and Philip, in order to unify their
kingdoms. At castle came also the three good fairies: Flora, Fauna
and Merryweather. Flora fairy gave at the baby the beauty, Fauna
fairy gave her melodious voice. The moment Merryweather, was about
to deliver her gift to the Princess Aurora, broke into the castle
the terrible witch Maleficent. Offended for not being invited,
threw a curse. Before the age of 16, Aurora will prick her finger
on the spindle of a "spinning wheel" and she dies. Having
uttered these words, the witch vanished. To remedy this evil spell,
fairy Merryweather gave her a spell, which limits the powers of
the witch. If she is wounded from a "spinning wheel"
she will not die, but she fall into a long sleep and she can be
awakened only by the kiss of true love.
King Stefan, worried about his daughter's life, ordered that every
spinning wheel of his reign, was immediately burned, but the three
fairies, well aware of the power of the witch Maleficent, they
believed attempt this compartment. So they decided to take the
form of three peasants and keep baby Aurora, in a remote cabin
in the woods, for the time of sixteen years. And so the king and
queen, had to reluctantly leave their only baby at the three fairies,
who to avoid arousing suspicion, renounce the use of their magic.
Spent many years sad for King Stefan and his people, but with
the approaching 16 th birthday of the princess, the entire kingdom
began to rejoice, because everyone knew that as long as the castle
of darkness, the Magic Mountain where she lived the witch Maleficent,
echoed her anger and her disappointment, the sad prophecy, not
would come true. In all these years researched the minions of
Maleficent, have not produced any results, so the Queen of Darkness,
relies on her raven, so that it can find a girl, blonde with the
pink lips.
The three fairies had keep in the best way the Princess Aurora,
who was named Briar Rose and is now a beautiful maiden. On his
16 th birthday, the three fairies want to celebrate the princess,
with a cake and a new dress, but they aren't very practical of
cookery and tailoring, becouse they have always used the magic
and they are many difficulties with the their gifts and so combine
a series of woes. Meanwhile Briar Rose, go into the woods, looking
for berries and so, with the complicity of the animals of the
forest, accidentally meets Prince Phillip, while not knowing his
name, but then runs away remembering the recommendations of the
three fairies. Inside the house, at the suggestion of fairy Merryweather,
the three fairies decide to take up their wands and the their
magic, to prepare the birthday party of Briar Rose, who on his
arrival found a beautiful dress and a beautiful cake. Briar Rose
tells to the encounter with the prince, but the fairies are frightened
and reveal that she is Princess Aurora, already betrothed to the
Prince Phillip , so ban to meet the boy again. Meanwhile, the
witch Maleficent's raven, seeing the sparkle of the magic of the
three fairies, has discovered the refuge of Princess Aurora and
flies to break the news to her mistress. Also the Prince Phillip,
happy and in love, announces to her father that he wants to marry
a girl, that he looks like a peasant, but not knowing that she
is his betrothed. The three fairies, take the Princess Aurora,
at the castle and lock her in a room, awaiting the stroke of midnight.
But unbeknownst to them, comes the witch Maleficent, who sting
Aurora, with the spindle of a spinning wheel, letting she fall
into a deep sleep. The sun is gone and King Stefan is waiting
anxiously to be able to hug his daughter, but the three fairies,
not to give it a regret and to make one last attempt, they drop
all the inhabitants of the kingdom, in a deep sleep and they go
in search of Prince Phillip, who meanwhile was kidnapped by the
witch Maleficent. With the help of Flora, Fauna and Merryweather,
the brave Prince Phillip, with a spectacular battle, defeat the
witch Maleficent, who has turned into a monstrous dragon. So with
his kiss nourished by the feeling of true love, Prince Phillip
will be able to wake the Princess Aurora and to dissolve the spell.
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