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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