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Sleeping Beauty

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Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate. From TMDB

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  • pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2026

    Concept art for Disney's 1959 film, "Sleeping Beauty," by American artist and illustrator, Eyvind Earle.

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  • Sam Santala 🇬🇧🇫🇮🇪🇺 @samsantala.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 22, 2024

    So I watched Disney's Sleeping Beauty for the first time yesterday, I have to say the art direction of that movie goes kinda hard. Like all the trees and stuff are very geometric, and there's a lot of interesting compositions., And of course Maleficent being so fucking great

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    Dan Trachtenberg is set to direct a film inspired by ‘SLEEPING BEAUTY’ for Disney. The film is said to be an original idea that takes the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ story in an entirely new direction with Trachtenberg’s distinct sensibility. (Source: Deadline)

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  • Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2025

    I just remembered that in uni I wrote a paper about cultural references in THE MATRIX and as an aside, I was like, "isn't it interesting how often Neo is compared to/evokes female characters (Alice, Dorothy, Sleeping Beauty)? Anyhoo, back to the real meanings of the references in this movie..."

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  • Animated Antic @animatedantic.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 15, 2025

    Have some concept art from the climax of Sleeping Beauty painted by Eyvind Earle. His art really was so gorgeously captured in the final film with the way Woolie Reitherman directed the sequence where Maleficent turns into a dragon to face Phillip.

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  • ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.socialBluesky · May 10, 2026

    Sleeping Beauty was the sixteenth animated feature film from the Disney studio. It premiered in 1959 (Video ©️graciouscinema)

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  • Animated Antic @animatedantic.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 21, 2025

    Here is some concept art from Sleeping Beauty by Eyvind Earle. The look of this film and what he contributed to it really was such a massive influence for animation. The detail is unlike anything else I've seen.

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  • Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2023

    In the late 50s, Ronald Searle was shown round the Disney studio while they were working on Sleeping Beauty. He stopped by animator Tom Oreb's desk, working on a frame of Samson, Prince Philip's comic steed in the film. Searle tapped the drawing board, said simply: "My horse." And moved on.

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  • Gory Thing @korybing.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2025

    Sleeping Beauty is hands-down my favorite Disney film and that’s saying something because I love Fantasia so much. It’s incredible that the movie was initially a flop considering how absolutely beautiful it is on all levels.

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  • Mat Brunet (AniMat) @matbrunetvo.comBluesky · Jun 8, 2026

    What's your favorite movie from every decade in your life? 90s: Beauty and the Beast / Hoop Dreams 00s: Spirited Away / Waking Sleeping Beauty 10s: Zootopia / The King's Speech 20s: Soul / Sinners

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  • Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl @tvfanaticgirl.bsky.socialBluesky · May 25, 2026

    Movie Of The Day... Sleeping Beauty (1959)

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  • Bantership Potemkin @bonesdrawstuff.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2025

    For me, Sleeping Beauty is one of those "holy shit I can't believe this film exists" films, just one of the most stunning films I've ever seen.

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  • feral streep @feralstreeep.bsky.socialBluesky · May 3, 2024

    1959’s Sleeping Beauty turns 65 this month and honestly it’s the scariest, most feminist and definitely most beautiful film of the fairy tale movies

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  • Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    An original film inspired by ‘SLEEPING BEAUTY’ is in the works at Disney. • Dan Trachtenberg (‘Prey’) is set to direct. • It will not be connected to the ‘Maleficent’ films. (via deadline.com/2026/09/dan-...)

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  • Pontoffel_NoPockets (COMMS OPEN) @pontoffelnp.newgrounds.comBluesky · Mar 3, 2026

    Concept paintings for Sleeping Beauty done by Eyvind Earle. One of my favorite art styles from any Disney film, strikes the pre-Renaissance Gothic look to perfection.

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  • Tristan Petty @magicalart.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 23, 2025

    I think I started to feel something off about him when hearing his commentary on Sleeping Beauty. You hear Leonard Maltin and Andreas Deja talking about the film respectfully and naturally where Lasseter is trying waaaaay to hard to come across as likable.

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  • Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.comBluesky · May 1, 2025

    Just announced: this beautiful new blu of Julia Leigh's SLEEPING BEAUTY - presented by Jane Campion and starring Emily Browning in a career best performance - includes my audio commentary on the film that talks all things sex work, fairy tales, women's filmmaking and dogshit Australian share houses.

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  • ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 24, 2026

    Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (1959) Costing a record-breaking $6 million, it was the most expensive animated movie of its time, featuring stylized Technicolor artwork inspired by medieval paintings by Eyvind Earle. and a majestic musical score adapted from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet

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  • DVD Menus @dvdmenus.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 15, 2026

    Sleeping Beauty (Film: 1959 / DVD: 2003)

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  • ClownStatue @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 6, 2026

    Not enough - Sound can easily be removed from videos. You need to make sure there's licensed Disney IP littered around the room, and ideally involved in the sex act(s). Maybe dress like a Star Wars or Marvel character. Better yet, one dresses like a SW character, and the other(s) dress like a Disney Princess™. Also, have Fantasia or Sleeping Beauty, one of the classics, playing on the TV in the background. Make "Disney" the kink theme of the video. Make it a category keyword on the upload.…

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  • 🎃 Out Of Context International Dubs 🎃 @outofcontxtdubs.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 24, 2024

    Movie: Sleeping Beauty (1959) Language: Persian Country: Iran Version: Classic Rest in peace Zhaleh Olov (1927 - 2024) 🕯

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  • Spencer Amundson @sodajerk.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2025

    #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday Sleeping Beauty remains, what I think is perhaps, Disney’s most beautiful film. Better Man is now on the monkey movie Mt. Rushmore. Evil Dead 2 ft. Hollywood’s sexiest punching bag and Superman was a refreshing superhero flick. Hell of a week for movies!

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  • Ulti @ultilix.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2026

    Sleeping Beauty is a good movie with two really great romantic leads. They just, unfortunately, aren't the main characters of their own movie. Divert some screentime away from the three fairies and you'd have had peak, instead we just have something merely good. ultilix.neocities.org/disney/main

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  • Mel-Sky & TheTodStar @todsky.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 21, 2024

    A picture of Sky as Aurora from the classic Disney movie Sleeping Beauty. I tried to get the background and colours as accurate as possible, but also give it a Sonic style vibe, especially with the animals. ☺️👍 -Mel

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  • Dave Kendall @davekendall.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2024

    Sleeping Beauty was the film that ignited my love of fantasy and art at about the age of 5 years old. I still think it informs my DNA. Maleficent was just an incredible looking villain. Watercolour sketch of her evilness.

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  • Jim @bondcliff.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 27, 2024

    You can't make a film like Sleeping Beauty anymore because of woke.

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  • Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl @tvfanaticgirl.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    Share an ANIMATED movie title that begins with the letter “S” 🎥 S is for… Sleeping Beauty ❤️

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  • ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 19, 2026

    Okay wait a minute. Is Sleeping Beauty old fashioned by modern standards? Sure. But that film is genuinely delightful and has amazing animation. The three fairies and the evil queen are iconic. The Tchaikovsky score is inspired. Sleeping Beauty is a monumental achievement.

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  • James is here too @jcjmorris.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2025

    Sleeping Beauty... the bulk of the film is three women over 40 with a shit-ton of agency and we're supposed to be rooting for some perfectly unconscious, literally two-dimensional pillow princess? Do me a favour...

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  • Caroline Siede @carolinesiede.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 21, 2025

    And here's my piece on Disney's Sleeping Beauty! Which is actually not a film about a princess, but about three middle-aged fairies battling the ultimate Disney diva. And, honestly, that's some pretty great female representation for 1959!

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  • Craig Can’t Even @craigcanteven.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 30, 2025

    Sleeping Beauty feels like it is many a gay kid’s favorite Disney movie. My mom had taped it for us on a VHS cassette (alongside Mary Poppins and Annie) and I watched it so many times the tape cut out during the final battle sequence. I mean look how pretty! 🤩 🤩

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  • Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 30, 2024

    Sleeping Beauty, the most dreamlike and creepy Disney film, turns 65 today.

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  • Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    There’s also already a Disney movie based on Sleeping Beauty, it’s called Sleeping Beauty, check it out

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  • Bob M @rsmjr.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2025

    "Sleeping Beauty" in resplendent 70mm at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social One of my most prized possessions is a production sketch of Maleficent. It was great to be able to see it on the big screen for the first time in nearly 40 years. Thanks, Music Box!

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  • Okami @okamiwonders.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2024

    I only now realised that the name of the movie is Sleeping Beauty in English, please do not comment on my lack of brain 💀

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  • Booooody Moos 👻 @bluedymoos.bsky.socialBluesky · May 25, 2025

    I saw Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella all in the theater as an 80s kid. Had movie posters and everything.

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  • Berto @robhern.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 2, 2026

    Sleeping Beauty… the movie that made me.

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  • King Chromanda (AKA Ungur Dagda) @kingchromanda.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 20, 2026

    Sleeping Beauty is my favorite film of all time. Every frame is a masterpiece. This film visually is the complete contrast: Low saturation, muted color palette, moodier. But that grants it a strangely grounded feeling. The difference between a holy gilded manuscript and an ancestral sketchbook.

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  • musicalhistorian.bsky.social @musicalhistorian.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 19, 2026

    According to those working in Disney at the time, the budget for Sleeping Beauty was known to be so much of a sinkhole that people would bill unrelated expenses to the film because they knew it would be approved without scrutiny. Anyone who needed office or art supplies stocked up on Beauty's dime.

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  • Adam Witosky @adamwitosky.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 6, 2026

    #WrongDisneySong #MusicChallenge Movie: Sleeping Beauty Song: “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” by Wham! youtu.be/pIgZ7gMze7A?...

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  • Eelaware @eelaware.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 3, 2024

    When the witch in Sleeping Beauty turns into a dragon I think 4 year old me screamed a bloodcurdling cry of terror in the movie theater Share your kiddie nightmare fuel!

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  • nami says @namioshiro.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2025

    aurora! my favorite disney princess. i don't have a deep reason for this, i just think she's the prettiest and she has my favorite singing voice haha #art #disney #sleepingbeauty

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  • Zack 💕🎞️ @zackpaslay.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2025

    Got to introduce a very special 70mm screening of one of my favorite animated films, Sleeping Beauty, today! So grateful to be given the opportunity to talk about a film that I love so dearly! 🩷🩵

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  • Bree | PAILBN Art @pailbn.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2025

    I MEAN IF I’M MAKING PRINTS OF GAY SHIP ART INSPIRED BY SLEEPING BEAUTY I CAN’T *NOT* PAY HOMAGE TO EYVIND EARLE’S INCREDIBLE BACKGROUND WORK ON THIS FILM #art #fansrt #wip #merlin #bbcmerlin #merthur

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  • Birdcomixstudios @thedylanroca.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    Sleeping Beauty often gets slept on (ha) when people discuss Disney films, as it is a standard fairy tale. But it’s one of those films that absolutely stands out on artistic merit alone. This is my sketch of Maleficent, an attempt to absorb even a fraction of appeal Mark Davis’ genius design work.

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  • Tofte @tofte.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 26, 2024

    I love the rougher look of Xerox-era Disney films — a meticulous film like Sleeping Beauty is gorgeous, but there's just something so energetic about their lack of fuss and polish.

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  • Mat Brunet (AniMat) @matbrunetvo.comBluesky · Jan 29, 2024

    We've all heard of stories about movie going from hated disaster to acclaimed masterpieces. Not many appreciate how Sleeping Beauty went through that journey possibly the hardest where it took decades to earn the legacy it has today. After 65 years today, it turned out to be worth it.

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  • Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2025

    Disney is reportedly developing a new film titled ‘AURORA’ Described as a reimagining of ‘Sleeping Beauty’, but set in Mexico. (via Daniel RPK | www.patreon.com/posts/132353...)

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 12, 2025

    Charles Perrault (with scenes from the Catherine Breillat film "Sleeping Beauty" based on the Perrault tale) - BOTD

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  • season of the bitch @m01r4.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 19, 2025

    the only reason you’ve seen SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959) is that disney land finished construction before the movie was released

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  • Noel Dickover @noeldickover.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2025

    LOVE LOVE LOVE Sleeping Beauty! I few of my pumpkin carvings of that movie (more than 4 though). First is last year, second is 2007.

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  • ♀️Giggler 🔞 @gigglerwetsmackers.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2026

    Hi knights! I drew Maleficent (dragon form) from Sleeping Beauty! I really love this movie its very technically impressive.

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  • Talking Simpsons Podcast @talksimpsonspod.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 26, 2026

    Our feature spotlight this month: "Sleeping Beauty," an aesthetically beautiful film that failed to captivate audiences at the time. Where did it go wrong? And what's Maleficent's story? Hear about it on this Patreon-exclusive episode of What A Cartoon Movie. www.patreon.com/posts/what-c...

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  • Tristan Petty @magicalart.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 13, 2025

    For a long time, I was having this as neck to neck with Sleeping Beauty as my favorite Disney film. While Sleeping Beauty is second for me, Fantasia definitely tops the animation canon for me, especially now that I'm older.

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  • Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 21, 2025

    Oh man, Eyvind Earle did the styling for Sleeping Beauty and I think it's like the one film where the background art led the direction of the animation and storyboarding instead of the other way around.

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  • Sophie BoooOoOoOOoOoOooo! @pogform.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2024

    You know what’s a hell of a fuckin movie is Sleeping Beauty

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  • Viper @viperiumprime.comBluesky · Aug 10, 2024

    This is so Sleeping Beauty and it hurts me I’ll never get another Disney movie with those gorgeous backgrounds 😭

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  • ಥ_ಥ @veryjaymz.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 25, 2023

    Sleeping Beauty has become such a comfort film for me this year. It’s so weird I never even liked it when I was a kid!!

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  • Vroenis @vroenis.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty. And a rare Australian film in my collection.

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  • Heidi MacDonald @ NYCC @comixace.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 29, 2026

    “You’re always learning you’re always growing. You’re always trying to get better. That how you do it.” Asked about his favorite Disney movie he worked on Floyd says Sleeping Beauty was the most exquisite. “Just think, a human draw everything in that movie.” #wondercon

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Princess Aurora (voice)
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