Sleeping Beauty (franchise) Sleeping Beauty (franchise) Sleeping Beauty is a Disney media franchise that began in 1959 with the theatrical release of "Sleeping Beauty". "Sleeping Beauty" is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney based on "The Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. "Maleficent" is a live-action remake based in 1959's animated film, focused on the eponymous antagonist. "Maleficent" is the sequel of the 2014's film "Maleficent", continuing the story of the first film. As a segment of "Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams", "Keys to the Kingdom" focuses on Princess Aurora, who reigns the kingdom in the absence
Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) a new appreciation for familiar films in a way it hadn't before: "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", "Sleeping Beauty", "Grand Prix", "The Sound of Music", "", and "Spartacus", along with other short subject films on the 70mm format. A screening of the final remaining 70mm print of this film was included in the 70mm & Widescreen Film Festival at the Somerville Theatre, September 18, 2016. Upon its initial release, "Sleeping Beauty" received mixed to positive reviews from film critics. Bosley Crowther, writing in his review for "The New York Times", complimented that "the colors are rich, the sounds