Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)

"Oh no! No! I can't believe it! No! No! [runs to her room crying]"

"It holds up extraordinarily well. As a work of art it was kind of like the pinnacle for Walt. It was the last film of its kind, really. It ended an era, back in 1959. From then on films would be made differently. So Sleeping Beauty was, I like to say, Disney's last hand-made product, where everything in that motion picture was done by hand."

"Well I think the thing that a handmade film gives us is an artistic sensibility that is somewhat lost when technology is introduced. On the other hand, technology is amazing as it enables us to do incredible things. We had very distinct limitations on Sleeping Beauty. We were limited to five levels of cels. We could not go beyond five levels because then the image would become degraded. In the new digital technology there is no limit to how many levels you can have. So, there's a give and take. The technology enables us to do amazing things, yet the old hand drawn process brought a certain sensibility that I'm afraid we've lost because of that change."

"Now the magic moment! Full-length feature fantasy - Beautiful beyond belief"

"Wondrous to see... Glorious to hear... A magnificent new motion picture!"

"Ablaze With Wonder!"

"Awaken to a World of Wonders!"

"See It With Someone You Love."

"Mary Costa - Princess Aurora/Briar Rose (voice)"

"Bill Shirley - Prince Phillip (voice)"

"Eleanor Audley - Maleficent (voice)"

"Verna Felton - Flora/Queen Leah (voices)"

"Barbara Jo Allen - Fauna (voice)"

"Barbara Luddy - Merryweather (voice)"

"Taylor Holmes - King Stefan (voice)"

"Bill Thompson - King Hubert (voice)"