# Sleeping Beauty (1959)

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**Runtime**: 75 min
**Genres**: Fantasy, Animation, Romance, Family
**Directed by**: Clyde Geronimi
**Written by**: Ted Sears, Charles Perrault, Joe Rinaldi
**Starring**: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen

> *Awaken to a World of Wonders!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Apparently fairy tales need villains. Princess Aurora is sent into hiding as a baby. It somewhat works out.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, cozy

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.2/10 (170874 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 90% · Metacritic 85/100

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