Talk:Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)/Archive 2

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What are the three good fairies in the movie sleeping beauty?

They are Flora (pink), Fauna (green) and Merryweather (blue). Prsgodd e ss187 02:11, 1 November 26 (UTC)

'''Essentially, the three good fairies were modeled upon primary shapes and colors. Flora's coloring is in fact red, not pink, with a complementary tone of ochre (a golden brown.) Pink is not a primary color, but rather, is a secondary color. However, Flora's preferred color for Aurora's dress is pink, a softer, more feminine issue of red, from which it is derived.'''

Nice theory, but green is not a primary colour. The primary colours are red, yellow and blue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.245.88.155 (talk) 06:38, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Music, people!
Hasn't anyone noticed that "Once Upon a Dream" is based on the Sleeping Beauty's waltz by Tchaikovsky? Why isn't any of that information in this article? --Surten (talk) 01:54, 12 February 2009 (UTC)Surten


 * Almost the entire music - except the drinking song of king hubert and king stephan - is based on Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty ballet.--Dvd-junkie (talk) 20:57, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

On a different musical note (sorry! couldn't resist): The 1973 Disneyland LP 50 Happy Years of Disney Favorites (STER-3513) has an item labeled as being from this film, yet it is not of Tchaikovsky origin so nearly as I can tell -- credited to Hibler-Sears-Bruns and sung by Mary Costa -- and it does not appear in the soundtrack listing in the article. On the yellow pasted label, it is track 4 and titled "BLUE BIRD - I WONDER from Sleeping Beauty" ... does anyone know whether the song actually appears in the film? I've never seen it. Lawikitejana (talk) 04:00, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

The article incorrectly states (and with very bad syntax) that "Along with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Igor Stravinsky's music composition was also popular in the film." The soundtrack uses no music by Stravinsky at all. And what does "was also popular in the film" mean?John Schauer (talk) 00:23, 4 June 2017 (UTC)John Schauer

From Death to Broken-Spell
It kinda looks similar to Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.84.112.215 (talk) 03:17, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Need to Disambigaute Release Date?
Was the film released January 29, 1959 or January 29, 1958? The first paragraph gives conflicting information. This film was released on January 29, 1959 which was only for the Los Angeles premiere for the critics. It didn't have a wide release until Christmas Day of that same year. --Evope (talk) 05:04, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Queen Leah?
There are no primary sources anywhere that indicate the Queen in this movie was called Leah. The voice is not even credited. I can actually recall an article in Disney Magazine from about a decade ago that said the studios had no record of who recorded the voice of this character, and they requested that anyone who might know the identity of the voice actress should contact the studio. Even if a production model sheet somewhere named the character as Leah, the obvious omission of this name from the film's dialogue and credits clearly indicates the name is not part of the film. Verna Felton is credited as the voice of "Queen Leah" on several user-created pages like IMDB, but there are no official sources from Disney to support this. I guess there is a character Queen Leila in the film Maleficent (film), but that has no relationship to this movie made decades prior. And while Queen Leah appears on the List of Disney's Sleeping Beauty characters, it is also without any sources. I believe the name and all references to it should be removed from this page unless a primary source can be identified.

Mechoise (talk) 01:23, 12 November 2014 (UTC)


 * EDIT: No one has contested this claim after several months. All unsourced references to the name "Leah" have been removed from the article.

Mechoise (talk) 03:37, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

"Based on" attribute in infobox
I see you made some changes to the article I have a problem with that theven fairy tale was inspired by both the Brother's Grimm and Charles Perrault Disney just forgot to mention that in the credits not to mention the number of references the movie makespeak to the Grimm Brothers adaptation most obvious one being Aurora's other name Briar Rose — Preceding unsigned comment added by Disney1938 (talk • contribs) 11:24, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I considered what was in the rest of the article but what Disney states in the credits of the movie is pretty much authoritative. Disney doesn't make mistakes like forgetting things when they put credits in films, that is a pretty serious well considered statement by Disney, their lawyers, and the production team of who they want and need to credit as the basis for the film. Likely Disney considers the Brothers Grimm contribution too minor, basically just the name Briar Rose, to give official notice and Brothers Grimm did themselves use Perrault's work as their basis for their version of the story. § Story Development in the article gives a lot of background and Disney built on Perrault's story inspired by a lot of different sources. I think sticking with the official credits in the infobox is best and use the rest of the article to go into more details about the creation process the best way to handle this. Geraldo Perez (talk) 15:36, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

I copied the above from a discussion on my talk page. Should be here as well as an explanation and further discussion. A recent edit added back the non-credited info so this is the place to discuss the issue. I note going through the edit history that info beyond what is in the film credits was added in August 2012 and before that point reflected only the original title of the original author. Disney in the film credits uses the English version of the original author's French title so using the English title in the infobox reflects how Disney has chosen to credit Perrault. Geraldo Perez (talk) 15:54, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty Ballet gets an official music credit for music adapted from. Geraldo Perez (talk) 17:11, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Rewriting list items as prose
Can someone rewrite the triple list item as prose? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:1C1:8900:91E6:5555:CEC7:BF0D:7673 (talk) 15:46, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

Art direction
Why is there no mention of Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, as this illuminated manuscript is the main art inspiration for the initial style of the movie, other than Van Eyck? We know that because Earle has explained this in some detail. In fact, Chateau Saumur is the basis for the castle in the movie, not as it actually looks, but the way it is drawn in the manuscript, with exaggerated loftiness. All this can be seen from pre-production artwork, which strongly resemble the book's illustrations. Obviously there was a major modification of the artwork since the initial designs, but that doesn't change what inspired the style initially.109.57.44.250 (talk) 19:10, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

release date
This film had a wide release on Christas Day of 1959. The January 29, 1959 release was the premiere only in Los Angeles California for the critics. Also, on February 17 of the same year, it was only released in New York City. --Evope (talk) 05:02, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media is not a reliable source with reliable people. Leyla Aisha (talk) 18:37, 16 May 2020 (UTC) Strike sock--  Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:53, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
 * See Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 271. Considered reliable for their reviews. They are an advocacy group and you may not like their views but that does not make them unreliable as a source. Geraldo Perez (talk) 18:58, 16 May 2020 (UTC)