Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 English-language Animation Family film directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wolfgang Reitherman and Eric Larson and produced by Walt Disney under the banner of Walt Disney Productions. Featuring the voices of Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen, Taylor Holmes, and Bill Thompson, the film's plot follows a young princess Aurora, who was cursed by the evil fairy Maleficent to die from a prick on a spindle of the spinning wheel, but was saved by the three good fairies, who altered the curse so that the princess instead fell into a deep sleep to be awakened by true love's kiss. Sleeping beauty stars Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen and Purv Pullen. The film is based on Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault. The music was composed by George Bruns. Editing was done by Roy M. Brewer Jr. and Donald Halliday. The film has a running time of 75 minutes. It was released on 29th January 1959 and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Sleeping Beauty was made on a budget of $6 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $51 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Buena Vista Distribution. Featuring the voices of Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen, Taylor Holmes, and Bill Thompson, the film's plot follows a young princess Aurora, who was cursed by the evil fairy Maleficent to die from a prick on a spindle of the spinning wheel, but was saved by the three good fairies, who altered the curse so that the princess instead fell into a deep sleep to be awakened by true love's kiss.