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Sleeping Beauty Returns to Hollywood

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
By: Ryan Ball

The El Capitan theater in Hollywood is bringing back the Disney animated classic Sleeping Beauty for a special 50th anniversary limited engagement running Aug. 28 through Sept. 18. The screenings is being held in conjunction with the Oct. 7 DVD and Blu-ray special edition re-release of the family favorite.

Hosted by award-winning veteran Disney producer Don Hahn (Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King), the film’s opening night screening will take place at 7 p.m. on the 28th. The film will be preceded by a filmmakers’ panel that will include Mary Costa (voice of Princess Aurora), animator/Disney Legend Blaine Gibson, background artist Frank Armitage, acclaimed Hollywood journalist/author Bob Thomas (Walt Disney The Art of Animation), and renowned Disney Imagineer Tony Baxter.

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