The gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam.

I am your servant, Mistress.

The princess shall indeed grow in grace and beauty, beloved by all who know her. But… before the sun sets on her 16th birthday, she shall prick her finger - on the spindle of a spinning wheel - and die!

‘Oh come now, Prince Phillip. Why so melancholy? A wondrous future lies before you — you, the destined hero of a charming fairy tale come true. Behold — King Stefan’s castle. And in yonder topmost tower, dreaming of her true love, the Princess Aurora. But see the gracious whim of fate — why, ‘tis the self-same peasant maid, who won the heart of our noble prince but yesterday. She is indeed, most wondrous fair. Gold of sunshine in her hair, lips that shame the red red rose. In ageless sleep, she finds repose. The years roll by, but a hundred years to a steadfast heart, are but a day. And now, the gates of a dungeon part, and our prince is free to go his way. Off he rides, on his noble steed, a valiant figure, straight and tall! To wake his love, with love’s first kiss. And prove that “true love” conquers all!’

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

SLEEPING BEAUTY 1959 | dir. Clyde Geronimi

SLEEPING BEAUTY 1959, dir. Clyde Geronimi

I must say, I really felt quite distressed to not receiving an invitation

You’ll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream. Sleeping Beauty (1959)

I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream… Sleeping Beauty (1959) Dir. Clyde Geronimi & Eric Larson

 “A forest of thorns shall be his tomb! Borne through the skies on a fog of doom! Now go with the curse, and serve me well! ‘Round Stefan’s castle, CAST MY SPELL!”

I know you. I walked with you once upon a dream.

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), dir. Joachim Rønning

SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959) | dir. CLYDE GERONIMI

Sleeping Beauty (1959)