Maleficent is a 2014 American-British fantasy film directed by Robert Stromberg from a screenplay by Linda Woolverton. Starring Angelina Jolie as the eponymous Disney villainess character, the film is a live-action re-imagining of Walt Disney's 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty, and portrays the story from the perspective of the antagonist, Maleficent. Principal photography took place between June and October 2012. The film premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on May 28, 2014, and was released in the United Kingdom that same day. It was released by Walt Disney Pictures in the U.S. on May 30, 2014 in the Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D, and IMAX 3D formats, as well as in conventional theaters. The film was met with mixed reviews from critics, but was a commercial success grossing $521 million worldwide.
Movie Details:
Directed by: Robert Stromberg
Produced by: Joe Roth
Screenplay by: Linda Woolverton
Based on: Disney's Sleeping Beauty, La Belle au bois dormant by Charles Perrault
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville
Narrated by: Janet McTeer
Music by: James Newton Howard
Cinematography: Dean Semler
Edited by: Chris Lebenzon, Richard Pearson
Production: Walt Disney Pictures
company: Roth Films
Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures
Release date(s): May 28, 2014 (United Kingdom), May 30, 2014 (United States)
Running time: 97 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Language: English
Budget: $180 million
Box office: $521,479,334
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal - an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces a battle with the invading king's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom - and perhaps to Maleficent's true happiness as well.