‘Sleeping Beauty’ a DVD dream

The ying and the yang of classic Disney are on display in “Sleeping Beauty,” which gets an upgrade in two-disc Platinum editions on DVD and Blu-ray.

The 50th anniversary “Sleeping Beauty” videos follow a fine DVD version from five years ago that has been largely unavailable. Disney’s video techs have improved the picture, removed some signs of wear and done wonderful things with the audio.

The Blu-ray “Sleeping Beauty” includes a standard DVD, a nice touch. So the kids can do their little-fingers thing with the DVD while mom and dad keep the gorgeous HD safely stored. Brilliant.

The movie is one of Disney’s princess adventures, so of course girls will love it. Boys under 6 will find plenty to like as well — plenty of evil lurking about and a cool prince as the hero.

Most of the extra features from the 2003 Special Edition have been ported over to the new double disc set, but not the commentary. These include storyboards and image galleries. The new feature-length talk features Pixar/Disney’s John Lasseter, Leonard Maltin and the animator Andreas Deja.

“Picture Perfect: The Making of Sleeping Beauty” brings together interviews with many of the creative forces behind the animated classic. Some of the interviews clearly are old, of necessity.

Disc 1 has the still-amazing Grand Canyon short feature you might remember from Disneyland.

Disney continues to reveal deleted songs from its classic films, this time “It Happens When I Have a Picture,” “Riddle Diddle” and “Go to Sleep.” Worth a listen at least once.

Perfect gift for: Little girls of all ages.

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