FREE THE CURSE OF MALEFICENT: THE TALE OF A SLEEPING BEAUTY PDF Nicholas Kole,Linda Woolverton,Elizabeth Rudnick | 219 pages | 29 Apr 2014 | Disney Press | 9781423197515 | English | United States The Curse of Maleficent: The Tale of a Sleeping Beauty by Elizabeth Rudnick But finding complexity is one thing; inventing entirely new characters is another. While at some points Maleficent shows us new sides to the story, at others it takes us to a previously unimaginable Bizarro World version. Where do the stories diverge, and where do they intersect? We set out to map their two sometimes overlapping trails. In the beginning…. King Stefan has a baby. They name her Aurora. Maleficent: He gets around to it eventually. Does Maleficent fly? Sleeping Beauty: Not that we recall. Maleficent: Like Superman—and the first third The Curse of Maleficent: The Tale of a Sleeping Beauty the movie is her origin story. King Stefan drugs Maleficent, and hacks off her Dogma wings. Maleficent: Well, yes — that plus the king drugged her and hacked off her wings. The newborn Aurora is whisked away from the kingdom, and raised in the woods by three fairies. Sleeping Beauty: Technically, yes, this is what happens. Maleficent: Technically, yes, this is what happens. The fairies are incompetent twits. Maleficent: Their haplessness is expressly stated. One of the fairies is actually called Thistletwit Juno Temple. Maleficent is an incompetent twit. Sleeping Beauty: Kinda. She knows where that baby is before the kid needs her first diaper changed. Maleficent is like a mother to Aurora. Sleeping Beauty: Ha! There are no mothers in the classic Disney universe. Females are either: a underage; b of age and dead; or, c of age and evil. Maleficent looks like Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. Sleeping Beauty: More like Tallulah Bankhead in a turban. Maleficent: Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding! Sleeping Beauty: Yes. Aurora is a generic Disney princess who is kind to all woodland creatures. She literally gets The Curse of Maleficent: The Tale of a Sleeping Beauty in the mud, and experiences The Curse of Maleficent: The Tale of a Sleeping Beauty emotional conflict when she learns the truth about her history. Maleficent tries to remove the curse off of Aurora. Maleficent: Of course she does. Aurora pricks her finger on a spindle. Maleficent: Yes. How else to fall into a sleeping death and trigger the final, third-act character transformation of Maleficent? Prince Phillip saves the day. Sleeping Beauty: Him and his dreamy lips. Maleficent: If you mean the guy Brenton Thwaites who looks like Harry Styles, then, no, neither he nor his J good looks save the day. Maleficent saves the day. Maleficent: She does! Maleficent turns into a dragon, and tries to kill Prince Phillip. Sleeping Beauty: And how. A terrifyingly awesome moment — the stuff of kiddie nightmares since. Maleficent: No and no. King Stefan is overjoyed to learn that Aurora is alive. Sleeping Beauty: Daddies are the best! Maleficent: He gives her a quick hug, and sends her to her room. What a jerk. Maleficent: If by Maleficent you mean King Stefan, then, yes. Aurora praises Maleficent as both a hero and villain, and they all live happily ever after. Sleeping Beauty: Not…exactly…. Entertainment Home. Follow Us. Yahoo Movies May 31, View photos. What to Read Next. Yahoo Movies. Yahoo Celebrity. The Wrap. Yahoo Entertainment. The Curse of Maleficent: The Tale of a Sleeping Beauty | Disney Wiki | Fandom Account Options Sign in. Top charts. New arrivals. Elizabeth Rudnick Apr Switch to the audiobook. Ages Aurora has always enjoyed her simple life. She loves to explore the beautiful woods surrounding her quaint cottage. She even likes living with her bumbling yet well-meaning aunts. But when Aurora discovers a dark secret about her past, her whole world turns upside down. Will she be able to save herself from an imminent curse? This beautiful novel filled with whimsical illustrations tells Aurora's story in the upcoming Disney film, Maleficent. More by Elizabeth Rudnick See more. A Frozen Heart. Elizabeth Rudnick. Anna is a princess of Arendelle. Locked away from the outside world for years, Anna is desperate to leave her lonely life behind. Her parents are gone, and her sister, Elsa—the only person who might show her an ounce of love—is cold and distant. Hans is a prince of the Southern Isles. As thirteenth in The Curse of Maleficent: The Tale of a Sleeping Beauty to the throne, Hans is desperate to escape the tyranny of his father and older brothers and find a kingdom of his own to rule. Their worlds collide at Elsa's coronation. At first, it seems as if all Anna's dreams have come true. At last she has found The Curse of Maleficent: The Tale of a Sleeping Beauty to love. But as Hans's true motivations come to light, their fairy-tale romance begins to melt away and Anna discovers that love is a more mysterious—and powerful—force than she ever could have imagined. Files have been updated to reflect a change in Anna's horse's name. This visually dazzling live action film explores the origins of one of the most iconic Disney villains: Maleficent, the infamous fairy who curses Princess Aurora in Disney's animated classic Sleeping Beauty. This "origin" story is told from Maleficent's perspective, intersecting with the classic in both familiar and unexpected ways. Reviews Review Policy. Published on. Flowing text. Best for. Web, Tablet, Phone, eReader. Content protection. Read aloud. Learn more. Flag as inappropriate. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are. Please follow the detailed Help center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders. Wicked fairy godmother - Wikipedia The Wicked Fairy Godmother or the Wicked Fairya rare figure in fairy talesis nevertheless among the best-known figures from such tales because of her appearance in one of the most widely known tales, Sleeping Beautyand in the ballet derived from it. The Brothers Grimm included a version, "Little Briar Rose", [3] in their collected talessimilarly without a name. In Perrault's version, seven fairies were invited and she is the eighth; in the Grimms', twelve were invited and she is the thirteenth. The figure of the fairy appeared before Perrault's tale. The first known appearance was in the chanson de geste Les Prouesses et faitz du noble Huon de Bordeaux : the elf-king Oberon appears only dwarfish in height and explains to Huon that an angry fairy cursed him to that size at his christening. It has since been customary to name her as such. In Sleeping Beautythe wicked fairy godmother comes uninvited to the princess's christening and declares that "because you did not invite me, I tell you that in her fifteenth year, your daughter will prick herself with a spindle and fall over dead". On the princess's fifteenth birthday, the princess meets a spinning womanpricks her finger on the bodkinand falls into a deep sleep. In the oldest variants, the old woman is merely unaware and means no harm, but in some variants, such as Tchaikovsky's, the spinning woman is Carabosse, the wicked fairy godmother herself, ensuring her curse. In Marius Petipa 's ballet Sleeping Beauty with music composed by Tchaikovsky, Carabosse was portrayed as a frightening figure, entering each time to foreboding and dramatic music. In Matthew Bourne 's reimagining of the story, the king and queen, driven by despair, seek her help who gives them a daughter named Aurora; however, the king forgets to express his gratitude and she curses the child. Years later when Aurora is in her early twenties, Carabosse has died in exile but her son Caradoc attempts to exact revenge and seduce Aurora. In the Disney animated version of Sleeping Beautythe wicked fairy is named Maleficent and is a dark, almost Satan-like figure who calls herself the "Mistress of all Evil ". Like in Perrault and Grimms' versions, she lays a curse on the princess named Aurora here, as in Tchaikovsky's ballet to die on her sixteenth birthday for not being invited to her christening. The third fairy weakens the curse to just fall into a deep sleep, but the three good fairies still take baby Aurora with them to live in the woods for her protection. Meanwhile her father, King Stefan, has ordered all spinning wheels in the country burned. Maleficent's monstrous minions hunt for Aurora for the next sixteen years and on her sixteenth birthday, Aurora returns to the palace and pricks her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel magically conjured up by Maleficent. When Maleficent learns that Prince Phillip is in love with Princess Aurora, she captures him so that he will be too old and feeble when he can finally free Aurora. When the good fairies help him escape, Maleficent takes over the entire palace and later transforms into a giant black dragon to The Curse of Maleficent: The Tale of a Sleeping Beauty battle with the hero. Prince Phillip defeats the villainess with his Sword of Truth, killing her by throwing the sword as if it were a spear at the dragon. All that is left of Maleficent is her robe. In the film Maleficentthe new version The Curse of Maleficent: The Tale of a Sleeping Beauty Maleficent is a tragic villain who curses Aurora in order to exact revenge against King Stefan Aurora's fatherwho broke her heart and cut off her wings, an act of betrayal that turned her bitter and wicked. However, Maleficent starts to care for the child as if she was her own daughter and begins to question her own actions.