<sod>'''''Sleeping Beauty''''' is an American animated [[musical film|musical]] [[fantasy film]] produced by [[Walt Disney]] based on ''[[Sleeping Beauty|The Sleeping Beauty]]'' by [[Charles Perrault]] and ''[[Sleeping Beauty|Little Briar Rose]]'' by [[Brothers Grimm|The Brothers Grimm]]. The 16th film in the [[List of Disney theatrical animated features|Walt Disney Animated Classics series]], it was released to theaters on January 29, 1959, by [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Distribution]]. This was the last Disney adaptation of a fairy tale for some years because of its initial mixed critical reception and underperformance at the box office; the studio did not return to the genre until 30 years later, after Walt Disney died, with the release of ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' (1989). However, the film is now hailed as one of the greatest animated films of all time.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}}<eod>
<sod>'''''Sleeping Beauty''''' is an American animated [[musical film|musical]] [[fantasy film]] produced by [[Walt Disney]] based on ''[[Sleeping Beauty|The Sleeping Beauty]]'' by [[Charles Perrault]] and ''[[Sleeping Beauty|Little Briar Rose]]'' by [[Brothers Grimm|The Brothers Grimm]]. The 16th film in the [[List of Disney theatrical animated features|Walt Disney Animated Classics series]], it was released to theaters on January 29, 1959, by [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Distribution]]. This was the last Disney adaptation of a fairy tale for some years because of its initial mixed critical reception and underperformance at the box office; the studio did not return to the genre until 30 years later, after Walt Disney died, with the release of ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' (1989). <eod>