‘Maleficent’ (2014) Light and Dark Featurette

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTS7XUn57CI?rel=0

[column size=one_third position=first ]U.S. Release Date: May 30, 2014

Running Time: 97 min.

Cast: Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville

Director: Robert Stromberg

Producer: Joe Roth

Executive Producers: Angelina Jolie, Michael Vieira, Don Hahn, Palak Patel, Matt Smith, Sarah Bradshaw

Screenplay By: Linda Woolverton[/column]

[column size=two_third position=middle ]Stars Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning as well director Robert Stromberg talk about the thematic dynamics in the film.

Synopsis

“Maleficent” explores the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the classic “Sleeping Beauty” and the elements of her betrayal that ultimately turn her pure heart to stone. Driven by revenge and a fierce desire to protect the moors over which she presides, Maleficent cruelly places an irrevocable curse upon the human king’s newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Aurora is caught in the middle of the seething conflict between the forest kingdom she has grown to love and the human kingdom that holds her legacy. Maleficent realizes that Aurora may hold the key to peace in the land and is forced to take drastic actions that will change both worlds forever.

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