Details

Release year: 2014

Storyline

A vengeful fairy is driven to curse an infant princess, only to discover that the child could be the one person who can restore peace to their troubled land.

Top credits

Directors

Robert Stromberg

Writers

Cast

Angelina Jolie — Maleficent
Elle Fanning — Aurora
Sharlto Copley — Stefan
Lesley Manville — Flittle

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Awards

0 wins & 1 nomination

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Did you know

• On the second day of the Disney D23 Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center, Saturday, 10 August 2013, Angelina Jolie admitted that she scared little kids while in costume on the set of Maleficent, with one kid actually saying, "Mommy, please get the mean witch to stop talking to me." She adds that her daughter, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, who played young Aurora, was the only child who was not scared of her.

• Angelina Jolie worked very closely with the costume and make-up designers to develop Maleficent's menacing look. Disney executives objected, hoping to take advantage of Jolie's beauty in marketing the film, but the actress insisted that the character maintain the scarier look of the animated incarnation from Sleeping Beauty (1959).

• Maleficent's magic changes colour. When she is good, her magic is gold and when she is evil, her magic is green.