"Maleficent' (2014).

"Maleficent' (2014) is a film from Walt Disney Pictures live action feature starring Angelina Jolie as Maleficent, Elle Fanning as Princess Aurora, and Brenton Thwaites as Prince Phillip. The character "Maleficent" derives from "Sleeping Beauty," the 1959 classic animated feature film from Walt Disney Productions.

"Maleficent" takes a closer look at the pivotal character of the witch who causes all the trouble for Princess Aurora aka Sleeping Beauty. Adapted from the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale, "Maleficent" shows what caused the evil witch to become hardened and ultimately to place a curse on innocent young Princess Aurora.

This film shows the reality of filming "Maleficent," with Angelina Jolie "flying" in the midst of the crew's parked cars

The release date for "Maleficent" was May 30, 2014 in the US and the UK. The film is directed by Robert Stromberg.

Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty"

Angelina Jolie told Entertainment Weekly about her personal connection to Maleficent:

"Maleficent was always so elegant. She was always in control. And to play her was difficult. I worked on my voice a lot. She's bigger than me. She's on a different level of performance than I have ever done. She's very still. She's very sure of her voice. I kept playing with these different types of British voices, making my voice darker and scarier. 

"I was giving my kids a bath, and I started making up other stories about Maleficent. They weren't really paying attention to me...until I started to mess around with this playful [singsongy] voice. It gets very, very dark, but it had these colors. My kids started laughing. And that's how I would rehearse my scenes.”

Below are trailers for "Maleficent."

Angelina Jolie

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