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SLEEPING BETTY

Claude Cloutier · Canada · Comedy / Parody / Fantasy / Animation · 9 min · 3.6M views

Directed by Claude Cloutier · Starring Martin Barry, Johanne Garneau, Rick Jones · 2007

Princess Betty has fallen into a stubborn sleep, so the King summons help, and a parade of unlikely rescuers from Henry VIII and Queen Victoria to a weepy alien and a funky witch try to wake her.

A gloriously silly, ink-drawn spin on Sleeping Beauty, packed with anachronistic gags that delight kids and grown-ups alike.

In this animated short, Sleeping Betty is stuck in bed, victim to a strange bout of narcolepsy. The King calls on his subjects to rescue her and they all respond to the call: Uncle Henry VIII, Aunt Victoria, an oddly emo

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