It stars Sarah Lassez as a morgue beautician trying to get over her ex-girlfriend, played by Radha Mitchell.

A mother tells her daughter a real life fairy tale of a "Princess Charming" and her Sleeping Beauty.

Director Jamie Babbit was a script supervisor on David Fincher's 1997 film The Game.

While working on The Game, she discussed her idea for a short film based on a fairy tale with Fincher.

The star of The Game, Michael Douglas, wrote to Paramount and asked them to give Babbit access to their costume department.

[1] The soundtrack of Sleeping Beauties features the song "Pity Rock" by Madigan Shive.

[6] In 1999, Sleeping Beauties won the C4TX award for best short film from British television station Channel 4.