Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)

  • PG
  • 09/05/2009 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 26m

From 1984 to 1994 a perfect storm of people and circumstances changed the face of animation forever.

Overview

By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready to relinquish control. These conditions produced a series of box-office flops and pessimistic forecasts: maybe the best days of animation were over. Maybe the public didn't care. Only a miracle or a magic spell could produce a happy ending. Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairy tale. It's the true story of how Disney regained its magic with a staggering output of hits - "Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast ," "Aladdin," "The Lion King," and more - over a 10-year period.

Patrick Pacheco

Screenplay

Don Hahn

Director

Cast

Don Hahn's headshot

Don Hahn

Himself
Roy Edward Disney's headshot

Roy Edward Disney

Himself
Michael Eisner's headshot

Michael Eisner

Himself
Jeffrey Katzenberg's headshot

Jeffrey Katzenberg

Himself
Peter Schneider's headshot

Peter Schneider

Himself
Rob Minkoff's headshot

Rob Minkoff

Himself / Pumbaa (voice)
Glen Keane's headshot

Glen Keane

Himself
Ron Clements's headshot

Ron Clements

Himself

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