Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
"From 1984 to 1994 a perfect storm of people and circumstances changed the face of animation forever."
Title: Waking Sleeping Beauty
Original Title: Waking Sleeping Beauty
Release Date: 2009-09-05
Status: Released
Rating: 7.3/10 (from 108 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Red Shoes / Some Shoes, Stone Circle Pictures
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.
Cast
Don Hahn
Himself
Roy Edward Disney
Himself
Michael Eisner
Himself
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Himself
Peter Schneider
Himself
Rob Minkoff
Himself / Pumbaa (voice)
Glen Keane
Himself
Ron Clements
Himself
John Musker
Himself
Mike Gabriel
Himself (voice)
