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Waking Sleeping Beauty

09/05/2009

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1hr 26min

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Documentary

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

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Don Hahn
  • Roy Edward Disney
  • Michael Eisner
  • Jeffrey Katzenberg
  • Peter Schneider

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

    • Walt Disney Pictures
    • Red Shoes / Some Shoes
    • Stone Circle Pictures

      Production Countries

    • United States of America

    LANGUAGES

    • English

    Cast

    Roy Edward Disney

    Himself

    Michael Eisner

    Himself

    Peter Schneider

    Himself

    Mark Kimball

    Himself (voice)

    Elton John

    Himself (archive footage)

    Lillian Disney

    Herself (archive footage)

    Jeanette Thomas

    Herself (archive footage)

    Marie E. Johnston

    Herself (archive footage)

    Ron Hendren

    Himself (archive footage)

    Frank Wells

    Himself (archive footage)

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