Waking Sleeping Beauty
"From 1984 to 1994 a perfect storm of people and circumstances changed the face of animation forever."
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.
Director
Don Hahn
Languages
English
Status
Released
Box Office
$84,918
Who's In It
Don Hahn
Self
Roy Edward Disney
Self
Michael Eisner
Self
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Self
Rob Minkoff
Self - Pumbaa (voice)
Glen Keane
Self
Ron Clements
Self
John Musker
Self
Mike Gabriel
Self (voice)
Roger Allers
Self - Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice)
Gary Trousdale
Self
Kirk Wise
Self
Thomas Schumacher
Self
Elton John
Self (archive footage)
Ron Miller
Self (archive footage)
Tim Burton
Self (archive footage)
Wolfgang Reitherman
Self (archive footage)
Frank Thomas
Self (archive footage)
Ollie Johnston
Self (archive footage)
Eric Larson
Self (archive footage)
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