Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)

ALL 09/05/2009 (en) Documentary 86 Min
  • Release
    09/05/2009
  • Production
    Walt Disney Pictures, Red Shoes / Some Shoes, Stone Circle Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    72%
  • Original title
    Waking Sleeping Beauty
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 80.00
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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.

  1. Don Hahn

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Don Hahn

    Self

  2. Roy Edward Disney

    Self

  3. Michael Eisner

    Self

  4. Jeffrey Katzenberg

    Self

  5. Peter Schneider

    Self

  6. Rob Minkoff

    Self / Pumbaa (voice)

  7. Glen Keane

    Self

  8. Ron Clements

    Self

  9. John Musker

    Self

  10. Mike Gabriel

    Self (voice)

  11. Roger Allers

    Self / Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice)

  12. David Pruiksma

    Self (voice)

  13. Gary Trousdale

    Self

  14. Kirk Wise

    Self

  15. Thomas Schumacher

    Self

  16. Mark Kimball

    Self (voice)

  17. Dick Cook

    Self (voice)

  18. Lisa Keene

    Self

  19. Elton John

    Self (archive footage)

  20. Lillian Disney

    Self (archive footage)

  21. Randy Cartwright

    Self (archive footage)

  22. Ron Miller

    Self (archive footage)

  23. Ruben Procopio

    Self (archive footage)

  24. Tim Burton

    Self (archive footage)

  25. Wolfgang Reitherman

    Self (archive footage)

  26. Jeanette Thomas

    Self (archive footage)

  27. Frank Thomas

    Self (archive footage)

  28. Marie E. Johnston

    Self (archive footage)

  29. Ollie Johnston

    Self (archive footage)

  30. Eric Larson

    Self (archive footage)

  31. Joe Ranft

    Self (archive footage)

  32. Les Clark

    Self (archive footage)

  33. Ron Hendren

    Self (archive footage)

  34. Frank Wells

    Self (archive footage)

  35. Don Griffith

    Self (archive footage)

  36. John Lasseter

    Self (archive footage)

  37. Walt Disney

    Self (archive footage)

  38. Roy O. Disney

    Self (archive footage)

  39. Connie Chung

    Self (archive footage)

  40. Diane Sawyer

    Self (archive footage)

  41. Ted Berman

    Self (archive footage)

  42. Phil Nibbelink

    Self (archive footage)

  43. Joe Hale

    Self (archive footage)

  44. Ed Gombert

    Self (archive footage)

  45. Shirley Temple

    Self (archive footage)

  46. Kathleen Gavin

    Self (archive footage)

  47. Maureen Donley

    Self (archive footage)

  48. Pat Riley

    Self (archive footage)

  49. Alex Trebek

    Self (archive footage)

  50. Steven Spielberg

    Self (archive footage)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 168 , Crews : 3

Keyword

Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) 86 Min

ALL 09/05/2009 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 09/05/2009
  • Production
    Walt Disney Pictures, Red Shoes / Some Shoes, Stone Circle Pictures
  • Original title Waking Sleeping Beauty
  • en
  • Revenue80.00

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.

  1. Don Hahn

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer