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Waking Sleeping Beauty

From 1984 to 1994 a perfect storm of people and circumstances changed the face of animation forever.
2009 | 86m | English

(3392 votes)

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Popularity: 5 (history)

Director: Don Hahn
Writer: Patrick Pacheco
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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.
Release Date: Sep 05, 2009
Director: Don Hahn
Writer: Patrick Pacheco
Genres: Documentary
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Production Companies Walt Disney Pictures, Red Shoes / Some Shoes, Stone Circle Pictures
Box Office Revenue: $84,918
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: Feb 01, 2025
Entered: Apr 13, 2024
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Name Character
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)
Roger Allers Himself / Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice)
David Pruiksma Himself (voice)
Gary Trousdale Himself
Kirk Wise Himself
Thomas Schumacher Himself
Mark Kimball Himself (voice)
Dick Cook Himself (voice)
Lisa Keene Herself
Elton John Himself (archive footage)
Lillian Disney Herself (archive footage)
Randy Cartwright Himself (archive footage)
Ron Miller Himself (archive footage)
Ruben Procopio Himself (archive footage)
Tim Burton Himself (archive footage)
Wolfgang Reitherman Himself (archive footage)
Jeanette Thomas Herself (archive footage)
Frank Thomas Himself (archive footage)
Marie E. Johnston Herself (archive footage)
Ollie Johnston Himself (archive footage)
Eric Larson Himself (archive footage)
Joe Ranft Himself (archive footage)
Les Clark Himself (archive footage)
Ron Hendren Himself (archive footage)
Frank Wells Himself (archive footage)
Don Griffith Himself (archive footage)
John Lasseter Himself (archive footage)
Walt Disney Himself (archive footage)
Roy O. Disney Himself (archive footage)
Connie Chung Herself (archive footage)
Diane Sawyer Herself (archive footage)
Ted Berman Himself (archive footage)
Phil Nibbelink Himself (archive footage)
Joe Hale Himself (archive footage)
Ed Gombert Himself (archive footage)
Shirley Temple Herself (archive footage)
Kathleen Gavin Self (archive footage)
Maureen Donley Self (archive footage)
Pat Riley Self (archive footage)
Alex Trebek Self (archive footage)
Steven Spielberg Self (archive footage)
Richard Rich Self (archive footage)
Jane Pauley Self (archive footage)
Dennis Cosmo Michael Self (voice) (archive footage)
George Scribner Self (archive footage)
George Lucas Self (archive footage)
Robert Zemeckis Self (archive footage)
Richard Williams Self (archive footage)
Dean Cundey Self (archive footage)
Roger Ebert Self (archive footage)
Richard Purdum Self (archive footage)
David Friedman Self (archive footage)
Paula Abdul Self (archive footage)
Dudley Moore Self (archive footage)
Jerry Orbach Self (archive footage)
Angela Lansbury Self (archive footage)
GetĂșlio Vargas Self (archive footage)
Gary Franklin Self (archive footage)
Gene Siskel Self (archive footage)
Karl Malden Self (archive footage)
Kathleen Turner Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor Self (archive footage)
Henry Selick Self (archive footage)
Edwin Catmull Self (archive footage)
Andrew Stanton Self (archive footage)
Pete Docter Self (archive footage)
Ralph Eggleston Self (archive footage)
Jim Fowler Self (archive footage)
Joseph the Lion Self (archive footage)
Pancho the Lion Self (archive footage)
Brenda Chapman Self (archive footage)
Ruben A. Aquino Self (archive footage)
Travis Blaise Self (archive footage)
Richard Turner Self (voice) (archive footage)
Laurin Sydney Self (archive footage)
Charles Gibson Self (archive footage)
Jeremy Irons Self (archive footage)
Nathan Lane Self (archive footage)
Ernie Sabella Self (archive footage)
Bob Goen Self (archive footage)
Sarah Jessica Parker Self (archive footage)
Matthew Broderick Self (archive footage)
James Earl Jones Self (archive footage)
Cecilia Hart Self (archive footage)
Robert Guillaume Self (archive footage)
Donna Brown Guillaume Self (archive footage)
Chris Sanders Self (archive footage)
James Baxter Self (archive footage)
Marc Davis Self (archive footage)
Milt Kahl Self (archive footage)
Ward Kimball Self (archive footage)
John Lounsbery Self (archive footage)
Joe Lanzisero Self (archive footage)
Darrell Van Citters Self (archive footage)
Brett Thompson Self (archive footage)
Leslie Margolin Self (archive footage)
Mike Cedeno Self (archive footage)
Paul Nowak Self (archive footage)
Nancy Beiman Self (archive footage)
Jerry Rees Self (archive footage)
Bruce Morris Self (archive footage)
Elmer Plummer Self (archive footage)
Brad Bird Self (archive footage)
Doug Lefler Self (archive footage)
Harry Sabin Self (archive footage)
Eddie Fisher Self (archive footage)
Doris Day Self (archive footage)
Don Bluth Self (archive footage)
Gary Goldman Self (archive footage)
John Pomeroy Self (archive footage)
Lorna Cook Self (archive footage)
Heidi Guedel Self (archive footage)
Linda Miller Self (archive footage)
Emily Jiuliano Self (archive footage)
Skip Jones Self (archive footage)
Vera Pacheco Self (archive footage)
Dave Spafford Self (archive footage)
Sally Voorheis Self (archive footage)
Saul Steinberg Self (archive footage)
John V. Lindsay Self (archive footage)
Barry Diller Self (archive footage)
Lem Davis Self (archive footage)
Alvy Ray Smith Self (archive footage)
Danny Troob Self (archive footage)
Tim Rice Self (archive footage)
Howard Ashman Self / Sebastian (voice) / Ariel (voice) (archive footage)
Alan Menken Self / Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage)
Jodi Benson Self / Ariel (voice) (archive footage)
Bette Midler Self / Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)
Richard Dreyfuss David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)
Julie Andrews Mary Poppins (archive footage)
Tom Hanks Allen Bauer (archive footage)
Daryl Hannah Madison (archive footage)
Tom Selleck Peter Mitchell (archive footage)
Steve Guttenberg Michael Kellam (archive footage)
Ted Danson Jack Holden (archive footage)
Lisa Blair Mary (archive footage)
John Hurt The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)
Grant Bardsley Taran (voice) (archive footage)
Pat Fraley The Gwythaint (voice) (archive footage)
Janet-Laine Green Wish Bear (voice) (archive footage)
Sunny Besen Thrasher Jason (voice) (archive footage)
Eve Evans Secret Bear (voice) (archive footage)
Cree Summer Kim (voice) (archive footage)
Judge Reinhold Ken Kessler (archive footage)
Bob Hoskins Eddie Valiant (archive footage)
Charles Fleischer Roger Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)
Mel Blanc Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage)
Cheech Marin Tito (voice) (archive footage)
Pat Carroll Ursula (voice) (archive footage)
Butch Patrick Eddie Munster (archive footage)
Fred Gwynne Herman Munster (archive footage)
Wayne Allwine Mickey Mouse (voice) (archive footage)
Susan Egan Belle (archive footage)
Burke Moses Gaston (archive footage)
Terrence Mann Beast (archive footage)
Frank Welker Abu (voice) / Lion roars (voice) (archive footage)
Stubby Kaye Marvin Acme (archive footage)
Name Job
Don Hahn Director
Patrick Pacheco Screenplay
Howard Ashman In Memory Of
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