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Waking Sleeping Beauty
“From 1984 to 1994 a perfect storm of people and circumstances changed the face of animation forever.”
7.2 / 10• 2010• 1h 26m•PG• English
Documentary
Storyline
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
Don Hahn
Self
Lead
Roy Edward Disney
Self
Michael Eisner
Self
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Self
PS
Peter Schneider
Self
Rob Minkoff
Self - Pumbaa (voice)
Glen Keane
Self
Ron Clements
Self
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Don Hahn's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Waking Sleeping Beauty is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
