Waking Sleeping Beauty
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Waking Sleeping Beauty

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

Documentary
★ 7.2/10 TMDB 2010-03-26 86 min

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.

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Don Hahn
Don Hahn
Self
Roy Edward Disney
Roy Edward Disney
Self
Michael Eisner
Michael Eisner
Self
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Self
Peter Schneider
Self
Rob Minkoff
Rob Minkoff
Self - Pumbaa (voice)
Glen Keane
Glen Keane
Self
Ron Clements
Ron Clements
Self
John Musker
John Musker
Self
Mike Gabriel
Mike Gabriel
Self (voice)
Roger Allers
Roger Allers
Self - Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice)
David Pruiksma
Self (voice)
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