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.
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Cast
168 people
Don Hahn
Self
Roy Edward Disney
Self
Also in
A Conversation with Roy Disney
Mickey's Audition
Michael Eisner
Self
Also in
George Lucas' Star Tours
Disney's California Adventure Grand Opening Special
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Self
Also in
E! True Hollywood Story
Peter Schneider
Self
Also in
Medisch Centrum West
Rob Minkoff
Self - Pumbaa (voice)
Also in
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Glen Keane
Self
Known for
Over the Moon
A Trash Truck Christmas
Ron Clements
Self
Also in
Shades of Sherlock Holmes!
Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation
John Musker
Self
Also in
Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation
Mike Gabriel
Self (voice)
Also in
Luau
Roger Allers
Self - Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice)
David Pruiksma
Self (voice)
Don Hahn Director · Patrick Pacheco Screenplay
Worldwide gross $85K · United States release March 26, 2010 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$84,918
Production
Walt Disney Pictures
Production
Red Shoes / Some Shoes
Production
Stone Circle Pictures
Production
Walt Disney Studios
Studio
United States
Produced in
Persistence of Vision USA
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 5, 2009
Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
United States · March 26, 2010
Limited theatrical
Australia
August 8, 2010 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
Canada
September 15, 2009 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Finland
December 25, 2015 · TV
France
September 11, 2010 · Premiere · Deauville American Film Festival
October 6, 2010 · Theatrical
Italy
October 28, 2011 · TV · Rai 1
Poland
January 18, 2019 · Digital · CHILI
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