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.
Description: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Homepage: https://movies.disney.com/waking-sleeping-beauty
Budget: $0 | Revenue : $84,918
Runtime: 86 minutes
The Mill and the Cross
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds
Flatliners
Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale
Beasts of No Nation
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Princess and the Frog
Raya and the Last Dragon
Kong: Skull Island
Don Hahn
Played Himself
Roy Edward Disney
Played Himself
Michael Eisner
Played Himself
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Played Himself
Peter Schneider
Played Himself
Rob Minkoff
Played Himself / Pumbaa (voice)
Glen Keane
Played Himself
Ron Clements
Played Himself
John Musker
Played Himself
Mike Gabriel
Played Himself (voice)
Roger Allers
Played Himself / Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice)
David Pruiksma
Played Himself (voice)
Gary Trousdale
Played Himself
Kirk Wise
Played Himself
Thomas Schumacher
Played Himself
Mark Kimball
Played Himself (voice)
Dick Cook
Played Himself (voice)
Lisa Keene
Played Herself
Elton John
Played Himself (archive footage)
Lillian Disney
Played Herself (archive footage)
Randy Cartwright
Played Himself (archive footage)
Ron Miller
Played Himself (archive footage)
Ruben Procopio
Played Himself (archive footage)
Tim Burton
Played Himself (archive footage)
Wolfgang Reitherman
Played Himself (archive footage)
Jeanette Thomas
Played Herself (archive footage)
Frank Thomas
Played Himself (archive footage)
Marie E. Johnston
Played Herself (archive footage)
Ollie Johnston
Played Himself (archive footage)
Eric Larson
Played Himself (archive footage)
Joe Ranft
Played Himself (archive footage)
Les Clark
Played Himself (archive footage)
Ron Hendren
Played Himself (archive footage)
Frank Wells
Played Himself (archive footage)
Don Griffith
Played Himself (archive footage)
John Lasseter
Played Himself (archive footage)
Walt Disney
Played Himself (archive footage)
Roy O. Disney
Played Himself (archive footage)
Connie Chung
Played Herself (archive footage)
Diane Sawyer
Played Herself (archive footage)
Ted Berman
Played Himself (archive footage)
Phil Nibbelink
Played Himself (archive footage)
Joe Hale
Played Himself (archive footage)
Ed Gombert
Played Himself (archive footage)
Shirley Temple
Played Herself (archive footage)
Kathleen Gavin
Played Self (archive footage)
Maureen Donley
Played Self (archive footage)
Pat Riley
Played Self (archive footage)
Alex Trebek
Played Self (archive footage)
Steven Spielberg
Played Self (archive footage)
Richard Rich
Played Self (archive footage)
Jane Pauley
Played Self (archive footage)
Dennis Cosmo Michael
Played Self (voice) (archive footage)
George Scribner
Played Self (archive footage)
George Lucas
Played Self (archive footage)
Robert Zemeckis
Played Self (archive footage)
Richard Williams
Played Self (archive footage)
Dean Cundey
Played Self (archive footage)
Roger Ebert
Played Self (archive footage)
Richard Purdum
Played Self (archive footage)
David Friedman
Played Self (archive footage)
Paula Abdul
Played Self (archive footage)
Dudley Moore
Played Self (archive footage)
Jerry Orbach
Played Self (archive footage)
Angela Lansbury
Played Self (archive footage)
Getúlio Vargas
Played Self (archive footage)
Gary Franklin
Played Self (archive footage)
Gene Siskel
Played Self (archive footage)
Karl Malden
Played Self (archive footage)
Kathleen Turner
Played Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman
Played Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor
Played Self (archive footage)
Henry Selick
Played Self (archive footage)
Edwin Catmull
Played Self (archive footage)
Andrew Stanton
Played Self (archive footage)
Pete Docter
Played Self (archive footage)
Ralph Eggleston
Played Self (archive footage)
Jim Fowler
Played Self (archive footage)
Joseph the Lion
Played Self (archive footage)
Pancho the Lion
Played Self (archive footage)
Brenda Chapman
Played Self (archive footage)
Ruben A. Aquino
Played Self (archive footage)
Travis Blaise
Played Self (archive footage)
Richard Turner
Played Self (voice) (archive footage)
Laurin Sydney
Played Self (archive footage)
Charles Gibson
Played Self (archive footage)
Jeremy Irons
Played Self (archive footage)
Nathan Lane
Played Self (archive footage)
Ernie Sabella
Played Self (archive footage)
Bob Goen
Played Self (archive footage)
Sarah Jessica Parker
Played Self (archive footage)
Matthew Broderick
Played Self (archive footage)
James Earl Jones
Played Self (archive footage)
Cecilia Hart
Played Self (archive footage)
Robert Guillaume
Played Self (archive footage)
Donna Brown Guillaume
Played Self (archive footage)
Chris Sanders
Played Self (archive footage)
James Baxter
Played Self (archive footage)
Marc Davis
Played Self (archive footage)
Milt Kahl
Played Self (archive footage)
Ward Kimball
Played Self (archive footage)
John Lounsbery
Played Self (archive footage)
Joe Lanzisero
Played Self (archive footage)
Darrell Van Citters
Played Self (archive footage)
Brett Thompson
Played Self (archive footage)
Leslie Margolin
Played Self (archive footage)
Mike Cedeno
Played Self (archive footage)
Paul Nowak
Played Self (archive footage)
Nancy Beiman
Played Self (archive footage)
Jerry Rees
Played Self (archive footage)
Bruce Morris
Played Self (archive footage)
Elmer Plummer
Played Self (archive footage)
Brad Bird
Played Self (archive footage)
Doug Lefler
Played Self (archive footage)
Harry Sabin
Played Self (archive footage)
Eddie Fisher
Played Self (archive footage)
Doris Day
Played Self (archive footage)
Don Bluth
Played Self (archive footage)
Gary Goldman
Played Self (archive footage)
John Pomeroy
Played Self (archive footage)
Lorna Cook
Played Self (archive footage)
Heidi Guedel
Played Self (archive footage)
Linda Miller
Played Self (archive footage)
Emily Jiuliano
Played Self (archive footage)
Skip Jones
Played Self (archive footage)
Vera Pacheco
Played Self (archive footage)
Dave Spafford
Played Self (archive footage)
Sally Voorheis
Played Self (archive footage)
Saul Steinberg
Played Self (archive footage)
John V. Lindsay
Played Self (archive footage)
Barry Diller
Played Self (archive footage)
Lem Davis
Played Self (archive footage)
Alvy Ray Smith
Played Self (archive footage)
Danny Troob
Played Self (archive footage)
Tim Rice
Played Self (archive footage)
Howard Ashman
Played Self / Sebastian (voice) / Ariel (voice) (archive footage)
Alan Menken
Played Self / Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage)
Jodi Benson
Played Self / Ariel (voice) (archive footage)
Bette Midler
Played Self / Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)
Richard Dreyfuss
Played David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)
Julie Andrews
Played Mary Poppins (archive footage)
Tom Hanks
Played Allen Bauer (archive footage)
Daryl Hannah
Played Madison (archive footage)
Tom Selleck
Played Peter Mitchell (archive footage)
Steve Guttenberg
Played Michael Kellam (archive footage)
Ted Danson
Played Jack Holden (archive footage)
Lisa Blair
Played Mary (archive footage)
John Hurt
Played The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)
Grant Bardsley
Played Taran (voice) (archive footage)
Pat Fraley
Played The Gwythaint (voice) (archive footage)
Janet-Laine Green
Played Wish Bear (voice) (archive footage)
Sunny Besen Thrasher
Played Jason (voice) (archive footage)
Eve Evans
Played Secret Bear (voice) (archive footage)
Cree Summer
Played Kim (voice) (archive footage)
Judge Reinhold
Played Ken Kessler (archive footage)
Bob Hoskins
Played Eddie Valiant (archive footage)
Charles Fleischer
Played Roger Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)
Mel Blanc
Played Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage)
Cheech Marin
Played Tito (voice) (archive footage)
Pat Carroll
Played Ursula (voice) (archive footage)
Butch Patrick
Played Eddie Munster (archive footage)
Fred Gwynne
Played Herman Munster (archive footage)
Wayne Allwine
Played Mickey Mouse (voice) (archive footage)
Susan Egan
Played Belle (archive footage)
Burke Moses
Played Gaston (archive footage)
Terrence Mann
Played Beast (archive footage)
Frank Welker
Played Abu (voice) / Lion roars (voice) (archive footage)
Stubby Kaye
Played Marvin Acme (archive footage)
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