Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)

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.

Cast (168)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Don Hahn

Self

Roy Edward Disney

Self

Michael Eisner

Self

Jeffrey Katzenberg

Self

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Peter Schneider

Self

Rob Minkoff

Self - Pumbaa (voice)

Glen Keane

Self

Ron Clements

Self

John Musker

Self

Mike Gabriel

Self (voice)

Roger Allers

Self - Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice)

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David Pruiksma

Self (voice)

Gary Trousdale

Self

Kirk Wise

Self

Thomas Schumacher

Self

M

Mark Kimball

Self (voice)

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Dick Cook

Self (voice)

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Lisa Keene

Self

Elton John

Self (archive footage)

L

Lillian Disney

Self (archive footage)

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Randy Cartwright

Self (archive footage)

Ron Miller

Self (archive footage)

R

Ruben Procopio

Self (archive footage)

Tim Burton

Self (archive footage)

Wolfgang Reitherman

Self (archive footage)

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Jeanette Thomas

Self (archive footage)

Frank Thomas

Self (archive footage)

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Marie E. Johnston

Self (archive footage)

Ollie Johnston

Self (archive footage)

Eric Larson

Self (archive footage)

Joe Ranft

Self (archive footage)

Les Clark

Self (archive footage)

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Ron Hendren

Self (archive footage)

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Frank Wells

Self (archive footage)

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Don Griffith

Self (archive footage)

John Lasseter

Self (archive footage)

Walt Disney

Self (archive footage)

Roy O. Disney

Self (archive footage)

Connie Chung

Self (archive footage)

Diane Sawyer

Self (archive footage)

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Ted Berman

Self (archive footage)

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Phil Nibbelink

Self (archive footage)

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Joe Hale

Self (archive footage)

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Ed Gombert

Self (archive footage)

Shirley Temple

Self (archive footage)

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Kathleen Gavin

Self (archive footage)

M

Maureen Donley

Self (archive footage)

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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)

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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)

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Richard Purdum

Self (archive footage)

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