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Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)

PG ★ 7.2/10 86 min Documentary United States English
Director: Don Hahn
Screenplay by: Patrick Pacheco
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From 1984 to 1994 a perfect storm of people and circumstances changed the face of animation forever.

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.

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Top Cast

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

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