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Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Documentary

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.

Date: 09/05/2009
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Don Hahn, Roy Edward Disney, Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Peter Schneider, Rob Minkoff, Glen Keane, Ron Clements, John Musker, Mike Gabriel, Roger Allers, David Pruiksma, Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, Thomas Schumacher, Mark Kimball, Dick Cook, Lisa Keene, Elton John, Lillian Disney, Randy Cartwright, Ron Miller, Ruben Procopio, Tim Burton, Wolfgang Reitherman, Jeanette Thomas, Frank Thomas, Marie E. Johnston, Ollie Johnston, Eric Larson, Joe Ranft, Les Clark, Ron Hendren, Frank Wells, Don Griffith, John Lasseter, Walt Disney, Roy O. Disney, Connie Chung, Diane Sawyer, Ted Berman, Phil Nibbelink, Joe Hale, Ed Gombert, Shirley Temple, Kathleen Gavin, Maureen Donley, Pat Riley, Alex Trebek, Steven Spielberg, Richard Rich, Jane Pauley, Dennis Cosmo Michael, George Scribner, George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, Richard Williams, Dean Cundey, Roger Ebert, Richard Purdum, David Friedman, Paula Abdul, Dudley Moore, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, Getúlio Vargas, Gary Franklin, Gene Siskel, Karl Malden, Kathleen Turner, Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Selick, Edwin Catmull, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Ralph Eggleston, Jim Fowler, Joseph the Lion, Pancho the Lion, Brenda Chapman, Ruben A. Aquino, Travis Blaise, Richard Turner, Laurin Sydney, Charles Gibson, Jeremy Irons, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Bob Goen, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Cecilia Hart, Robert Guillaume, Donna Brown Guillaume, Chris Sanders, James Baxter, Marc Davis, Milt Kahl, Ward Kimball, John Lounsbery, Joe Lanzisero, Darrell Van Citters, Brett Thompson, Leslie Margolin, Mike Cedeno, Paul Nowak, Nancy Beiman, Jerry Rees, Bruce Morris, Elmer Plummer, Brad Bird, Doug Lefler, Harry Sabin, Eddie Fisher, Doris Day, Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy, Lorna Cook, Heidi Guedel, Linda Miller, Emily Jiuliano, Skip Jones, Vera Pacheco, Dave Spafford, Sally Voorheis, Saul Steinberg, John V. Lindsay, Barry Diller, Lem Davis, Alvy Ray Smith, Danny Troob, Tim Rice, Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, Jodi Benson, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss, Julie Andrews, Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Lisa Blair, John Hurt, Grant Bardsley, Pat Fraley, Janet-Laine Green, Sunny Besen Thrasher, Eve Evans, Cree Summer, Judge Reinhold, Bob Hoskins, Charles Fleischer, Mel Blanc, Cheech Marin, Pat Carroll, Butch Patrick, Fred Gwynne, Wayne Allwine, Susan Egan, Burke Moses, Terrence Mann, Frank Welker, Stubby Kaye

Don Hahn as Himself in Waking Sleeping Beauty Don Hahn

Roy Edward Disney as Himself in Waking Sleeping Beauty Roy Edward Disney

Michael Eisner as Himself in Waking Sleeping Beauty Michael Eisner

Jeffrey Katzenberg as Himself in Waking Sleeping Beauty Jeffrey Katzenberg

Peter Schneider

Rob Minkoff as Himself / Pumbaa (voice) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Rob Minkoff

Glen Keane as Himself in Waking Sleeping Beauty Glen Keane

Ron Clements as Himself in Waking Sleeping Beauty Ron Clements

John Musker as Himself in Waking Sleeping Beauty John Musker

Mike Gabriel as Himself (voice) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Mike Gabriel

Roger Allers as Himself / Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Roger Allers

David Pruiksma

Gary Trousdale as Himself in Waking Sleeping Beauty Gary Trousdale

Kirk Wise as Himself in Waking Sleeping Beauty Kirk Wise

Thomas Schumacher as Himself in Waking Sleeping Beauty Thomas Schumacher

Mark Kimball

Dick Cook

Lisa Keene

Elton John as Himself (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Elton John

Lillian Disney

Randy Cartwright

Ron Miller as Himself (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Ron Miller

Ruben Procopio

Tim Burton as Himself (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Tim Burton

Wolfgang Reitherman as Himself (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Wolfgang Reitherman

Jeanette Thomas

Frank Thomas as Himself (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Frank Thomas

Marie E. Johnston

Ollie Johnston as Himself (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Ollie Johnston

Eric Larson as Himself (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Eric Larson

Joe Ranft as Himself (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Joe Ranft

Les Clark as Himself (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Les Clark

Ron Hendren

Frank Wells

Don Griffith

John Lasseter as Himself (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty John Lasseter

Walt Disney as Himself (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Walt Disney

Roy O. Disney as Himself (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Roy O. Disney

Connie Chung as Herself (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Connie Chung

Diane Sawyer as Herself (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Diane Sawyer

Ted Berman as Himself (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Ted Berman

Phil Nibbelink

Joe Hale

Ed Gombert

Shirley Temple as Herself (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Shirley Temple

Kathleen Gavin

Maureen Donley

Pat Riley

Alex Trebek as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Alex Trebek

Steven Spielberg as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Steven Spielberg

Richard Rich as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Richard Rich

Jane Pauley as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Jane Pauley

Dennis Cosmo Michael

George Scribner as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty George Scribner

George Lucas as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty George Lucas

Robert Zemeckis as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Robert Zemeckis

Richard Williams as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Richard Williams

Dean Cundey as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Dean Cundey

Roger Ebert as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Roger Ebert

Richard Purdum

David Friedman

Paula Abdul as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Paula Abdul

Dudley Moore as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Dudley Moore

Jerry Orbach as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Jerry Orbach

Angela Lansbury as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Angela Lansbury

Getúlio Vargas

Gary Franklin

Gene Siskel as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Gene Siskel

Karl Malden

Kathleen Turner as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Kathleen Turner

Paul Newman as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Paul Newman

Elizabeth Taylor as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Elizabeth Taylor

Henry Selick as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Henry Selick

Edwin Catmull as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Edwin Catmull

Andrew Stanton as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Andrew Stanton

Pete Docter as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Pete Docter

Ralph Eggleston as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Ralph Eggleston

Jim Fowler

Joseph the Lion

Pancho the Lion

Brenda Chapman as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Brenda Chapman

Ruben A. Aquino

Travis Blaise

Richard Turner

Laurin Sydney

Charles Gibson as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Charles Gibson

Jeremy Irons as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Jeremy Irons

Nathan Lane as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Nathan Lane

Ernie Sabella as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Ernie Sabella

Bob Goen as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Bob Goen

Sarah Jessica Parker as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Sarah Jessica Parker

Matthew Broderick as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Matthew Broderick

James Earl Jones as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty James Earl Jones

Cecilia Hart as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Cecilia Hart

Robert Guillaume as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Robert Guillaume

Donna Brown Guillaume

Chris Sanders as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Chris Sanders

James Baxter as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty James Baxter

Marc Davis as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Marc Davis

Milt Kahl as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Milt Kahl

Ward Kimball

John Lounsbery as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty John Lounsbery

Joe Lanzisero

Darrell Van Citters

Brett Thompson

Leslie Margolin

Mike Cedeno

Paul Nowak

Nancy Beiman

Jerry Rees

Bruce Morris

Elmer Plummer

Brad Bird as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Brad Bird

Doug Lefler as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Doug Lefler

Harry Sabin

Eddie Fisher as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Eddie Fisher

Doris Day as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Doris Day

Don Bluth as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Don Bluth

Gary Goldman as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Gary Goldman

John Pomeroy

Lorna Cook as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Lorna Cook

Heidi Guedel

Linda Miller as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Linda Miller

Emily Jiuliano

Skip Jones

Vera Pacheco

Dave Spafford

Sally Voorheis

Saul Steinberg

John V. Lindsay as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty John V. Lindsay

Barry Diller as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Barry Diller

Lem Davis

Alvy Ray Smith as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Alvy Ray Smith

Danny Troob

Tim Rice as Self (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Tim Rice

Howard Ashman as Self / Sebastian (voice) / Ariel (voice) (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Howard Ashman

Alan Menken as Self / Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Alan Menken

Jodi Benson as Self / Ariel (voice) (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Jodi Benson

Bette Midler as Self / Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Bette Midler

Richard Dreyfuss as David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Richard Dreyfuss

Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Julie Andrews

Tom Hanks as Allen Bauer (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Tom Hanks

Daryl Hannah as Madison (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Daryl Hannah

Tom Selleck as Peter Mitchell (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Tom Selleck

Steve Guttenberg as Michael Kellam (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Steve Guttenberg

Ted Danson as Jack Holden (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Ted Danson

Lisa Blair

John Hurt as The Horned King (voice) (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty John Hurt

Grant Bardsley

Pat Fraley as The Gwythaint (voice) (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Pat Fraley

Janet-Laine Green as Wish Bear (voice) (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Janet-Laine Green

Sunny Besen Thrasher as Jason (voice) (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Sunny Besen Thrasher

Eve Evans

Cree Summer as Kim (voice) (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Cree Summer

Judge Reinhold as Ken Kessler (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Judge Reinhold

Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Bob Hoskins

Charles Fleischer as Roger Rabbit (voice) (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Charles Fleischer

Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Mel Blanc

Cheech Marin as Tito (voice) (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Cheech Marin

Pat Carroll as Ursula (voice) (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Pat Carroll

Butch Patrick as Eddie Munster (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Butch Patrick

Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Fred Gwynne

Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse (voice) (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Wayne Allwine

Susan Egan as Belle (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Susan Egan

Burke Moses

Terrence Mann as Beast (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Terrence Mann

Frank Welker as Abu (voice) / Lion roars (voice) (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Frank Welker

Stubby Kaye as Marvin Acme (archive footage) in Waking Sleeping Beauty Stubby Kaye

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