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Waking Sleeping Beauty

From 1984 to 1994 a perfect storm of people and circumstances changed the face of animation forever.

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2009·86m

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.

Director · Don HahnStatus · ReleasedRevenue · 84.9KProduction · Walt Disney Pictures, Red Shoes / Some Shoes +1

Cast

Don Hahn image

Don Hahn

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Roy Edward Disney image

Roy Edward Disney

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Michael Eisner image

Michael Eisner

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Jeffrey Katzenberg image

Jeffrey Katzenberg

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Peter Schneider

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Rob Minkoff image

Rob Minkoff

Self - Pumbaa (voice)

Glen Keane image

Glen Keane

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Ron Clements image

Ron Clements

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John Musker image

John Musker

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Mike Gabriel image

Mike Gabriel

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Roger Allers image

Roger Allers

Self - Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice)

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David Pruiksma

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Gary Trousdale image

Gary Trousdale

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Kirk Wise image

Kirk Wise

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Thomas Schumacher image

Thomas Schumacher

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Mark Kimball

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Dick Cook

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Lisa Keene

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Elton John image

Elton John

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Lillian Disney

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Randy Cartwright

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Ron Miller image

Ron Miller

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Ruben Procopio

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Tim Burton image

Tim Burton

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Wolfgang Reitherman image

Wolfgang Reitherman

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Jeanette Thomas

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Frank Thomas image

Frank Thomas

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Marie E. Johnston

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Ollie Johnston image

Ollie Johnston

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Eric Larson image

Eric Larson

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Joe Ranft image

Joe Ranft

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Les Clark image

Les Clark

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Ron Hendren

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Frank Wells

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Don Griffith

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John Lasseter image

John Lasseter

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Walt Disney image

Walt Disney

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Roy O. Disney image

Roy O. Disney

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Connie Chung image

Connie Chung

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Diane Sawyer image

Diane Sawyer

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Ted Berman

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Phil Nibbelink

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Joe Hale

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Ed Gombert

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Shirley Temple image

Shirley Temple

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Kathleen Gavin

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Maureen Donley

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Pat Riley

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Alex Trebek image

Alex Trebek

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Steven Spielberg image

Steven Spielberg

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Richard Rich image

Richard Rich

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Jane Pauley image

Jane Pauley

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Dennis Cosmo Michael

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George Scribner image

George Scribner

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George Lucas image

George Lucas

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Robert Zemeckis image

Robert Zemeckis

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Richard Williams image

Richard Williams

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Dean Cundey image

Dean Cundey

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Roger Ebert image

Roger Ebert

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Richard Purdum

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David Friedman

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Paula Abdul image

Paula Abdul

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Dudley Moore image

Dudley Moore

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Jerry Orbach image

Jerry Orbach

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Angela Lansbury image

Angela Lansbury

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Getúlio Vargas image

Getúlio Vargas

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Gary Franklin

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Gene Siskel image

Gene Siskel

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Karl Malden

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Kathleen Turner image

Kathleen Turner

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Paul Newman image

Paul Newman

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Elizabeth Taylor image

Elizabeth Taylor

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Henry Selick image

Henry Selick

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Edwin Catmull image

Edwin Catmull

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Andrew Stanton image

Andrew Stanton

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Pete Docter image

Pete Docter

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Ralph Eggleston image

Ralph Eggleston

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Jim Fowler

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Joseph the Lion

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Pancho the Lion

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Brenda Chapman image

Brenda Chapman

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Ruben A. Aquino image

Ruben A. Aquino

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Travis Blaise

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Richard Turner

Self (voice) (archive footage)

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Laurin Sydney

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Charles Gibson image

Charles Gibson

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Jeremy Irons image

Jeremy Irons

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Nathan Lane image

Nathan Lane

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Ernie Sabella image

Ernie Sabella

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Bob Goen image

Bob Goen

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Sarah Jessica Parker image

Sarah Jessica Parker

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Matthew Broderick image

Matthew Broderick

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James Earl Jones image

James Earl Jones

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Cecilia Hart image

Cecilia Hart

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Robert Guillaume image

Robert Guillaume

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Donna Brown Guillaume

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Chris Sanders image

Chris Sanders

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James Baxter image

James Baxter

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Marc Davis image

Marc Davis

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Milt Kahl image

Milt Kahl

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Ward Kimball

Self (archive footage)

John Lounsbery image

John Lounsbery

Self (archive footage)

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Joe Lanzisero

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Darrell Van Citters

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Brett Thompson

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Leslie Margolin

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Mike Cedeno

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Paul Nowak

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Nancy Beiman

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Jerry Rees image

Jerry Rees

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Bruce Morris

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Elmer Plummer

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Brad Bird image

Brad Bird

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Doug Lefler image

Doug Lefler

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Harry Sabin

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Eddie Fisher image

Eddie Fisher

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Doris Day image

Doris Day

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Don Bluth image

Don Bluth

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Gary Goldman image

Gary Goldman

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John Pomeroy image

John Pomeroy

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Lorna Cook image

Lorna Cook

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Heidi Guedel

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Linda Miller image

Linda Miller

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Emily Jiuliano

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Skip Jones

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Vera Pacheco image

Vera Pacheco

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Dave Spafford

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Sally Voorheis

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Saul Steinberg

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John V. Lindsay image

John V. Lindsay

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Barry Diller image

Barry Diller

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Lem Davis

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Alvy Ray Smith image

Alvy Ray Smith

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Danny Troob

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Tim Rice image

Tim Rice

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Howard Ashman image

Howard Ashman

Self - Sebastian (voice) / Ariel (voice) (archive footage)

Alan Menken image

Alan Menken

Self - Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage)

Jodi Benson image

Jodi Benson

Self - Ariel (voice) (archive footage)

Bette Midler image

Bette Midler

Self - Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)

Richard Dreyfuss image

Richard Dreyfuss

David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)

Julie Andrews image

Julie Andrews

Mary Poppins (archive footage)

Tom Hanks image

Tom Hanks

Allen Bauer (archive footage)

Daryl Hannah image

Daryl Hannah

Madison (archive footage)

Tom Selleck image

Tom Selleck

Peter Mitchell (archive footage)

Steve Guttenberg image

Steve Guttenberg

Michael Kellam (archive footage)

Ted Danson image

Ted Danson

Jack Holden (archive footage)

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Lisa Blair

Mary (archive footage)

John Hurt image

John Hurt

The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)

Grant Bardsley image

Grant Bardsley

Taran (voice) (archive footage)

Pat Fraley image

Pat Fraley

The Gwythaint (voice) (archive footage)

Janet-Laine Green image

Janet-Laine Green

Wish Bear (voice) (archive footage)

Sunny Besen Thrasher image

Sunny Besen Thrasher

Jason (voice) (archive footage)

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Eve Evans

Secret Bear (voice) (archive footage)

Cree Summer image

Cree Summer

Kim (voice) (archive footage)

Judge Reinhold image

Judge Reinhold

Ken Kessler (archive footage)

Bob Hoskins image

Bob Hoskins

Eddie Valiant (archive footage)

Charles Fleischer image

Charles Fleischer

Roger Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)

Mel Blanc image

Mel Blanc

Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage)

Cheech Marin image

Cheech Marin

Tito (voice) (archive footage)

Pat Carroll image

Pat Carroll

Ursula (voice) (archive footage)

Butch Patrick image

Butch Patrick

Eddie Munster (archive footage)

Fred Gwynne image

Fred Gwynne

Herman Munster (archive footage)

Wayne Allwine image

Wayne Allwine

Mickey Mouse (voice) (archive footage)

Susan Egan image

Susan Egan

Belle (archive footage)

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Burke Moses

Gaston (archive footage)

Terrence Mann image

Terrence Mann

Beast (archive footage)

Frank Welker image

Frank Welker

Abu (voice) / Lion roars (voice) (archive footage)

Stubby Kaye image

Stubby Kaye

Marvin Acme (archive footage)

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February 19, 2010

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