Waking Sleeping Beauty

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

2010 1h 26m EN

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Documentary

Synopsis

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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.

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

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Cast

Don Hahn
Self
Roy Edward Disney
Self
Michael Eisner
Self
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Self
Peter Schneider
Self
Rob Minkoff
Self - Pumbaa (voice)
Glen Keane
Self
Ron Clements
Self

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Don Hahn
Writers: Patrick Pacheco
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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CAST

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Don Hahn and Roy Edward Disney and Michael Eisner carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1159961 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Don Hahn directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 16 years ago.
3Don Hahn and Roy Edward Disney and Michael Eisner carry the top of the cast.
4Marketing tagline: "From 1984 to 1994 a perfect storm of people and circumstances changed the face of animation forever.".
5IMDB entry: tt1159961 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Classified under 13 themes, including "computer animation", "struggle for survival", "documentary filmmaking", "innovation".