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Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)

Movie"From 1984 to 1994 a perfect storm of people and circumstances changed the face of animation forever."
Audience Score
72
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PG 1 hr 26 minSep 5th, 2009Documentary
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.
StarringDon HahnRoy Edward DisneyMichael Eisner
DirectorDon Hahn

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:September 5th, 2009
On DVD & Blu-ray:November 30th, 2010 - Buy DVD
Movie Box Office Gross:$84,918 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Walt Disney Pictures, Red Shoes / Some Shoes, Stone Circle Pictures
Waking Sleeping Beauty on the Web:Official Website