Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010)1h26
Documentary
Director Don Hahn
Also directed Fantasia 2000, Howard, Christmas with Walt Disney, and 2 more
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.
Where to watch
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Cast
Don Hahn
Roy Edward Disney
Michael Eisner
Jeffrey Katzenberg- Peter Schneider
Rob Minkoff
Glen Keane
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