United States / Sep 05, 2009 / PG
From 1984 to 1994 a perfect storm of people and circumstances changed the face of animation forever.
1h 26min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Ron Clements | Self |
| John Musker | Self |
| Mike Gabriel | Self (voice) |
| Roger Allers | Self - Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice) |
| David Pruiksma | Self (voice) |
| Gary Trousdale | Self |
| Kirk Wise | Self |
| Thomas Schumacher | Self |
| Mark Kimball | Self (voice) |
| Dick Cook | Self (voice) |
| Lisa Keene | Self |
| Elton John | Self (archive footage) |
| Lillian Disney | Self (archive footage) |
| Randy Cartwright | Self (archive footage) |
| Ron Miller | Self (archive footage) |
| Ruben Procopio | Self (archive footage) |
| Tim Burton | Self (archive footage) |
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| Wolfgang Reitherman | Self (archive footage) |
| Jeanette Thomas | Self (archive footage) |
| Frank Thomas | Self (archive footage) |
| Marie E. Johnston | Self (archive footage) |
| Ollie Johnston | Self (archive footage) |
| Eric Larson | Self (archive footage) |
| Joe Ranft | Self (archive footage) |
| Les Clark | Self (archive footage) |
| Ron Hendren | Self (archive footage) |
| Frank Wells | Self (archive footage) |
| Don Griffith | Self (archive footage) |
| John Lasseter | Self (archive footage) |
| Walt Disney | Self (archive footage) |
| Roy O. Disney | Self (archive footage) |
| Connie Chung | Self (archive footage) |
| Diane Sawyer | Self (archive footage) |
| Ted Berman | Self (archive footage) |
| Phil Nibbelink | Self (archive footage) |
| Joe Hale | Self (archive footage) |
| Ed Gombert | Self (archive footage) |
| Shirley Temple | Self (archive footage) |
| Kathleen Gavin | Self (archive footage) |
| Maureen Donley | Self (archive footage) |
| Pat Riley | Self (archive footage) |
| Alex Trebek | Self (archive footage) |
| Steven Spielberg | Self (archive footage) |
| Richard Rich | Self (archive footage) |
| Jane Pauley | Self (archive footage) |
| Dennis Cosmo Michael | Self (voice) (archive footage) |
| George Scribner | Self (archive footage) |
| George Lucas | Self (archive footage) |
| Robert Zemeckis | Self (archive footage) |
| Richard Williams | Self (archive footage) |
| Dean Cundey | Self (archive footage) |
| Roger Ebert | Self (archive footage) |
| Richard Purdum | Self (archive footage) |
| David Friedman | Self (archive footage) |
| Paula Abdul | Self (archive footage) |
| Dudley Moore | Self (archive footage) |
| Jerry Orbach | Self (archive footage) |
| Angela Lansbury | Self (archive footage) |
| Getúlio Vargas | Self (archive footage) |
| Gary Franklin | Self (archive footage) |
| Gene Siskel | Self (archive footage) |
| Karl Malden | Self (archive footage) |
| Kathleen Turner | Self (archive footage) |
| Paul Newman | Self (archive footage) |
| Elizabeth Taylor | Self (archive footage) |
| Henry Selick | Self (archive footage) |
| Edwin Catmull | Self (archive footage) |
| Andrew Stanton | Self (archive footage) |
| Pete Docter | Self (archive footage) |
| Ralph Eggleston | Self (archive footage) |
| Jim Fowler | Self (archive footage) |
| Joseph the Lion | Self (archive footage) |
| Pancho the Lion | Self (archive footage) |
| Brenda Chapman | Self (archive footage) |
| Ruben A. Aquino | Self (archive footage) |
| Travis Blaise | Self (archive footage) |
| Richard Turner | Self (voice) (archive footage) |
| Laurin Sydney | Self (archive footage) |
| Charles Gibson | Self (archive footage) |
| Jeremy Irons | Self (archive footage) |
| Nathan Lane | Self (archive footage) |
| Ernie Sabella | Self (archive footage) |
| Bob Goen | Self (archive footage) |
| Sarah Jessica Parker | Self (archive footage) |
| Matthew Broderick | Self (archive footage) |
| James Earl Jones | Self (archive footage) |
| Cecilia Hart | Self (archive footage) |
| Robert Guillaume | Self (archive footage) |
| Donna Brown Guillaume | Self (archive footage) |
| Chris Sanders | Self (archive footage) |
| James Baxter | Self (archive footage) |
| Marc Davis | Self (archive footage) |
| Milt Kahl | Self (archive footage) |
| Ward Kimball | Self (archive footage) |
| John Lounsbery | Self (archive footage) |
| Joe Lanzisero | Self (archive footage) |
| Darrell Van Citters | Self (archive footage) |
| Brett Thompson | Self (archive footage) |
| Leslie Margolin | Self (archive footage) |
| Mike Cedeno | Self (archive footage) |
| Paul Nowak | Self (archive footage) |
| Nancy Beiman | Self (archive footage) |
| Jerry Rees | Self (archive footage) |
| Bruce Morris | Self (archive footage) |
| Elmer Plummer | Self (archive footage) |
| Brad Bird | Self (archive footage) |
| Doug Lefler | Self (archive footage) |
| Harry Sabin | Self (archive footage) |
| Eddie Fisher | Self (archive footage) |
| Doris Day | Self (archive footage) |
| Don Bluth | Self (archive footage) |
| Gary Goldman | Self (archive footage) |
| John Pomeroy | Self (archive footage) |
| Lorna Cook | Self (archive footage) |
| Heidi Guedel | Self (archive footage) |
| Linda Miller | Self (archive footage) |
| Emily Jiuliano | Self (archive footage) |
| Skip Jones | Self (archive footage) |
| Vera Pacheco | Self (archive footage) |
| Dave Spafford | Self (archive footage) |
| Sally Voorheis | Self (archive footage) |
| Saul Steinberg | Self (archive footage) |
| John V. Lindsay | Self (archive footage) |
| Barry Diller | Self (archive footage) |
| Lem Davis | Self (archive footage) |
| Alvy Ray Smith | Self (archive footage) |
| Danny Troob | Self (archive footage) |
| Tim Rice | Self (archive footage) |
| Howard Ashman | Self - Sebastian (voice) / Ariel (voice) (archive footage) |
| Alan Menken | Self - Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage) |
| Jodi Benson | Self - Ariel (voice) (archive footage) |
| Bette Midler | Self - Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage) |
| Richard Dreyfuss | David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage) |
| Julie Andrews | Mary Poppins (archive footage) |
| Tom Hanks | Allen Bauer (archive footage) |
| Daryl Hannah | Madison (archive footage) |
| Tom Selleck | Peter Mitchell (archive footage) |
| Steve Guttenberg | Michael Kellam (archive footage) |
| Ted Danson | Jack Holden (archive footage) |
| Lisa Blair | Mary (archive footage) |
| John Hurt | The Horned King (voice) (archive footage) |
| Grant Bardsley | Taran (voice) (archive footage) |
| Pat Fraley | The Gwythaint (voice) (archive footage) |
| Janet-Laine Green | Wish Bear (voice) (archive footage) |
| Sunny Besen Thrasher | Jason (voice) (archive footage) |
| Eve Evans | Secret Bear (voice) (archive footage) |
| Cree Summer | Kim (voice) (archive footage) |
| Judge Reinhold | Ken Kessler (archive footage) |
| Bob Hoskins | Eddie Valiant (archive footage) |
| Charles Fleischer | Roger Rabbit (voice) (archive footage) |
| Mel Blanc | Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage) |
| Cheech Marin | Tito (voice) (archive footage) |
| Pat Carroll | Ursula (voice) (archive footage) |
| Butch Patrick | Eddie Munster (archive footage) |
| Fred Gwynne | Herman Munster (archive footage) |
| Wayne Allwine | Mickey Mouse (voice) (archive footage) |
| Susan Egan | Belle (archive footage) |
| Burke Moses | Gaston (archive footage) |
| Terrence Mann | Beast (archive footage) |
| Frank Welker | Abu (voice) / Lion roars (voice) (archive footage) |
| Stubby Kaye | Marvin Acme (archive footage) |
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Waking Sleeping Beauty |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Walt Disney Pictures, Red Shoes / Some Shoes, Stone Circle Pictures |
| Official site | movies.disney.com |
| Release date | 5 settembre 2009 |
| Writer | Patrick Pacheco |
| Assistant directors | Don Hahn |
| Revenue | 84.918 € |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Digital
Poland / Jan 18, 2019 / CHILI
Physical media
Finland / Sep 05, 2009 / K-12
TV
Italy / Oct 28, 2011 / Rai 1
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