From 1984 to 1994 a perfect storm of people and circumstances changed the face of animation forever.
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.
Made in US
7.2/10
2009
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Cast
Don Hahn
As Self
Roy Edward Disney
As Self
Michael Eisner
As Self
Jeffrey Katzenberg
As Self
Peter Schneider
As Self
Rob Minkoff
As Self - Pumbaa (voice)
Glen Keane
As Self
Ron Clements
As Self
John Musker
As Self
Mike Gabriel
As Self (voice)
Roger Allers
As Self - Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice)
David Pruiksma
As Self (voice)
Gary Trousdale
As Self
Kirk Wise
As Self
Thomas Schumacher
As Self
Mark Kimball
As Self (voice)
Dick Cook
As Self (voice)
Lisa Keene
As Self
Elton John
As Self (archive footage)
Lillian Disney
As Self (archive footage)
Randy Cartwright
As Self (archive footage)
Ron Miller
As Self (archive footage)
Ruben Procopio
As Self (archive footage)
Tim Burton
As Self (archive footage)
Wolfgang Reitherman
As Self (archive footage)
Jeanette Thomas
As Self (archive footage)
Frank Thomas
As Self (archive footage)
Marie E. Johnston
As Self (archive footage)
Ollie Johnston
As Self (archive footage)
Eric Larson
As Self (archive footage)
Joe Ranft
As Self (archive footage)
Les Clark
As Self (archive footage)
Ron Hendren
As Self (archive footage)
Frank Wells
As Self (archive footage)
Don Griffith
As Self (archive footage)
John Lasseter
As Self (archive footage)
Walt Disney
As Self (archive footage)
Roy O. Disney
As Self (archive footage)
Connie Chung
As Self (archive footage)
Diane Sawyer
As Self (archive footage)
Ted Berman
As Self (archive footage)
Phil Nibbelink
As Self (archive footage)
Joe Hale
As Self (archive footage)
Ed Gombert
As Self (archive footage)
Shirley Temple
As Self (archive footage)
Kathleen Gavin
As Self (archive footage)
Maureen Donley
As Self (archive footage)
Pat Riley
As Self (archive footage)
Alex Trebek
As Self (archive footage)
Steven Spielberg
As Self (archive footage)
Richard Rich
As Self (archive footage)
Jane Pauley
As Self (archive footage)
Dennis Cosmo Michael
As Self (voice) (archive footage)
George Scribner
As Self (archive footage)
George Lucas
As Self (archive footage)
Robert Zemeckis
As Self (archive footage)
Richard Williams
As Self (archive footage)
Dean Cundey
As Self (archive footage)
Roger Ebert
As Self (archive footage)
Richard Purdum
As Self (archive footage)
David Friedman
As Self (archive footage)
Paula Abdul
As Self (archive footage)
Dudley Moore
As Self (archive footage)
Jerry Orbach
As Self (archive footage)
Angela Lansbury
As Self (archive footage)
Getúlio Vargas
As Self (archive footage)
Gary Franklin
As Self (archive footage)
Gene Siskel
As Self (archive footage)
Karl Malden
As Self (archive footage)
Kathleen Turner
As Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman
As Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor
As Self (archive footage)
Henry Selick
As Self (archive footage)
Edwin Catmull
As Self (archive footage)
Andrew Stanton
As Self (archive footage)
Pete Docter
As Self (archive footage)
Ralph Eggleston
As Self (archive footage)
Jim Fowler
As Self (archive footage)
Joseph the Lion
As Self (archive footage)
Pancho the Lion
As Self (archive footage)
Brenda Chapman
As Self (archive footage)
Ruben A. Aquino
As Self (archive footage)
Travis Blaise
As Self (archive footage)
Richard Turner
As Self (voice) (archive footage)
Laurin Sydney
As Self (archive footage)
Charles Gibson
As Self (archive footage)
Jeremy Irons
As Self (archive footage)
Nathan Lane
As Self (archive footage)
Ernie Sabella
As Self (archive footage)
Bob Goen
As Self (archive footage)
Sarah Jessica Parker
As Self (archive footage)
Matthew Broderick
As Self (archive footage)
James Earl Jones
As Self (archive footage)
Cecilia Hart
As Self (archive footage)
Robert Guillaume
As Self (archive footage)
Donna Brown Guillaume
As Self (archive footage)
Chris Sanders
As Self (archive footage)
James Baxter
As Self (archive footage)
Marc Davis
As Self (archive footage)
Milt Kahl
As Self (archive footage)
Ward Kimball
As Self (archive footage)
John Lounsbery
As Self (archive footage)
Joe Lanzisero
As Self (archive footage)
Darrell Van Citters
As Self (archive footage)
Brett Thompson
As Self (archive footage)
Leslie Margolin
As Self (archive footage)
Mike Cedeno
As Self (archive footage)
Paul Nowak
As Self (archive footage)
Nancy Beiman
As Self (archive footage)
Jerry Rees
As Self (archive footage)
Bruce Morris
As Self (archive footage)
Elmer Plummer
As Self (archive footage)
Brad Bird
As Self (archive footage)
Doug Lefler
As Self (archive footage)
Harry Sabin
As Self (archive footage)
Eddie Fisher
As Self (archive footage)
Doris Day
As Self (archive footage)
Don Bluth
As Self (archive footage)
Gary Goldman
As Self (archive footage)
John Pomeroy
As Self (archive footage)
Lorna Cook
As Self (archive footage)
Heidi Guedel
As Self (archive footage)
Linda Miller
As Self (archive footage)
Emily Jiuliano
As Self (archive footage)
Skip Jones
As Self (archive footage)
Vera Pacheco
As Self (archive footage)
Dave Spafford
As Self (archive footage)
Sally Voorheis
As Self (archive footage)
Saul Steinberg
As Self (archive footage)
John V. Lindsay
As Self (archive footage)
Barry Diller
As Self (archive footage)
Lem Davis
As Self (archive footage)
Alvy Ray Smith
As Self (archive footage)
Danny Troob
As Self (archive footage)
Tim Rice
As Self (archive footage)
Howard Ashman
As Self - Sebastian (voice) / Ariel (voice) (archive footage)
Alan Menken
As Self - Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage)
Jodi Benson
As Self - Ariel (voice) (archive footage)
Bette Midler
As Self - Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)
Richard Dreyfuss
As David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)
Julie Andrews
As Mary Poppins (archive footage)
Tom Hanks
As Allen Bauer (archive footage)
Daryl Hannah
As Madison (archive footage)
Tom Selleck
As Peter Mitchell (archive footage)
Steve Guttenberg
As Michael Kellam (archive footage)
Ted Danson
As Jack Holden (archive footage)
Lisa Blair
As Mary (archive footage)
John Hurt
As The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)
Grant Bardsley
As Taran (voice) (archive footage)
Pat Fraley
As The Gwythaint (voice) (archive footage)
Janet-Laine Green
As Wish Bear (voice) (archive footage)
Sunny Besen Thrasher
As Jason (voice) (archive footage)
Eve Evans
As Secret Bear (voice) (archive footage)
Cree Summer
As Kim (voice) (archive footage)
Judge Reinhold
As Ken Kessler (archive footage)
Bob Hoskins
As Eddie Valiant (archive footage)
Charles Fleischer
As Roger Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)
Mel Blanc
As Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage)
Cheech Marin
As Tito (voice) (archive footage)
Pat Carroll
As Ursula (voice) (archive footage)
Butch Patrick
As Eddie Munster (archive footage)
Fred Gwynne
As Herman Munster (archive footage)
Wayne Allwine
As Mickey Mouse (voice) (archive footage)
Susan Egan
As Belle (archive footage)
Burke Moses
As Gaston (archive footage)
Terrence Mann
As Beast (archive footage)
Frank Welker
As Abu (voice) / Lion roars (voice) (archive footage)
Stubby Kaye
As Marvin Acme (archive footage)
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