Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)

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.

Directing:
  • Don Hahn

Writing:
  • Patrick Pacheco

Stars:
Release Date: 2009-09-05
metacritic icon 7.5/10
themoviedb icon 7.2/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 86
  • Revenue: $80
Rob Minkoff
Rob Minkoff
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Jeffrey Katzenberg
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Tim Burton
Tim Burton
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John Lasseter
John Lasseter
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Don Bluth
Don Bluth
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Howard Ashman
Howard Ashman
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Ron Clements
Ron Clements
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Michael Eisner
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Gary Trousdale
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Glen Keane
Glen Keane
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John Musker
John Musker
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Roger Allers
Roger Allers
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Roy Edward Disney
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Kirk Wise
Kirk Wise
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Don Hahn
Don Hahn
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Mike Gabriel
Mike Gabriel
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Thomas Schumacher
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Elton John
Elton John
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Ron Miller
Ron Miller
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Wolfgang Reitherman
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Frank Thomas
Frank Thomas
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Ollie Johnston
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Eric Larson
Eric Larson
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Joe Ranft
Joe Ranft
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Les Clark
Les Clark
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Walt Disney
Walt Disney
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Roy O. Disney
Roy O. Disney
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Connie Chung
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Diane Sawyer
Diane Sawyer
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Shirley Temple
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Alex Trebek
Alex Trebek
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Steven Spielberg
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Richard Rich
Richard Rich
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Jane Pauley
Jane Pauley
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George Scribner
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George Lucas
George Lucas
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Robert Zemeckis
Robert Zemeck...
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Richard Williams
Richard Willi...
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
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Paula Abdul
Paula Abdul
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Paul Newman
Paul Newman
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Henry Selick
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Jeremy Irons
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Ernie Sabella
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Bob Goen
Bob Goen
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Sarah Jessica Parker
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Matthew Broderick
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James Earl Jones
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Cecilia Hart
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Robert Guillaume
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Chris Sanders
Chris Sanders
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James Baxter
James Baxter
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Marc Davis
Marc Davis
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Milt Kahl
Milt Kahl
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Ward Kimball
Ward Kimball
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John Lounsbery
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Brad Bird
Brad Bird
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Doug Lefler
Doug Lefler
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Eddie Fisher
Eddie Fisher
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Doris Day
Doris Day
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Gary Goldman
Gary Goldman
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Lorna Cook
Lorna Cook
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Linda Miller
Linda Miller
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John V. Lindsay
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Barry Diller
Barry Diller
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John Travolta
John Travolta
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Alvy Ray Smith
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Tim Rice
Tim Rice
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Robin Williams
Robin William...
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Alan Menken
Alan Menken
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Jodi Benson
Jodi Benson
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Bette Midler
Bette Midler
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Richard Dreyfuss
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Julie Andrews
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Tom Hanks
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Tom Selleck
Tom Selleck
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Steve Guttenberg
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Ted Danson
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