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Waking Sleeping Beauty( 2009)

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From 1984 to 1994 a perfect storm of people and circumstances changed the face of animation forever.

Overview

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.

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      Don Hahn

      Himself

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      Roy Edward Disney

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      Michael Eisner

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      Jeffrey Katzenberg

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      Peter Schneider

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      Rob Minkoff

      Himself / Pumbaa (voice)

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      Glen Keane

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      Ron Clements

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      John Musker

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      Mike Gabriel

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      Roger Allers

      Himself / Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice)

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      David Pruiksma

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      Gary Trousdale

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      Kirk Wise

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      Thomas Schumacher

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      Mark Kimball

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      Dick Cook

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      Lisa Keene

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      Elton John

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      Lillian Disney

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      Randy Cartwright

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      Ron Miller

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      Ruben Procopio

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      Tim Burton

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      Wolfgang Reitherman

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      Jeanette Thomas

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      Frank Thomas

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      Marie E. Johnston

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      Ollie Johnston

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      Eric Larson

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      Joe Ranft

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      Les Clark

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      Ron Hendren

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      Frank Wells

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      Don Griffith

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      John Lasseter

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      Walt Disney

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      Roy O. Disney

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      Connie Chung

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      Diane Sawyer

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      Ted Berman

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      Phil Nibbelink

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      Joe Hale

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      Ed Gombert

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      Shirley Temple

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      Kathleen Gavin

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      Maureen Donley

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      Pat Riley

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      Alex Trebek

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      Steven Spielberg

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      Richard Rich

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      Jane Pauley

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      Dennis Cosmo Michael

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      George Lucas

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      Robert Zemeckis

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      Angela Lansbury

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      Getúlio Vargas

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      Gary Franklin

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      Gene Siskel

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      Karl Malden

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      Kathleen Turner

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      Paul Newman

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      Elizabeth Taylor

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      Henry Selick

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      Andrew Stanton

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      Pete Docter

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      Ralph Eggleston

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      Jim Fowler

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      Joseph the Lion

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      Pancho the Lion

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      Brenda Chapman

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      Ruben A. Aquino

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      Travis Blaise

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      Richard Turner

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      Ernie Sabella

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      Sarah Jessica Parker

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      James Earl Jones

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      Doris Day

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      Don Bluth

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      Gary Goldman

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      Lorna Cook

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      Skip Jones

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      Danny Troob

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      Tim Rice

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      Howard Ashman

      Self / Sebastian (voice) / Ariel (voice) (archive footage)

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      Alan Menken

      Self / Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage)

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      Jodi Benson

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      Bette Midler

      Self / Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)

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      Richard Dreyfuss

      David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)

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      Julie Andrews

      Mary Poppins (archive footage)

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      Tom Hanks

      Allen Bauer (archive footage)

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      Daryl Hannah

      Madison (archive footage)

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      Peter Mitchell (archive footage)

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      Steve Guttenberg

      Michael Kellam (archive footage)

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      Ted Danson

      Jack Holden (archive footage)

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      Lisa Blair

      Mary (archive footage)

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      John Hurt

      The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)

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      Grant Bardsley

      Taran (voice) (archive footage)

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      Pat Fraley

      The Gwythaint (voice) (archive footage)

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      Janet-Laine Green

      Wish Bear (voice) (archive footage)

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      Sunny Besen Thrasher

      Jason (voice) (archive footage)

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      Eve Evans

      Secret Bear (voice) (archive footage)

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      Cree Summer

      Kim (voice) (archive footage)

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      Judge Reinhold

      Ken Kessler (archive footage)

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      Bob Hoskins

      Eddie Valiant (archive footage)

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      Charles Fleischer

      Roger Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)

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      Mel Blanc

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      Cheech Marin

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      Pat Carroll

      Ursula (voice) (archive footage)

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      Butch Patrick

      Eddie Munster (archive footage)

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      Fred Gwynne

      Herman Munster (archive footage)

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      Wayne Allwine

      Mickey Mouse (voice) (archive footage)

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      Susan Egan

      Belle (archive footage)

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      Burke Moses

      Gaston (archive footage)

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      Terrence Mann

      Beast (archive footage)

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      Frank Welker

      Abu (voice) / Lion roars (voice) (archive footage)

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      Stubby Kaye

      Marvin Acme (archive footage)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    84918.00

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