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Waking Sleeping Beauty

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

★ 7.2 (109 votes) | 2009 | 1h 26m
Documentary
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.

Details
  • Status Released
  • Release Date September 5, 2009
  • Budget N/A
  • Revenue $84,918
  • Production Walt Disney Pictures, Red Shoes / Some Shoes, Stone Circle Pictures

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