Waking Sleeping Beauty 14 years old

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

Waking Sleeping Beauty

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.

Credits

Waking Sleeping Beauty Cast

Name Character
Gary Trousdale He was 49, now 63 years old as Himself
Tim Burton He was 51, now 65 years old as Himself
John Musker He was 55, now 70 years old as Himself
John Lasseter He was 52, now 67 years old as Himself
Rob Minkoff He was 47, now 61 years old as Himself
Roger Allers He was 60, now 75 years old as Himself
Michael Eisner He was 67, now 82 years old as Himself
Howard Ashman He was 59, 40 years old when he died as Himself (Archive Footage)
Glen Keane He was 55, now 69 years old as Himself
Don Bluth He was 71, now 86 years old as Himself
Roy Edward Disney He was 79, 79 years old when he died as Himself
Ron Clements He was 56, now 70 years old as Himself
Don Hahn He was 53, now 68 years old as Narrator (voice)
Jeffrey Katzenberg He was 58, now 73 years old as Himself
Kirk Wise He was 46, now 60 years old as Himself

Waking Sleeping Beauty Crew

Name Department
Patrick Pacheco as Screenplay. Writing
Waking Sleeping Beauty poster
Waking Sleeping Beauty (14 years)

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

  • Release day: Saturday, September 05, 2009
  • Runtime: 86 minutes
  • Revenue: 80.00