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Waking Sleeping Beauty

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: March 26, 2010

Summary: Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairytale. It is a story of clashing egos, out of control budgets, escalating tensions... and one of the most extraordinary creative periods in animation history. Director Don Hahn and producer Peter Schneider, key players at Walt Disney Studios Feature Animation department during the mid-1980s, offer a behind-the-magic glimpse of the turbulent times the Animation Studio was going through and the staggering output of hits that followed over the next ten years. Artists polarized between the hungry young innovators and the old guard who refused to relinquish control, mounting tensions due to a string of box office flops, and warring studio heads create the backdrop for this fascinating story told with a unique and candid perspective from those that were there. Through interviews, internal memos, home movies, and a cast of characters, Waking Sleeping Beauty shines a light on Disney Animation's darkest hours, greatest joys and its improbable renaissance. (Walt Disney Pictures)

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Runtime:	86 min
Rating:	Rated PG for some thematic elements and brief mild language.
Production:	Red Shoes
Genres:	Documentary
Country:	USA
Language:	English

Director	Credit
Don Hahn	Director

Writer	Credit
Patrick Pacheco	Writer

Principal Cast	Credit
John Lasseter	Himself
Michael Eisner	Himself
Roy Edward Disney	Himself

Cast	Credit
Christopher Emerson	Various
Dick Cook	Himself
Don Bluth	Himself
Don Hahn	Narrator
Gary Trousdale	Himself
Glen Keane	Himself
Howard Ashman	Himself
Jeffrey Katzenberg	Himself
John Musker	Himself
Kirk Wise	Himself
Rob Minkoff	Himself
Roger Allers	Himself
Ron Clements	Himself
Tim Burton	Himself

Producer	Credit
Connie Nartonis Thompson	Associate Producer
Don Hahn	Producer
Peter Schneider	Producer