Plot
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.
Cast
Don Hahn
Self
Roy Edward Disney
Self
Michael Eisner
Self
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Self
Peter Schneider
Self
Rob Minkoff
Self - Pumbaa (voice)
Glen Keane
Self
Ron Clements
Self
John Musker
Self
Mike Gabriel
Self (voice)
Roger Allers
Self - Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice)
David Pruiksma
Self (voice)
Crew
Don Hahn
Director
Patrick Pacheco
Screenplay
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