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Waking Sleeping Beauty

Documentary

2009, Movie, 1h 26min

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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Reviews

Critic Tasha Robinson

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...a surprisingly intimate behind-the-scenes documentary look at the near death and joyous revivification of its animation studio from the Black Cauldron years to Little Mermaid and the boom that followed.

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Critic Roger Ebert

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The most fascinating scenes in Waking Sleeping Beauty involve the infamous Disney work ethic.

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Waking Sleeping Beauty is a documentary that reveals the untold story of the conflict, drama, and tension that led to the second chapter of Disney's animation legacy, a decade of unparalleled creativity that included some of the most beloved animated films of all time. Told by the people who were there, including Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Roy E. Disney, and many others, this documentary takes viewers behind the magic to see the people and circumstances that forever changed the face of animation.

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You can stream Waking Sleeping Beauty on: Disney+

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