Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)

The art of modern animation is brought to life by a perfect storm of art, business, and circumstance.

Director:

Don Hahn

Writer:

Patrick Pacheco (screenplay)

Stars:

Steven Spielberg, John Lasseter, Michael Eisner

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Steven Spielberg	...	Himself (archive footage)
Tim Burton	...	Himself (archive footage)
Robert Zemeckis	...	Himself (archive footage)
Christopher Emerson	...	Various (voice)
John Lasseter	...	Himself (archive footage)
Elton John	...	Himself (archive footage)
Henry Selick	...	Himself (archive footage)
Don Bluth	...	Himself (archive footage)
Alan Menken	...	Himself (archive footage)
Rob Minkoff	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jeffrey Katzenberg	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ron Clements	...	Himself (archive footage)
Roger Allers	...	Himself (archive footage)
Tim Rice	...	Himself (archive footage)
John Musker	...	Himself (archive footage)

Storyline

The art of modern animation is brought to life by a perfect storm of art, business, and circumstance.

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Plot Keywords:

disney | behind the scenes | animation filmmaking | character name in title

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some thematic elements and brief mild language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 October 2010 (France)

Also Known As:

Persistence of Vision

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$33,115 (USA) (26 March 2010)

Gross:

$80,172 (USA) (30 April 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Red Shoes, Stone Circle Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min 86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

It is mentioned in the film that Frank Wells called the Disney studio at 3am to find out what Goofy's original name was. Goofy's original name was Dippy Dawg.

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Connections

Features The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

User Reviews

A look behind the scenes at the re-birth of Disney animation

I was at a showing of this film at the Toronto International Film Festival last night followed by a short Q&A session with producers Don Hahn and Peter Schneider. Exclusively using archival footage, much of it home video quality, it tells the story of Disney animation between the years 1984 and 1994. This period started with the studios almost being closed down and ended with classic and successful animated films like 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'The Lion King'. As Don Hahn said last night "We are trained so well in the disciplines of animated films that we made another movie that is 82 minutes long and includes a laugh and a cry". The business side of the industry is examined, warts and all, while looking at the relationship between Roy Disney, Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenburg, with Katzenburg probably coming off worst. Recent audio interview clips are used but the film has no 'talking heads' sequences. The film gives an insightful glimpse behind the scenes at Disney animation during this particular time period. We get to see a depressed looking Tim Burton working at a drawing board in the mid-eighties and at least two live action 'pies in the face', which must be a good thing. The bad news is that this will not be on general release until next April at the earliest. It will be shown at more film festivals this year and the producers did say last night that they will personally deliver and show the movie to appropriate interested groups in the early months of 2010 to try and create word of mouth publicity. Get your friends together and give them a call.