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)
Christopher Emerson	...	Various (voice)
Tim Burton	...	Himself (archive footage)
Robert Zemeckis	...	Himself (archive footage)
John Lasseter	...	Himself (archive footage)
Elton John	...	Himself (archive footage)
Don Bluth	...	Himself (archive footage)
Henry Selick	...	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)
Howard Ashman	...	Himself (archive footage)
Tim Rice	...	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 Color of Money (1986)

User Reviews

Great for Basic Information

I'm an avid fan of Disney and Disney history. I was elated to hear about this documentary and bought the DVD. Absolutely fascinating subject if you care anything for the history of Disney's place in the entertainment world. It was great to see all the archived footage from the 80s and 90s.

My only gripes with this doc is that there's SO much stuff to cover it can't possibly be done with the confines of a feature length. So to me it felt very rushed as they were pushing through subjects and materials really fast. You may think you'll get a lot of John Lasseter in this and Tim Burton but you don't. they only mention Nightmare Before Christmas and move on. A bit dissatisfying for me since I'm fascinated in the outside people who were working for Disney at the time.

All in all a great Doc on a fascinating subject. But it felt rushed and leaves out quite a bit of stuff I felt should have been mentioned. Maybe one day Ken Burns will make a doc on the subject and I'll finally get my 10 DVD box set! Until then, it's great for the basics. Still a MUST SEE for Disney fans!!! Go see it!