Waking Sleeping Beauty
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.
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)
Gary Trousdale
Self
Kirk Wise
Self
Thomas Schumacher
Self
Mark Kimball
Self (voice)
Dick Cook
Self (voice)
Lisa Keene
Self
Elton John
Self (archive footage)
Lillian Disney
Self (archive footage)
Randy Cartwright
Self (archive footage)
Ron Miller
Self (archive footage)
Ruben Procopio
Self (archive footage)
Tim Burton
Self (archive footage)
Wolfgang Reitherman
Self (archive footage)
Jeanette Thomas
Self (archive footage)
Frank Thomas
Self (archive footage)
Marie E. Johnston
Self (archive footage)
Ollie Johnston
Self (archive footage)
Eric Larson
Self (archive footage)
Joe Ranft
Self (archive footage)
Les Clark
Self (archive footage)
Ron Hendren
Self (archive footage)
Frank Wells
Self (archive footage)
Don Griffith
Self (archive footage)
John Lasseter
Self (archive footage)
Walt Disney
Self (archive footage)
Roy O. Disney
Self (archive footage)
Connie Chung
Self (archive footage)
Diane Sawyer
Self (archive footage)
Ted Berman
Self (archive footage)
Phil Nibbelink
Self (archive footage)
Joe Hale
Self (archive footage)
Ed Gombert
Self (archive footage)
Shirley Temple
Self (archive footage)
Kathleen Gavin
Self (archive footage)
Maureen Donley
Self (archive footage)
Pat Riley
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Alex Trebek
Self (archive footage)
Steven Spielberg
Self (archive footage)
Richard Rich
Self (archive footage)
Jane Pauley
Self (archive footage)
Dennis Cosmo Michael
Self (voice) (archive footage)
George Scribner
Self (archive footage)
George Lucas
Self (archive footage)
Robert Zemeckis
Self (archive footage)
Richard Williams
Self (archive footage)
Dean Cundey
Self (archive footage)
Roger Ebert
Self (archive footage)
Richard Purdum
Self (archive footage)
David Friedman
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Paula Abdul
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Dudley Moore
Self (archive footage)
Jerry Orbach
Self (archive footage)
Angela Lansbury
Self (archive footage)
Getúlio Vargas
Self (archive footage)
Gary Franklin
Self (archive footage)
Gene Siskel
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Karl Malden
Self (archive footage)
Kathleen Turner
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Paul Newman
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor
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Henry Selick
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Edwin Catmull
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Andrew Stanton
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Pete Docter
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Ralph Eggleston
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Jim Fowler
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Joseph the Lion
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Pancho the Lion
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Brenda Chapman
Self (archive footage)
Ruben A. Aquino
Self (archive footage)
Travis Blaise
Self (archive footage)
Richard Turner
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Laurin Sydney
Self (archive footage)
Charles Gibson
Self (archive footage)
Jeremy Irons
Self (archive footage)
Nathan Lane
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Ernie Sabella
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Bob Goen
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Sarah Jessica Parker
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Matthew Broderick
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James Earl Jones
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Cecilia Hart
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Robert Guillaume
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Donna Brown Guillaume
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Chris Sanders
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James Baxter
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Marc Davis
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Milt Kahl
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Ward Kimball
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John Lounsbery
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Joe Lanzisero
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Darrell Van Citters
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Brett Thompson
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Leslie Margolin
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Mike Cedeno
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Paul Nowak
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Nancy Beiman
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Jerry Rees
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Bruce Morris
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Elmer Plummer
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Brad Bird
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Doug Lefler
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Harry Sabin
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Eddie Fisher
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Doris Day
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Don Bluth
Self (archive footage)
Gary Goldman
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John Pomeroy
Self (archive footage)
Lorna Cook
Self (archive footage)
Heidi Guedel
Self (archive footage)
Linda Miller
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Emily Jiuliano
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Skip Jones
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Vera Pacheco
Self (archive footage)
Dave Spafford
Self (archive footage)
Sally Voorheis
Self (archive footage)
Saul Steinberg
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John V. Lindsay
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Barry Diller
Self (archive footage)
Lem Davis
Self (archive footage)
Alvy Ray Smith
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Danny Troob
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Tim Rice
Self (archive footage)
Howard Ashman
Self - Sebastian (voice) / Ariel (voice) (archive footage)
Alan Menken
Self - Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage)
Jodi Benson
Self - Ariel (voice) (archive footage)
Bette Midler
Self - Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)
Richard Dreyfuss
David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)
Julie Andrews
Mary Poppins (archive footage)
Tom Hanks
Allen Bauer (archive footage)
Daryl Hannah
Madison (archive footage)
Tom Selleck
Peter Mitchell (archive footage)
Steve Guttenberg
Michael Kellam (archive footage)
Ted Danson
Jack Holden (archive footage)
Lisa Blair
Mary (archive footage)
John Hurt
The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)
Grant Bardsley
Taran (voice) (archive footage)
Pat Fraley
The Gwythaint (voice) (archive footage)
Janet-Laine Green
Wish Bear (voice) (archive footage)
Sunny Besen Thrasher
Jason (voice) (archive footage)
Eve Evans
Secret Bear (voice) (archive footage)
Cree Summer
Kim (voice) (archive footage)
Judge Reinhold
Ken Kessler (archive footage)
Bob Hoskins
Eddie Valiant (archive footage)
Charles Fleischer
Roger Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)
Mel Blanc
Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage)
Cheech Marin
Tito (voice) (archive footage)
Pat Carroll
Ursula (voice) (archive footage)
Butch Patrick
Eddie Munster (archive footage)
Fred Gwynne
Herman Munster (archive footage)
Wayne Allwine
Mickey Mouse (voice) (archive footage)
Susan Egan
Belle (archive footage)
Burke Moses
Gaston (archive footage)
Terrence Mann
Beast (archive footage)
Frank Welker
Abu (voice) / Lion roars (voice) (archive footage)
Stubby Kaye
Marvin Acme (archive footage)