Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 2009, Waking Sleeping Beauty is a dokumentarfilm film directed by Don Hahn, running about 86 minutes. “From 1984 to 1994 a perfect storm of people and circumstances changed the face of animation forever.” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. 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.

Who’s in it. Waking Sleeping Beauty stars Don Hahn as Self, Roy Edward Disney as Self, Michael Eisner as Self and Jeffrey Katzenberg as Self, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 7.2/10, Waking Sleeping Beauty has been warmly received by audiences. It went on to earn $80 at the box office.

Where to watch. In USA you can stream it on Disney Plus and rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Waking Sleeping Beauty page.

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