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Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) is streaming on Disney+. Also available to rent on Apple TV+.
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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.
Can a dying empire reinvent itself before the ink dries on its final chapter? This deep dive captures the brutal boardroom battles and creative friction that saved an animation dynasty from total collapse.
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Don Hahn
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Don Hahn, Roy Edward Disney, Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Peter Schneider, Rob Minkoff, Glen Keane, Ron Clements, John Musker, Mike Gabriel
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Waking Sleeping Beauty
You can stream Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) on Disney+ with a subscription, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
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7.2/10
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Director
Don Hahn
Cast
Don Hahn, Roy Edward Disney, Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Peter Schneider, Rob Minkoff, Glen Keane, Ron Clements, John Musker, Mike Gabriel
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