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
as Self
Roy Edward Disney
as Self
Michael Eisner
as Self
Jeffrey Katzenberg
as Self
Peter Schneider
as Self
Rob Minkoff
as Self - Pumbaa (voice)
Glen Keane
as Self
Ron Clements
as Self
John Musker
as Self
Mike Gabriel
as Self (voice)
Roger Allers
as Self - Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice)
David Pruiksma
as Self (voice)