About Waking Sleeping Beauty
- Released on September 05, 2009
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.
Full Cast of Waking Sleeping Beauty
Don Hahn plays Self
Roy Edward Disney plays Self
Michael Eisner plays Self
Jeffrey Katzenberg plays Self
Peter Schneider plays Self
Rob Minkoff plays Self / Pumbaa (voice)
Glen Keane plays Self
Ron Clements plays Self
John Musker plays Self
Mike Gabriel plays Self (voice)
Roger Allers plays Self / Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice)
David Pruiksma plays Self (voice)
Gary Trousdale plays Self
Kirk Wise plays Self
Thomas Schumacher plays Self
Mark Kimball plays Self (voice)
Dick Cook plays Self (voice)
Lisa Keene plays Self
Elton John plays Self (archive footage)
Lillian Disney plays Self (archive footage)
Randy Cartwright plays Self (archive footage)
Ron Miller plays Self (archive footage)
Ruben Procopio plays Self (archive footage)
Tim Burton plays Self (archive footage)
Wolfgang Reitherman plays Self (archive footage)
Jeanette Thomas plays Self (archive footage)
Frank Thomas plays Self (archive footage)
Marie E. Johnston plays Self (archive footage)
Ollie Johnston plays Self (archive footage)
Eric Larson plays Self (archive footage)
Joe Ranft plays Self (archive footage)
Les Clark plays Self (archive footage)
Ron Hendren plays Self (archive footage)
Frank Wells plays Self (archive footage)
Don Griffith plays Self (archive footage)
John Lasseter plays Self (archive footage)
Walt Disney plays Self (archive footage)
Roy O. Disney plays Self (archive footage)
Connie Chung plays Self (archive footage)
Diane Sawyer plays Self (archive footage)
Ted Berman plays Self (archive footage)
Phil Nibbelink plays Self (archive footage)
Joe Hale plays Self (archive footage)
Ed Gombert plays Self (archive footage)
Shirley Temple plays Self (archive footage)
Kathleen Gavin plays Self (archive footage)
Maureen Donley plays Self (archive footage)
Pat Riley plays Self (archive footage)
Alex Trebek plays Self (archive footage)
Steven Spielberg plays Self (archive footage)
Richard Rich plays Self (archive footage)
Jane Pauley plays Self (archive footage)
Dennis Cosmo Michael plays Self (voice) (archive footage)
George Scribner plays Self (archive footage)
George Lucas plays Self (archive footage)
Robert Zemeckis plays Self (archive footage)
Richard Williams plays Self (archive footage)
Dean Cundey plays Self (archive footage)
Roger Ebert plays Self (archive footage)
Richard Purdum plays Self (archive footage)
David Friedman plays Self (archive footage)
Paula Abdul plays Self (archive footage)
Dudley Moore plays Self (archive footage)
Jerry Orbach plays Self (archive footage)
Angela Lansbury plays Self (archive footage)
Getúlio Vargas plays Self (archive footage)
Gary Franklin plays Self (archive footage)
Gene Siskel plays Self (archive footage)
Karl Malden plays Self (archive footage)
Kathleen Turner plays Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman plays Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor plays Self (archive footage)
Henry Selick plays Self (archive footage)
Edwin Catmull plays Self (archive footage)
Andrew Stanton plays Self (archive footage)
Pete Docter plays Self (archive footage)
Ralph Eggleston plays Self (archive footage)
Jim Fowler plays Self (archive footage)
Joseph the Lion plays Self (archive footage)
Pancho the Lion plays Self (archive footage)
Brenda Chapman plays Self (archive footage)
Ruben A. Aquino plays Self (archive footage)
Travis Blaise plays Self (archive footage)
Richard Turner plays Self (voice) (archive footage)
Laurin Sydney plays Self (archive footage)
Charles Gibson plays Self (archive footage)
Jeremy Irons plays Self (archive footage)
Nathan Lane plays Self (archive footage)
Ernie Sabella plays Self (archive footage)
Bob Goen plays Self (archive footage)
Sarah Jessica Parker plays Self (archive footage)
Matthew Broderick plays Self (archive footage)
James Earl Jones plays Self (archive footage)
Cecilia Hart plays Self (archive footage)
Robert Guillaume plays Self (archive footage)
Donna Brown Guillaume plays Self (archive footage)
Chris Sanders plays Self (archive footage)
James Baxter plays Self (archive footage)
Marc Davis plays Self (archive footage)
Milt Kahl plays Self (archive footage)
Ward Kimball plays Self (archive footage)
John Lounsbery plays Self (archive footage)
Joe Lanzisero plays Self (archive footage)
Darrell Van Citters plays Self (archive footage)
Brett Thompson plays Self (archive footage)
Leslie Margolin plays Self (archive footage)
Mike Cedeno plays Self (archive footage)
Paul Nowak plays Self (archive footage)
Nancy Beiman plays Self (archive footage)
Jerry Rees plays Self (archive footage)
Bruce Morris plays Self (archive footage)
Elmer Plummer plays Self (archive footage)
Brad Bird plays Self (archive footage)
Doug Lefler plays Self (archive footage)
Harry Sabin plays Self (archive footage)
Eddie Fisher plays Self (archive footage)
Doris Day plays Self (archive footage)
Don Bluth plays Self (archive footage)
Gary Goldman plays Self (archive footage)
John Pomeroy plays Self (archive footage)
Lorna Cook plays Self (archive footage)
Heidi Guedel plays Self (archive footage)
Linda Miller plays Self (archive footage)
Emily Jiuliano plays Self (archive footage)
Skip Jones plays Self (archive footage)
Vera Pacheco plays Self (archive footage)
Dave Spafford plays Self (archive footage)
Sally Voorheis plays Self (archive footage)
Saul Steinberg plays Self (archive footage)
John V. Lindsay plays Self (archive footage)
Barry Diller plays Self (archive footage)
John Travolta plays Self (archive footage)
Lem Davis plays Self (archive footage)
Alvy Ray Smith plays Self (archive footage)
Danny Troob plays Self (archive footage)
Tim Rice plays Self (archive footage)
Robin Williams plays Self / Genie (voice) (archive footage)
Howard Ashman plays Self / Sebastian (voice) / Ariel (voice) (archive footage)
Alan Menken plays Self / Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage)
Jodi Benson plays Self / Ariel (voice) (archive footage)
Bette Midler plays Self / Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)
Richard Dreyfuss plays David 'Dave' Whiteman (archive footage)
Julie Andrews plays Mary Poppins (archive footage)
Tom Hanks plays Allen Bauer (archive footage)
Daryl Hannah plays Madison (archive footage)
Tom Selleck plays Peter Mitchell (archive footage)
Steve Guttenberg plays Michael Kellam (archive footage)
Ted Danson plays Jack Holden (archive footage)
Lisa Blair plays Mary (archive footage)
John Hurt plays The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)
Grant Bardsley plays Taran (voice) (archive footage)
Pat Fraley plays The Gwythaint (voice) (archive footage)
Janet-Laine Green plays Wish Bear (voice) (archive footage)
Sunny Besen Thrasher plays Jason (voice) (archive footage)
Eve Evans plays Secret Bear (voice) (archive footage)
Cree Summer plays Kim (voice) (archive footage)
Judge Reinhold plays Ken Kessler (archive footage)
Tom Cruise plays Vincent Lauria (archive footage)
Michael Jackson plays Captain EO (archive footage)
Bob Hoskins plays Eddie Valiant (archive footage)
Charles Fleischer plays Roger Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)
Mel Blanc plays Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage)
Cheech Marin plays Tito (voice) (archive footage)
Pat Carroll plays Ursula (voice) (archive footage)
Butch Patrick plays Eddie Munster (archive footage)
Fred Gwynne plays Herman Munster (archive footage)
Wayne Allwine plays Mickey Mouse (voice) (archive footage)
Susan Egan plays Belle (archive footage)
Burke Moses plays Gaston (archive footage)
Terrence Mann plays Beast (archive footage)
Frank Welker plays Abu (voice) / Lion roars (voice) (archive footage)
Stubby Kaye plays Marvin Acme (archive footage)
Matthew Bates
Lorna Gayle
Hasit Savani
David Mumeni
Crew of Waking Sleeping Beauty
- Don Hahn
- Roy Edward Disney
- Michael Eisner
- Jeffrey Katzenberg
- Peter Schneider
- Rob Minkoff
- Glen Keane
- Ron Clements
- John Musker
- Mike Gabriel
- Roger Allers
- David Pruiksma
- Gary Trousdale
- Kirk Wise
- Thomas Schumacher
- Mark Kimball
- Dick Cook
- Lisa Keene
- Elton John
- Lillian Disney
- Randy Cartwright
- Ron Miller
- Ruben Procopio
- Tim Burton
- Wolfgang Reitherman
- Jeanette Thomas
- Frank Thomas
- Marie E. Johnston
- Ollie Johnston
- Eric Larson
- Joe Ranft
- Les Clark
- Ron Hendren
- Frank Wells
- Don Griffith
- John Lasseter
- Walt Disney
- Roy O. Disney
- Connie Chung
- Diane Sawyer
- Ted Berman
- Phil Nibbelink
- Joe Hale
- Ed Gombert
- Shirley Temple
- Kathleen Gavin
- Maureen Donley
- Pat Riley
- Alex Trebek
- Steven Spielberg
- Richard Rich
- Jane Pauley
- Dennis Cosmo Michael
- George Scribner
- George Lucas
- Robert Zemeckis
- Richard Williams
- Dean Cundey
- Roger Ebert
- Richard Purdum
- David Friedman
- Paula Abdul
- Dudley Moore
- Jerry Orbach
- Angela Lansbury
- Getúlio Vargas
- Gary Franklin
- Gene Siskel
- Karl Malden
- Kathleen Turner
- Paul Newman
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Henry Selick
- Edwin Catmull
- Andrew Stanton
- Pete Docter
- Ralph Eggleston
- Jim Fowler
- Joseph the Lion
- Pancho the Lion
- Brenda Chapman
- Ruben A. Aquino
- Travis Blaise
- Richard Turner
- Laurin Sydney
- Charles Gibson
- Jeremy Irons
- Nathan Lane
- Ernie Sabella
- Bob Goen
- Sarah Jessica Parker
- Matthew Broderick
- James Earl Jones
- Cecilia Hart
- Robert Guillaume
- Donna Brown Guillaume
- Chris Sanders
- James Baxter
- Marc Davis
- Milt Kahl
- Ward Kimball
- John Lounsbery
- Joe Lanzisero
- Darrell Van Citters
- Brett Thompson
- Leslie Margolin
- Mike Cedeno
- Paul Nowak
- Nancy Beiman
- Jerry Rees
- Bruce Morris
- Elmer Plummer
- Brad Bird
- Doug Lefler
- Harry Sabin
- Eddie Fisher
- Doris Day
- Don Bluth
- Gary Goldman
- John Pomeroy
- Lorna Cook
- Heidi Guedel
- Linda Miller
- Emily Jiuliano
- Skip Jones
- Vera Pacheco
- Dave Spafford
- Sally Voorheis
- Saul Steinberg
- John V. Lindsay
- Barry Diller
- John Travolta
- Lem Davis
- Alvy Ray Smith
- Danny Troob
- Tim Rice
- Robin Williams
- Howard Ashman
- Alan Menken
- Jodi Benson
- Bette Midler
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Julie Andrews
- Tom Hanks
- Daryl Hannah
- Tom Selleck
- Steve Guttenberg
- Ted Danson
- Lisa Blair
- John Hurt
- Grant Bardsley
- Pat Fraley
- Janet-Laine Green
- Sunny Besen Thrasher
- Eve Evans
- Cree Summer
- Judge Reinhold
- Tom Cruise
- Michael Jackson
- Bob Hoskins
- Charles Fleischer
- Mel Blanc
- Cheech Marin
- Pat Carroll
- Butch Patrick
- Fred Gwynne
- Wayne Allwine
- Susan Egan
- Burke Moses
- Terrence Mann
- Frank Welker
- Stubby Kaye
- Matthew Bates
- Lorna Gayle
- Hasit Savani
- David Mumeni
- Andie MacDowell