Summary
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.
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Cast
Roy Edward Disney
Himself
Michael Eisner
Himself
Elton John
Himself (archive footage)
Connie Chung
Herself (archive footage)
Diane Sawyer
Herself (archive footage)
Shirley Temple
Herself (archive footage)
Alex Trebek
Self (archive footage)
Jane Pauley
Self (archive footage)
Roger Ebert
Self (archive footage)
Paula Abdul
Self (archive footage)
Dudley Moore
Self (archive footage)
Jerry Orbach
Self (archive footage)
Angela Lansbury
Self (archive footage)
Gene Siskel
Self (archive footage)
Kathleen Turner
Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor
Self (archive footage)
Charles Gibson
Self (archive footage)
Jeremy Irons
Self (archive footage)
Nathan Lane
Self (archive footage)
Ernie Sabella
Self (archive footage)
Bob Goen
Self (archive footage)
Sarah Jessica Parker
Self (archive footage)
Matthew Broderick
Self (archive footage)
James Earl Jones
Self (archive footage)
Cecilia Hart
Self (archive footage)
Robert Guillaume
Self (archive footage)
Eddie Fisher
Self (archive footage)
Doris Day
Self (archive footage)
Linda Miller
Self (archive footage)
John V. Lindsay
Self (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)
John Hurt
The Horned King (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)
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)
Susan Egan
Belle (archive footage)
Terrence Mann
Beast (archive footage)
Frank Welker
Abu (voice) / Lion roars (voice) (archive footage)
Stubby Kaye
Marvin Acme (archive footage)