Opening March 26th in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco, Waking Sleeping Beauty. From Don Hahn…
Peter Schneider came to me a couple of years ago wanting to tell the story of the animation renaissance of the ‘80s and ‘90s at Disney. So many books and articles had been written about this dynamic and challenging period in Disney history, but we felt the story hadn’t been told with candor and in a way that captured the joy and struggle of the art form. We lived it, and we wanted to tell the story from our perspective — basically put the audience in the rooms and at the tables where we sat, in as realistic a way as possible. To accomplish this, the film is crafted with archival footage, home movies, and raw caricatures most of which have never been seen before. The end result captures the perfect storm of people and circumstances that led to what John Horn of the L.A. Times proclaimed to be “the biggest comeback story in Hollywood history.” For anyone that works in the animation industry, they will probably recognize a lot of faces in the film, and hopefully learn something new about this fascinating period of Disney history. For those who worked at Disney during that time, this is really their story and a celebration of their work.