Waking Sleeping Beauty
AAF Omaha Presents
“Waking Sleeping Beauty“ Movie Screening
Thursday, September 16th
The Dundee Theatre – 4952 Dodge Street
7:30 PM
“One of the best comeback stories in show
business history.”
– John Horn, Los Angeles Times
This documentary is a look behind the scenes at the re-birth of Disney animation. “Waking Sleeping Beauty“ is no fairytale. It is a story of clashing egos, out of control budgets, escalating tensions and one of the most extraordinary creative periods in animation history.
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If you’re a fan of Walt Disney animated movies – specifically the ones made from 1984 to 1994 – you’re going to love the new documentary “Waking Sleeping Beauty”- directed by Don Hahn and produced by Peter Schneider, both key players at Walt Disney Studios Feature Animation department during the mid1980s. The film offers an amazing behind the scenes look at what was really going on at Disney during that era.
What many forget is back in 1984, animated movies were a dying art form. They were expensive. They were creatively bankrupt. And they weren’t making nearly enough money to justify the costs. It wasn’t until a girl named Ariel came along (“The Little Mermaid“) that Disney remembered what great animated movies can do for the studio. After “Little Mermaid”, the studio produced three of the biggest animated hits of all time: “Aladdin“, “The Lion King“ and “Beauty and the Beast“.
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What “Waking Sleeping Beauty” does is follow the people and the studio from 1984 to 1994. From the synopsis:
“Waking Sleeping Beauty” is no fairytale. It is a story of clashing egos, out of control budgets, escalating tensions… and one of the most extraordinary creative periods in animation history. The film covers the talented people behind the movies of the 1980s and ’90s, charting the success of such filmmakers as John Lasseter, Brad Bird, John Musker, Ron Clements, Glen Keane, Henry Selick, Tim Burton, and Don Bluth from their time at CalArts in the ’70s through the early ’90s boom that culminated with Hahn’s record-setting hit, “The Lion King”.
The movie also features new interviews with Jeffrey Katzenberg, Roy Disney and Michael Eisner, and they each have a lot to say.
While many of you have seen the movies produced during the amazing 10-year period at Disney, you truly don’t know the real story of how everything happened. Again, if you’re a fan of Disney animated movies, this is a must see movie.
