“Waking Sleeping Beauty” Documentary Coming To DVD

August 30, 2010 | by Disney Dreaming

The documentary “Waking Sleeping Beauty” will be released to DVD on November 30th from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.

The movie looks at where the Walt Disney Company was in terms of its movies in the 1980s and how the company worked to strengthen itself with a number of classic Disney movies releasing as the years progressed including:

- “The Little Mermaid”
- “Beauty and the Beast”
- “Aladdin”
- “The Lion King

Features on the DVD include:

- Why Wake Sleeping Beauty? – Overview featurette
- Untold Bedtime Stories – Deleted scenes from the feature
- The Sailor, the Mountain Climber, the Artist and the Poet – Celebrating Roy Disney, Frank Wells, Joe Ranft, and Howard Ashman
- Studio Tours – Randy’s tours, Roger Rabbit studio, Oliver studio, and the tour we shot at ARL
- A Reunion – Rob Minkoff and Kirk Wise
- Walt – What would Walt do AND compare Walt’s era and this era
- 3 webisode shorts
- Gallery – Photos, caricatures, and art from the era

Let us know if you plan on buying the DVD to learn more about Disney’s legacy!