Event Details
Official Selection – 2009 Telluride Film Festival
Official Selection – 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
Winner, Audience Prize – 2009 Hamptons International Film Festival
Winner, Truly Moving Picture Award – 2009 Heartland Film Festival
Quotes from and about the film:
“The story parallels the animated films themselves. They’re all about love and conflict. Waking Sleeping Beauty is about the love of a group of people for an art form and the conflict that occurred when that art form became incredibly lucrative and prestigious.” – Don Hahn, Producer and Director
“Go to any institution, any university, any hospital, any corporation, any home, any house, you know what, the human condition overshadows bricks and mortar, every time. And it's about fear, and envy, and jealously, and comfort, and love, and hate, and accomplishment. Every institution has it. Were we a bunch of artistic, emotional people running around screaming and crying and ranting and raving? No, it was an organized group of people, working together, saying, let's put on a show.” – Michael D. Eisner in the Film
About the Filmmakers
Don Hahn (Director) is one of the most successful filmmakers working in Hollywood today. He produced the Disney classic “Beauty and the Beast,” the first animated film to receive a Best Picture Oscar® nomination from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, and to win a Golden Globe® for Best Picture. His next film, “The Lion King,” broke box office records all over the world to become the top-grossing traditionally animated film in Disney history and a long-running blockbuster Broadway musical. Hahn also served as associate producer on the landmark motion picture “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” (with Amblin’ Entertainment). His other films include “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “Atlantis: The Lost Empire” and the 2006 short, “The Little Matchgirl,” which earned Hahn his second Oscar® nomination.
Peter Schneider (Producer) has enjoyed an extensive and multi-faceted movie and theatrical career. During a 17-year tenure at the Walt Disney Company, where he held several titles including President of Animation and Chairman of the Studio, he was responsible for creating and distributing over 50 movies including “The Lion King,” Golden Globe® Award-Winner “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Toy Story,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” (with Amblin' Entertainment) “Remember the Titans” and “The Princess Diaries.”
Registration
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Space is limited.
Deadline: 2/1/2010
Questions
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