The Sweatbox
2002 film by Trudie Styler
The Sweatbox is a 2002 American documentary movie designed to show behind-the-scenes footage of Kingdom of the Sun (the original version of The Emperor's New Groove). It showed transformation from Kingdom of the Sun to The Emperor's New Groove, including the director, musician Sting (whose wife created the documentary), artists and voice cast being dismayed by the new direction. The major theme is creative-executive conflicts.
| The Sweatbox | |
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| Directed by | Trudie Styler John-Paul Davidson |
| Produced by | Trudie Styler John-Paul Davidson |
| Cinematography | Neil Brown |
| Edited by | Susanne Rostock |
| Music by | David Hartley |
Production companies | Walt Disney Pictures Xingu Films |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Appearances
change- Mark Dindal
- Sting
- Roger Allers
- Andreas Deja
- David Spade
- Patrick Warburton
- Eartha Kitt
- John Goodman
- Thomas Schumacher
- Roy E. Disney
- David Hartley
- Randy Fullmer
- David Reynolds
- Peter Schneider
- Don Hahn
- Joe Ranft
- John Musker
- Ron Clements
- Gary Trousdale
- Kirk Wise
- Dale Baer
- Tony Bancroft
- Tom Jones
- Owen Wilson
- Marc Shaiman
- Bruce W. Smith
- John Debney