The Lion King (1994)

Directors:

Roger Allers
Rob Minkoff

Writers:

Irene Mecchi (written by) and
Jonathan Roberts (written by) ...

Release Date:

24 June 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Drama | Family | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

Life's greatest adventure is finding your place in the Circle of Life.

Plot:

Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King.

Plot Keywords:

Tastes Like Chicken Joke | Male Female Relationship | Talking Animal | Tragic Incident | Friendship

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 22 wins & 22 nominations

Cast

Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Young Simba (voice)
Matthew Broderick	...	Adult Simba (voice)
James Earl Jones	...	King Mufasa (voice)
Jeremy Irons	...	Scar (voice)
Moira Kelly	...	Adult Nala (voice)
Niketa Calame	...	Young Nala (voice)
Ernie Sabella	...	Pumbaa the Warthog (voice)
Nathan Lane	...	Timon the Meerkat (voice)
Robert Guillaume	...	Rafiki the Mandrill (voice)
Rowan Atkinson	...	Zazu the Hornbill (voice)
Madge Sinclair	...	Queen Sarabi (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Shenzi the Hyena (voice)
Cheech Marin	...	Banzai the Hyena (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Ed the Hyena (voice)
Zoe Leader	...	Sarafina, Nala's Mother (voice)

Also Known As:

King of the Jungle (USA) (original script title)
Rey león, El (USA: Spanish title)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Swahili | Xhosa | Zulu

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Iceland:L | Taiwan:GP | Canada:F (Ontario) | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8/5 | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Hong Kong:I | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Singapore:G | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:U | USA:G | Greece:K | Brazil:Livre

Company:

Walt Disney Feature Animation

Trivia:

Is the best selling home video of all time, which has sold more than 55 million copies to date.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Timon and Pumbaa find Simba in the desert, Timon is frightened and climbs on top of Pumbaa. On the next shot we only see Pumbaa's shadow cast in front of Simba, without Timon. When we next see Pumbaa, Timon is back on Pumbaa's back.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[Scar catches a mouse]
Scar: Life's not fair, is it? You see, I... well, I shall never be king. And you... shall never see the light of another day. Adieu.
Zazu: Didn't your mother ever tell you not to play with your food?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dead Mary (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

It's a Small World

A living masterpiece

This is truly one of the best Disney movies ever. I really enjoyed it when I first seen it, about when I was 6, and since then I watched it over and over again. I simply LOOOOVED the music. It's one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard. And, speaking of soundtrack, I just can't tell in words how much I love the song "Can You Feel The Love Tonight". Is one of my favorite songs ever. I truly believe that this motion picture could easily be nominated for The Best Picture, but The Best Song and the Best Original Score is really enough. I wonder if they will ever think to make a prequel of this movie in order to understand who is Mufasa, Scar, Sarabi and the other characters. In short, this movie will be remembered in the next 100 years. Truly.