The Lion King 1½ (2004) (V)

Director:

Bradley Raymond

Writers:

Tom Rogers (screenplay) and
Roger Allers (additional screenplay material)
(more)

Release Date:

10 February 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Adventure

Tagline:

You don't know the ½ of it!

Plot:

Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog retell the story of The Lion King, from their own unique perspective.

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Prequel To Sequel | Remake | Retelling | Sequel With Unusual Number

Awards:

6 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Nathan Lane	...	Timon (voice)
Ernie Sabella	...	Pumbaa (voice)
Julie Kavner	...	Mom (voice)
Jerry Stiller	...	Uncle Max (voice)
Matthew Broderick	...	Simba (voice)
Robert Guillaume	...	Rafiki (voice)
Moira Kelly	...	Nala (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Shenzi (voice)
Cheech Marin	...	Banzai (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Ed (voice)
Edward Hibbert	...	Zazu (voice)
Jason Rudofsky	...	Flinchy (voice)
Matt Weinberg	...	Young Simba (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Corey Burton	...	Grumpy, Additional Voices (voice)
Cam Clarke	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Bill Farmer	...	Goofy (voice)
Shaun Fleming	...	The Lost Boys, Additional Voices (voice)
Carolyn Gardner	...	Snow White (voice)
Bob Joles	...	Sneezy (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Alex Manugian	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Del Roy	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Chris Sanders	...	Experiment 626 Stitch (voice)
Kevin Schon	...	Happy, Additional Voices (voice)
Blayne Weaver	...	Peter Pan (voice)
Andrea Wolfson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Tony Anselmo	...	Donald Duck (archive sound)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wayne Allwine	...	Mickey Mouse (voice)
Cherie Christmas	...	Herself (archive footage)
Mary Beth Roe	...	Herself (archive footage)
Frank Welker	...	Animal Voice Effects (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Bradley Raymond

Writing credits
Tom Rogers		(screenplay)
Roger Allers		additional screenplay material
Irene Mecchi		additional screenplay material
Raymond Singer		uncredited
Evan Spiliotopoulos		additional screenplay material

Produced by
George A. Mendoza	....	producer
Michael Paxton	....	associate producer
Jason VanBorssum	....	producer (sequence "Meerkat Rhapsody")

Original Music by
Don Harper

Film Editing by
Joyce Arrastia

Production Design by
Dennis Greco

Production Management
Bill Bloom	....	production manager
Mark Bollinger	....	post-production supervisor
Greg Chalekian	....	production manager: "Meerkat Rhapsody" sequence
Dan Forster	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pieter Lommerse	....	assistant unit director
Ryan O'Loughlin	....	unit director

Art Department
Keith Baxter	....	storyboard artist
William Dely	....	background paintings
Nicola Flynn	....	clean-up animation supervisor
Kevin Gollaher	....	storyboard artist
Mike Inman	....	key background painter
Brian Kindregan	....	storyboard artist
Robert Lence	....	storyboard artist
Toby Shelton	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Joseph Adorisio II	....	isdn recordist
Ronald Eng	....	supervising sound editor
Roger Fearing	....	assistant sound editor
Tammy Fearing	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Erik Flockoi	....	sound recordist
Dana LeBlanc Frankley	....	assistant sound editor (as Dana LeBlanc)
Chuck Michael	....	sound editor
Terry O'Bright	....	sound re-recording mixer
Willard Overstreet	....	foley supervisor
Keith Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Carlos Sotolongo	....	adr mixer
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialogue mixer
Steve Tushar	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Russell Heyman	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Ben Aickin	....	digital compositor
Simon Alberry	....	CGI animator
Andrew Coates	....	lead compositor
Andrew Coates	....	scene planner
Mark Evans	....	lead compositor
Mark Evans	....	scene planner
Kris Gardiner	....	scanning supervisor
David M. Kcenich	....	visual effects
Andrew Kimberley	....	digital artist
Elias Macute	....	lead compositor
Elias Macute	....	scene planner
David 'Joey' Mildenberger	....	visual effects
D.J. Nicke	....	visual effects animator
Christine O'Connor	....	compositor
Jeff Topping	....	effects animator
Gary Sole	....	special effects animator (uncredited)

Animation Department
Olivier Adam	....	layout director
Tony Ambrose	....	inbetween artist
Debra Armstrong	....	character key
Richard Bailey	....	assistant animator
Bob Baxter	....	supervising animator: "Pumbaa", "Simba" and "Hyenas"
Matt Boug	....	inbetween artist
Russell Calabrese	....	animation director
Michael Cedeno	....	animator
Eddie Choo	....	clean-up artist
Noel Cleary	....	senior animator
Kevin Compty	....	clean-up artist (as Kevin Comty)
David Cook	....	inbetween artist
Tony Davis	....	clean-up artist
Stephen Deane	....	animator
Bernard Derriman	....	senior animator
Peter Eastment	....	clean-up artist
Robert Fox	....	animator
Kayn Garcia	....	inbetween animator
Kris Heller	....	assistant animator
Lianne Hughes	....	supervising animator: "Timon", "Mom" and "Max"
Mike Inman	....	background painter
Arlan Jewell	....	layout artist
Anna Jukic	....	clean-up artist
Hiromi Kakinuma	....	animator
Charlie Lee	....	animator
Dave Mah	....	animator
Rod Millichamp	....	clean-up artist
Patrick Muylkens	....	background artist
Terry O'Toole	....	clean-up character lead
Michael Pattison	....	inbetween animation supervisor
Matt Perry	....	inbetween artist
Scott T. Petersen	....	animator
John Power	....	animator
Robb Pratt	....	animator
Toby Schwarz	....	animator (as Tobias Schwarz)
Alexs Stadermann	....	supervising animator: "Timon" and "Rafiki"
Jocelyn Sy	....	animator
Rizaldy Valencia	....	animator
Florian Wagner	....	animator
Nadine Wagner-Westerbarkey	....	animator
Tania Walker	....	inbetween artist
Larry Whitaker	....	animation director: "Meerkat Rhapsody" sequence
Kevin Wotton	....	animator
Marco Zanoni	....	animator
Nicole Zarubin	....	clean-up character lead

Casting Department
Daniel J. Soulsby	....	casting coordinator

Editorial Department
Jennifer Dolce	....	second editor
Nick Kenway	....	production editor
Vartan Nazarian	....	associate editor
Ken Poteat	....	post-production coordinator
John Damien Ryan	....	assistant editor
Timothy Vila	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Steve Dierkens	....	music recordist
Martin Erskine	....	music arranger: songs
Martin Erskine	....	orchestrator: songs
Don Harper	....	conductor
Clint W. Heidorn	....	music coordinator
Jason Henkel	....	music administrator
Dave Metzger	....	orchestrator
Kimberly Oliver	....	music supervisor
Gregory Prechel	....	orchestrator
Booker White	....	music preparation

Other crew
Carla Arcuri	....	production coordinator
Allison Cain	....	production coordinator
Kris Gardiner	....	digital checker
Lucinda Glenn	....	production coordinator
Wendy Guin	....	production secretary
Danielle Legovich	....	production coordinator
Kip Lewis	....	production coordinator
Christine O'Connor	....	scene planner
Gary L. Page	....	technical director
Kirk Shalosky	....	production accountant

Production Companies

• DisneyToon Studios
• Walt Disney Animation Australia
• Walt Disney Television Animation

Distributors

• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video
• Gativideo (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (VHS)
• Walt Disney Home Video

Also Known As:

Hakuna Matata (USA) (working title)
The Lion King 1 1/2 (USA) (alternative spelling)
The Lion King 1 1/2: Hakuna Matata (USA) (working title)
The Lion King 3 (Australia) (DVD title)

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

Australia | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Thailand:G | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Canada:G | Hong Kong:I | Japan:U | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:G | South Korea:All | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:G | Greece:K

Company:

DisneyToon Studios

Trivia:

Timon's story of leaving the meerkat colony is based on a short scene deleted from "Hakuna Matata" in The Lion King (1994).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Timon is dragged out of the river by Pumba, there is no flower. However, when Pumba turns around Timon has a flower held over him. The flower is gone again shortly after.

Quotes:

[Pumbaa, Timon, and Simba are all in a bubbling water hole]
Simba: This is great. Three friends, together, what more could you want?
[all sigh relaxingly]
Pumbaa: [yawns] Ah, I'm bushed.
[while getting out of water hole]
Pumbaa: I think I'll turn in for the night.
[bubbles stop]
Timon: I'm out!
Simba: Right behind ya!

Movie Connections:

References Lady and the Tramp (1955)

Soundtrack:

Homeward Bound

With The Lion King 1 1/2, the series seems to be moving away from drama, and more towards a comedy

The Lion King 1 ½ is called by this name because it isn't exactly Lion King 2 or 3. It's more of the first one, just Timon and Pumba's point of view.

In this story, Timon and Pumba were both expelled from their kind. (Just like they said in the song "Hakuna Matata" in the first one.) So, they go off, trying to find a new home to live in; somewhere where they can live up to the phrase "Hakuna Mattata." Along the way, various stuff happens- stuff that I either forgot, or stuff that I'm too lazy to write about. Anyways, they meet Simba, and the audience is given a chance to watch what we didn't see in the first one. Of course, the first wasn't incomplete or anything; this one just added extra stuff.

However, there are big differences between this and the original. First of all, the story seems simpler. It's more interesting, but it seems to closely resemble a simple adventure film. Second of all, The Lion King 1 ½ tries to be more of a comedy than the surprisingly moving drama the first one was. Third of all, it just seems too cheesy! Farting jokes make up most of the premise. The last song in the film just adds to it.

The Lion King 1 ½ is good for the kids, but miles away from the original.

6/10

Good: Well, it's interesting and funny for children.

Bad: It seems way too corny and simple to even have the name "The Lion King" on it. Plus, bias may be a factor to those who have seen the original. Oh well. Hakuna Matata. No worries.

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