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The Lion King, 1994

Starring: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons

Directed by: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff

Written by: Irene Mecchi

Language: English, Swahili, Xhosa, Zulu

Country: USA

Runtime: 89 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:8.3

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The Lion King can be described as feel good, touching, and sentimental. The plot revolves around an orphan, righting wrongs, and a master villain. The main genres are adventure, animation, and family. In approach, The Lion King is fantastical. It is set, at least in part, in a jungle. It is located in Africa. The soundtrack of The Lion King is show tunes. The movie has received attention for being a modern classic, a blockbuster, and an award winner. It is well suited for kids and a family outing. Note that The Lion King involves mild violent content.

Summary of The Lion King

Wild Africa is the setting for this animated tale of a young lion cub whose evil uncle usurps his father's crown and lets hyenas overrun the kingdom. Dodging danger and befriending some oddball characters, the cub wanders until the day he's ready to return. Songs by Elton John and featuring the voices of Whoopie Goldberg, Cheech Marin, James Earl Jones, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane and Jeremy Irons. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including 3 for Best Original Song. Academy Awards: 2, including Best Original Score and Best Original Song (Elton John and Tim Rice: "Can You Feel the Love Tonight").

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Language:	English, Swahili, Xhosa, Zulu
Country:	USA
Release date:	15 June 1994
Runtime:	89 min
Awards:	Academy Awards

Awards

Hans Zimmer for Best Original Score at the 1994 Academy Awards

Awarded Best Original Song at the 1994 Academy Awards

Tim Rice for Best Original Song at the 1994 Academy Awards

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Matthew Broderick

as Adult Simba

Jeremy Irons

as Scar

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Simba and Rafiki in The Lion King (1994)

Simba and Scar in The Lion King (1994)

Simba meets his parents in The Lion King (1994)

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

For all the undeniable merits, it somehow feels manufactured, and thus, to a degree, calculated - the product not of a collective imagination taking esthetic chances, but of an imaginative collective putting the rivets into a well-wrought plan that... Full Review

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by: Rick Groen

Entertainment Weekly

Has the resonance to stand not just as a terrific cartoon but as an emotionally pungent movie. Full Review

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by: Owen Gleiberman

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Fantastic

This is the high watermark of the golden age of Disney. It astonishes me that a simple kid's movie like this could have turned out so perfectly. It contains everything that makes a movie great. Read and rate it

26.October.2011
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by: grebnedlog
grebnedlog rated this movie10/10Must See

The Lion King

My favorite movie when I was a chillin. Such an amazing Disney film. Best one yet! They made lions my favorite animal. I LOVE YOU, SIMBA <3 <3 <3 Read and rate it

31.August.2010
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by: Sophia
Sophia rated this movie10/10Must See

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