the lion king

     

The Lion King is a 1994 American animate feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, released in theaters on June 15, 1994 by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd film in the Disney animated feature canon. The film was the highest grossing animated film of all time before the release of Finding Nemo, a Disney/Pixar film released nearly a decade later that would overshadow the record of The Lion King.

Trivia about the lion king

  • The sequel to this film is subtitled "Simba's Pride"
  • "Leonine Monarch"
  • Robert Guillaume provided the voice of Rafiki, the wise old baboon, in this 1994 film
  • The songs "Circle of Life" & "Hakuna Matata" frame the first act of this show
  • Jonathan Taylor Thomas of "Home Improvement" supplied the voice of the young Simba in this film
  • It's been reigning over Broadway since 1997--long may it roar
  • Timon, Pumbaa & Simba are all characters in this musical
  • "Hakuna Matata" was one of 3 tunes nominated for an Oscar from this Disney film
  • 1994:"Circle Of Life" performed by Carmen Twillie
  • Mufasa &Nala
  • Oh, Scar, you ol' backstabber, say hello to your hyena friends; they want to chew the fat with you in this film
  • We won't ruin the plot for you, but watch out for Uncle Scar when you see this show based on a Disney film
  • Tim Rice wrote the lyrics to "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", a song from this 1994 movie
  • Scar
  • Containing the hit "Can You Feel The Love Tonight", it was Disney's first animated feature not based on an existing story
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, accompanied by a large puppet bird and its puppeteer.) Julie Taymor & Michael Curry designed puppets like Zazu for this 1998 Tony-award-winning musicalZazu: "Say it!"
  • "My reign will be a super-awesome thingOh, I just can't wait to be king"
  • All the animals join the "Circle Of Life" to see the baby cub Simba in this animated film from 1994
  • It's the show in which Simba sings "I Just Can't Wait To Be King"
  • Nala,Mufasa,Scar
  • 1994:Scar
  • "One By One" & "Can You Feel The Love Tonight?"
  • Disney's first "animated screenplay" is this film's art book, which includes a foreword by James Earl Jones
  • When this animated film became a Broadway musical, Rafiki became a female character
  • 1994:"Life's greatest adventure is finding your place in the circle of life"
  • Big cats abound in this Tony-winning show that's set in part at Pride Rock