The Lion King (1994)
The Lion King (1994)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Matthew Broderick
Simba (voice)
Moira Kelly
Nala (voice)
Nathan Lane
Timon (voice)
Ernie Sabella
Pumbaa (voice)
Robert Guillaume
Rafiki (voice)
Rowan Atkinson
Zazu (voice)
James Earl Jones
Mufasa (voice)
Jeremy Irons
Scar (voice)
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Young Simba (voice)
Niketa Calame-Harris
Young Nala (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg
Shenzi (voice)
Cheech Marin
Banzai (voice)
Jim Cummings
Ed (voice)
Madge Sinclair
Sarabi (voice)
Zoe Leader
Sarafina (voice)
Frank Welker
Additional Voices (voice)
Cathy Cavadini
Additional Voices (voice)
Judi M. Durand
Additional Voices (voice)
Daamen J. Krall
Additional Voices (voice)
David McCharen
Additional Voices (voice)
Mary Linda Phillips
Additional Voices (voice)
Phil Proctor
Additional Voices (voice)
David J. Randolph
Additional Voices (voice)
Brian Tochi
Fighting Hyena (voice) (uncredited)
Roger Allers
Director
Rob Minkoff
Director
Irene Mecchi
Screenplay
Ivan Bilancio
Editor
Hans Zimmer
Original Music Composer
Jonathan Roberts
Screenplay
Linda Woolverton
Screenplay
Mike Surrey
Supervising Animator
Andreas Deja
Animation Supervisor
Tim Allen
Animation
Anthony DeRosa
Animation Supervisor / Supervising Animator
Jennifer Yuan
Layout
James Baxter
Animation Supervisor
Craig Sost
Production Manager
Larry White
Animation
Rick Moore
Layout
Carl Canga
Production Office Assistant
Rick Maki
Story
Chris Sanders
Production Design / Story
Brian Chavanne
Casting
Adam Milo Smalley
Supervising Music Editor
Andrew Gaskill
Art Direction / Story
David Pruiksma
Animation
Alex Kupershmidt
Supervising Animator
Ellen Woodbury
Supervising Animator
Mark A. Mangini
Supervising Sound Editor
James Christopher
Sound Effects Editor
Tom Finan
Supervising Film Editor
Mel Metcalfe
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Terry Porter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David J. Hudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard L. Anderson
Supervising Sound Editor
John Carnochan
Supervising Film Editor
Tim Rice
Songs
Elton John
Songs
Frank Wells
In Memory Of
Barry Johnson
Story
Robert Carr-Hartley
Thanks
Pam Wallberg
Thanks
Burny Mattinson
Story
Tom Woodington
Background Designer
Cathy Lawrence
Assistant Production Manager
Lisa M. Poole
Assistant Production Manager
Patricia Hicks
Assistant Production Manager
John Roesch
Foley
Jean Gillmore
Character Designer / Visual Development
Natalie Franscioni-Karp
Background Designer
Patricia Palmer-Phillipson
Background Designer
Ken Boyer
Animation
Mark Koetsier
Animation
Randy Cartwright
Animation
Kirk Bodyfelt
Assistant Production Manager
Kat Connolly
Editorial Staff
Randall McFerren
Painter
Phyllis Bird
Painter
Fumiko R. Sommer
Painter
Tom Sito
Story
Alice Dewey
Associate Producer
Charles R. Vollmer
Background Designer
Harlene Mears
Painter
Dolores Pope
Compositors
Miguel Ángel Poveda
Songs / Post Production Supervisor
Bob Smith
Character Designer / Visual Development
Lorna Cook
Story / Animation
Jorgen Klubien
Story
Ed Gombert
Story
Don Hahn
Producer
Gary W. Smith
Camera Operator
Brooks Campbell
Background Designer
Serge Michaels
Background Designer
Robert Bryan
Animation
Danny Wawrzaszek
Animation
Greg Drolette
Background Designer
Linda Bel
CG Animator
Rich Mackay
Negative Cutter
Ofra Afouta Calderon
Painter
Robert Dettloff
Painter
Sarah Duran
Post-Production Manager
L.J. Van Cleave
Production Accountant
R.J. Kizer
Dialogue Editor
Jim Capobianco
Story
John Aardal
Camera Operator
Lou Dellarosa
Animation
Michael Meagher
Assistant Production Manager
Mike Chock
Sound Effects Editor
Florida D'Ambrosio
Painter
Kevin Harkey
Story
Joe Ranft
Story
Donlee Jorgensen
Foley Editor
Don Walters
Production Manager
David Burgess
Supervising Animator
Deborah Beville
Assistant Editor
Andrew Patterson
ADR Editor
Ralph Stuart
Assistant Sound Editor
Sue C. Nichols
Character Designer / Visual Development
Joe Grant
Visual Development / Character Designer
Lisa Keene
Visual Development / Character Designer
Andrew Simmons
Camera Operator
Barry Atkinson
Background Designer
Loni Beckner-Black
Assistant Production Manager
Barry Kooser
Background Designer
Mike Hodgson
Character Designer / Visual Development
Tony Fucile
Supervising Animator
Tony Bancroft
Supervising Animator
John Pospisil
Special Sound Effects
Mel Shaw
Character Designer / Visual Development
Bruce Zick
Visual Development / Character Designer
Thom Enriquez
Story
Michael Show
Animation
Tom Bancroft
Animation
Shannon Fallis Kane
Compositors
Patsy Bouge
First Assistant Editor
Matthew Garbera
Production Coordinator
Ruben A. Aquino
Supervising Animator
Mark Henn
Supervising Animator
Leslie Hinton
Painter
Dana Axelrod
Production Manager
Dominick R. Domingo
Background Designer
Kevin Turcotte
Background Designer
Greg Manwaring
Animation
Kirk E. Axtell II
Painter
Carmen Sanderson
Painter
Roxanne M. Taylor
Painter
Susan Wileman
Painter
Kathy Altieri
Background Designer
David McCamley
Background Designer
Philip Phillipson
Background Designer
Michael Cedeno
Animation
Brad Kuha
Animation
T. Daniel Hofstedt
Animation
Karenna Mazur Alderton
Assistant Production Manager
Paulino García
Painter
Paul Berolzheimer
Sound Effects Editor
Bill Ohanesian
Painter
Gary Trousdale
Story
Gilda Palinginis
Animation
Randy Haycock
Animation
Alex Williams
Animation
Holly E. Bratton
Assistant Production Manager
Leyla C. Amaro Nodas
Painter
Glen Gagnon
Production Accountant
Russ Edmonds
Supervising Animator
Sherrie Cuzzort
Painter
Susan Bradley
Title Designer
Hans Bacher
Visual Development / Character Designer
Francis Glebas
Story
Brenda Chapman
Script Supervisor
Thomas Schumacher
Executive Producer
Sunny Apinchapong
Background Designer
Dan Cooper
Background Designer
Kent Melton
Sculptor
Phillip Young
Animation
Dale E. Grahn
Color Timer
Beth Collins-Stegmaier
Editorial Staff
Britt Van der Nagel
Painter
Aaron Blaise
Supervising Animator
Don Henry
Projection
Mary Beth Smith
Negative Cutter
Debbie DuBois
Background Designer
Dale Baer
Animation
Chris Wahl
Animation
Doug Frankel
Animation
Brian Ferguson
Animation
Broose Johnson
Animation
Gregory William Griffith
CG Animator
Angelika Katz
Painter
S. Ann Sullivan
Painter
Burke Mattsson
Title Designer
Michael Humphries
Background Designer
Don Moore
Background Designer
Jean Morel
Animation
Michael Swofford
Animation
Jacqueline Kinney
Assistant Editor
Hilda Hodges
Foley
Larry Leker
Story
Mark Kausler
Story
Sarah McArthur
Executive Producer
Rejean Bourdages
Animation
Ron Husband
Animation
Christine Lawrence Finney
Animation
Ric Sluiter
Background Designer
Karen Nugent
Painter
Phyllis Fields
Painter
Russell Blandino
Painter
Joey Calderon
Painter
Stevie Hirsch
Painter
David Karp
Painter
Joe Ekers
Animation
James Lopez
Animation
Barry Temple
Animation
Paul Steele
Assistant Production Manager
Jeanie Lynd Sorenson
Production Coordinator
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 24, 1994
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Content RatingG
Budget$45,000,000
Box Office$763,455,561
Genres
Wiki.
The Lion King is a 1994 American animated musical coming-of-age drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is inspired by William Shakespeare's stage play Hamlet with some elements from the Biblical stories of Joseph and Moses. The film was directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff (in their feature directorial debuts) and produced by Don Hahn, from a screenplay written by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton. The film features an ensemble voice cast that includes Matthew Broderick, Moira Kelly, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, Rowan Atkinson, and Robert Guillaume. Its original songs were written by composer Elton John and lyricist Tim Rice, with a score by Hans Zimmer. Set in a kingdom of lions in Africa, The Lion King tells the story of Simba (Swahili for lion), a lion cub who is to succeed his father, Mufasa, as King of the Pride Lands; however, after his paternal uncle Scar kills Mufasa to seize the throne, Simba is tricked into believing he was responsible for his father's death and flees into exile. After growing up in the company of the carefree outcasts Timon and Pumbaa, Simba receives valuable perspective from his childhood friend, Nala, and his shaman, Rafiki, before returning to challenge Scar to end his tyranny and take his place in the Circle of Life as the rightful king.
Initially, The Lion King was supposed to be a non-musical, leaning towards a style similar to that of a documentary. George Scribner, who had made his feature directorial debut with Oliver & Company (1988), was hired to direct, with Allers joining him soon after following his work as a story artist and/or head of story on Oliver & Company, The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), and Aladdin (1992). Allers brought in Brenda Chapman and Chris Sanders, whom he had worked with on Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin, to serve as head of story and production designer, respectively.
Woolverton, who had just wrapped up work as screenwriter for Beauty and the Beast, wrote the initial draft of the screenplay for this film, but following her departure from the project to write the libretto for the Broadway adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, Mecchi and Roberts were brought on board to finish and revise the script. Six months into production, Scribner left the project due to creative differences with Allers, producer Hahn, and Chapman about changing it into a musical, and Minkoff was hired to replace him in April 1992. Additionally, Beauty and the Beast directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise were hired to perform some additional rewrites to the script and story. Throughout production, Allers, Scribner, Minkoff, Hahn, Chapman, Sanders, and several other animators visited Kenya to observe wildlife and get inspiration for the characters and setting.
The Lion King was released on June 15, 1994, receiving critical acclaim for its music, story, themes, and animation. With an initial worldwide gross of $763 million, it finished its theatrical run as the highest-grossing film of 1994 and the second-highest-grossing film of all time, behind Jurassic Park (1993). It also held the title of being the highest-grossing animated film, until it was overtaken by Finding Nemo (2003). The film remains the highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time, as well as the best-selling film on home video, having sold over 55 million copies worldwide. It received two Academy Awards, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. It is considered by many to be among the greatest animated films ever made.
The film has led to many derived works, such as a Broadway adaptation in 1997; two direct-to-video follow-ups—the sequel, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998), and the prequel/parallel, The Lion King 1½ (2004); two television series, The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa (1995-1999) and The Lion Guard (2016-2019), the latter which premiered as a television film titled The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar in 2015; and a photorealistic remake in 2019, which also became the highest-grossing animated film at the time of its release. In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The Lion King is the first Disney film to have been dubbed in Zulu, the only African language aside from Egyptian Arabic to have been used for a feature-length Disney dub.