Title: The Lion King
Writer: Irene Mecchi
Jonathan Roberts
Linda Woolverton
Director: Roger Allers
Rob Minkoff
Starring: Matthew Broderick
James Earl Jones
Jeremy Irons
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Moira Kelly
Nathan Lane
Ernie Sabella
and many more stars!
Year Released: June 15, 1994
Budget: $45 Million
Box Office $987, 483, 777
The story of The LIon KIng, is a 1994 American animated musical animated adventure film that takes place in the kingdom of lions in Africa. and, it was influenced by the biblical tales of that of Joseph and Moses and the Shakespearean play “Hamlet”. The Lion King tells the story of that of a lion born , and named Simba. He’s a young lion who is to succeed his father, Mufasa, as king, However, after Simba’s bad guy Uncle Scar is responsible for the murder of Simba’s father, Mufasa, Young Simba is fooled into it was he whose responsible for his father’s death. As a result, Simba is forced to flee into exile in shame and despair.
Then Simba matures after meeting two wastrels(Pumbaa and Timon). Simba is given a very valuable lesson from his childhood friend and girlfriend Nala and his shalman Rafiki, a mandrill monkey who’s very wise, before returning to challenge his Uncle Scar and his cast of bad guys including Hyenas.
Continuing with the plot: Simba ascends to the top of Pride Rock and takes over the kingdom as the rain falls again. Sometime later, with Pride Rock restored to its former glory, Simba looks down happily at his kingdom with Nala, Timon, and Pumbaa by his side; Rafiki presents Simba and Nala’s newborn cub to the inhabitants of the Pride Lands and the “circle of life” continues
With the storyline, animation and messages within the movie itself and good sountrack, this movie is one of the best grossing animation films of all time and a Disney classic and favorite easily. It appealed to both children and adults alike that saw it in theaters as evidenced by the numbers and by the number of vhs/dvd’s in homes across the world, and watched to this day. There’s even a parade in Disneyland in California that is referred to as “The Lion King Parade”
One of the messages conveyed in this film is that it teaches kids and adults how the circle of life portrayed and how everything plays its part in doing so. Example, We eat food, we use the restroom and sometimes its used as fertilizer to grow grass which cows eat and we in turn have uses for cows or wait until they mature and then eat them to survive.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_King
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