Wednesday, June 15, 1994

The Lion King released

The Lion King

The Lion King


Released: June 15, 1994


Studio: Disney


Genre: animation


Box Office (numbers in millions):

Domestic: 422.80 Worldwide: 968.51


Adjusted for Inflation:

Domestic: 874.61 Worldwide: 1900.00

Directing: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff


Screenwriting: Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton


Starring: voices of Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Nathan Lane, Whoopi Goldberg


Review:

This was Disney’s 32nd animated musical – and its highest-grossing. TV It is one of “Disney’s most beautifully rendered films” E18 and their best “among the studio’s post-1970 features.” TV

“The story – a sort of Bambi meets Hamlet – can by now be recited word for word by any parent with a VCR, but the songs, lush colors and sly inside jokes make Lion worth another rewind.” TV

It opens “on a grand scale with the song ‘Circle of Life’ announcing the birth of Simba, a baby lion.” A07 It features “one of the most distressing death scenes in a kids’ movie since… well…Bambi.” E18 Simba’s cruel uncle makes his nephew believe he is responsible for his father’s death. Simba eventually “returns home to reclaim his throne.” A07


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Oscars:

Wins: 2 – including Best Song (“Can You Feel the Love Tonight”), Best Score

Nominations: 4 – including Best Song (“Circle of Life”), Best Song (“Hakuna Matata”)


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First posted 5/31/2023.

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