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The Lion King
1994
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 the land until the day he's ready to return. With songs by Elton John and featuring the voices of Whoopie .. Read more
| Starring | Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons |
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| Director | Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff |
| Genres | Animated, Children, Family, Music/Musical |
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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 the land until the day he's ready to return. With songs by Elton John and featuring the voices of Whoopie Goldberg, Cheech Marin, James Earl Jones, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane and Jeremy Irons. Academy Awards: 2, including Best Original Score and Best Original Song (Elton John and Tim Rice: "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"). Academy Award Nominations: 4, including 3 for Best Original Song.
| Starring | Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Moira Kelly, Niketa Calame, Ernie Sabella, Nathan Lane, Robert Guillaume, Rowan Atkinson, Madge Sinclair, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings, Zoe Leader |
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| Director | Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 24 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 24 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | The Disney 50 |
| Genres | Animated, Children, Family, Music/Musical |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 1994 To Rent: DVD: 07 Nov 2011 Blu-ray: 07 Nov 2011 |
The Lion King (1994)
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An entertaining animated drama with some stunning moments, but a somewhat preachy tone; it isn't as much fun as the recent Disney features, although it found great favour with the public.
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As good if not better than anything from the Disney studios to date!
The only film I've ever seen more than once in a cinema. Admittedly I was accompanied by at least one of my two young children on each ocassion! The ... read more »
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Love Film? Love The Lion King!
Up there amongst the very best animated films of all time and one of my personal favorites, with songs from Elton John, great performances and terrific ... read more »
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The lion king... exactly!
The lion king is a difficult movie to review because there is very little I can say with repeating whats already been said. To summarize, if you like animated ... read more »
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amazing film
how can anyone not love this film, its great, very sad too in places, but moving to the extreme.
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Veteran star James Earl Jones has vowed to "never retire" - because he can't get enough of acting. The 79 year old began his career in the 1950s, and has had a string of notable roles including as the voices of Star Wars villain Darth Vader and the Lion King's Mufasa. But despite his advancing years, the actor - who is currently starring in the West End run of Tennessee Williams' Cat On A Hot Tin Roof - has no intention of taking his final bow. He says, "I'm a jobbing actor. I never know what... Read more
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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 the land until the day he's ready to return. With songs by Elton John and ...
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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 the land until the day he's ready to return. With songs by Elton John and ...
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