The Lion King

"The greatest adventure of all is finding our place in the Circle of Life."

G 1994 · 1h 29m · Animation, Drama, Family
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Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.

Theatrical
Jun 24, 1994
Digital
Sep 15, 2017
Box Office
$763.5M
Budget
$45.0M
Return
17.0x
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 7, 2003
Theaters
2
Directors
Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Writers
Linda Woolverton, Jonathan Roberts, Irene Mecchi, Rick Maki, Burny Mattinson, Barry Johnson, Lorna Cook, Thom Enriquez, Andrew Gaskill, Gary Trousdale, Jim Capobianco, Kevin Harkey, Jørgen Klubien, Chris Sanders, Tom Sito, Larry Leker, Joe Ranft, Ed Gombert, Francis Glebas, Mark Kausler
Producers
Alice Dewey, Don Hahn, Sarah McArthur
Music
Hans Zimmer
Studio
Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation
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A Musical Moment in the Jungle
Pumbaa ♪ Ohi'mbube / Ohi'mbube ♪
[singing; etc.....]
Timon ♪ In the jungle / The mighty jungle / The lion sleeps tonight / In the jungle / The mighty jungle ♪ ♪ The lion sleeps... ♪ I can't hear you, buddy, back me up! ♪ A-WEEEE-ee-EE-ee ba-Pum-ba-bum-ba-way ♪ Pumbaa? Pumbaa?
[singing; Pumbaa turns to follow a bug; he fades out; speaking; singing; Realizing Pumbaa is not there]
Pumbaa Timon? AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!
[follows the bug. He still hums the bass and stalks the bug up to a log, theatrically hiding behind a tree. When he tries to jump over the log he gets stuck momentarily and looks back; spooked; looks around, then shrugs, He jumps over the log. As he views the bug at close range, the camera (at his viewpoint) switches focus from it to a pair of green eyes out in the grass. The camera closes up on Nala getting ready to jump; he runs, with Nala in hot pursuit. Nala, with teeth and claws bared, chases Pumbaa around at high speed]
Timon Pumbaa?
[hears the noise of the chase]
Timon Pumbaa! Pumbaa! Hey, what's goin on?
Pumbaa SHE'S GONNA EAT ME!
[screaming at Timon]
Timon Huh? Woah! Jeez! Why do I always have to save your-- AAHHHH!!!! Don't worry, buddy. I'm here for ya. Everything's gonna be okay. Get her! Bite her head! Go for the jugular. The jugular! See, I told you he'd come in handy.
[gets up on the branch and sees Nala charging at full speed towards them; gets down and tries to help push Pumbaa out from under the root; sees Nala was about to close on Pumbaa and he is in the line of attack. At the last minute, Simba bounds over Pumbaa and catches Nala head on at full force. They start fighting savagely; to Pumbaa; to Simba; to Pumbaa again]
Adult Simba Nala? Is it really you?
[very surprised and no longer threatening; Nala immediately backs off and looks at Simba, examining him]
A Lighthearted Moment Among Friends
Timon Whoa! Nice one, Simba.
Adult Simba Thanks. Man, I'm stuffed.
Pumbaa Me too. I ate like a pig.
[rubs his stomach]
Adult Simba Pumbaa, you are a pig.
Pumbaa Oh. Right.
Pumbaa Timon?
Timon Yeah?
Pumbaa Ever wonder what those sparkling dots are up there?
Lighthearted Banter Among Characters
Zazu ]
[singing; [w:Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen|♪ Nobody knows the trouble I've seen / Nobody knows my sorrow ♪]
Scar Oh, Zazu, do lighten up. Sing something with a little bounce in it.
[throws the bone out]
Zazu ]
[singing; [w:It's a Small World|♪ It's a small world after all... ♪]
Scar NO! No. Anything but that!
[yelling at Zazu]
Zazu ]
[singing; [w:I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts| ♪ I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts / Dee-dee-dee-dee / There they are all standin' in a row... ♪]
Scar and Zazu ]
[singing; [w:I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts| "♪ Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head--"♪]
Zazu Oh... I would never have had to do this for Mufasa.
Scar WHAT?! What did you say?
[quick and angrily-ish]
Chaos and Excitement in the Jungle
Timon and Pumbaa HYAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!
Timon Get out! Get out! Get out of here!
[shooing the vultures]
Pumbaa I love it!
Timon Whoo!
Pumbaa Bowling for buzzards!
Timon Hee-hee-hee! Gets em every time.
Pumbaa Uh-oh. Hey, Timon, you better come look. I think he's still alive.
[spots Simba]
Timon Yeesh. All righty, what have we got here? Jeez, it's a lion! Run, Pumbaa, move it!
[sniffs around Simba, and lifts his paw]

The film franchise mainly revolves about a pride of lions who oversee a large swath of African savanna as their «kingdom» known as the Pride Lands, with their leader Simba watching over it as «king»....

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