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The Lion King (1994)
The animated film that started it all. Produced by Walt Disney Feature
Animation in Burbank, California, this unassuming stop-gap project grew to
become a mythic phenomenon, setting record numbers for box-office sales
and merchandising revenue around the world, and inspiring thousands of
fans to build on its story with their own creativity.
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Image Archive
Hundreds of high-quality screen images, clip art, and more!
Sounds & Music
Dialogue clips, MIDI songs, and CD track information.
Texts & Fan-Fiction
Essays, reviews, production notes, and hundreds of fan stories.
Video Clips
Video files of memorable scenes, and many more interesting movie files.
Character Profiles
Pictures and descriptions of all the Lion King characters and their roles in the story.
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The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride (1998)
The long-awaited sequel. A direct-to-video production by Walt Disney Television Animation, Simba's Pride adds new characters and another chapter to the Circle of Life mythos begun in the original theatrical film.
The Lion King 1½ (2004)
The Circle of Life begins anew with a fresh, satiric retelling of the original film's story, from the comic perspective of the meerkat Timon and the warthog Pumbaa. A tribute to the grandeur of the original as much as it is a satire, this direct-to-video production (from Walt Disney TV Animation Australia) appeals to wistful nostalgia as much as to our funny bones.
The Lion King: The Broadway Musical
Premiering in Minneapolis in 1997, The Lion King: The Broadway Musical has found a permanent home as a fixture on 42nd Street, the heart of the theatre district on Times Square in New York. Numerous other productions have set up in other cities around the world to showcase Julie Taymor's revolutionary stage rendition of the original film's story.
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The Lion King: The Broadway Musical celebrated
its world premiere at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN, on July 8,
1997. Now playing at the Minskoff Theater on Broadway, and in a variety of
other locations around the globe, this musical version of Disney's greatest animated feature ever
has already drawn rave reviews for its dazzling special effects and
staging, the inspired music by Tim Rice, Elton John, Hans Zimmer, and Lebo
M., and for its nearly magical performance by a cast using masks and
puppetry combined with live acting to convey the atmosphere of The Lion
King.
“I wanted to go for elegance, not cute.” -- Julie Taymor, director |
This production broke new ground in theatrical technology,
attempting to bring to the stage such vast and sweeping elements as the
rolling African savannah and the famous wildebeest stampede in which
Mufasa is killed by his brother Scar. Far from shrinking from the
challenge or toning down the scale of the film, director Julie Taymor
succeeded in the superhuman feat of reproducing the film's vastness
through ingenious staging techniques and experimental methods worthy of
Walt Disney Theatrical, producers of the wildly popular Beauty and the
Beast Broadway musical, which also debuted at the Orpheum.
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The Original
Broadway Cast Recording CD is currently available from Walt Disney
Records, in music stores everywhere.
Images and sound files provided courtesy of Sean Silvernail and Paul
Summers, and newpaper images provided by Adam Browne, Kristin Cheddar,
and Whitepelt.
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