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For all its acclaim and notoriety, The Lion King was one Disney project nobody wanted. Billed as Bambi in Africa, the assignment was shunned by all of the studio's A-list talent in favor of Pocahontas. As such, the B-Team was called in. Most had little or no prime-time experience, giving the project a very family-like atmosphere. Through rewrites and concept changes, they developed an underdog mentality, setting out to prove everyone wrong. It must have worked because the result is an animated masterpiece.
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The Lion King is a 1994 animated feature Academy Award-winning film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd film in the Disney animated feature canon, and the highest-grossing traditionally animated feature film in the United States. The film focuses on a young lion in Africa named Simba, who learns of his place in the "Circle of Life" while struggling through various obstacles to become the rightful king.
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The Lion King musical - Julie Taymor directs the stage adaptation of Disney's hugely successful animated film The Lion King. When the young lion prince Simba is born, his evil uncle Scar is pushed back to second in line to the throne. Scar plots to kill both Simba and his father, King Mufasa, and proclaim himself King. Simba survives, but is led to believe that his father died because of him and he decides to flee the kingdom. Tim Rice and Elton John's musical The Lion King won six Tony Awards on Broadway and has been nominated for eight Olivier Awards. Music of the Lion King by: Elton John.
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The story of The Lion King takes place in the fictional Pride Lands of Africa, where a lion rules over the other animals as king. At the beginning of the film, Rafiki, a mandrill shaman, presents Simba,(simba meaning lion in swahili) the newborn cub of King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi, to a massive gathering of animals at Pride Rock. Meanwhile, Mufasa's younger brother, Scar, realizes that he is no longer the heir to the throne and plots to kill Simba and Mufasa.
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Disney's The Lion King is designed and directed by Julie Taymor. Julie worked with Disney Theatrical to bring The Lion King to stage as an adaptation of Disney's 1994 animated film of the same name. Her creation made it to Broadway in July 1997, where it became an instant success. It won several prestigious Tony Awards in 1998, including Best Musical, Best Costume Design of a Musical, and Best Scenic Design of a Musical. The show then debuted in London's West End at the 2,000-seat Lyceum Theatre on 19 October, 1999 -- the same venue at which the show plays today.
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"The Lion King" tells the tale of a murdered king, his feckless son, and a usurping uncle. Shades of Shakespeare! But this is a Disney production and the real source is a Disney animated film of the same name and anyone who says Disney stole the plot from a Japanese animated film is itchin' for a fight. But that's all beside the point. The wafer-thin and perfectly harmless story is just an excuse for a very enjoyable production.
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