The Lion King is a 1994 American animated musical film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd Disney animated feature film and the fifth animated film produced during the Disney Renaissance. The Lion King was directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff produced by Don Hahn and has a screenplay credited to Irene Mecchi Jonathan Roberts and Linda Woolverton. Elton John and Tim Rice wrote the film’s songs.
The film follows Simba a young lion who is to inherit his father Mufasa’s throne as king. However after Mufasa’s treacherous brother Scar murders Mufasa Simba is blamed and forced into exile. Simba grows up in the African Pride Lands away from his home but is drawn back by the love of his childhood friend Nala. Simba defeats Scar with the help of his friends Timon and Pumbaa and takes his rightful place as king.
The Lion King was a commercial success grossing over $987 million at the worldwide box office. It became the highest-grossing film of 1994 the highest-grossing animated film of all time the highest-grossing film in North America and the ninth-highest-grossing film of all time. Its soundtrack was also the best-selling album of 1994 selling over 14 million copies worldwide. The Lion King received critical acclaim with critics praising its animation music and story. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy making it the first animated film to win either award. The Lion King also received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”. In 2016 the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally historically or aesthetically significant”.
The idea for The Lion King originated from a 1989 pitch by screenwriter Linda Woolverton to Walt Disney Pictures chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg that was to be an animated musical film inspired by William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Katzenberg immediately green-lit the project after hearing the pitch and the story was quickly developed. Woolverton was hired as the film’s writer and gave the film a darker and edgier tone than most of Disney’s previous animated films. The studio brought together an A-list cast to provide vocal performances for the film including Matthew Broderick James Earl Jones Jeremy Irons Nathan Lane Whoopi Goldberg Cheech Marin Jim Cummings Moira Kelly and Ernie Sabella.
Disney wanted to release the film in the summer of 1994 to coincide with the release of the company’s live-action film The Flintstones. However due to production delays The Lion King was not released until June 15 1994. The film was a commercial success grossing over $987 million at the worldwide box office. It became the highest-grossing film of 1994 the highest-grossing animated film of all time the highest-grossing film in North America and the ninth-highest-grossing film of all time. Its soundtrack was also the best-selling album of 1994 selling over 14 million copies worldwide. The Lion King received critical acclaim with critics praising its animation music and story. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy making it the first animated film to win either award. The Lion King also received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”. In 2016 the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally historically or aesthetically significant”.
1.
Who wrote The Lion King?
A.
Elton John
B.
Tim Rice
C.
Hans Zimmer
D.
Roger Allers
2.
Who directed The Lion King?
A.
Elton John
B.
Tim Rice
C.
Hans Zimmer
D.
Roger Allers
3.
Who was the initial screenwriter for The Lion King?
A.
Elton John
B.
Tim Rice
C.
Hans Zimmer
D.
Roger Allers
4.
Who was the supervising animator for Scar?
A.
Mark Henn
B.
Chris Sanders
C.
Andy Gaskill
D.
Tom Sito
5.
Who was the voice of Simba in The Lion King?
A.
Matthew Broderick
B.
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
C.
James Earl Jones
D.
Jeremy Irons
6.
Who was the voice of Mufasa in The Lion King?
A.
Matthew Broderick
B.
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
C.
James Earl Jones
D.
Jeremy Irons
7.
Who was the voice of Timon in The Lion King?
A.
Nathan Lane
B.
Ernie Sabella
C.
Robert Guillaume
D.
Cheech Marin
8.
Who was the voice of Pumbaa in The Lion King?
A.
Nathan Lane
B.
Ernie Sabella
C.
Robert Guillaume
D.
Cheech Marin
9.
What was the working title of The Lion King?
A.
King of the Jungle
B.
The Lion King
C.
A Pride of Lions
D.
The King of Pride Rock
10.
What was the first Disney film to be an original story?
A.
The Lion King
B.
Pocahontas
C.
Frozen
D.
The Little Mermaid
11.
What was the first Disney film to be released on VHS?
A.
The Lion King
B.
Pocahontas
C.
Frozen
D.
The Little Mermaid
12.
What was the first Disney film to be released on DVD?
A.
The Lion King
B.
Pocahontas
C.
Frozen
D.
The Little Mermaid
13.
What was the first Disney film to be released in IMAX?
A.
The Lion King
B.
Fantasia 2000
C.
Beauty and the Beast
D.
Pocahontas
14.
What was the first Disney film to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar?
A.
The Lion King
B.
Beauty and the Beast
C.
Pocahontas
D.
Up
15.
What was the first Disney film to win a Best Picture Oscar?
A.
The Lion King
B.
Beauty and the Beast
C.
Pocahontas
D.
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