Basic information about the movie The Lion King
The Lion King is an animated film produced by Walt Disney Pictures, co-directed by Roger Ehlers and Rob Minkoff, and co-starring the voices of Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, and Nathan Lane.
The film tells the story of Simba, a young lion king who, accompanied by his friends, experiences the most glorious moments of his life and encounters the toughest challenges before finally becoming king of the forest.
The film was released on June 24, 1994 in the United States and on July 15, 1995 in China.
Synopsis of the movie The Lion King
Simba is the young prince of the lion kingdom, and his father Mufasa is a majestic king. However uncle Scar has long coveted Mufasa's throne.
To sit on the throne, Scar must remove the young prince, so Scar uses various excuses to let Simba go out, and then waits for an opportunity to kill, but was helpless to be Mufasa instant rescue. In the repeated calculations, Mufasa died under Scar's hands, Scar had ulterior motives to persuade Simba to leave, on the one hand, sent people to drive him to the end of the world.
Simba meets the witty Timon and the kind-hearted Pumbaa, who raise Simba to become a majestic lion and encourage him to return to the forest to restore his country. In the ensuing struggle to restore the country and save the people, Simba really grows into a strong man and realizes the true meaning of responsibility.
Behind the Scenes of The Lion King
The Blooper Shot
When Simba ascends to Glory Rock at the end of the movie, it's raining. We see that all the animals are soaked except Timon and Pumbaa.
The tear tracks on Simba's face change repeatedly between shots when he sees Mufasa's body.
As Shazoo accompanies young Simba and Nana to the water hole, the image shows Shazoo's shadow projected on the ground flapping its wings noticeably less frequently than it actually does in the air.
Simba lunges for Shazoo's back, but when they fall to the ground, Simba's claws are on Shazoo's chest.
To escape the frightened herd of oryx, Simba climbed a small dead tree and left many paw prints on the bark of the trunk; but in the next camera frame, the paw prints disappeared and the bark was intact.
When Timon and Pumbaa find Simba the lion in the desert, Timon is frightened and quickly climbs on top of Pumbaa's head; in the next shot, the shadow cast on the ground in front of Simba is only Pumbaa, not Timon, who is standing on top of Pumbaa's head; and when the viewer sees Pumbaa again, Timon has retreated to Pumbaa's back.
Throughout the entire movie, the coyote's paw has three toes. But in one scene, where the coyote is chasing Simba, and Simba squeezes over a rock, and the coyote claws Simba from behind, we notice that at this point this coyote's claws have four toes.
When Rafiki realizes that Simba is still alive, he intends to paint Simba's head on the tree, so he goes and dips the tip of his finger into some red paint; however, in the next image, Rafiki's thumb also turns red.
When Simba and Nana try to dodge away from the coyote, they slip and fall through the rotting trees, resulting in quite a bit of tree debris on the ground; in the next shot, when Simba tries to growl in order to scare off the coyote, the ground around it is very clean and clear, with the tree debris disappearing into thin air.
In the scene where Pumbaa creeps in front of Simba, Timon walks into Pumbaa and puts his hand in the center of Pumbaa's nose, between the nostrils; in the next shot, Timon's hand runs up the top of the nose .
Movie The Lion King Movie Review
The Lion King is more like a stereo book in 3D than those 3D movies you're usually used to, with just as many laughs, great music, and dramatic moments, but the 3D version is more and more of the same, and it feels more and more like it all came from the excitement of 2D. The Detroit Observer review
The movie's big, raw, mega-set opening, which audiences can't get out of their heads, was once one of the most powerful animated scenes ever. And while the 3D version is still full of power, it always looks a little off somewhere, which is the kind of feeling you get when it's been spoiled. While the 3D refurbishment has taken away a little from the film's gorgeous colors, the integrity of the film is still well preserved compared to works that are quite distracting due to the post conversion to 3D. The charm of this animated film that audiences love and know so well is unscathed by the 3Dization process. Entertainment Weekly review