The greatest adventure of all is finding our place in the Circle of Life.
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.
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Character
Earnest, resolved, classical in form and epic.
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
Who loves it, who doesn't
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Cast
- Matthew BroderickSimba (voice)
- Moira KellyNala (voice)
- Jeremy IronsScar (voice)
- Nathan LaneTimon (voice)
- Ernie SabellaPumbaa (voice)
- James Earl JonesMufasa (voice)
- Robert GuillaumeRafiki (voice)
- Rowan AtkinsonZazu (voice)
- Whoopi GoldbergShenzi (voice)
- Cheech MarinBanzai (voice)
Crew
- Roger AllersDirector
- Rob MinkoffDirector
- Linda WoolvertonScreenplay
- Jonathan RobertsScreenplay
- Irene MecchiScreenplay
- Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer
- Ivan BilancioEditor
- Don HahnProducer
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