The Lion King

The Lion King
Directed by	Roger Allers Rob Minkoff
Written by	Irene Mecchi Jonathan Roberts Linda Woolverton
Story by	Jim Capobianco Lorna Cook Thom Enriquez Andy Gaskill Francis Glebas Ed Gombert Kevin Harkey Barry Johnson Mark Kausler Jorgen Klubien Larry Leker Rick Maki Burny Mattinson Joe Ranft Chris Sanders Tom Sito Gary Trousdale
Based on	the story of destiny Hell's Gate, Naivasha, Kenya
Produced by	Don Hahn
Starring	Matthew Broderick James Earl Jones Jeremy Irons Jonathan Taylor Thomas Moira Kelly Nathan Lane Ernie Sabella Rowan Atkinson Robert Guillaume Madge Sinclair Whoopi Goldberg Cheech Marin Jim Cummings
Edited by	Ivan Bilancio
Music by	Hans Zimmer
Production companies	Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Feature Animation
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date	June 15, 1994 (1994-06-15)
Running time	88 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$45 million[2]
Box office	$1.063 billion[2]

The Lion King is an animated movie made by Disney in 1994. It was the most successful animated movie of the 1990s. The movie is about a young lion prince who learns about his role as king and in the circle of life.

It is dedicated to Frank Wells. Wells was the president of The Walt Disney Company. He died in a helicopter accident shortly before the movie was released into theaters. The movie was the first full-length Disney movie with no human characters since Bambi.

Most of the voice acting was done by well-known actors. This includes Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, Rowan Atkinson, Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Frank Welker.

The Lion King is a musical. The music for the songs was written by Elton John. The lyrics were written by Tim Rice. Computer animation was used a lot to make the movie. The people who wrote The Lion King got a lot of ideas from Hamlet.

1. ↑ "The Lion King (U)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Cite error: The named reference mojo was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).