Special Thanks to @KinekoVideo for their scanning and restoration services https://www.youtube.com/c/KinekoVideo https://twitter.com/kinekovideo If you enjoyed this video, please support our channel by becoming a VIP patron through Patreon. If we have 20 or more VIP patrons each month, we will post more 4K trailer scans on YouTube every month. https://www.patreon.com/animationcompendia For more videos related to this film, check out our curated playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQnigF_xmZHyr-l2TnIgE1tfrtqZxUDh The Lion King (88 min) Synopsis: Simba is a feisty lion cub who just can’t wait to be king. Led astray by his ambitious Uncle Scar, Simba flees the Pride Lands of his father, the great King Mufasa. In exile, he is befriended by a wacky but warmhearted warthog, Pumbaa, and his free-wheeling meerkat companion, Timon. Simba adopts their carefree lifestyle of “Hakuna Matata” (no worries), lives on a diet of bugs, and forgets his regal responsibilities. But when his childhood friend, Nala, arrives on the scene, destiny calls. The wise shaman baboon, Rafiki, shows Simba how his father’s spirit lives on in him. Now Simba must face his past and return to the Pride Lands to reclaim in place in the “Circle of Life.” Cast: Jonathan Taylor Thomas (young Simba), Matthew Broderick (adult Simba), James Earl Jones (Mufasa), Jeremy Irons (Scar), Niketa Calame (young Nala), Moira Kelly (adult Nala), Ernie Sabella (Pumbaa), Nathan Lane (Timon), Robert Guillaume (Rafiki), Rowan Atkinson (Zazu), Madge Sinclair (Sarabi), Whoopi Goldberg (Shenzi), Cheech Marin (Banzai), Jim Cummings (Ed). Songs: “Circle of Life,” “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King,” “Be Prepared,” “Hakuna Matata,” “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff. Limited release in New York and Los Angeles on June 15, 1994; general release on June 24, 1994. US Theatrical Reissues: November 18, 1994; December 25, 2002 (IMAX); September 16, 2011 (3D); US Home Media Releases: March 3, 1995 (VHS); September 20, 1995 (LD); October 7, 2003 (DVD/VHS); October 4, 2011 (BR/3D); November 15, 2011 (DVD); August 29, 2017 (BR/DVD); December 4, 2018 (4K); Trivia: • Frames: 120,960 • The project originated a number of years earlier under the title King of the Jungle. When production began, an artistic team traveled to Africa to search for ways to best present the African settings in the film, and the animators studied actual live lions and other animals that were brought to the Studio. • Loosely based on Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet. • Computer generated imagery was used to create the dramatic wildebeest stampede, a visual highlight in the film and a new level of sophistication for the art form. • The song, “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” won a Best Song Oscar for Elton John and Tim Rice, and a second Oscar was awarded to Hans Zimmer for Best Original Score. • A stage show, based on the film, opened at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York City in 1997. • For the Special Edition Platinum DVD release in 2003, a song written for the stage play, “The Morning Report,” by Elton John and Tim Rice, was adapted, animated, and inserted into the body of the original film. The Copyright Laws of the United States recognizes a “fair use” of copyrighted content. Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.” This video and the “Animation Compendia” YouTube channel in general may contain certain copyrighted works that were not specifically authorized to be used by the copyrighted holder(s), but which we believe in good faith are protected by federal law and the fair use doctrine for one or more of the reasons noted above.