The Lion King (2002)

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G | 1 hr 27 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Family, Romance, Musical, Animated, Music | Released: 12/25/2002 |Box Office Total: $312.8M

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Synopsis:

A heroic coming-of-age story which follows the epic adventures of a young lion cub named Simba as he struggles to accept the responsibilities of adulthood and his destined role as king of the jungle. As a carefree cub, he is both excited and anxious to become king, one day, and spends his days frolicking with his pal, Nala. His father, King Mufasa, the revered ruler of Pride Rock and the lands that surround it, teaches him about the "Circle of Life"--the delicate balance of nature which bonds all animals together; Simba's father cautions him to prepare for the day when he will be called upon to lead. Mufasa's evil brother, Scar, hopes that day will never arrive and schemes to do away with the king and Simba so that he can assume the throne for his own tyrannical purposes. Scar and his hyena henchmen--Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed--lure Simba into the path of a wildebeest stampede in which Mufasa is killed trying to save his son. Scar convinces Simba that he is responsible for his father's death and urges him to leave the Pride Lands and never return. A frightened and guilt-ridden Simba flees into exile where he is befriended by a wacky but warmhearted warthog named Pumbaa and his free-wheeling meerkat companion, Timon. Under the dubious guidance of this nature's odd couple, Simba adopts their "Hakuna Matata" (no worries) attitude towards life--taking things one day at a time. The cub matures into a young adult and is able to forget his past until a beautiful young lioness--who turns out to be his childhood friend Nala--arrives on the scene. She tells him of the hard times and suffering that have come to the Pride Lands under Scar's reign, and beseeches him to take his place as king. With the help of Rafiki, a wise shaman baboon, Simba realizes that his father's spirit lives on in him and that he must accept the responsibility of his destined role.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/25/2002

Studio	Credit
Walt Disney Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Roger Allers	Director
Rob Minkoff	Director
Cast	Credit
Jonathan Taylor-Thomas	of Young Simba
Matthew Broderick	of Adult Simba
James Earl Jones	of Mufasa
Jeremy Irons	of Scar
Moira Kelly	of Adult Nala
Niketa Calame	of Young Nala
Ernie Sabella	of Pumbaa
Nathan Lane	of Timon
Robert Guillaume	of Rafiki
Rowan Atkinson	of Zazu
Madge Sinclair	of Sarabi
Whoopi Goldberg	of Shenzi the Hyena
Cheech Marin	of Banzai the Hyena
James Cummings	of Ed the Hyena
Frank Welker
Judi Durand
David McCharen
Phil Proctor
Catherine Cavadini
Daamen Krall
Linda Phillips
David Randolph
Production Credits	Credit
Thomas Schumacher	Executive Producer
Alice Dewey	Associate Producer
Don Hahn	Producer
Sarah McArthur	Executive Producer
Distribution Companies	Credit
BVI	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Walt Disney Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
Writer	Credit
Brenda Chapman	Story By - story supervisor
Irene Mecchi	Screenplay
Jonathan Roberts	Screenplay
Burny Mattinson	Story By
Linda Woolverton	Screenplay
Barry Johnson	Story By
Thom Enriquez	Story By
Gary Trousdale	Story By
Kevin Harkey	Story By
Christopher Sanders	Story By
Larry Leker	Story By
Rick Maki	Story By
Francis Glebas	Story By
Lorna Cook	Story By
Andy Gaskill	Story By
Jim Capobianco	Story By
Jorgen Klubien	Story By
Tom Sito	Story By
Joe Ranft	Story By
Ed Gombert	Story By
Mark Kausler	Story By
J T Allen	Story By - story material
Miguel tejada-Flores	Story By - story material
Bob Tzudiker	Story By - story material
Kirk Wise	Story By - story material
George Scribner	Story By - story material
Jenny Tripp	Story By - story material
Chris Vogler	Story By - story material
Noni White	Story By - story material
Accounting	Credit
Sally Catic	Assistant Production Accountant
L J Van Cleave	Production Accountant
Glen Gagnon	Production Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
David J McMillan	Animal Wrangler - live lion & animal models
Art Department	Credit
Christopher Sanders	Production Designer
Andy Gaskill	Art Director - art direction
Randy Fullmer	Art Department - artistic coordinator
Kent Melton	Art Department - charatcer sculptures
Barbara Lynn Hamane	Art Department - assistant paint supervisor
Karen L Hudson	Art Department - assistant paint supervisor
Grace H Shirado	Art Department - assistant paint supervisor
Casting	Credit
Brian Chavanne	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Dale Grahn	Color Timer
Kent Gordon	Camera Operator - digitizing camera operator
Joe Jiuliano	Camera - camera manager
Karen Comella	Color - color models supervisor
Jo Ann Breuer	Camera Operator - digitizing camera operator
Cathy Lawrence	Color - color models
Penny Coulter	Color - color model
Lynette E Cullen	Camera Operator - digitizing camera operator
Michael Alan McFerren	Camera Operator - digitizing camera operator
Ann Sorenson	Color - color model
Irma Cartaya	Color - color model
Tina Baldwin	Camera Operator - digitizing camera operator
Karen N China	Camera Operator - digitizing camera operator
Cindy Finn	Color - color model mark-up
Gareth Fishbaugh	Camera Operator - digitizing camera operator
Debra Y Siegel	Color - color model mark-up
David J Rowe	Camera Operator - digitizing camera operator
David J Zywicki	Color - color model mark-up
Music	Credit
Adam Milo Smalley	Music Editor
Lebo M	Music Conductor - choral arrangement & conducting
Mbongeni Ngema	Music Contractor - vocal contractor
Elton John	Song Performer
Hans Zimmer	Music Supervisor
Hans Zimmer	Music
Tim Rice	Song - songs
Bruce Fowler	Music Arranger - vocal arrangement
Bruce Fowler	Orchestrations - score orchestrations
Elton John	Song - songs
Jason Weaver	Song Performer
Mark Mancina	Music Arranger - vocal arrangement
Ladd McIntosh	Orchestrations
Jay Rifkin	Music - music recorder & mixer
Nick Glennie-Smith	Music Conductor - score conductor
Tonia Duvall	Music Contractor - vocal contractor
Nick Glennie-Smith	Music Arranger - choral arrangement & conducting
Alfie Silas	Music Contractor - vocal contractor
Lebo M	Music - african vocal solos & improvisation creator
Yvonne Moriarty	Orchestrations
Hans Zimmer	Song - song producer
Laura Williams	Song Performer
Reggie Wilson	Music Conductor - orchestra conductor
Hans Zimmer	Song - song arranger
Rowan Atkinson	Song Performer
Nico Golfar	Music - music production assistant
Andrae Crouch	Music Arranger - choral arrangement & conducting
Jay Rifkin	Song - song arranger
Maggie Rodford	Music - music production assistant
Jeremy Irons	Song Performer
Whoopi Goldberg	Song Performer
Jay Rifkin	Song - song producer
Eric Stark	Music - music production assistant
Cheech Marin	Song Performer
Bruce Fowler	Song - song arrangement
James Cummings	Song Performer
Danny Troob	Song - song arrangement
Paul Bogave	Song - song arrangement
Nathan Lane	Song Performer
Mark Mancina	Song - song producer
Erbie Sabella	Song Performer
Mark Mancina	Song - song arranger
Joseph Stanley Williams	Song Performer
Hugo Peretti	Song
Sally Dworsky	Song Performer
Kristle Edwards	Song Performer
George David Weiss	Song
Terry Young	Song Performer
Luigi Creatore	Song
Solomon Linda	Song - From Song
Carmen Twillie	Song Performer
Paul Campbell	Song - From Song
Fred Heatherton	Song
Robert Sherman	Song
Richard M Sherman	Song
Johnny Noble	Song
Leleiohaku	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Nicholas Toth	Animatronics - live lion & animal models
Production Management	Credit
Jeannine Berger	Post-Production Coordinator - post-production administrator
Sara Duran-Singer	Post-Production Supervisor - post-production manager
Dana Axelrod	Production Manager
Don Walters	Production Manager
Dorothy McKim	Production Manager - pre-production manager
Craig A Sost	Production Manager - Baer production manager
Sound	Credit
John Roesch	Foley Artist
Ralph Stuart	Assistant Sound Editor
John Pospisil	Sound Effects - special sound effects
Terry Porter	Rerecording Mixer
Andrew G Patterson	ADR Editor
Don Lee Jorgensen	Foley Editor
Doc Kane	ADR/Dialogue Editor - original dialogue recording
Barbara Harris	ADR Voice Casting
Jeannette Browning	Sound Dubbing - dubbing recordist
Mike Chock	Sound Effects Editor
Richard L Anderson	Sound Editor
Mark Mangini	Sound Editor
Steve Lee	Sound Effects - sound effects librarian
Vince Caro	ADR/Dialogue Editor - dialogue recording
James Christopher	Sound Effects Editor
Hilda Hodges	Foley Artist
Mel Metclafe	Rerecording Mixer
David J Hudson	Rerecording Mixer
Weldon Brown	ADR/Dialogue Editor - dialogue recording
Paul Berolzheimer	Sound Effects Editor
Andrew Morris	ADR/Dialogue Editor - dialogue recording
Steve Hellaby	ADR/Dialogue Editor - dialogue recording
Visual Effects	Credit
Mitchell Bernal	Layout Artist - key layout/ workbook
Elliot M Bour	Inbetweener - rough inbetweener
Kirk Bodyfelt	CGI Artist - effects/ CGI
Janet Bruce	Effects Supervisor - animation check supervisor
Tim Callahan	Effects Assistant - layout assistant
Shannon Fallis-Kane	Visual Effects - compositing
Scott F Johnston	Graphics - computer graphics imagery
Rhonda L Hicks	3-D Models - assistant color model mark-up supervisor
Mark Henn	Animator
Scott Santoro	Visual Effects Supervisor
Burke Mattsson	Titles - title designer
Karenna Mazur	Background Artist - backgrounds/animation check
Jim Melton	Animation Editor
Maryann McLeod	Effects Coordinator - CGI coordinator
Hans Bacher	Visual Effects Designer - character design/visual development
Edward Kummer	Graphics - computer graphics imagery
Dolores Pope	Visual Effects - compositing
Steve Goldberg	CGI Artist - CGI animation
Jean Gillmore	Visual Effects Designer - character design/visual development
Tom Gately	Inbetweener - rough inbetweener
Mark Kalesniko	Effects Assistant - layout assistant
Jeff Dutton	Visual Effects Supervisor
Fred Craig	Layout Artist - key layout/ workbook
Susan Bradley	Titles - title designer
Tom Bancroft	Animator
Jeff Dickson	Layout Artist - key layout/ workbook
Broose Johnson	Animator
Marcus Warren Hobbs	Visual Effects - CGI software
Grant Hiestand	Inbetweener - rough inbetweener
Joe Grant	Visual Effects Designer - character design/visual development
Sandra M Groeneveld	CGI Artist - CGI animation
Dave Martin	Effects Assistant - layout assistant
Mike Hodgson	Visual Effects Designer - character design/visual development
T Daniel Hofstedt	Animator
Tom Humber	Layout Artist - key layout/ workbook
Rob Bekuhrs	CGI Artist - CGI animation
Paul N McDonald	Inbetweener - rough inbetweener
John Puglisi	Effects Assistant - layout assistant
Jacqueline Sanchez	Inbetweener - rough inbetweener
Tom Shannon	Layout Artist - key layout/ workbook
James Tooley	CGI Artist - CGI animation
Lisa Keene	Visual Effects Designer - character design/visual development
Doug Walker	Effects Assistant - layout assistant
Dan M Wawrzaszek	Animator
Jennifer Yuan	Layout Artist - key layout/ workbook
Ruben Azama Aquino	Animator
Cynthia Ignacio	Effects Assistant - layout assistant
Robert O Corley	Inbetweener - rough inbetweener
Sue C Nichols	Visual Effects Designer - character design/visual development
Sam Michlap	Effects Assistant - layout assistant
Mel Shaw	Visual Effects Designer - character design/visual development
Guy Deel	Layout Artist - key layout/ workbook
Randy Haycock	Animator
Mike Genz	Inbetweener - rough inbetweener
Ed Ghertner	Layout Artist - key layout/ workbook
Joseph Ekers	Animator
Rick Moore	Effects Assistant - layout assistant
Craig Maras	Inbetweener - rough inbetweener
Bruce Zick	Visual Effects Designer - character design/visual development
Bob Smith	Visual Effects Designer - character design/visual development
Lorenzo Martinez	Layout Artist - key layout/ workbook
John Ramirez	Inbetweener - rough inbetweener
Kenneth Spirduso	Effects Assistant - layout assistant
Michael Cedeno	Animator
Allen C Tam	Layout Artist - key layout/ workbook
Henry Sato Jr	Inbetweener - rough inbetweener
Sherilan Weinhart	Effects Assistant - layout assistant
Dale Baer	Animator
Tanya Wilson	Layout Artist - key layout/ workbook
Lorna Cook	Animator
Cynthia Neill-Knizek	Effects Assistant - key assistant effects animator
Dan Daly	Inbetweener - breakdown/ inbetweener
Mac George	Layout Artist - key assistant layout & design
Tony Fucile	Animator
Tim Hodge	Inbetweener - breakdown/ inbetweener
John Tucker	Effects Assistant - key assistant effects animator
Maurilio Morales	Inbetweener - breakdown/ inbetweener
Patricia Hicks	Layout Artist - layout
Mabel Gesner	Effects Assistant - key assistant effects animator
Phillip Young	Animator
Chris Wahl	Animator
Steve Starr	Effects Assistant - key assistant effects animator
Paul Steele	Layout Artist - layout/ background
Sheierrie H Sinclair	Inbetweener - breakdown/ inbetweener
Dan Lund	Effects Assistant - assistant effects animator
Brad Kuha	Animator
Chadd Ferron	Inbetweener - breakdown/ inbetweener
Andreas Deja	Animator
Pamela Mathues	Inbetweener - breakdown/ inbetweener
Dan Wanket	Effects Assistant - assistant effects animator
James Parris	Inbetweener - breakdown/ inbetweener
Mark Barrows	Effects Assistant - assistant effects animator
Doug Frankel	Animator
Jean Morel	Animator
Theodore Anthony Lee Ty	Inbetweener - breakdown/ inbetweener
Graham Woods	Effects Assistant - assistant effects animator
Mark Koetsier	Animator
Daniel Bond	Inbetweener
Colbert Fennelly	Effects Assistant - assistant effects animator
Jazno Francoeur	Effects Assistant - assistant effects animator
Daniel Yoontaek Lim	Inbetweener
Alexander Williams	Animator
Anthony DeRosa	Animator
Sean Gallimore	Inbetweener
Joseph Christopher Pepe	Effects Assistant - assistant effects animator
Daniel O'Sullivan	Inbetweener
Robert Bryan	Animator
Tony West	Effects Assistant - assistant effects animator
Michael Duhatschek	Effects Assistant - assistant effects animator
Jody Kooistra	Inbetweener
Gilda Palinginis	Animator
Kristine Brown	Effects Assistant - assistant effects animator
Aaron Blaise	Animator
Jung Chan Woo	Inbetweener
Tony Bancroft	Animator
Chang Yei Kim	Inbetweener
Dominic M Carola	Effects Assistant - inbetweener trainee
Tom Fish	Inbetweener
Ron Husband	Animator
Lisa G Lanyon	Effects Assistant - inbetweener trainee
Michael Mattesi	Effects Assistant - inbetweener trainee
Mario J Menjivar	Inbetweener
Tim Allen	Animator
Moon Hwan Choi	Inbetweener
Teresita Quezada	Effects Assistant - inbetweener trainee
Dave Pruiksma	Animator
Tony Stanley	Effects Assistant - inbetweener trainee
Michael Surrey	Animator
Judy Grabenstetter	Inbetweener
Brian Ferguson	Animator
Eduardo Oliveras	Inbetweener
Darren R Webb	Effects Assistant - inbetweener trainee
James Lopez	Animator
Leland J Hepler	Effects Assistant - inbetweener trainee
James A Harris	Inbetweener
Russell Lingo	Effects Assistant - inbetweener trainee
Richard D Rocha	Inbetweener
Michael Show	Animator
Kevin Proctor	Effects Assistant - inbetweener trainee
James Baxter	Animator
Paulo R Alvarado	Inbetweener
Ellen Woodbury	Animator
Ernest Keen	Inbetweener
Marc Smith	Effects Assistant - inbetweener trainee
Michael Stocker	Effects Assistant - inbetweener trainee
Samantha Lair	Inbetweener
Randy Cartwright	Animator
Rachel Renee Bibb	Inbetweener
Barry Temple	Animator
Jane Zhao	Effects Assistant - inbetweener trainee
Michael Swofford	Animator
Tom LaBaff	Inbetweener
Phil Noto	Inbetweener
Russ Edmonds	Animator
David Burgess	Animator
Lon Smart	Inbetweener
Alex Kupershmidt	Animator
Beverly Adams	Inbetweener - breakdown/ inbetweener
Rejean Bourdages	Animator
Danny Galieote	Inbetweener - breakdown/ inbetweener
Greg S Manwarning	Animator
Mary Measures	Inbetweener - breakdown/ inbetweener
Ken Boyer	Animator
Robert Espanto Domingo	Inbetweener - breakdown/ inbetweener
Lou Dellarosa	Animator
Kenneth Kinoshita	Inbetweener - breakdown/ inbetweener
Jane Misek	Inbetweener - breakdown/ inbetweener
Larry White	Animator
Cheryl Polakow	Inbetweener - breakdown/ inbetweener
Gregory Griffith	Animator - computer animation
Geoffrey C Everts	Inbetweener - effects breakdown/inbetweener
Linda Bel	Animator - computer animation
Kiran Bhakta Joshi	Animator - computer animation software
Elizabeth Holmes	Inbetweener - effects breakdown/inbetweener
Michael Cadwallader Jones	Inbetweener - effects breakdown/inbetweener
Mary Jane Turner ('MJ')	Animator - computer animation software
James Menehune Goss	Inbetweener - effects breakdown/inbetweener
Chris Bailey	Animator - animation
Raul Garcia	Animator - animation
Phillip Vigil	Inbetweener - effects breakdown/inbetweener
Kristine Humber	Inbetweener - effects breakdown/inbetweener
Ken Stuart Duncan	Animator - animation
John E Hailey	Inbetweener - effects breakdown/inbetweener
Dave Stephan	Animator - animation
Paitoon Ratanasirintrawoot	Inbetweener - effects breakdown/inbetweener
Dorse Lanpher	Animator - effects animator
John David Thorton	Inbetweener - effects breakdown/inbetweener
Ed Coffey	Animator - effects animator
Mauro Maressa	Animator - effects animator
Stella P Arbelaez	Inbetweener - effects breakdown/inbetweener
Kang Tae Kim	Inbetweener - effects breakdown/inbetweener
Allen Blyth	Animator - effects animator
Eusebio Torres	Animator - effects animator
Marlon West	Animator - effects animator
Chris Jenkins	Animator - effects animator
Ted Kierscey	Animator - effects animator
Christine Blum	Animator - effects animator
Tom Hush	Animator - effects animator
Joey Mildenberger	Animator - effects animator
Steve Moore (Oscar)	Animator - effects animator
Garrett J Wren	Animator - effects animator
David A Bossert	Animator - effects animator
Christine Lawrence-Finney	Animator - clean-up animation assistant
Kellie D Lewis	Animator - clean-up animation assistant
Bryan M Sommer	Animator - clean-up animation assistant
David Hancock	Animator - assistant animator
Leonard R Johnson	Animator - assistant animator
Caroline Hu	Animator - assistant animator
Steve Lubin	Animator - assistant animator
Sean P Mullen	Animator - assistant animator
Elizabeth S Watasin	Animator - assistant animator
Mike Hazy	Animator - assistant animator
Boowon Lee	Animator - assistant animator
Marsha W J Park-Yum	Animator - assistant animator
Marty Schwartz	Animator - breakdown
Merry Kanawyer Clingen	Animator - key assistant
Sue Adnopoz	Animator - assistant animator
Lillian Amanda Chapman	Animator - assistant animator
Peggy Tonkonogy	Animator - assistant animator
Kris Heller	Animator - assistant animator
Susan Y Sugita	Animator - assistant animator
Travis Blaise	Animator - assistant animator
Lee Dunkman	Animator - assistant animator
Rick Kohlschmidt	Animator - assistant animator
Vincent Siracusano	Animator - assistant animator
Yung Soo Kim	Animator - assistant animator
Gretchen Maschmeyer Albrecht	Animator - ink & paint manager
Dorothy McKim	Animator - animation
Chris Hecox	Animator - ink & paint assistant manager
Matt Garbera	Animator - animation/effects
Cynthia Goode	Animator - animation checker
Karen S Paat	Animator - animation checker
Mavis Shafer	Animator - animation checker
Karen Hepburn	Animator - animation checker
Gary Shafer	Animator - animation checker
Barbara Wiles	Animator - animation checker
Albert F Moore	Animator - animation checking trainee
Victoria Winner Novak	Animator - animation checking trainee
John Aardal	Animator - animation camera operator
Andrew Simmons	Animator - animation camera operator
Gary W Smith	Animator - animation camera operator
Philip S Boyd	Animator - key assistant

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