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The Lion King
The Lion King, originally a musical, is a Disney movie, and now Broadway show, about a young lion, Simba, who grows up and takes his place in the circle of life.
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What is the meaning of circle of life?
- The meaning of the "circle of life" is when you have sex, then you are born you live (have relationships, friends, family, boyfriends, a husband and children), become grandparents and then you die. It's in between all this we learn from others and pass the torch on to the next generation and the "circle of life" starts all over again. Life is a road with some bumpy patches, but hopefully for most of us the road is a smooth one and the odd bump doesn't deter us.
- In the Lion King it was the simple fact that lions ate the antelope but when the lions died the nutrients in their bodies were absorbed into the earth and eventually got into the grass, which was then eaten by the antelope. In short the circle of life is made of four principal stages 1.- Birth, 2.- Growth, 3.- Reproduction and 4.- Death.
- The "Circle of Life" refers to the fact that death is not really the end but the seed of some other life. Albert Einstein indirectly spoke of it when he said that energy cannot be created or destroyed; it merely changes form. Most often when one talks about the "Circle of Life" they refer to an animal either becoming food for another or simply decomposing into fertilization for plant life, but everything in existence participates in this great cycle, including Earth itself.
When does Lion King come out on Blu-ray?
According to the Brazilian branch of Buena Vista Home video it looks like it is a blue-ray release slated for the fall of 2011.
Song in the jungle the mighty jungle?
The name of the song is "the Lion Sleeps Tonight" and was a #1 hit for the Tokens in 1961.
When did the original lion king come out in theaters?
The Lion King stage musical came out onto the stage first at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota before coming to Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York City later on the same year.
Who is the current voice of King Julien?
- Skipper | Tom McGrath
- Kowalski | Jeff Bennett
- Private | James Patrick Stuart
- Rico | John Dimaggio
- King Julien | Danny Jacobs
- Marlene | Nicole Sullivan
- Maurice | Kevin Michael Richardson
- Mort | Andy Richter
What is the warthogs name on Lion King?
I assume you mean "warthog." His name is Pumbaa (voiced by Ernie Sabella).
Whose the hero in the Lion King movie?
It's not officially known. But he must have been in the least five years old going on six because a lion's mane is not fully grown until the age of five and his mane was fully grown. Judging by Simba's tail tuft, Simba's about seven months or a year old when he is exiled, so Mufaa was 6 years old or older when he died.
Nala did kiss Simba on the face, they are not humans and they don't kiss like humans, they lick.......... Oh, your talking about Simba kissing Nala, oh, well, they already hug enough......... Anyway, at least Nala kissed Simba because she sucked c0ck and simba didnt want to taste lion c0ck
What is the animal in ''The Lion King'' that looks like a pig with tusks?
The animals seen at the ending scene of The Lion King are elephants, zebras, gazelles, some monkeys, some birds with a hornbill, lions, a meerkat, a warthog, a mandrill, and a lion cub.
What is the climax of Lion King 1?
Summary for The Lion King:
The song, "Circle of Life" is playing...
Mufasa, the king of the pride lands, and his wife, Sarabi, have a new born lion cub that is named Simba. At the ceremony, Rafiki, a wise baboon, introduces Simba by holding him up so all of the other animals will honor Simba, the future king.
The scene cuts to Scar, Mufasa's younger brother who wishes he was king. The scene goes on to show that Scar catches a mouse to eat but plays with his food instead. Zazu, a dodo that is a helper towards Mufasa, tells Scar not to play with his food. Scar then tries to eat Zazu and puts him in his mouth. Mufasa's voice comes in telling Scar to drop Zazu. Mufasa and Scar have a little chat about Scar not being at the ceremony. It turns into a little argument then Scar leaves with a suspicious look on his face.
On a new day, Simba wants Mufasa to show him the lands and explain to him that he will be king someday. Afterwards, Simba goes to visit his Uncle Scar when Scar tells Simba not to go to the elephant graveyard where the hyenas live. But that's exactly what Scar wants him to do. Simba goes back to where all of the other lionesses are to tell his best friend, Nala, to come see a cool place. It's alright with Sarabi and Sarafina, Nala's mother, as long as Zazu goes with them. Disappionted, Nala and Simba find a way to ditch the dodo. Zazu and Simba have a little chat about Simba being the future king. Simba then sings, "I Just Can't Wait To Be King"...
Nala and Simba ditch Zazu and make it to the elephant graveyard. Unfortunatley, Simba makes the hyenas mad so the hyenas chase the cubs. The two young cubs come to a dead end. Simba tries his best roar to scare away the hyenas but his roar is a little weak. The hyenas laugh and ask him to do it again. Right when Simba roars, a louder, stronger roar overlaps Simba's roar which make the hyenas confused. It turns out to be Mufasa who scares away the hyenas. Mufasa is very furious with Simba because he told Simba never to go the graveyard so he takes him and Nala home.
Simba and Mufasa have a little discussion about dangerous things and it turns into a little chat about being king. The scene cuts to Scar and the hyenas. They all have a discussion on how Scar should be king so they think up a plan to kill Mufasa and Simba. Scar then sings, "Be Prepared"...
Scar and the hyenas plan out a way to kill Simba. Scar takes Simba to a gorge where there is hardly any escape for a young cub. Scar says he has a surprise and leaves Simba by himself. After a while, Simba hears loud stomping a sees a stampede coming towards him. He starts running for his life. The scene cuts to Scar seeming afraid and telling Mufasa that there is a stampede in the gorge and Simba is down there. Mufasa and Zazu race to save Simba. When they get there, Simba is holding onto a low tree branch. Mufasa saves Simba. When Mufasa is trying to climb up the rocky hill he cries for Scar to help him. Scar grabs Mufasa's paws, and whispers "Long...live...the king..." into Mufasa's ear then lets go of his paws. Mufasa falls into the stampede and gets killed.
Scar then tells Simba to run far, far away and never come back. As well as he tells the hyenas to kill Simba. Once again, Simba runs for his life. Fortunately, Simba gets away while Banzai, a hyena, gets nicknamed, "Cactus-Butt" for have cactus needles stuck in his butt while trying to kill Simba. The scene cuts to Simba fainted in the middle of nowhere when a warthog named, Pumbaa, and a meerkat named, Timon save him and provide him with shelter, food, and water. Timon and Pumbaa teach Simba the motto " Hakuna Matata" meaning "no worries". Timon, Pumbaa, and Simba all sing, "Hakuna Matata"... The scene shows Simba growing up into an adult while living with Timon and Pumbaa.
The scene cuts back to the pride lands where Scar is seems to be king and is announcing Simba and Mufasa's death. The lionesses are unhappy. The scene then cuts to Timon and Pumbaa singing, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" when Pumbaa sees a bug and follows it, leaving Timon singing by himself. While Pumbaa is about to catch the bug he hears something. He looks and it is a lioness trying to kill him. Right when the lioness is about to kill Pumbaa, Simba comes into the scene and fights with the lioness. The lioness turns out to be Nala. Simba and Nala have alone time to catch up on things since they havn't seen each other in a long time. The song, "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" is playing...
Then, Simba and Nala have a chat when Simba forgets that he has to take responsibility to be king. It turns into a fight when Simba runs away from Nala to think about the motto "Hakuna Matata" which reminds him that there is "no worries" and he doesn't have any responsibility. Rafiki comes into the scene. Simba doesn't know who Rafiki is but Rafiki, knowing who Simba is, tells Simba he knows Mufasa. Simba doesn't believe Rafiki but Rafiki proves it by showing Simba his reflection in the water if he looks really hard. Rafiki then tells Simba, "He lives in you" Simba then realizes that he does have responsibility and returns to the pride lands. The scene cuts to Nala asking Timon and Pumbaa if they know where Simba went and Rafiki tells Nala that the king "has returned". Timon and Pumbaa are confused so Nala explains that, "Simba has gone back to challenge his uncle to take his place as king".
When Simba returns, he has to come up with a plan to distract the hyenas so he can get to Scar. So Timon and Pumbaa, "create a diversion" and sing "The Hula Song". The hyenas get distracted and chase Timon and Pumbaa while Nala rallies up the lionesses. Scar tells Simba to tell everyone the truth. Living his whole life thinking that he was responsible for Mufasa's death, Simba says that he murdered his own father which is not true. Simba and Scar fight when Simba, resembling Mufasa's death, is hanging from a rocky cliff when Scar holds onto Simba's paws and whispers, "now here's my little secret.......i.....killed.....Mufasa". Right before Scar lets go, Simba jumps on top of Scar choking him and screams, "MURDERER!" and forces Scar to tell everyone the real truth that Scar is the murderer and is responsible for Mufasa's death. The lionesses and hyenas fight. When Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed and all of the other hyenas find out that Scar was just using them, they kill Scar.
Simba then assumes his rightful place...to be King. The ending scene shows Nala and Simba and their new born lion cub..the circle of life has been complete...
The song "The Circle of Life" is playing...
THE END
Cast: Songs:
Voices:
Young Simba - Jonathan Taylor Thomas "The Circle of Life"
Adult Simba - Matthew Broderick "I Just Can't Wait to Be King"
Young Nala - Niketa Calame "Be Prepared"
Adult Nala - Moira Kelly "Hakuna Matata"
Mufasa - James Earl Jones "Can You Feel The Love Tonight"
Sarabi - Madge Sinclair "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Sarafina - Zoe Leader "The Hula Song"
Scar - Jeremy Irons
Ed - Jim Cummings
Banzai - Cheech Marin
Shenzi - Whoopi Goldberg
Timon - Nathan Lane
Pumbaa - Ernie Sabella
Rafiki - Robert Guillaume
Zazu - Rowan Atkinson
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What is the moral lesson of the story King Lear?
Shakespeare's plays are for entertainment, not moral instruction.
That being said, Lear's predicament is at least set in motion by his desire to have the benefits of kingship--the respect, the authority, the hundred knights--without fulfilling the duties of a king. He is trying to get something for nothing, and that never works.
In the end he is reduced to nothing; that is what he is prepared to pay, so that is what he gets. Only when he stops expecting something for nothing can he actually receive it, from Cordelia.
However, Gloucester suffers even more, and he does not expect to get anything for nothing. He makes an error in assessing Edmund's character, but it is a mistake deriving from fondness and love. Surely the "moral lesson" cannot be that it is wrong to be a fond and loving parent. Nor can Cordelia's death be some kind of "moral lesson" that it is wrong to be a loving and dutiful daughter.
Who is the mother of the Lion King?
Sarabi - She is Simba's mother as well as Mufasa's mate making her Queen of the Pridelands at the beginning of The Lion King.
Sarafina - She is Nala and Mheetu's mother (Mheetu was Nala's little brother who does not appear in the films as he was removed from the final script). Her mate is unknown, probably a roaming lone male. She is Sarabi's best friend. Her name is never mentioned though appears in the end credts. She is said to have appeared in The Lion King II and her only line was, "My, how you've grown!" when Kiara is about to go on her first hunt.
Nala - She is mother of Kiara in The Lion King II. She is Simba's mate and Queen of the Pridelands after Sarabi. She appears in all three films. Also, she is the mother of Kopa in The Lion King: Six New Adventures, but Kopa is non-existent in the Lion King movie universe and is never mentioned in the films, as the book was separate from the actual film franchise. It is said that Kopa appeared in the first film as the new cub shown in the last clip, but was killed by Zira to avenge Scar, another reason she was banished, and it was soon after that Kiara was born. But this was never confirmed by the producers and writers, so it remains untrue.
Zira - She is mother to Nuka, Vitani, and Kovu in The Lion King II. She is said to be Scar's mate, but it was never officially stated in the film, though it is certain she was. She is the leader to her own pride of followers who she must have got on her side to believe in Scar's ways. She appears only in the second Lion King film and sadly dies at the end after realising her mistakes.
What animal is the king of the jungle and why is the lion not king of the jungle?
Good question. However, the term is "King of the Jungle" but neither is fitting for the lion which lives on the savanna and not in either the forest or jungle.
What is the most famous song for the Lion King?
Nearly all the songs in the movie are famous, and three of them ("Circle of Life", "Hakuna Matata", and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight") were nominated for Academy Awards with the latter receiving it. Which ever is the most famous is left for you to decide.
Simba's father (Mufasa). And Simba's uncle Scar. (The film itself however doesn't confirm Scar's death but it is highly unlikely he'd survive a pack of hungry hyenas determined to eat him up as we see the hyenas literally jumping on him in the fire. And the official sequel film The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride,visions that Scar indeed died.)
Who directed the Broadway play the Lion King?
The stage musical "The Lion King" was "written" by Roger Allers
and Iren
Mecchi,
who wrote the "book" (the theatre term for the script of a musical). The music is by Elton John, and the lyrics to the songs are by Tim Rice.
There are additional credits associated with the stage adaptation of the Disney animated film. It was adapted from the screenplay by Irene Mecchi,
Jonathan Roberts and Linda Woolverton.
For the stage production, additional music and lyrics were written by Lebo
M, Mark Mancina,
Jay Rifkin,
Julie Taymor
(who directed the production) and Hans Zimmer.
The chants for Rafiki
are by Tsidii
Le Loka.
What are the Main events of the Lion King movie?
The most essential events in the story are: Baby Simba's blessing ceremony after his birth, Simba's uncle Scar revealing and singing about that he's going to kill the king and the prince (as in his own brother Mufasa and nephew Simba) in order to become the king and his attempt to kill them both at once by tricking little Simba into a stampede of wildebeest and fetching Mufasa to save the child. Mufasa manages to save Simba but Scar still manages to kill Mufasa. Simba finds his father's body and Scar blames the death on the child's existence and manipulates him to believe that Simba's mother wouldn't understand, and into exile. (Simba had practiced his roar earlier and at one point it echoed mightily in the canyon he was in, and at that very moment the stampede stirred. Scar was aiming at this so that Simba would blame himself. In fact, Scar stirred the stampede with three hyenas.)
Later dying Simba is rescued by Timon and Pumbaa and the child starts to live with them. Years later the grown up Simba is found by his childhood friend Nala and told about how his uncle Scar has destroyed the kingdom and everyone are starving. The following night Simba is visited by his father's ghost who tells him he must take his place as the rightful king. Simba returns to his home and challenges his uncle Scar for the throne and though Scar tries to win by revealing to everyone that it was Simba's fault that Mufasa died, he makes the mistake of revealing to Simba that in fact he, Scar, killed Mufasa. Then he has to tell it to everyone and after a final battle, Simba wins and takes his place as the rightful king.
At the very end they show Simba and Nala's cub being presented to the Pridelands the way Simba was at the beginning of the film. According to the film makers in 1995 and 2003 on the Laserdisc and DVD's commentary track, this cub doesn't have real name and gender in its own film but the official sequel made it a girl named Kiara.
When you die your bodies become the grass. what does it means in the movie the lion king?
It means that when we die and our bodies are buried in the ground, our body decays over time, and breaks down. The decayed material left over become part of the soil, and therefore, as quoted in the Lion King, become the grass, as grass grows from the soil :)
Is scar evil from The Lion King?
Scar never gave birth to cubs in the movies. In The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, he is said to have appointed an heir to succeed him by the name of Kovu. However, it is stated twice he is not Scar's son. Nuka and Vitani, Kovu's siblings, are also not Scar's cubs due to Zira not being Scar's mate, but a deluded follower.
When is Mheetu seen in The Lion King because I know he is in it?
Well, Mheetu isn't in any of The Lion King films. Mheetu was Nala's tag-along little brother in early production of The Lion King. Mheetu's apperance in some pictures drawn by fans show him with light yellow fur and brown spots and blue eyes. In a early version of The Lion King, Simba saved Mheetu from the gorge and the stampede. However, there was nowhere to fit this in by the time the final storyboard was made, so little Mheetu had to be cut from the film.
it's written the same, but it's pronounced Lee-On (on pronounced like On in french)
According to the book series "The Lion King: Six New Adventures," Kopa was the son of Simba and Nala. (The cub we see at the very end of The Lion King. Since the cub we know as Kiara at the beginning of The Lion King II: Simba's Pride is not only a girl, but of completely different coloring, fans theorized they are not the same.)
Since there is a distinction between the cub at the end of The Lion King and the one at the beginning of The Lion King II, fans began to winder what happened to poor little Kopa? Disney has never come out with an official explanation, but the fans have theorized plenty. Most of the theories involve Zira, Scar, or one of the other Outlander lions killing him.
