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'''''The Lion King''''' is a 1994 American animated [[Musical film|musical]] [[Coming-of-age film|coming-of-age]] [[drama film]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Byrge |first=Duane |date=June 27, 2016 |title='The Lion King': THR's 1994 Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/lion-king-thrs-1994-review-2-906559/ |access-date=January 24, 2024 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |quote=The Lion King is a coming-of-age story}}</ref><ref name="tlkebertreview" /> produced by [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] and released by [[Walt Disney Pictures]]. The film was directed by [[Roger Allers]] and [[Rob Minkoff]] (in their feature directorial debuts) and produced by [[Don Hahn]], from a screenplay written by [[Irene Mecchi]], [[Jonathan Roberts (writer)|Jonathan Roberts]], and [[Linda Woolverton]]. The film features an [[Ensemble cast|ensemble voice cast]] that includes [[Matthew Broderick]], [[Moira Kelly]], [[James Earl Jones]], [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Jonathan Taylor Thomas]], [[Nathan Lane]], [[Ernie Sabella]], [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Cheech Marin]], [[Rowan Atkinson]], Niketa Calame, and [[Robert Guillaume]]. Its original songs were written by composer [[Elton John]] and lyricist [[Tim Rice]], with a score by [[Hans Zimmer]]. Inspired by [[Fauna of Africa|African wildlife]], the story is modelled primarily on [[William Shakespeare]]'s stage play ''[[Hamlet]]'' with some influence from the [[Bible|Biblical]] stories of [[Joseph (Genesis)|Joseph]] and [[Moses]], and follows a young heir apparent who is forced to flee after his uncle kills his father and usurps the throne. After growing up in exile, the rightful king returns to challenge the usurper and end his tyrannical rule over the kingdom.
Initially, ''The Lion King'' was supposed to be a non-musical, leaning towards a style similar to that of a documentary. [[George Scribner]], who had made his feature directorial debut with ''[[Oliver & Company]]'' (1988), was hired to direct, with Allers joining him soon after following his work as a story artist or head of story on ''Oliver & Company'', ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' (1989), ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (1991), and ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' (1992). Allers brought in [[Brenda Chapman]] and [[Chris Sanders]], whom he had worked with on ''Beauty and the Beast'' and ''Aladdin'', to serve as head of story and production designer, respectively.
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