
The Lion King (1994)
Plot summary
Directed by: Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers
Starring: Cheech Marin, Ernie Sabella, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jim Cummings, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Robert Guillaume, Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg
Genres: Adventure, Animated, Disney, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Basically, the king of all lions, Mufasa has a baby called Simba. This greatly angers Mufasa's brother Scar, who would have been next in line to the throne. Scar plots to kill Simba and Mufasa, and leads them to a gorge. There Mufasa is killed by a herd of Wildebeest, and Simba is led to believe by Scar that he is responsible for his death. Simba then runs away, and Scar becomes king of the pridelands. After several years, in which time Simba has grown up, he returns with the help of some new friends to the pridelands, where he has a final battle with Scar and wins back the pridelands.
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