The Lion King (1994)
1 plot hole
Directed by: Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Matthew Broderick, Whoopi Goldberg, James Earl Jones, Jim Cummings, Rowan Atkinson, Cheech Marin, Nathan Lane, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Robert Guillaume, Ernie Sabella
Genres: Adventure, Animated, Disney, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Audio problem: (May only apply to the original VHS release.) When Scar has Zazu locked up in a cage, Zazu mentions Mufasa's name and Scar yells at him, "What did you say?" Right before Scar's actual line, whilst Zazu is talking, you hear Scar's "What did you say?" line very faintly in the background, even though Zazu has not even mentioned Mufasa yet.
Timon: What do you want me to do, dress in drag and do the hula?
Trivia: In the movie Mufasa is voiced by James Earl Jones and the Lion Queen, Sarabi, is voiced by Madge Sinclair. Those same two actors also played the king and queen of Zamunda in the Eddie Murphy comedy "Coming to America".
Question: Two part question. 1)Is Hakuna Matata a real phrase from another language, or is it one of Timon's and Pumba's originals? 2)Pumba says at one point of the movie, "They call me Mr. Pig!" Is this a reference to anything?
Answer: (1) It's a real phrase from the Swahili language and, as stated in the film, translates roughly to "no worries" (literally "there are no worries"). (2) The line is a reference to Sidney Poitier's detective character Virgil Tibbs from In The Heat Of The Night and his famous reply of "They call me Mister Tibbs" when asked what they call him back home. The film's sequel, focusing on Poitier's character, actually used the line as the title.
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