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The Lion King (1994)

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Directed byRob Minkoff and Roger Allers
CastMatthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg and Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Theatrical ReleaseJune 24, 1994
Video ReleaseMarch 3, 1995
Running Time89 minutes
MPAA RatingG (General Audience)
UPC Code765362977031
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Average user review: 4.5 (471 reviews)

rating: 1 QuoteAbsolute anti-democratic fascist propagandaQuote
Please do not buy this movie, it is anti-american and perpetuates a state where only the elite are well off and lower classes are discriminated agains.

1. The hyenas far outnumber the lions. Even though they wanted Scar as the 'president,' the only rightful rulers were from an elitist bloodline. Once Simba comes back, he throws Scar to his death, reminicent of the struggles of the persian Sultans of the 1600's. I do not want my children to learn such things.

2. There were two characters that could be identified as 'black' one of the hyenas, portrayed as low class, filthy and illeterate being. We are forced to hate this character and to chear at their misfortune. Also, you have the baboon, an outcast of society, just left alone to his own non-mainstream (white-society) world view. This shows unabridged bigotry.

4. The evil that is Disney. To try to create an artificial demand for their products Disney only does limited time releases of their movies before they go into the "vault". This way Disney forces your hand into buying their DVD's for fear of never having another chance to buy them again. If you think that is symbolic of a fair market then great, but I know that this ploy is not in place to help out consumers, it is there to squeeze out money from the little guys. Those who want it after it's in they 'vault' are forced into an unriliable and unsafe secondary market.

3. False advertising. Disney advertise a great new song for the DVD release. What they provided us with absolute garbage plain and simple. November 20, 2008

rating: 1 QuoteGuilov is a rip offQuote
I ordered Lion King from Guilov and never received it. Of course they took my money. After repeated attempts to get them to send me Lion King they never did. This company shuld not be in business and shame on Amazon.com for associating with them. Do not order anything from these guys because you are likely to lose your money. November 10, 2008

rating: 5 QuoteClassicQuote
i grew up listening to The Lion King soundtrack. watching the movie reminds me of how i used to sing along with Simba in "i can't wait to be king" with the biggest smile across my face (i still do). that was more than 10 years ago. now i'm almost in college and i still LOVE this movie...one of my favorites ever.

i don't know how anyone could possibly NOT like this. it's the best Disney has ever done. amazing plot/theme with touching scenes (you have no idea how much i cried haha), awesome characters, and wonderful music.

A true classic. Two thumbs up! November 4, 2008

rating: 4 Quotemommy's lil island boyQuote
i can't never find it in the PX. i love the movie and thought i should share it with my son. October 21, 2008

rating: 1 QuoteThe Ling KingQuote
I am not able to review because I have not received it and no one is answering my e-mails at the supplier. October 18, 2008

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