The Lion King 1½

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The Lion King 1½
Directed byBradley Raymond
Screenplay byTom Rogers
Story by
Based onThe Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa
by Walt Disney Television
Produced byGeorge A. Mendoza
Starring
Edited byJoyce Arrastia
Music byDon Harper
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • January 14, 2004 (2004-01-14) (Theatrical/USA/North America)
  • February 10, 2004 (2004-02-10) (United States & Canada)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Lion King 1½ (known as The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata in some countries) is a 2004 American theatrically animated comedy film and direct-to-video animated comedy film. It is a third installment and prequel to The Lion King. It is a final installment in the trilogy and the sequel to The Lion King. All three movies were made by The Walt Disney Company. This movie is about the fictional characters Timon and Pumbaa before they met Simba. The movie was released on the theatrically on January 14, 2004 in theaters and DVD and video on February 10, 2004.

Release[change | change source]

Country Premiere
 United States February 10, 2004
 United Kingdom February 16, 2004
 Japan March 19, 2004
 Denmark March 29, 2004
 Poland April 17, 2004
 Australia May 12, 2004
 Chile June 17, 2004
 Turkey July 11, 2004
 Vietnam August 20, 2004
 Croatia September 11, 2004
 Mexico September 14, 2004
 Greece September 14, 2004
 Bhutan August 21, 2012
 Ukraine December 31, 2012

Re-Releases[change | change source]

Country Premiere
 Canada January 2, 2015
 Turkey February 22, 2015
 United States March 27, 2015
 Japan April 11, 2015

Home Media[change | change source]

VHS/DVD on February 10, 2004 to releases. Blu-ray on March 6, 2012 and September 11, 2012.

The story[change | change source]

Timon and Pumbaa start to watch the original Lion King movie, but Timon keeps insisting to fast forward to when they come in, because they were not seen in the beginning of the story or anywhere until halfway through. Pumbaa suggests telling the audience their story, which begins before Simba's journey begins. Through this, we meet Timon's mother and Uncle Max, discover why he left his meerkat colony, where he learned Hakuna Matata, how he met Pumbaa, and the perils they encountered while searching for their dream home.

Cast[change | change source]

Soundtrack[change | change source]

The movie's soundtrack, The Lion King 1½: Songs From Timon and Pumbaa's Hilarious Adventure, was released on CD by Disney Records on February 10, 2004. It includes two songs from the original movie, "That's All I Need" and "Hakuna Matata", reperformed by Nathan Lane who took over the role of voicing the character Timon. The rest of the soundtrack includes various R&B tracks, including remakes of the Kool and the Gang classic "Jungle Boogie" by artist French, and two instrumental pieces from film composer Don Harper.[1]

  1. "Grazing In The Grass" (Raven)
  2. "Digga Tunnah Dance" (Lebo M and Vinx)
  3. "That's All I Need" (Nathan Lane)
  4. "Hakuna Matata" (Lane, Ernie Sabella, Jason Weaver, Joseph Williams )
  5. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (Lebo M)
  6. "Jungle Boogie" (French)
  7. "Timon's Traveling Theme"
  8. "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly"

Awards[change | change source]

  • 2005 Annie Award for
    • "Best Home Entertainment Production" (Won)
    • "Music in an Animated Feature Production" (Nominated)
  • 2005 DVD Exclusive Awards in the following categories:
    • Best Animated Character Performance (Nathan Lane - voice, Alexis Stadermann - animator) for "Timon" (Won)
    • Best Animated DVD Premiere Movie (Won)
    • Best Director (of a DVD Premiere Movie) - Bradley Raymond (Won)
    • Best Editing (of a DVD Premiere Movie) - Joyce Arrastia (Won)
    • Best Screenplay (for a DVD Premiere Movie) - Tom Rogers (Won)
  • 2005 Saturn Award
    • "Best DVD Release" (Nominated)

Video game[change | change source]

A video game version of the movie was published in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance. It had Timon and Pumbaa as the playable characters.[2]

References[change | change source]

  1. "The Lion King 1½ SOUNDTRACK". Amazon.com. Retrieved September 25, 2008.
  2. "The Lion King 1½ Game Boy Advance info/review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on August 8, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2008.

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