![]() ![]() One of the bugs that Timon pulls out of a knothole during Hakuna Matata is wearing Mickey Mouse ears.The fourth highest US grossing animated film and the highest US grossing hand-drawn animation film. ![]() The highest grossing motion picture of 1994 worldwide.Will the pleas of childhood friends and a message-in-the-stars from his father's spirit be enough to convince Simba to return home and take back his kingdom? Scar's reign nearly destroys the Pride Lands while Simba lives with "No Worries" on the edge of the kingdom. Simba, however, wasn't killed in the stampede but is driven out of the Pride Lands where he grows up (now voiced by Matthew Broderick) among new friends Timon and Pumbaa (a meerkat and warthog voiced by Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella, respectively). In a scheme that feels somewhat Shakespearean, Scar uses his hyena minions to create a wildebeest stampede to kill Simba and Mufasa, leaving the kingdom (and Sarabi) in his hands. Every animal is overjoyed by this addition to their circle of life except for Mufasa's brother, Scar (Jeremy Irons), since the birth of his nephew dashes any hopes he had of gaining control of the kingdom. "Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba." And with this Zulu chant, our film opens as every animal across the African plains comes to Pride Rock to witness the birth of Simba (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), son of the current king and queen Mufasa (James Earl Jones) and Sarabi (Madge Sinclair). Life's greatest adventure is finding your place in the Circle of Life ![]()
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