The Lion King (1994)

Academy Awards, USA 1995

Winner Oscar	Best Music, Original Song Elton John (music) Tim Rice (lyrics) For the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight".
	Best Music, Original Score Hans Zimmer
Nominee Oscar	Best Music, Original Song Elton John (music) Tim Rice (lyrics) For the song "Circle of Life".
	Best Music, Original Song Elton John (music) Tim Rice (lyrics) For the song "Hakuna Matata".

Buena Vista Pictures
Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff
My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Walt Disney)

Mufasa is a lion who rules over an animal Kingdom in Africa. He raises his son Simba to one day take over his role. However, Mufasa's brother "Scar", jealous from being deprived his line to the throne by the younger lion, devises a plan to kill them both with the help of hyenas. He succeeds in killing the older lion, but Simba is driven to the desert and assumed dead. Simba is saved by a wisecracking meerkat and warthog, who raise him in a nearby jungle with the creed, "no worries". Simba grows up to be carefree and apparently leaving his past behind him, until a lioness shows up and reminds him of his duty to the animal kingdom which has been taken over by hyenas and is suffering a devastating drought. Simba reluctantly returns to face his old nemesis Scar. Epic animated Disney story just gets better with age. Part Greek tragedy, with doses of comic relief and occasional breaks for songs, with stunning animation, the best from the Disney "renaissance" era, it is mostly hand drawn with some computer assistance.