Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Phil Bagnall and Graham Day, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT.
This time, Rob Minkoff and Roger Allers’ The Lion King.
The Pridelands have enjoyed a period of sustained peace under the stewardship of the proud king Mustafa. However, Mustafa’s young son Simba finds himself embarking upon a journey of self-discovery and adventure as he learns just how fragile happiness can be and just how heavy responsibilities can weigh upon a king.
At time of recording, it was ranked 45th on the Internet Movie Database‘s list of the best movies of all-time.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 22nd June 2019.
- The Lion King at The Internet Movie Database.
- The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
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- Graham interviews a variety of guests at Dublin Comic Con for Speaking Geek, March 2019.
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- The original production notes for The Lion King, June 1994.
- Linda Woolverton talks to The Hollywood Reporter about Disney’s wave of live action remakes, December 2018.
- Terry Rossio talks to Cartoon Brew about being excluded (and unpaid) from the Aladdin remake, May 2019.
- Ben Child at The Guardian discusses Disney’s turn away from hand-drawn animation, March 2013.
- Alex Hudson at the BBC on the potential erasure of hand-drawn animation, March 2013.
- The Los Angeles Times reports on the power of Lion King merchandising, August 1994.
- Sallie Hofmeister at The New York Times on the merchandisability of The Lion King, July 1994.
- Susan King at The Los Angeles Times on the sequel to The Lion King, and the major push behind it, October 1998.
- Patrick Hipes at Deadline on the launch of The Lion Guard, October 2015.
- Ben Henry at BuzzFeed on the absurdity of Jason Momoa’s bodyguards, January 2017.
- Knvul Sheikh at The New York Times on what The Lion King gets wrong about lion families, July 2019.
- Emily Toomey at The Smithsonian Magazine on what has been learned about lions in the years since the release of The Lion King, July 2019.
- Jade Cuttle at The Culture Trip on Parc Astérix as the most authentically French theme park, June 2018.
- Caroline Siede at The A.V. Club on Don Bluth as an alternative to Disney, August 2014.
- Shane O’Reilly at Little White Lies on the legacy of Don Bluth on American animation, January 2018.
- Know Your Meme on the “everything the light touches” meme, March 2012.
- Simon Brew at Den of Geek reflects on The Hunchback of Notre Dame, May 2011.
- Lindsey Weber at Vulture argues for Hercules as an underrated masterpiece, July 2014.
- James Woods talks to Movie Surfers about voicing Hades in Hercules, June 1997.
- James Woods talks to Den of Geek about being cast in Hercules, February 2014.
- Hannah Shaw-Williams at Screenrant on online conspiracy theories about Disney “buying off” film critics, March 2016.
- Steve Daly at Entertainment Weekly on the production of The Lion King, July 2019.
- Psychologist Louise Bates Ames talks to Associated Press about the impact of the death of the mother in Bambi, July 1988.
- Tasha Robinson at The Dissolve on the legacy of the Disney death, November 2014.
- Danny Leigh at The Guardian on the importance of dealing with mortality in children-friendly films, January 2018.
- Perri Klass at The New York Times discusses the reaction to the death of Mufasa in The Lion King, June 1994.
- Condé Nast at Vanity Fair looks at the killing of Mufasa in The Lion King, July 2019.
- Robert W. Welkos at The Los Angeles Times reports on similarities between The Lion King and Kimba: The White Lion, July 1994.
- Kayleigh Donaldson at Screenrant on the controversy around The Lion King and Kimba: The White Lion, July 2019.
- Sophie Gilbert at The Atlantic on the legacy of Pocahontas, June 2015.
- Dariel Figueroa at Uproxx on the development and release of Toy Story 2, June 2015.
- Scott Meslow at The Atlantic on how celebrities took over cartoon voice acting, October 2011.
- James Earl Jones and Jeremy Irons talk to MovieFone about working on The Lion King, September 2011.
- Andreas Dejas talks to The Los Angeles Times about basing the design of Scar on Jeremy Irons, May 1994.
- Dave Kehr at The New York Times reports on Matthe Broderick’s experiences making The Lion King, December 2002.
- David Mikkelson at Snopes reports on the controversy around whether the word “SEX” appears in The Lion King, December 1996.
- David Mikkelson at Snopes on the infamous “tower” controversy on the VHS release of The Little Mermaid, November 1998.
- John Oliver talks to The Globe and Mail about his role in The Smurfs, March 2011.
- Susan King at The Los Angeles Times looks at the production of The Lion King, September 2011.
- Jim Hill at The Huffington Post reports on the controversy around who actually sang Be Prepared, December 2017.
- The deleted dark reprise of Be Prepared, June 1994.
- The deleted song Morning Report, June 1994.
- Isabel Fattal at The Atlantic on the “othering” of villains like Scar, January 2018.
- Scott Weinger reflects in Forbes about how casting Robin Williams in Aladdin changed animation, May 2019.
- Dave McNary at Variety reports on the decision to push back Sonic the Hedgehog so that the character can be redesigned, May 2019.
- Kevin Conroy talks to We Got This Covered about Tim Curry’s original performance as the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series, August 2018.
- Hans Zimmer talks to /Film about returning to The Lion King after a quarter of a century, July 2019.
- Hans Zimmer talks to Variety about reuniting so much of the musical talent that worked on the original Lion King, July 2019.
- Lebo M talks to Mail and Guardian about working on The Lion King, July 2019.
- Michael Paulson at The New York Times reports on how The Lion King changed the lives of countless people in South Africa, November 2017.
- Darren reviews the remake of The Lion King, July 2019.
- Darren writes about the big issue with the live action remakes of classic Disney cartoons at Escapist Magazine, July 2019.
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