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The Lion King 1½

2004 animated film directed by Bradley Raymond
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Summary

The Lion King 1½ is an animated film[1]. It draws 4,954 Wikipedia views per month (animated film category, ranking #251 of 1,376).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Annie Award[3]
  • Director: Bradley Raymond[4]
  • Screenwriter: Tom Rogers[5]
  • Composer: Don Harper[6]
  • Genre: buddy film[7], musical film[8], comedy film[9]
  • Based on: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead[10]
  • Follows: The Lion King II: Simba's Pride[11]
  • Production company: Disneytoon Studios[12], Walt Disney Pictures[13], A. Film A/S[14]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[15]
  • Commons category: The Lion King 1½[16]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[17], direct-to-video[18]
  • Review score: 6.4/10[19], 76%[20]
  • Color: color[21]
  • Country of origin: United States[22]
  • Publication date: January 13, 2004[23], January 21, 2004[24]
  • Voice actor: Nathan Lane[25], Cheech Marin[26], Ernie Sabella[27], Julie Kavner[28], Jerry Stiller[29], Matthew Broderick[30], Whoopi Goldberg[31], Robert Guillaume[32], Moira Kelly[33], Jim Cummings[34], Edward Hibbert[35], Matt Weinberg[36]
  • Distributed by: InterCom[37], Disney+[38], Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment[39]
  • Official website: https://movies.disney.com/the-lion-king-1-1-2[40]
  • Film editor: Joyce Arrastia[41]
  • Takes place in fictional universe: The Lion King universe[42]
  • Title: The Lion King 1½[43]
  • MPA film rating: G[44]
  • Duration: 77[45]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 1.66:1[46]
  • Fabrication method: traditional animation[47]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Release type: Album[48]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[49]

  • First release date: 2004-02-03[50]

  • Community tags: cccd[51]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3bdbe663-e5d3-33c0-bbda-70f3de563e29[52]

Why It Matters

The Lion King 1½ has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 101 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

FAQs

What awards did The Lion King 1½ receive?

Honors received include Annie Award[3].

Related Entities

Cheech Marin Jerry Stiller Jim Cummings Julie Kavner Matthew Broderick Moira Kelly Nathan Lane Robert Guillaume United States Whoopi Goldberg

References

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [48] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [51] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [52] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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