The Lion King 1 1/2 (2004) (V) The Lion King 1½ (original title)

Director:

Bradley Raymond

Writers:

Tom Rogers (screenplay) and
Roger Allers (additional screenplay material)
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Release Date:

10 February 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Adventure

Tagline:

The circle of life will never be the same.

Plot:

Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog retell the story of The Lion King, from their own unique perspective.

Plot Keywords:

Lion | Retelling | Prequel To Sequel | Remake | Sequel

Awards:

6 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Nathan Lane	...	Timon (voice)
Ernie Sabella	...	Pumbaa (voice)
Julie Kavner	...	Mom (voice)
Jerry Stiller	...	Uncle Max (voice)
Matthew Broderick	...	Simba (voice)
Robert Guillaume	...	Rafiki (voice)
Moira Kelly	...	Nala (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Shenzi (voice)
Cheech Marin	...	Banzai (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Ed (voice)
Edward Hibbert	...	Zazu (voice)
Jason Rudofsky	...	Flinchy (voice)
Matt Weinberg	...	Young Simba (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	(voice)
Corey Burton	...	Grumpy (voice)
Cam Clarke	...	(voice)
Bill Farmer	...	Goofy (voice)
Shaun Fleming	...	The Lost Boys (voice)
Carolyn Gardner	...	Snow White (voice)
Bob Joles	...	Sneezy (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	(voice)
Alex Manugian	...	(voice)
Del Roy	...	(voice)
Chris Sanders	...	Experiment 626 Stitch (voice)
Kevin Schon	...	(voice)
Blayne Weaver	...	Peter Pan (voice)
Andrea Wolfson	...	(voice)
Tony Anselmo	...	Donald Duck (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wayne Allwine	...	Mickey Mouse (voice)
Cherie Christmas	...	Herself (archive footage)
Mary Beth Roe	...	Herself (archive footage)
Clay Savage	...	(voice)
Frank Welker	...	(voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Bradley Raymond

Writing credits
Tom Rogers		(screenplay)
Roger Allers		additional screenplay material
Irene Mecchi		additional screenplay material
Raymond Singer		uncredited
Evan Spiliotopoulos		additional screenplay material

Produced by
George A. Mendoza	....	producer
Michael Paxton	....	associate producer
Jason VanBorssum	....	producer (sequence "Meerkat Rhapsody")

Original Music by
Don Harper

Film Editing by
Joyce Arrastia

Casting by
Jamie Thomason

Production Design by
Dennis Greco

Art Direction by
James Gallego

Production Management
Bill Bloom	....	production manager
Mark Bollinger	....	post-production supervisor
Greg Chalekian	....	production manager: "Meerkat Rhapsody" sequence
Dan Forster	....	production manager
Charles Kaitz	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pieter Lommerse	....	assistant unit director
Ryan O'Loughlin	....	unit director

Art Department
Viki Anderson	....	storyboard artist
Keith Baxter	....	storyboard artist
William Dely	....	background paintings
Nicola Flynn	....	clean-up animation supervisor
Kevin Gollaher	....	storyboard artist
Mike Inman	....	key background painter
Brian Kindregan	....	storyboard artist
Robert Lence	....	storyboard artist
Toby Shelton	....	storyboard artist
Lajos Kamocsay	....	CGI lead (uncredited)

Sound Department
Joseph Adorisio II	....	isdn recordist
Gray Burnett	....	sound recordist
André Dias	....	dubbing editor
André Dias	....	dubbing mixer
Ronald Eng	....	supervising sound editor
Roger Fearing	....	assistant sound editor
Tammy Fearing	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Erik Flockoi	....	sound recordist
Dana LeBlanc Frankley	....	assistant sound editor (as Dana LeBlanc)
Wes Kawaja	....	sound recordist
Chuck Michael	....	sound editor
Terry O'Bright	....	sound re-recording mixer
Willard Overstreet	....	foley supervisor
Keith Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Carlos Sotolongo	....	adr mixer
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialogue mixer
Steve Tushar	....	sound editor
Larry Winer	....	adr mixer

Special Effects by
Russell Heyman	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Ben Aickin	....	digital compositor
Simon Alberry	....	CGI animator
Andrew Coates	....	lead compositor
Andrew Coates	....	scene planner
Mark Evans	....	lead compositor
Mark Evans	....	scene planner
Kris Gardiner	....	scanning supervisor
Tricia Hale	....	matte cutter
David M. Kcenich	....	visual effects
Andrew Kimberley	....	digital artist
Elias Macute	....	lead compositor
Elias Macute	....	scene planner
Heather McClenahan	....	additional technical director
David 'Joey' Mildenberger	....	visual effects
Glo Minaya	....	technical director
D.J. Nicke	....	visual effects animator
Christine O'Connor	....	compositor
Damian Temporale	....	digital director
Jeff Topping	....	effects animator
Gary Sole	....	special effects animator (uncredited)

Animation Department
Olivier Adam	....	layout director
Tony Ambrose	....	inbetween artist
Debra Armstrong	....	character key
Richard Bailey	....	assistant animator
Tristan Balos	....	assistant animator
Bob Baxter	....	supervising animator: "Pumbaa", "Simba" and "Hyenas"
Carol Berke	....	color stylist
Matt Boug	....	inbetween artist
Donna Brockopp	....	animator
Andrew Brooks	....	animator
Russell Calabrese	....	animation director
Michael Cedeno	....	animator
Eddie Choo	....	clean-up artist
Noel Cleary	....	senior animator
Shawn Colbeck	....	lead layout artist
Michael Comino	....	senior clean-up artist
Kevin Compty	....	clean-up artist (as Kevin Comty)
David Cook	....	inbetween artist
David Costello	....	inbetween character lead
Tony Davis	....	clean-up artist
Abeth De La Cruz	....	layout artist
Stephen Deane	....	animator
Manny A. DeGuzman	....	senior clean-up artist
Bernard Derriman	....	senior animator
Donna Dubuc-Curtis	....	clean-up inbetween artist
Peter Eastment	....	clean-up artist
Robert Fox	....	animator
Kayn Garcia	....	inbetween animator
Ben Grimshaw	....	effects assistant
Ian Harrowell	....	senior animator
Kris Heller	....	assistant animator
Lianne Hughes	....	supervising animator: "Timon", "Mom" and "Max"
Mike Inman	....	background painter
Arlan Jewell	....	layout artist
Anna Jukic	....	clean-up artist
Hiromi Kakinuma	....	animator
Charlie Lee	....	animator
Michelle Lindner	....	senior clean-up artist
Pierre Lorenzi	....	background artist
Dave Mah	....	animator
Rod Millichamp	....	clean-up artist
Patrick Muylkens	....	background artist
Vincenzo Nisco	....	layout artist
Terry O'Toole	....	clean-up character lead
Michael Pattison	....	inbetween animation supervisor
Matt Perry	....	inbetween artist: 2IC Timon Team
Scott T. Petersen	....	animator
John Power	....	animator
Robb Pratt	....	animator
Adam Rainford	....	scene planner
Steve A. Santillan	....	background artist
Toby Schwarz	....	animator (as Tobias Schwarz)
Piero Sgro	....	background lead
Alexs Stadermann	....	supervising animator: "Timon" and "Rafiki"
Alexa Summerfield	....	key assistant animator
Jocelyn Sy	....	animator
Rizaldy Valencia	....	animator
Florian Wagner	....	animator
Nadine Wagner-Westerbarkey	....	animator
Tania Walker	....	inbetween artist
Marc Wasik	....	senior animator
Larry Whitaker	....	animation director: "Meerkat Rhapsody" sequence
Andrew Wolf	....	senior layout artist
Kevin Wotton	....	animator
Marco Zanoni	....	animator
Nicole Zarubin	....	clean-up character lead

Casting Department
Daniel J. Soulsby	....	casting coordinator
David Wright	....	casting

Editorial Department
Jennifer Dolce	....	second editor
Nick Kenway	....	production editor
Vartan Nazarian	....	associate editor
Ken Poteat	....	post-production coordinator
John Damien Ryan	....	assistant editor
Timothy Vila	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Steve Dierkens	....	music recordist
Martin Erskine	....	music arranger: songs
Don Harper	....	conductor
Karen Harper	....	singer
Clint W. Heidorn	....	music coordinator
Jason Henkel	....	music administrator
Frank Macchia	....	music preparation
Dave Metzger	....	orchestrator
Kimberly Oliver	....	music supervisor
Gregory Prechel	....	orchestrator
Booker White	....	music preparation
Steve Wilkinson	....	musician
Steve Wilkinson	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Roger Allers	....	additional screenplay material
Carla Arcuri	....	production coordinator
Allison Cain	....	production coordinator
Edwin Escalante	....	post production (as Ed Escalante)
Kris Gardiner	....	digital checker
Lucinda Glenn	....	production coordinator
Wendy Guin	....	production secretary
Jennifer Honey	....	production coordinator
Danielle Legovich	....	production coordinator
Kip Lewis	....	production coordinator
Irene Mecchi	....	additional screenplay material
Marilyn Munro	....	production coordinator
Christine O'Connor	....	scene planner
Gary L. Page	....	technical director
Todd Popp	....	production coordinator
Kirk Shalosky	....	production accountant
Evan Spiliotopoulos	....	additional screenplay material
Jamie Thomason	....	dialogue director
Sarra Watts	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• DisneyToon Studios
• Walt Disney Animation Australia
• Walt Disney Television Animation

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2006) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video
• Gativideo (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (VHS)
• Walt Disney Home Video

Also Known As:

"The Lion King 1½" - Australia (original title)
"The Lion King 3" - Australia (DVD title), Canada (English title) (imdb display title)

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

Australia | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Canada:G | Hong Kong:I | Japan:U | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:G | South Korea:All | Sweden:7 | UK:U | USA:G (No. 40271) | Greece:K | Thailand:G | Brazil:Livre

Company:

DisneyToon Studios

Trivia:

There is a part in which Pumbaa and Timon argue about whether to help Simba or not, and Timon refuses to go with Pumbaa but eventually changes his mind. This part is loosely based in the added part of "Disney's The Lion King" children's novel, written by Gina Ingoglia.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Timon is dragged out of the river by Pumba, there is no flower. However, when Pumba turns around Timon has a flower held over him. The flower is gone again shortly after.

Quotes:

Timon:And so with my spirits high I boldy ventured off where no meerkat had dared to go before. I put my past behind me Ha! and never looked back.
[sobs hysterically]
Timon:Mommy, Mommy! What am I doing? Which way should I go?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: Episode #31.7" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Digga Tunnah

Cute, Harmless Fun

Being a fan of the first Lion King, I was definitely looking forward to this movie, but I knew there was really no way it could be as good as the original. I know that many Disney fans are wary of the direct-to-video movies, as I have mixed feelings of them as well.

While watching The Lion King 1½, I tried to figure out what my own viewpoint was regarding this movie. Am I going to be so devout about The Lion King that I will nitpick at certain scenes, or am I just going to accept this movie as just another look at The Lion King story? Most of the time, I found myself embracing the latter.

The Lion King 1½ definitely has its cute and funny moments. Timon and Pumbaa stole the show in the first movie and definitely deserved a movie that centered around them. People just love these characters! My favorite parts of the movie include the montage of Timon & Pumbaa taking care of young Simba and the surprise ending featuring some great cameos.

I could have done without many of the bathroom jokes though, like the real reason everyone bowed to baby Simba at the beginning of Lion King 1. I guess those types of jokes are for the younger set (which after all is the target audience. I don't think many kids are really concerned about Disney's profit margin on direct-to-video movies.)

However, I will say that I was somewhat annoyed when they directly tied in scenes from the original movie to this movie. I'm just too familiar with the original that those scenes just stuck out like sore thumbs to me. Something would be different with the music or the voices that it would just distract me.

As for the music, it wasn't too bad, but don't expect any classics to come from this movie. At least LK2 had the nice ballad, "Love Will Find a Way." As for the voicework, it was well done in this movie. Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella did a great job as always, and even new cast members, the classic comedic actor Jerry Stiller and Julie Kavner (best known as Marge Simpson), did a great job also. You can even enjoy these great voice talents even more by checking out the Virtual Safari on Disc 2 of the DVD. That feature is definitely a lot of fun!!

So all in all, The Lion King 1½ isn't a perfect movie, but it's cute and entertaining. I think many Lion King fans will enjoy it and appreciate it for what it is - a fun, lighthearted look at the Lion King masterpiece from our funny friends' perspectives.

My IMDb Rating: 7/10. My Yahoo! Grade: B (Good)