The Lion King, “Circle of Life”
The Lion King is a 1994 American animated musical drama film that Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Feature Animation together produced. It is the fifth animated movie created during the so-called Disney Renaissance and the 32nd overall feature-length Disney animated film. Additionally, this movie had a lasting impression during the 1998 Best Tony Awards, which is "Circle of Life". This is one of Best Tony Awards Performances Of All Time.
It is immediately apparent that Julie Taymor's creative reworking of Disney's animated film is not a trip to a theme park but rather an exploration across stunning new landscape from the opening blare of Lesotho-born singer Tsidii Le Loka's throbbing Zulu call. A magnificent menagerie of puppet animals, including flocks of birds, herds of antelopes, jungle cats, giraffes, an elephant, and a rhino, lumber up the aisles of Radio City Music Hall as the music changes into Elton John's well-known song from the soundtrack. With African pride and clever theatricality, "Circle of Life" communicated to everybody watching that this was not your children's Lion King while preserving the fundamental songs and plot of the original work.
Year: 1998
