The Lion King 1½

The Lion King 1 1/2 (also known as The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata in some countries) is a 2004 American direct-to-video animated comedy movie. It is a third installment and prequel to The Lion King. It is a final installment in the trilogy and the sequel to The Lion King. All three movies were made by The Walt Disney Company. This movie is about the fictional characters Timon and Pumbaa before they met Simba. The movie was released on DVD and video on February 10, 2004.
Release
Re-Releases
Home Media
VHS/DVD on February 10, 2004 to releases. Blu-ray on March 6, 2012 and September 11, 2012.
The story
Timon and Pumbaa start to watch the original Lion King movie, but Timon keeps insisting to fast forward to when they come in, because they were not seen in the beginning of the story or anywhere until halfway through. Pumbaa suggests telling the audience their story, which begins before Simba's journey begins. Through this, we meet Timon's mother and Uncle Max, discover why he left his meerkat colony, where he learned Hakuna Matata, how he met Pumbaa, and the perils they encountered while searching for their dream home.
Cast
Nathan Lane as Timon
Ernie Sabella as Pumbaa
Matthew Broderick as Simba (mature)
Matt Weinberg as Simba (young)
Cheech Marin as Banzai
Whoopi Goldberg as Shenzi
Jim Cummings as Ed
Robert Guillaume as Rafiki
Moira Kelly as Nala
Edward Hibbert as Zazu
Julie Kavner as Ma (Timon's mom)
Jerry Stiller as Uncle Max
Soundtrack
The movie's soundtrack, The Lion King 1 1/2: Songs From Timon and Pumbaa's Hilarious Adventure, was released on CD by Disney Records on February 10, 2004. It includes two songs from the original movie, "That's All I Need" and "Hakuna Matata", reperformed by Nathan Lane who took over the role of voicing the character Timon. The rest of the soundtrack includes various R&B tracks, including remakes of the Kool and the Gang classic "Jungle Boogie" by artist French, and two instrumental pieces from film composer Don Harper.
"Grazing In The Grass" (Raven)
"Digga Tunnah Dance" (Lebo M and Vinx)
"That's All I Need" (Nathan Lane)
"Hakuna Matata" (Lane, Ernie Sabella, Jason Weaver, Joseph Williams )
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (Lebo M)
"Jungle Boogie" (French)
"Timon's Traveling Theme"
"The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly"
Awards
2005 Annie Award for
"Best Home Entertainment Production" (Won)
"Music in an Animated Feature Production" (Nominated)
2005 DVD Exclusive Awards in the following categories:
Best Animated Character Performance (Nathan Lane - voice, Alexis Stadermann - animator) for "Timon" (Won)
Best Animated DVD Premiere Movie (Won)
Best Director (of a DVD Premiere Movie) - Bradley Raymond (Won)
Best Editing (of a DVD Premiere Movie) - Joyce Arrastia (Won)
Best Screenplay (for a DVD Premiere Movie) - Tom Rogers (Won)
2005 Saturn Award
"Best DVD Release" (Nominated)
Video game
A video game version of the movie was published in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance. It had Timon and Pumbaa as the playable characters.
References
Other websites
2004 movies
2004 animated movies
American family movies
Disney animated movies
English-language movies
Sequel movies
The Lion King
Disney direct-to-video movies
Annie Award winners