Disney’s animators outdo themsel Kew, (Walt G (at Famous The Lion Kin Disney) Rate Players Cinemas) ISNEY’S FIRST wholly [ ersia story tells of Simba, a cub destined to succeed his powerful father, Mufasa, as ruler of Pride Rock in the lush African savannah. But Mufasa’s jealous brother (“from the shallow end of the gene pool”), aptly named Scar (delight- fully voiced by Jeremy Irons), has other plans. Enlisting the lowly and easily led hyenas, Scar kills the King (another Disney first — on-screen death). Although little Simba escapes, his guilt grows over the years. Sounds like a lot of wailing, lamenting and gnashing of teeth, right? Well, you’d be surprised. To lighten Simba’s banishment, a flat- ulent warthog, Pumbaa, and a wise-cracking meerkat (a grub-eat- ing weasel) named Timon provide comic relief. Whoopi Goldberg and Cheech Marin add slapslick menace as Scar’s hench-hyenas, and Blackadder fans will recog- Tim Bell FILM REVIEW nize Rowan Atkinson’‘s nasal exas- peration as the king’s majordomo, a bird named Ze zu. But the lion's share of the adult laughs comes from Jeremy tron’s acid-tinged lines, adapting his oscar-winning role in Reversal of Fortune to become a sort of Claws Von Bulow. Still, there is’a serious message: James Earl Jones’ comforting and fatherly advice about all of us being a part of “The Circle of Life” and the environmental chaos that Scar brings to the land as king make this an eco-toon, but not a preachy one. 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