Starring
The Voices Of: Robert Guillaume, James Earl Jones, Madge Sinclair, Jonathan
Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, Cheech Marin, Nathan Lane, Rowan
Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, and Moira Kelly
Feature
length: 90 minutes
Extras:
Read-Along Story, Videos, Vocabulary, Songs, Game, and Previews
Languages:
English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish Language Dolby Stereo Sound
Subtitles:
English Subtitles
Packaging:
Keep Case
Sound:
Dolby Stereo Sound
Year
of DVD Release: 2003
Home
Video Distributor: Walt Disney Records
MPAA
Rating: G
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
With
the DVD-Video debut of “The Lion King” coming this fall, Walt Disney Records
is releasing “The Lion King: DVD Read Along” so parents and their children
can share the magic on DVD complete with a condensed narrated still framed
version of the story (16:43) with English Language Subtitles and a choice of
English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish Language Dolby Stereo Soundtracks.
Using the audio or angle keys on the remote control, users can switch between
languages while watching the story as well as the songs, which also feature the
same style of moving still frames taken from the film. The read along songs
include “Circle Of Life” (3:58), “I Just Can’t Wait To Be King”
(2:50), and Hakuna Matata (3:31).
In
addition music videos for “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” (3:59), “Circle
Of Life” (4:49), and Hakuna Matata (3:41) are included. A vocabulary game, web
links, and a DVD-Video game are also included with five language options too.
Trailers for the IMAX theatrical release of “The Lion King,” “The Jungle
Book 2,” “Piglet’s Big Adventure,” “Lilo & Stitch,” “101
Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure,” Disney Interactive’s
“Lilo & Stitch: Trouble In Paradise” CD-ROM, and Walt Disney
Records’ “Disney Mania” audio CD, “Disney’s Greatest: Volumes 1
Through 3” audio CDs, and Lizzie Maguire’s audio CD wrap up the extra
features.
“Disney’s
The Lion King: Read-Along DVD” will debut from Walt Disney Records on Tuesday,
January 28, 2003.
©
Copyright 2003 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.