The Lion King is a 1994 English-language Animation Adventure movie written by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton, Burny Mattinson, Barry Johnson, Lorna Cook, Thom Enriquez, Andy Gaskill, Gary Trousdale, Jim Capobianco, Kevin Harkey, Jorgen Klubien, Chris Sanders, Tom Sito, Larry Leker, Joe Ranft, Rick Maki, Ed Gombert, Francis Glebas, Mark Kausler, J.t. Allen, George Scribner, Miguel Tejada-flores, Jenny Tripp, Bob Tzudiker, Christopher Vogler, Kirk Wise, Noni White and Brenda Chapman. The movie is directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff and produced by Don Hahn under the banner of Walt Disney Pictures in collaboration with Walt Disney Feature Animation. Lion cub and future king Simba searches for his identity. His eagerness to please others and penchant for testing his boundaries sometimes gets him into trouble. The lion king stars Matthew Broderick, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Moira Kelly, Niketa Calame and B.j. Ward. The screenplay is written by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts and Linda Woolverton. The music was composed by Hans Zimmer. Editing was done by Ivan Bilancio. The movie has a running time of 88 minutes. It was released on 10th August 1994 and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The Lion King was made on a budget of $45 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Buena Vista Pictures.