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7 Surprising Facts About Disney's The Lion King
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June 19 2014, Published 1:23 p.m. ET
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Are you a Disney movie buff? Been a member of The Lion King matinee club as long as it's been on Broadway? If you answered yes to both of those questions, you'd probably appreciate a session of trivia dedicated to good ole Simba's life journeys.
Here's one fact that'll blow your mind! You'd be right to assume that animation takes years to complete, but according to a Your Tango post that highlights 7 little known facts about the beloved flick, the animation for the three-minute stampede scene in The Lion King took three years (yes, years!) to finish.
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The site also reports that many animators chose to work with Pocahontas instead, as it was believed to be a bigger hit.
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