A lion is surrounded and attacked by angry hyenas and we see it roaring and trying to break free (it is implied that the lion is killed by the hyenas but we do not see the result). A lion clings to a rock ledge, another lion hits it with its sharp claws and the first lion bites the second lion that steps back and pulls it to safety. A lion clings to a rock ledge and another lion hits it with its sharp claws and then slashes it across the face causing it to fall to the ground below. ► Two lions fight on a tall rock after one throws an ember into the other’s face, and one falls over the ledge (it does not die).
– A lion leads a cub into a gorge where it practices its roar the cub watches a lizard eat a beetle, the ground rumbles and rocks fall as a stampede of wildebeests pours over the wall and toward the cub and the cub runs and clings to a tree branch until a lion arrives to help it to safety however, the lion is swept away by the wildebeests, we see it climbing a wall in the distance until it reaches the top of a cliff but falls back and is trampled (off-screen) and we see the lion lying dead as the cub cries and realizes what has happened. Several lines of dialogue are sung or spoken in an African language without translation. Also with the voices of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner and John Oliver. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.”Ī photorealistic computer-animated remake of Disney’s 1994 animated blockbuster: Lion princeling Simba (voiced by Donald Glover) idolizes his father, King Mufasa (voiced by James Earl Jones), and when Scar (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Mufasa’s brother betrays the kingdom, Simba is exiled and has to grow up fast to reclaim his rightful place. "I'm not going to kill an animal for a movie," Coppola reaffirmed. "I'm not going to kill anything for any reason." Despite Coppola's statements, this scene of animal cruelty stands out in "Apocalypse Now" as horrifying for all the wrong reasons.Why is “The Lion King” rated PG? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “sequences of violence and peril, and some thematic elements.” The evaluation includes animal nuzzling and references to love and mating, several scenes of lion and hyena attacks and chases with snarling and slashing (no injuries are seen), a hyena attack on a lion ending in death, a stampede that causes the death of a character, discussions of murder, and some mild scatological language and name-calling.
To prove his point, Coppola made sure to emphasize that he refused to have an extra water buffalo around to kill in case extra takes were needed. "I did not direct it or anything, that was the way they do it," Coppola said to USA Today. While intended to be a visual parallel to Willard's plan to assassinate Kurtz with a machete, the sight of an animal killed on-screen is jarring enough to render that thematic undercurrent irrelevant.ĭecades after the film's release, Coppola has stood by the scene, reaffirming that he was merely documenting reality itself. This was apparently a real-life practice that was already underway before cameras started rolling, with director Francis Ford Coppola filming the ritual as it occurred. For a climactic scene involving a ritual performed by an Ifugao tribe, a water buffalo is killed on-screen.